It’s very, very easy to get the numbers 6 and 9 confused when glancing at them, especially if you’re run off your feet trying to do nine jobs at once when you should only have to do six. Which is why I understand and am not complaining that I was assigned to proof Episode 1-09 of Fame and spent two hours working on it only to find out that it had already been finished by someone else yesterday. On the bright side, I did learn an important Life Lesson about using drugs to prepare oneself for a stage performance. (It’s “Don’t.”)
Speaking of misreading things at first glance, the MuchMoreMusic host’s interstitial segments for this coming Monday include a moment in which he urges the audience to tune in to the upcoming episode of Fame, and he spells out the name: “Eff-Ay-Emm-Ee.” Which is all well and good, except that when you’re reading the captions you might get thrown by the fact that the captioner has spelt the program as F.A.M.E., with extra periods between the letters. It looks as though this is the episode in which Danny dresses in women’s clothing to try to get a Section 8.
On an entirely unrelated note, I just read the following plot summary on my TV listings website: “Successful lawyer Jack Lennox finds himself drawn into an illegal career as a criminal mastermind.” What, pray tell, is a legal career as a criminal mastermind? Inquiring minds want to know.
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