tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post1510430352619359719..comments2023-10-17T02:47:38.574-06:00Comments on In Palinode's Palace: an open letter to Bosco McGowanpalinodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-23069174575093491752008-08-07T17:00:00.000-06:002008-08-07T17:00:00.000-06:00I recall Happy Days, when it first came out. It w...I recall Happy Days, when it first came out. It was the year after American Graffiti had come out and it was an exact copy, which was good. The cast was young and fresh, it was all shot on location (no sound stages or canned laughter) and the characters were edge and dealing with real world issues. The Fonz was a footnote in the back ground. After that first season, it jumped the shark pretty early for me and I lost interest rather quickly. Much like other sitcoms that started off inovative (MASH, All In the Family) it was quickly taken over by the greedy money launderes in the Hollywood Glass towers.Bruce Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898228670873232050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-10933223610645243632008-08-07T00:29:00.000-06:002008-08-07T00:29:00.000-06:00There are too many wild things about this. That yo...There are too many wild things about this. That you remembered the name. That you saw the episode. That it made an impression. That he wrote to you.<BR/><BR/>Lord, how TV falls upon our young wet brains and shapes them. <BR/><BR/>I only watched one show as a very young child. Gilligan's Island. I didn't just watch it, I scrutinized it like some kind of alien anthropologist. I wanted to understand adult life and GI was the way into it, I thought.<BR/><BR/>But Happy Days was a close second, even if I got to see that show much less. To me, watching Happy Days was such an eventful thing. It would make my week, it would make my month. I would analyze each episode for the subsequent week. Why did the father seem angry so often? Why was Potsi sort of a pariah, even though he appeared handsome and normal to me? <BR/><BR/>TV was very hard for me to watch. I used to get so emotional watching Happy Days I sometimes had to walk out of the room. One thing about this that I remember was that the Fonz struck me as intensely vulnerable. His vulnerability pained me. Or maybe it was that exact episode that gave me this impression. I feel this tweak in my heart like--was the Fonz humiliated in that episode? That was exactly it. The Fonz was so alive to the possibility of his own humiliation--that was entirely his motive and so I would watch many of the episodes in suspense and fear that he would be humiliated.Ozmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975578823318395358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-42785021267250562602008-08-06T21:31:00.000-06:002008-08-06T21:31:00.000-06:00I remember that episode! I really liked it at the...I remember that episode! I really liked it at the time, because there was a depth to it, a certain sadness, that I found quite compelling.Elan Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023867307505601913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-37710606995279896772008-08-06T18:19:00.000-06:002008-08-06T18:19:00.000-06:00This question is, of course, completely hypothetic...This question is, of course, completely hypothetical in nature, but uh....if there <I>is</I> such a thing as gay penguin porn, where might someone find it on the intertubes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-21014047161367161922008-08-05T19:00:00.000-06:002008-08-05T19:00:00.000-06:00okay, I really need to get you onto my Google read...okay, I really need to get you onto my Google reader. <BR/><BR/>I've only seen a handful of HD episodes, and I have to say my favorite part of the show is the theme song. But I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the critiques of these two episodes. <BR/><BR/>Also, I ate at a buffet last night and was really glad that I ALSO ordered an entrée. Plus, the customers were such a sad lot. <BR/><BR/>Keep writing!!<BR/><BR/>xo,<BR/><BR/>SLSarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-86111462085253176772008-08-05T15:59:00.000-06:002008-08-05T15:59:00.000-06:00srah - I figure that, since he found the first Hap...srah - I figure that, since he found the first Happy Days, he'll definitely find this one.palinodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-76739801759098714912008-08-05T15:25:00.000-06:002008-08-05T15:25:00.000-06:00I hope he reads this!And I really want to work "Mc...I hope he reads this!<BR/><BR/>And I really want to work "McGowanesque" into my regular vocabulary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com