Oh yeah and Mrs Columbo! Thanks, Gene.

They wouldn't do it like that now. They'd have someone playing those characters, and demonstrating all the things the original let you use your imagination about. Nobody lets you imagine now. They spell it out on screen, maybe because people don't read enough these days and don't know how to imagine..

Howard's mother in the Big Bang Theory.

Funny that it is always invisible women. Is there any example of a male relative who is notorious but never seen?

They wouldn't do it like that now. They'd have someone playing those characters, and demonstrating all the things the original let you use your imagination about. Nobody lets you imagine now. They spell it out on screen, maybe because people don't read enough these days and don't know how to imagine..

The next door neighbour in Home Improvement. He's a man.

The Big Bang Theory's only a few years old.

Wow - 35p for a ticket to a football match.

Is that himself as a boy that he saw?

In 1973 a week's wage would be about £40, I'm guessing. It's about £600+ now.

And the only reason the universe didn't implode is that this is fiction we're watching!

I suppose that's right.

Perhaps they actually have to touch for the universe to implode?

According to the bank of england inflation calculator 35p in 1973 is now £3.73
Robbing b*****ds

Just shows how much we are being robbed by big businesses these days

Look forward to seeing you next week - I'm really enjoying this!

And I suppose we're contributing to all the safety gear the police didn't have then that they need now.

Caught up with this episode this morning. Another good one, although not quite on the level of the stellar one of last week. Really enjoying watching this again.