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That is a great scene. Also, The Prisoner is an awesome series ahead of its time. Saw an extended interview/documentary with Patrick McGoohan. The series was deeply rooted in his concern about the developing surveillance state.

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Did you know.... The pleasure park where much of The Prisoner was shot is also where the TeleTubbies program would be shot? Same surrealistic, manicured grounds.

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Seems pretty Prisoner-ish. Or, the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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Maybe life does imitate art sometimes. I remember seeing a vice doc about an American meth kingpin, also named Walter White. Or maybe, its just Bryan Cranston showing the Robert De Niros, and the Dustin Hoffmans of the world, how method acting's done.

Gotta take this opportunity to ask, what's Fight Club about? I've been thinking about it a lot in the past days. It got me writing again.

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How does it feel to predict the future?

Heavier balls fix everything.

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I see your point but, a heavy ball can be trouble somtimes. One of the absolute childhood joys of the pre-internet era, was the cement Football prank. Imagine a man with two large grocery bags in each hand, back from work, tired and pissed, sees a group of kids waving '' Hey Sir, can you pass the ball?''. The poor guy hits the heavy fucker so hard that the groceries go flying and his face down in the dirt.

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Is it better to be injured than to be angry?

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From our perspective back then, yes. It meant a great laugh.

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That’s just the ACTUAL London eye. May providence help you should you stand in its path.

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Large balls on approach rarely end well.

P.S. thank you for the box. It’s wonderful. The seeds will be well-loved and the bookmark well-used.

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Excellent!

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Love those ancient special effects in The Prisoner. Ray Harryhausen where are you?

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