You may recall that Farmer H has a habit of spouting facts that are only facts in his mind. He does this with an authoritarian air, with confidence that neither The Pony nor HM will check his information.
Tuesday afternoon, Farmer H was in his recliner due to rain hampering his outdoor shenanigans. He was watching one of his favorite daytime reruns: The Andy Griffith Show. The Pony got off early from work, and was hanging around between his room and the kitchen, waiting to carry my tray down to my lair. I was in the kitchen, and didn't hear it all. But the gist of the episode was that Aint Bee had won a trip to Mexico City by submitting a tamale recipe.
When I walked into the living room, Farmer H, the authority on authenticity chortled that he caught The Andy Griffith Show in a blooper.
"It showed Aint Bee landing on a jet, but they wasn't no jets back then for commercial airlines! They used prop planes. So the show cut in footage of a plane that wasn't used during that time!"
"Uh. This show is from the 1960s. It wasn't supposed to be set in olden times like The Waltons, or Little House on the Prairie. It was made in the 60s, and ran in the 60s. How could they cut in a clip of a jet FROM THE FUTURE? That's far-fetched. You're not very good at this conspiracy business. What even would be the point of that if they could?"
"He's not saying they didn't have JETS, Mom. Only that they weren't used for commercial flights until later. So they used footage of a jet landing for something else, not carrying passengers to Mexico City."
"I can't believe he's got YOU believing his stuff now!"
"I'm going to look it up. First commercial jet flights..."
"I don't really care to hear the answer, but I know I will before I make it down these 13 steps..."
"Huh. The first commercial jet airliner began service in 1951..."
"TOLD YA!"
Consider the source, people. Always consider the source.
Hah! Well, I saw a real, true, blooper on a show called The Sullivans. Set in WW11 times, the family were out on the street in front of their home and up in the sky between two buildings, we TV viewers saw a 727 fly through the scene. They weren't around in the forties, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! Now THAT I could believe, due to an editor not paying attention. But not some DELIBERATE ruse to insert footage from the future.
Wasn't there something a while back about a Starbucks cup in a "Game of Thrones" scene? I never watched that series, but I do read online tabloids!
HM--Yes, I believe it was at the Red Wedding episode (an episode where there was a wedding, and a bunch of people at the ceremony were killed).
ReplyDeleteThe series is worth it just for the Peter Dinklage character.
Sioux,
ReplyDeleteYeah! I know people were complaining about that episode anyway. Maybe this was to change the subject. I know Peter Dinklage from some other project, because I can picture him in my head when I see his name. But I don't know what.