'Beware the Oglethorpe' was unusual in that it was presented differently than all previous regular episodes. Can anyone say what that difference was? ???
Beware the Oglethorpe.
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You got it DickIt was what they called " A Cold Open" . I. E . They jumped into the story before the opening credits came up.
dick
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Of Funerals And Fish?? Purely a guess UNC, I always understood OGLETHORPE was the first?
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Only a guess, Getting Sam Home?
I threw in my query on the basis of a Note in Wikipedia against 'Beware the Oglethorpe', the first episode of Series#19:
'This is the first regular episode to have a Cold open. Although past episodes used them occasionally.'
I realise that the syntax is poor and the statement a wee bit ambiguous.
For 'A Sidecar Named Desire', last episode of Series#18 there is an equally poorly constructed Note:
'This is the last episode not to have a Cold open. Although some subsequent episodes don't have it (albeit less frequent).'
'This is the first regular episode to have a Cold open. Although past episodes used them occasionally.'
I realise that the syntax is poor and the statement a wee bit ambiguous.
For 'A Sidecar Named Desire', last episode of Series#18 there is an equally poorly constructed Note:
'This is the last episode not to have a Cold open. Although some subsequent episodes don't have it (albeit less frequent).'
The Special There Goes the Groom, which was immediately before Oglethorpe, had one of these so-called 'cold opens'.
I am sure once the cold open trend began, there was a regular episode which didn't have a cold open. At a guess I would say the second series with Truly (made 1998, shown 1999 - don't know the series number).
I think it was that series, but I'm sure someone here can help me on this.
I am sure once the cold open trend began, there was a regular episode which didn't have a cold open. At a guess I would say the second series with Truly (made 1998, shown 1999 - don't know the series number).
I think it was that series, but I'm sure someone here can help me on this.