Comments on: Why I don’t call it “snail mail”

By: joshua m. neff

joshua m. neff — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:30:44 +0000

Walt, I love the US Postal Service and have always (or almost always) had great service from them, in a timely fashion and at incredibly low prices. As my dad has said (whenever people start griping about the rising cost of stamps), "How much would you charge someone to take a letter from New York to California?" Hooray for the USPS!

By: walt

walt — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:14:40 +0000

Moonlighting was technically on for five seasons–but it may not have seemed that long because there were so few episodes over that stretch!

The whole series only ran 66 episodes, which would be three full seasons for typical 22-episodes-per-season shows (although many shows used to have 24 or more episodes per season, and some still do).

The first “season” had a mere six episodes (it was a midseason entry, starting in March). Every year thereafter, there were supposed to be 22 episodes, but they were never able to produce that many. Too bad most of the special ads and teasers went missing: It became standing joke, and in fact a couple of episodes reference that standing joke.

There’s also the fact that season four rarely had both stars at all, and almost never in the same place at the same time (until the last three episodes). Some episodes didn’t include either star.

There were a number of magnificent episodes in that scattered run, to be sure–even if one of the best episodes (and the most expensive) always got lousy ratings, even in reruns. (Most people apparently instinctively change channels when they hear iambic pentameter.)

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:17:18 +0000

I care! I loved Moonlighting and did not realize it was on television that long. I use Amazon for tv show purchases as well; mostly Stargate SG-1 episodes because they are cheaper than the neighborhood Best Buy.