In a message dated 8/30/2011 11:00:18 A.M. Central Daylight Time, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com writes:
As has been mentioned on here before, the first episode features Frances Bavier. Notice I did not say "I saw Aunt Bea on Alfred Hitchcock" -- it always bugs me a little when somebody says something like "I saw Floyd and Mayor Stoner in an old western movie." Use the actors' names, folks. If you don't know them, look them up on IMDb, it's not hard, and you'll learn something new Good point, but identifying people by their character names is a common short hand practice for reminding people who may not be so familiar or recognize them right off the bat, about their best known roles. My daughter, for instance, probably wouldn't react if I said "Hey, that's Frances Bavier!" during the dinner scene in "The Day the Earth Stood Still," but if I said "Hey, it's Aunt Bee!" she knows exactly who I mean. "Hey, it's Frances Bavier, the lady who used to play Aunt Bee on 'The Andy Griffith Show!'" is just too wordy for that occasion IMHO. Many of us who do that do know the actors' names. I could see where that might be a little glaring here in the digest, however, where almost all of us know these actors by name. Secondly, it's almost like a joke. I know pop culture critics back in 1997-98 said it wasn't unusual to sit in a theater playing "Titanic" and hear someone say "Calling Dr. Bombay, emergency come right away!" when Bernard Fox appeared on screen. Then again, I have yet to hear any reports of someone saying, "It's Malcolm Meriwether," I hope Ernest T. isn't on that boat, he'll kill him!" Dixon _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
