A plot demerit mentioned in — of all places! — "The Brady Bunch."

Fear of the Mr. Peepers/Rhoda syndrome?

What makes this production credible is the ugly, raw look of their faces. They look exactly like English women from that time period, with privation and emotional strain. American TV isn't willing to have actresses looking like that.

Where's the rest of you?

The best-written review of each week. Despite difficulties with grammar and spelling, a model of prose.

"NAveryW" — no, this is a moral story, not a drama. (Do you remember "The Franklyn's Tale" in _The Canterbury Tales_? The Medieval magician is not a stage performer, but a person who can deceive sense and wit.)

There is a Medieval story from Spain with a similar topic. This involves a magician (i.e., an illusionist) and a priest. The priest does not act justly in the twenty year span, and thus fails his test.

I'm probably in the minority here. I got a peculiar elitist vibe from _Over Sea, Under Stone_ and its sequels. I didn't feel it in _The Mysterious Benedict Society_, which I finished reading over the weekend. (_Benedict_ is wonderful.)

You never watched "Sonny and Cher"?

It's in Ikuru; I think as one of the "Westernized" practices.

Didn't this start with the horse in "The Eyes"?

Oh! — Thank you!

Is Mr. Anthony doing better now?

One of the disadvantages of being broke is not seeing wonderful films. I'm tantalized by one of Blank's other titles, "Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers."

And that was the point of the line — of course I'm remembering it wrong — where he says that breaking and entering is wrong as they are doing it.

But one of Simon's lenses had already broken . . . for the crack in his reason?

As far back as "The Video Makers" they mentioned copyright laws.

And yet she's still the Vampire Queen. She's still damaged. Yet there's just that little change.

I first read Kierkegaard because Monty Python mentioned it. Yeah, I was a baby literalist.

An article in _Slate_ said that there are an increasing number of books with horror plots. I feel that the earlier stories were more imaginative and fresher, "The Midnight Sun" as a prime example.