tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post4792651564382732438..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project-Henry Slesar Part Thiry-Eight: "I Saw the Whole Thing" [8.4]John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-75144062392421108582014-11-16T18:50:52.289-08:002014-11-16T18:50:52.289-08:00Grant, you're right--it's definitely a hit...Grant, you're right--it's definitely a hit and run. No one gets to the scene before the car takes off. Had they done so, they would have seen that it was a woman driving and the whole plot would've been ruined! The point is made more clearly in the novel that the accident was the fault of the motorcyclist, who was speeding and did not yield to the car, which was already in the intersection.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-85434174025125257342014-11-16T18:44:25.526-08:002014-11-16T18:44:25.526-08:00It sounds like a bad joke, but being a non-parent ...It sounds like a bad joke, but being a non-parent and a fan of motorcycles but not a car person, I have very mixed feelings about this story. <br />And even though the story makes it clear that people immediately hurried up to the motorcyclist to help him BEFORE the driver left, in the back of my mind I keep thinking "hit and run driver," period. <br /><br />But it's always nice to see something with all these actors. I've never known many things with Evans Evans, but thanks to "Velma" in BONNIE AND CLYDE I've always liked her.<br />Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-33252306638615220922014-10-05T08:56:34.278-07:002014-10-05T08:56:34.278-07:00It was a speedy trial but I think the wife was hos...It was a speedy trial but I think the wife was hospitalized for a dangerous pregnancy, not because she was on the verge of delivery. Also, they may not have made it clear enough in the TV show, but the husband made a big point of keeping the newspapers away from his wife so she did not even know he was on trial. He was worried that the surprise would endanger her health and the pregnancy and he also did not want her to spill the beans about who was driving.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-66057481773280827712014-10-04T16:49:01.188-07:002014-10-04T16:49:01.188-07:00Something that nagged me but I forgot to mention w...Something that nagged me but I forgot to mention was that this must have been the fastest arrest, arraignment and trial in human history. Didn't the wife drive the car to the hospital to have the kid at the beginning of the show and (at the end of the show) she's just had the kid as the hubby is found not guilty! Also, what kind of wife (besides Bonnie Bedelia, of course) would kick back and let her hubby take the rap for something she did? He could have faced a pretty pretty pretty long term of incarceration.Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-32877087522025843872014-10-04T13:29:59.764-07:002014-10-04T13:29:59.764-07:00Thanks! I'll give it a try.Thanks! I'll give it a try.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-34118723216781130482014-10-04T12:18:30.256-07:002014-10-04T12:18:30.256-07:00Its simple. On the index page linked got to regist...Its simple. On the index page linked got to register and once you verify by email like any other service you can post on an existing thread by reply and if you wish to quote go to that option. You can also create your own threads. For example, you want to create an Alfred Hitchcock thread go to the Lounge section that is primarily for non-comic talk and use the button on the top left you to create your own topic. Its like most message boards. Not difficult at all. Its designed to mirror dccomic.com's former message board only with added in sections for other comic companies.mikeandraph87https://www.blogger.com/profile/03592342454303147739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-12667134239212993872014-10-04T08:59:14.079-07:002014-10-04T08:59:14.079-07:00Thanks, guys! Can you explain briefly how that sit...Thanks, guys! Can you explain briefly how that site works? I've gone on before and I never can figure it out.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-55022494656229657582014-10-04T07:15:07.730-07:002014-10-04T07:15:07.730-07:00Sorry that I can only read and not add as the only...Sorry that I can only read and not add as the only Hitchock I know and know well would be North By Northwest and Vertigo.<br /><br />Sorry if it seems like a commercial but I wanted to remind you guys of the best DC Comics site out there to talk Sgt. Rock or Batman or even oversee your own Hitchock or Twilight Zone discussion. There are a few Hitchcock mega fans there.<br /> http://new.dcuwiki.net/forums/index.phpmikeandraph87https://www.blogger.com/profile/03592342454303147739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-90107535348741575762014-10-04T06:13:26.517-07:002014-10-04T06:13:26.517-07:00Thanks, Peter! The novel is fun. I plan to get a c...Thanks, Peter! The novel is fun. I plan to get a copy of No Bail for the Judge and read it, too!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-17103103813172695352014-10-03T20:24:31.850-07:002014-10-03T20:24:31.850-07:00I sat down in my easy chair tonight and now I can ...I sat down in my easy chair tonight and now I can say "I Saw the Whole Thing!" Without looking at the credits, you'd never know this bare bones affair was directed by Hitch. It's enjoyable enough but weak compared to other episodes right around it, in particular the Gig Young-Robert Redford masterpiece, "A Piece of the Action." The scene where the judge interrogates the chick on her way to put her kid up for adoption is bizarre in the extreme. The twist would later be ripped off by Scott Turow for PRESUMED INNOCENT.<br /><br />I think I'll hunt down the novel. <br />Good write-up, Jack!Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.com