SPOILER Ep # 410

Don't go any further if you don't want to know about "Legends of the Mall"

Thats enough.

Very little to no analysis to be done here, as this is one of those eps where you shut your brain down and try to enjoy.

I liked the premise, 3 tales of local Lawndale ghosts, legends.

Liked seeing the characters in clothing of the period they were in, sort of moving alter-egos, especially the 50's or early 60's Morgendorffers.

As far as the "legends"

"The Rattling Girl" OK, not great. Nice to see Stacy be the one telling the story, and scaring everyone else in the FC for a change. Sandi would never eat eyelds, however, she'd gain back that 1/8 of an ounce or whatever:-)

"Metalmouth" Very good, the best of the 3. To be honest, I'm surprised Mr. D. never grinded his teeth down to nothing already. Role fit him perfectly, allowed him to go psycho, something he may well be on his way to soon in the series. Also he got even on our two favorite slow witted lovers. Anyone else like Mack's hair? Loved it!

"60's Daria" Outside of seeing the family in their period clothes,, (notice how Daria looked better than Quinn in those outfits?) The story itself was kind of silly. And a ghost that lowers grades? Eh, whatever. Did like Daria's appempt at maniacial laughter however. And the reversals of character, Helen a do- everything 60's mom, Jake responsible, sane head of the house. Those were cool.

The surprise ending: I figured they'd tie up one of those stories with the ending, glad they pcked the one they did.

Plotline analysis: only one item, see how Jake wanted to get everything done, pick up Quinn, and get dinner done? Could he be trying to become a better father and husband after learning what his wife thought of him in "Psycho Therapy"? Could he want to prove to his wife that he can be as responsible as her?

First viewing I didn't like this much, after the last couple, I like it a bit better. Mr. D's was great, the only completely strong one, IMO, Janes was so-so, and Stacy's was fair as well.

B-. Mr. D's story saved it from a C. Looks like we'll get the meaty stuff over the last 3 episodes, after 2 average efforts following #408.

A.J.

Not me. The story was clearly meant to be in the mid-80s, but that haircut is pure 1991.

Skyrocket

Skyrocket said:

Um, Trent was telling it: he may have set it back when he would have heard it, in junior high school. Trent's 22, which means that the late 80's - early 90's would have been around the right time.

Sincerely Yours, Jordan

"Jordan S. Bassior" wrote:

Maybe. But the fact is we have no idea when he heard it. As such, I'm going by music and clothes style. My guess on a date would be 1986-1987.

Skyrocket

Really? Seemed 50's to me. But whatever...

kim wrote: (gotta remember the spoiler space!)

Actually, it *could* be in the '60s. My mom graduated from high school in 1964 and I've seen pictures of some of her classmates wearing things like that. Okay, so early '60s, but still. *smiles*

Oh yeah, and for obvious reasons the '80s installment was my favorite. No, I'm not basing that on the fact that "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran (whom I've obsessed over since 1991) was judiciously used. Not at all. Agggggggh! Why's my nose growing???

*wink*,

LI ("I'm on the hunt, I'm after you..." *GRIN*)

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Oddly enough, except for the hairstyle, Daria looked a lot like my mother did from one of her pictures back then, even identical glasses. I also guessed 60's as that was the time of the Cuban missle crisis and such, everyone was afraid the world would be destroyed back then.

I figured you'd like that one, Pinocchio :-)

A.J.

[email] wrote:

Oh really? Wow. So you must be all like, "Wow, Mom might've been an early '60s version of Daria then!"

Ah yes, that is a good point. Has your mom told you of the bomb scare drills in school? My mom and dad (class of '63) told me they did that at their schools. On a humorous note, note that "Grease II" was set in the early '60s and that one big scene involved the bomb scares.

Oh gosh, did I admit to watching "Grease II"?

*snicker*

Gee, I wonder why...erm, wait, you're not Geppetto...or Jiminy Cricket...*grin*

Still beyond stoked (like, totally!),

LI

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Facially she still kinda looks lke her, even now.

Never heard of those from her, the closest things I've heard of were air raid drills.

Yes:-)

A.J.

Well, I liked it. It was a nice little filler episode, nothing more, nothing less.

The concept only works if everyone does their work in pencil. Nice seeing Upchuck's Mom. And Daria did look kind of cute in her retro 50's clothing and glasses.

Did like Daria's

Emphasis on "attempt."

And the reversals of character, Helen

If you stop and think about it it's kind of what they could have been if things had gone the other way.

I agree. It made the most sense.

Jeff M.

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The period costumes were the best. Um, the period Morgendorffers looked more 1950's than 60's, but historically the major period of atomic fears was from Sputnik to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis (we tend to conflate the whole period from 1948 to 1963 together in popular memory).

True. The funny part is that I just found out something interesting: the Eskimoes actually _do_ have deposits of fat on their eyelids (to protect their eyeballs from the cold) :)

Trent's story was a variant on the classic "Hook Hand" legend.

I also liked Brittany's 80's party costume.

The humor of it all was that the Daria-like girl was so ignored by her family that they didn't seriously look for her when she vanished.

We don't actually know that Jake was "responsible". Note that he impulsively built a bomb shelter, and as impulsively sealed it up and built a barbecue on top of it (which makes little sense; if you had what amounted to an underground storeroom, wouldn't you keep it simply to store thing in?) And didn't notice when his eldest daughter wound up missing.

her?

This seems likely.

It's nice to see that Jake and Trent are still getting along well.

Sincerely Yours, Jordan

I'm not trying to be rude or mean, and let's not get racist here, but Asians tend to have more fat around their eyes, too. Isn't *Tiffany* supposed to be Asian? Technically it should bother her more than her 60's Sandi-look-alike.

Starchick said:

Hmm, and Tiffany _is_ the one who's obsessed with the idea that she's somehow "fat".

Sincerely Yours, Jordan

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The Cuban missle crisis is mainly what my reasoning was for putting the story in the 60's, that and a picture of my mother from that era dressed nearly the same as Daria's counterpart.

<Tiffany> Do my eyelids make me look fat? </Tiffany>

A very interesting and well done variant as well.

I saw that, it just didn't click in my head as very humourous, maybe with subsequent viewings, but not as of now.

Couldn't think of a better word than responsible, but he was a saner, much calmer person than his current 2000 counterpart.

I like this, too. He's getting along with the son he never had.

A.J.