From: matrix29@charter.net   
      
   "Doug Elrod"  wrote in message   
   news:74714c85-da15-433d-9063-d86b52bd85b0@googlegroups.com...   
   > With the recent passing of Ernest Borgnine, I was thinking that the   
   > framing device in his MST3K movie really added a lot to what Best Brains   
   > was able to do with that movie.  (For those who haven't encountered them   
   > before, a "framing device" is some part of a movie that serves as an   
   > "explanation" or "set-up" for the remaining bit, which frequently occurs   
   > in some totally different place or time).   
   >   
   > Borgnine's "Hollywood writer" was able to tie together a couple of   
   > unrelated stories via telling them to a young kid.  Why?  Who cares! :-)   
   >   
   > Perhaps someone could create an authoritative list, but clearly one of the   
   > most non-sequitur-ish ones is from "Riding With Death".  What was the deal   
   > with that "Abby does remote monitoring" business anyway???   
   >   
   > -Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)   
      
       AKA using "The House of Mystery" classic horror comic setup (which was   
   utilized with a personalized narrator using this in EC Comics way before DC   
   Comics created their knockoff with Cain & Able as story hosts).   
      
       What is another name for a gravedigger? Amateur Worm Farmer.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)