Yeah so I don't have anything to tell you, particularly after the bombshell about the Coburg Lake Reserve being in Division 4. How many more headlines can you seriously take? This week has been ridiculously hot and unpleasant for everyone, except people who enjoy temperatures in the mid-30s, are they really people? Cast them out! I have had too much work on, and haven't really done anything of value since going to see Todd Rundgren play in Castlemaine last Saturday, which was by the way excellent. I decided my cutlery drawer needed cleaning, I mean it's not outright unhygienic but you know, it's just been used for its intended purpose.
I have watched a few D4s - I'm into September 1973 now as was inevitable per the previous post - but I'm finding that by this time Crawfords or the D4 team are getting a bit tired and unfocused, just an impression. I suspect that the regular cast were finding it all a bit draining and a few episodes concentrating heavily on other actors taking the lead in stories with the Yarra Central crew very peripheral, was considered order of the day. So, the 29 August episode 'Willie' which concentrates a lot on Ernie Bourne as the titular character in a somewhat rollicking adventure where, and this is the other issue, crime is considered somewhat fun. Now, that's a change from what we're used to in this show. Then there's 'Damsel in Distress' with Helen Morse and Serge Lazareff as Angela and Ivan; she seduces him so he'll kill her father's new wife, but you know, the whole thing is farcical really (though it does have Hilda Scurr as Ivan's mother, her usual magnificent self in a typically low-key role). And the episode 'Bella' which is mainly concerning the adventures of a prostitute called, yeah, Bella (Margo Lee), her boarder/lover Toby (Brian Hannah) and, very late in the piece but playing I suppose an important role, her daughter Kathy (Rosalie Fletcher).
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