VIEWERS TAKE NOTICE.......
*PRODUCERS OF TSOSF MASTER STREET/CROWD CONTROL..... In the opening scene it is clear the producers have begun to master the art of filming on the actual streets of San Francisco. In the first season crowd control was very difficult and crowds could be seen waving at the camera and awkwardly avoiding the camera and the set. But in this season the producers have sharpened their skills and have control of the streets, the extras, the vehicles , etc. One of the distinctives of this series is the fact everything was filmed on location, which made it authentic and artistically beautiful.
*ACTOR TICKLES THE OTHER ACTOR!!!...... At 2:17 the "bad guy" tickles the young gas station attendant who is sitting on the floor having just been shot. When the "bad guy" bends over to check out the young guys injury/gun shot wound, you can see his left hand grab the young man under the knee to purposefully tickle him the way my uncle used to do to me and then he would say, "it's obvious that you like girls" lol. This is a hilarious moment between the two actors captured on film. The actor playing the gas station attendant actually reaches up and grabs the left hand of the "bad guy" because he just tickled him!
*FORMER ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW ACTOR..... Burt Mustin (Mr. Pierce) spent several years on the Andy Griffith show playing different characters. In this episode of TSOSF he's in a retirement home and engages in some spritely banter with Stone and Keller from the seat of his chair.
*IT STINKS TO BE ELDERLY IN USA..... Issue-oriented episode (again) relating to the state of health care access by the elderly in our country.
*Take a look at Dr. Rochelle 14:20. Doesn't he look a lot like a young Gene Wilder?
*KARL MALDEN'S CAR CAMERA IS NOTICED...... At 41:10-41:15 there are several people on the sidewalk noticing the camera on the car Karl Malden is driving. One girl points directly at the camera/the guys in the car.
*IF A GUY IS GOING TO PLANT A BOMB AND MAKE A STATEMENT AS IF TO SAY, "YOU CAN STICK IT - WHERE WOULD HE PUT IT?!?!?!....... At 44:30 Stone and Keller are pleading with Denver Pyle's character to find out where the final bomb could have been planted. Lieutenant Stone says to Pyle, "Where would he put that bomb? All of the other bombs have been placed for your benefit. They were put in places that you could see. Where do you think he would put it as if to say -'stick it!'." Keller and Stone then do a double take to each other and look over at Pyle's office chair. They both run over to the office chair and start looking over it and Pyle says, "It's not there! The bomb squad already looked there!" Michael Douglas (Keller) is doing everything in his power to not laugh as he and Malden act out the scene. The in-joke was obviously unstated but it was: he would stick it up your A..!!!
WHAT DID YOU THINK? Final reflective analysis.... This episode leaves police realism behind in order to have a "feel good" vibe throughout the story's telling. The sad part about the story is the most realistic element: America has made getting old a very lonesome and costly endeavor. Whereas some nations and cultures honor their elderly (almost no nursing homes or retirement centers exist in Asian nations because the younger families shelter and take essential care of their older relatives. It is considered a privilege to do this - not an inconvenience) America tends to move the elderly out of the way in homes and centers designed for these purposes. We try to make ourselves feel better by saying it is for their good but mostly the elderly - who have been programmed to think they are a burden on their loved ones and society - feel isolated, lonely and forgotten.
This episode touches on that issue in 1973 but never delves fully with the heartbreak associated with this subject- instead choosing to focus on the action of discovering where the bombs are planted and if they can be dealt with before detonating.
Final grade: C+
*PRODUCERS OF TSOSF MASTER STREET/CROWD CONTROL..... In the opening scene it is clear the producers have begun to master the art of filming on the actual streets of San Francisco. In the first season crowd control was very difficult and crowds could be seen waving at the camera and awkwardly avoiding the camera and the set. But in this season the producers have sharpened their skills and have control of the streets, the extras, the vehicles , etc. One of the distinctives of this series is the fact everything was filmed on location, which made it authentic and artistically beautiful.
*ACTOR TICKLES THE OTHER ACTOR!!!...... At 2:17 the "bad guy" tickles the young gas station attendant who is sitting on the floor having just been shot. When the "bad guy" bends over to check out the young guys injury/gun shot wound, you can see his left hand grab the young man under the knee to purposefully tickle him the way my uncle used to do to me and then he would say, "it's obvious that you like girls" lol. This is a hilarious moment between the two actors captured on film. The actor playing the gas station attendant actually reaches up and grabs the left hand of the "bad guy" because he just tickled him!
*FORMER ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW ACTOR..... Burt Mustin (Mr. Pierce) spent several years on the Andy Griffith show playing different characters. In this episode of TSOSF he's in a retirement home and engages in some spritely banter with Stone and Keller from the seat of his chair.
*IT STINKS TO BE ELDERLY IN USA..... Issue-oriented episode (again) relating to the state of health care access by the elderly in our country.
*Take a look at Dr. Rochelle 14:20. Doesn't he look a lot like a young Gene Wilder?
*KARL MALDEN'S CAR CAMERA IS NOTICED...... At 41:10-41:15 there are several people on the sidewalk noticing the camera on the car Karl Malden is driving. One girl points directly at the camera/the guys in the car.
*IF A GUY IS GOING TO PLANT A BOMB AND MAKE A STATEMENT AS IF TO SAY, "YOU CAN STICK IT - WHERE WOULD HE PUT IT?!?!?!....... At 44:30 Stone and Keller are pleading with Denver Pyle's character to find out where the final bomb could have been planted. Lieutenant Stone says to Pyle, "Where would he put that bomb? All of the other bombs have been placed for your benefit. They were put in places that you could see. Where do you think he would put it as if to say -'stick it!'." Keller and Stone then do a double take to each other and look over at Pyle's office chair. They both run over to the office chair and start looking over it and Pyle says, "It's not there! The bomb squad already looked there!" Michael Douglas (Keller) is doing everything in his power to not laugh as he and Malden act out the scene. The in-joke was obviously unstated but it was: he would stick it up your A..!!!
WHAT DID YOU THINK? Final reflective analysis.... This episode leaves police realism behind in order to have a "feel good" vibe throughout the story's telling. The sad part about the story is the most realistic element: America has made getting old a very lonesome and costly endeavor. Whereas some nations and cultures honor their elderly (almost no nursing homes or retirement centers exist in Asian nations because the younger families shelter and take essential care of their older relatives. It is considered a privilege to do this - not an inconvenience) America tends to move the elderly out of the way in homes and centers designed for these purposes. We try to make ourselves feel better by saying it is for their good but mostly the elderly - who have been programmed to think they are a burden on their loved ones and society - feel isolated, lonely and forgotten.
This episode touches on that issue in 1973 but never delves fully with the heartbreak associated with this subject- instead choosing to focus on the action of discovering where the bombs are planted and if they can be dealt with before detonating.
Final grade: C+
