tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post4573326749676378708..comments2024-03-27T00:26:22.316-05:00Comments on The MacGyver Project: Quantum Leap -- Episode 12: What Price Gloria?Nicholas Sweedohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-75383612021214971502016-08-08T17:39:36.196-05:002016-08-08T17:39:36.196-05:00*The first time Sam is a woman has got to be in my...*The first time Sam is a woman has got to be in my A+ list. Initially, he feels very awkward as a woman, especially with Al leering at him.<br />*The music playing in the beginning of the show was Frankie Avalon's Venus. It was #1 for five weeks in 1959.<br />*I love watching Sam adjusting to women's clothing: high heels, girdle, stocking (or not...running barefoot to the bus), putting on lipstick and when she was irritable, asked if it was "her time of the month."<br />*Sam having to deal with men who thought any woman was fair game and it was open season. Locking office doors, hand on her backside as she boards the bus, footsie under the table, hand on the knee on the double date, and being told to get the coffee. As Ms. Pratt said in the conversation with Nick, women still have to deal with this behavior.<br />*I always like when Sam interweaves 1990 words into his current predicament: light beer, microwave popcorn, TV and VCR, and President's Day. In 1961, we celebrated Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday as two separated holidays. We missed two days of school and it was wherever it fell on the calendar. None of this 'holidays on a Monday' stuff.<br />*Items from the 1960's that brought back memories: wonder bread with the colorful circles on the white bag, and big cars with big fins that got 7 mpg with gas being about $0.25 per gallon.<br />*Another plus to this episode is that it is on my birthday, October 16!<br />*Favorite lines:<br />-- When talking to God, Sam says, "You have a wonderful sense of humor." <br />--Sam says, " 'I Enjoy Being a Girl' was not written by me" The song, "I Enjoy Being a Girl," from Broadway's "Flower Drum Song," was not written be a girl. He was correct; it was written in 1958 by Rodgers and Hammerstein. It was made popular by Peggy Lee and Doris Day.<br />*Finally, revenge is sweet. Because Sam did not leap, it seems that God is okay with getting even. So much for turning the other cheek. I like the last scene but I don't know what is going to happen to Samantha after Sam leaps out. Will the entire office believe she is a man? What does Gloria think about this after having shared an apartment with her? Too many loose ends.<br />I do give this an A+ because it was the first time as a woman and it made me laugh out loud.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342174424018623586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-52364346543353416522016-06-14T06:38:18.686-05:002016-06-14T06:38:18.686-05:00I really liked this one. I'd say it's my n...I really liked this one. I'd say it's my new #1. I remember watching this one in the summer of 1990 and liking it as well. And although Al's fawning over any and all women gets annoying and in this case very creepy, I will say he has good taste with "Samantha". Anyway, the story was strong, the atmosphere seemed authentic, and the relationship with Gloria was believable. I actually liked the closing scene with Sam's faux seduction quite a bit too and I thought it was amusing the way he creeped out Buddy. I will say, however, that I became uncomfortable rewatching that scene because of my memories of June 1990 when my dad was sitting there watching that scene with me. He was laughing at it but, wow, wildly uncomfortable watching a scene like that with your dad back when I was 12 years old....especially in my Scandinavian family.<br /><br />Good story and good characters though. My new favorite.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953380288384883179noreply@blogger.com