This confused me, because I was thinking it was a movie, but no, it was a British television series from the 1960s. I had never heard of it. Most people have either never heard of it, or know it so well they can quote lines from it (I am not a number!). Jack got the series on DVD for Christmas and now that I've seen several episodes I feel qualified to say, This is one weird show.
From Wikipedia: The series follows a British agent who abruptly resigns his job and then finds himself captive in a mysterious seaside "village" whose leader tries to find out why he quit. Throughout the series, the unnamed prisoner, labelled "Number Six" by his captors, tries to escape while defying all attempts to break his will. He also tries to discover for which "side" his captors work and the identity of the never-seen "Number One", who presumably runs the Village. Number Six often thwarts the various individuals serving as the Village's chief administrator, "Number Two."
Seriously, it's a really weird show. But completely captivating and original at the same time. Part of the plot is that anyone who tries to escape the village, gets devoured or suffocated or I'm not sure what, by something called "a rover" which looks like a giant balloon. It chases people down while menacing music plays in the background.
Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Ffr1U7KMY
Recently my husband came home and gleefully told me he'd found a huge balloon that looked EXACTLY like the rover. His evil plan was to inflate it after Jack went to bed and then leave it in his room, so he'd wake up next to it. Greg did this on April Fool's Day.
Yep, that was his idea of an April Fool's joke.
Jack got a kick out of it, but he wasn't really scared or wowed by it. Later, in the car, though, he played an April Fool's joke on me, and it was classic.
As I was driving him to school, Jack suddenly unzipped his backpack and starting looking through it frantically. "Where's that form?" he said, rifling through every compartment.
Me: What form?
Jack: The one you were supposed to sign. It's due today! Remember, the form I left on the counter for you?
Me: What?! You've got to be kidding me. You never said anything about a form!
Jack: April Fool's!
This was really not funny. I swear this is the kind of thing that makes my blood pressure go up. I almost stroked out, seriously.
Later I got my revenge when I sicced the rover on Jack. That will teach him.
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