It was one of those era-defining TV programmes. In 1967/8, when I was 10 and surrounded by images of Vietnam, the Beatles and flower power, the year before I went away to school when my older brother and my sister were already away, my parents used to go out on a Friday evening leaving me to look after my younger brother. I watched the entire series completely spell-bound. None of my friends were allowed to watch it, and when I came to school in England nobody seemed to have heard of it, so it wasn't until I was 18/19 that I met anyone else who'd ever seen it. For that whole time it was like a half-remembered weird dream. I had no idea what was going on, but I loved it and it felt like something cool that only I knew about. Like being a fan of Gormenghast when everyone else liked Lord of the Rings.
> On 19 Feb 2020, at 22:16, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found his reference to be a /British /Sci_fi TV show from the 1960's.. > What I read about it just now informed that it would continue to be a > lacuna.. too creepy for me these days. I don't know if I would have watched > it in the 60's .. I did fancy some sci-fi books. > > Between 1960 and 1980 there were no TV's in my home after Richard moved in > there were suddenly two of them. Then there was a TV but no cable until the > mid 90's > becuse our landlord would not permit cable in this old building. > > So I have lots of lacunas of a tv nature across those 20 years - some of > which I have filled over the last 40 years . > > ann > > On 2/19/2020 4:44 PM, mike wilson wrote: >>> On 19 February 2020 at 21:24 ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Mike showed he got it... but I'm only seeing his mail because Mark >>> replied to it ... hmmmm >> It's OK. _I_ don't get to see my own posts. More gmail madness, I believe. >> >>> I had to ask Google what Mark was quoting... not in my data bank. >> <Stunned> This is a major lacuna in your knowledge of the cinematic art. >> >>> ann >>> >>>> On 2/19/2020 4:15 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> mike wilson wrote: >>>> >>>>>> On 19 February 2020 at 19:40 ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> NUmber 5 is ALIVE! :-) >>>>>> extra points if you get the cinematic reference) >>>>> Short Circuit. From someone who is definitely not a number. >>>> I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN! >>>> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
