From: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org (stillpt-digest) To: stillpt-digest@smoe.org Subject: stillpt-digest V2 #235 Reply-To: stillpt@smoe.org Sender: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk stillpt-digest Tuesday, December 19 2000 Volume 02 : Number 235 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: b/etbest00 [GHighPine@aol.com] Re: b/etbest00 ["David S. Bratman" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:28:59 EST From: GHighPine@aol.com Subject: Re: b/etbest00 In a message dated 12/17/00 5:36:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, cleindori@rica.net writes: << Hrmph. I'd dispute that Riley the dullard comment, me. It makes me cranky when genuinely nice guys are labeled dull because they're =nice=. >> He's not dull =because= he's nice. He's dull because he's dull. After all, Oz was a =very= nice guy, and not dull at all, even aside from being a werewolf. Giles is a nice guy, and not dull at all. Dull as a dramatic character does not necessarily translate into dull as a real-life spouse. Someone who marries a Riley in real life could be lucky, whereas someone who marries a Spike in real life would be insane. But Spike's a lot more entertaining to watch. Gayle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:22:46 -0500 (EST) From: "David S. Bratman" Subject: Re: b/etbest00 On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Entertainment Weekly wrote: > You can't go > wrong by turning Anthony Stewart Head's Giles from a fussy librarian into > a fusty shopkeeper--the guy gets more laughs out of prissiness these days > than Frasier and Niles combined Talk about unintentional slams. Giles is at his best with rapier-like wit (my all-time favorite BTVS line is one of his). And as the wise old mentor he can be moving. When he gets overly prissy he's just annoying. And I have never seen a more annoying TV show than "Frasier", though I'm sure there must be some out there. ------------------------------ End of stillpt-digest V2 #235 *****************************