jblum's Journal

Last night Kate and I were talking about the Steptoe And Son play from a few years ago, Murder In Oil Drum Lane, which starts from the premise that Harold Steptoe finally snapped and killed Albert and is now being haunted by his ghost.

This prompted a whole series of other sitcoms we'd like to see wrapped up in such a fashion -- starting with the made-for-TV movie Napalm Strike On Gilligan's Island; a crossover between Are You Being Served and Dexter; the suicide-pact Very Special Episode of Three's Company; the goat going berserk on The Good Life; and "This week's special guest star on Mind Your Language: a large tube of antimatter..."

(Said tube, we decided, would have the words "Squeeze Me Please" written on the side in large friendly letters.)

Current Mood: weirdly relieved