Matinee Idyll
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Great fun this one. Indy is almost the comic foil to the Nancy (Drew? ) character, a welcome change of pace and style. His behaviour in this is almost like the basket scene in 'Raiders' stretched over a whole episode - bumbling, pathetic, very amusing.
Not a 'heavy' episode by any means, but not entirely lightweight - there's some quite effective intrigue with the 'German spies', a great car/bicycle chase, and some rather topical issues can be drawn from it given the current focus on climate change and alternative energy sources. George Hall gives us some great bookends, which I've uploaded to youtube if you'd like to see 'em.
For all you cynics, don't tell me your heart doesn't have a little surge when he grabs the Fedora off the rack.
Tell ya what, why don't we give the episodes a star rating from now on?
4 Fedoras outta 5 for me: Not a complete classic, but a rather effective evocation of another time and place - great mystery and suspense, and most of all good fun!
Not a 'heavy' episode by any means, but not entirely lightweight - there's some quite effective intrigue with the 'German spies', a great car/bicycle chase, and some rather topical issues can be drawn from it given the current focus on climate change and alternative energy sources. George Hall gives us some great bookends, which I've uploaded to youtube if you'd like to see 'em.
For all you cynics, don't tell me your heart doesn't have a little surge when he grabs the Fedora off the rack.
Tell ya what, why don't we give the episodes a star rating from now on?
4 Fedoras outta 5 for me: Not a complete classic, but a rather effective evocation of another time and place - great mystery and suspense, and most of all good fun!