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Thank you for your honesty. My first name is James, by the way, and I apologize for not having made that clear before. If you'd like my full name, I'll consider giving it publicly and certainly will...

The quotation you cited, David, is not one, alas, for which I can take credit; that belongs to GoingGreat...but I did quote it with approval. While I can't speak for GoingGreat, my understanding of...

"Watchability" is in the eye of the watcher, and "sickness" is not an absurdity to the person who's been sickened. I never referred to myself as "disgraced," and I am not self-important enough (God...

I just want to clarify one more thing, David, if I may:

My understanding from you is that it was Roger Price's idea to mar the episodes with these watermarks, including the two advertisements; in...

First of all, welcome back, David. Nothing I can say is going to soften the heat and and the hurt and the anger in what I'm *about* to say, but we have missed you and our thoughts have been with you...

I'm just as thankful as I would be if I'd been presented with an ultra-rare quadraphonic mix of "Sgt. Pepper's" with somebody's voice overdubbed, repeatedly chanting the names of the Beatles...

She would be more adorable without a huge and intrusive watermark over her face.

But yes, otherwise, I agree with you. She really was. I honestly got a little shiver watching her (what I could see...

GoingGreat, thank you for posting your comment above.

I say that not because you agree with me (because my position would be the same regardless of whether anyone agreed with me), but because you...

Ha ha. Sorry to be so gloomy while you're joking around.

Let me put my last comment more bluntly: it would have been better if Viacom had owned the rights to these episodes. Anyone who knows my...

I'd say that when you're making Nickelodeon/Viacom look like the Louvre by comparison, in terms of respect for the "collection" in question, you're on the wrong side of that ledger...

The mystery, in this day and age, of artists whose assertion of intellectual property rights over their art at all costs takes precedence over even that art's preservation, as art, is beyond me. As...

For that matter, why air such a lousy episode as Enemies and Paranoia at all? That's my question, and I'd be interested to know what kind of excuse the ever-ready Nickelodeon executives have for...

That's fair. At least there is some semblance of a setup.

In related news, I think you also forgot to use the new cover sheet on your TPS report, 'slimed. Did you get that memo? :)

A terrible scene in my opinion. One of the earliest manifestations (though not actually the earliest, sorry to say) of the nefarious "slime for its own sake" laziness. Mars an otherwise fine episode.

Thanks for posting these links. It's always fun to find out what the former cast members are up to.

Funny that Alasdair almost always portrayed an incompetent musician on the show, being paid not...

I'm disappointed to read this...although your thumbnail was hilarious and softened the blow a bit.

I'm glad to see you're not abandoning the notion of it totally. Hopefully down the road it can be...

That's fair; I definitely don't want to be in a situation where you're "defending" him, I'm "attacking" him, etc.; nor would I want to provide a long laundry list of "Darby's lies" for its own sake;...

Possibly. He seems to have a similarly "reliable" memory for all sorts of details that make him look "better" in retrospect but which clearly aren't true...such as that Lance Prevert wasn't actually...

I would add as a postscript, it must have been a mighty strange contract that compelled Nickelodeon to stop showing the 1981 episodes in 1987 but apparently gave the network exclusive rights to...

Thanks for the response, Gypsies, and it's definitely worth considering Geoff Darby's own words on the subject...though I don't think taking them as gospel would be a totally wise course of action...

It's an interesting point, as we talk about whether Nickelodeon got "older" or "younger." I suppose that a case can be made on both sides...but the network did pull these 1981 episodes (and...

Or what about the "opposites" sketch in Popularity? They're motoring along with their list, Christine giving words and Lisa giving opposites, and then Christine brings out "shovel." Lisa starts out...

I think I heard somewhere (can't remember where) that she's a writer now.

I trust just about anyone more than Nickelodeon on just about anything...but I don't share your faith in the CW, or in modern production "values" as applied to ideas and concepts that are of a...