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|    Joseph Nebus to All    |
|    Andy Barker, PI: Fairway, My Lovely    |
|    26 Mar 07 15:55:31    |
      From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu               Plot: When a morbidly obese accounting client of Andy's dies on       a golf course, the man's wife suspects murder.               - Cigars are the only thing that help Guy quite cigarettes.                - ``Three kinds of ham'' in the sandwich: when the ``double       meat'' was mentioned later I thought that was going to be a reference to       the sandwich.                - ``It's pretty hot and you *are* coughing stuff up ... '' Fine       line, and it leads into another dialogue-free segment with orchestral       music, just as last week.                - ``You can't spell hummus without US'' -- the show clearly       rewards paying attention to the things in the detail.                - ``For a client he did eat off my plate fairly often.''                - I'm a touch surprised that Andy didn't return the files he       stole last week; if he didn't want to risk going past Nicole and her       security scan again he could have mailed them anonymously.                - I'm surprised that the opening credits are -- pleasant,       certainly, but not more evocative of the great goofy private eye shows       of the 70s. It'd be hard to top (say) the opening of The Rockford       Files, but this isn't even competing. On the other hand, it's hard to       be deliberately catchy.                - Why *did* Guy's doctor attribute his death to natural causes       when the toxicology report showed he wasn't taking his heart       medications?                - The show has four executive producers: Conan, Jonathan Groff,       David Kissinger, and Jeff Ross. And Peter Schindler as and Chuck Tathan       as co-Executive Proders. They're executive producing the dickens out of       them.                - Andy describes Guy as dirty and kind of smelly. Not even       vaguely subtle use of power screwdrivers by Andy's wife here.                - Simon gets all goofy around Nicole. For a moment Nicole looks       like she's going for it, when they're introduced. The coffee/espresso       scene is another one used for clips rather often. ``Why would you think       I'd want to watch those movies? Because I'm black?'' ``And because I'm       white.''                - ``By the way, congratulations on winning the race.'' ``Yeah,       well I .. ... I don't really feel too proud about that right now.''                - ``I like boobs'' sounds like random miscellaneous       nutty-character material for Brian's part. Considering this actually       turns out to be a plot point, I have to credit them for playing against       my expectations.                - The ``hey, did you murder Guy Halverson?'' scene is another       one of those good for advertising or clips. They seem to be more common       this week than last.                - Andy's wife notices the condo sale on her own; I rather liked       this bedroom scene. I liked Jenny more this week than last. Note that       Andy uses a Windows laptop, but had a Mac in the office last week.                - So, was ``Double Meat Enterprises'' a typo on ``Triple Meat''       from the earlier sandwiches?                - ``I can't deal with this right now, I'm on a stakeout'' is       another good clip worthy scene, although Simon with the giant cookie is       funnier. It needs more context to set up, though.                - Andy has an amusingly weird ``try not to notice me'' hustle       into the Morris Avenue place.                - Fair Oaks is, indeed, in california, in case there were any       doubts.                - ``The guy kept a thermos of emergency bisque'' -- true or       sarcasm?                - ``Tell her I'd like to be Hootie to her blowfish.'' ``No.''                - ``What is this, a hoof?'' ``Yeah, it is.''                - Andy calls in the police nice and quickly, and they're pretty       well on top of things. But how did Brian get the cuminin (sp?) and       sugar pills into June's locker? Do caddies usually have that access to       the golf pro lockers? Still, it is rather sensible to let the police do       the evidence-gathering that's available.                - ``Listen, hippie, you take your orders from me, not Charlie       Manson''? Boy, that's character-weird.                - Nicole reads lips because ... her brother is deaf. See Roger       Ebert's Law of Skills Acquired by Osmosis.                - But then Brian's guilt is pretty well established by Ebert's       Law of Economy of Characters.                - ``I thought you liked big boobs!'' ``Well, he had them!''                - The golf cart chase is a beauty, but what really attracts my       eye is how well composed the driving through the bucket of golf balls,       spraying them onto the ground, was.                - ``Now that's how you hit a pitching wedge!'' ``That's a       three-iron.'' ``I know.'' That's *such* an Andy line; few others could       appreciate that.                - ``Cause now she knows her husband wasn't murdered by his hot       Asian mistress, but by his hunky psychotic boy toy. Night, sweetie.''       Yeah, I like her.                - Guy Helverson: 1961 - 2007, closing image.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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