I'll have to update my list as I've acquired a bunch of new series since my last post, and this Tuesday I'll be scooping up
"The Bob Newhart Show" complete first season. Newhart is a genius.
In coming weeks I'll be buying season sets of
"Scrubs", "News Radio" and the complete series of
"The Job". While all of those are great and I can hardly wait, the one I'm really waiting most for just now is coming at the end of May...
Oh yes, and coming on May 31st to R1 DVD is
"Moonlighting", the first two seasons. Brilliant show, especially the first few years. The
His Girl Friday-style overlapping dialogue is fantastic stuff, and both Willis and Shepherd are perfect as David Addison and Maddie Hayes. The blending of and delicate balance between comedy and a detective show was inspired. For those of you who have never seen it, you have no idea what a great show you've been missing. It's kind of like Hitchcock by way of The Marx Brothers and
Bringing up Baby. Great, great show. Do bears bear? Do bees be?
MADDIE HAYES
David, I just don't think...
DAVID ADDISON
[interrupting]
That's okay, you look good.
DAVID ADDISON
I remember when they told Sylvia Plath, "Hey,
Syl, cheer up!" I remember when they told e. e.
cummings, "e, baby; use caps!" But did ol' e
listen? no. Little n. Little o.
DAVID ADDISON
I'm looking for a man with a mole on his nose.
MADDIE HAYES
A mole on his nose?
DAVID ADDISON
A mole on his nose.
GUARD
What kind of clothes?
DAVID ADDISON
What kind of clothes do you suppose?
GUARD
What kind of clothes do you suppose would
be worn by a man with a mole on his nose,
who knows?
DAVID ADDISON
Did I happen to mention, did I bother to
disclose, this man that we're seeking with a
mole on his nose? I'm not sure of his clothes,
or anything else... Except he's Chinese, a big
clue by itself.
MADDIE HAYES
How do you do that?
DAVID ADDISON
Gotta read alot of Dr. Suess.
GUARD
I'm sorry to say, I'm sad to report. I haven't
seen anyone at all of that sort. Not a man
who's Chinese with a mole on his nose, with
some kind of clothes that you can't suppose.
So get away from this door and get out of
this place, or I'll have to hurt you, put my
foot in your face.