The Long Shot: Come Hell or High Water Episode 38

“Norman Lear, Dressage, And Parking Too Close To The Drivers' Side Door”

I took a couple of notes on this week’s episode. Here they are:

David Cronenberg and William Burroughs invite you to lunch.

(I never saw it, but I did sit across the aisle from Peter Weller on a JetBlue flight from LA once).

They love the nightlife. They got to boogie on the disco round.

As partners, no riding. THat’s more like it.

Even Norman Lear didn’t get everything right every time, but they gave him three chances to do the pilot for All In The Family. Here’s Jean Stapleton talking about making those three versions of the pilot, and why. 

I wonder why this version of the pilot didn’t get picked up? I wonder who Archie would support politically nowadays? Hilarious! 

I walked by the place I faceplanted in the street last night. The crack is not just a crack, it’s like a ditch. Made me feel a little better, less like I was at fault. It was dark and I didn’t see the ditch. Still, too bad nobody filmed it. Maybe I’m just mean and a bad person, but those always make me laugh. Except the ones I can literally feel as I’m watching.

I’ll have to go by the Apple Pan sometime soon to see if these people managed to make it through the pandemic. What a nightmare.

And finally, I know there’s a Johnny Cash version, which just proves that even he wasn’t always right. Cuz you can never have enough Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Feel free to add stuff in the comments, as always (almost never).

Til we meet again,