I took Profit out of my queue as soon as I'd finished the first disk. Sure as hell knew it was something I needed to own.
Eggs. The living legend needs eggs. Or maybe another milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
§ ita § - Aug 21, 2007 3:26:17 pm PDT #6923 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
joe boucher - Aug 21, 2007 3:56:26 pm PDT #6924 of 10001
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Lisa Darr was my favorite thing about Profit, especially her spotlight episode where they shipped the demented scientist off to China. (To me that guy will always be the janitor in I Only Have Eyes for You, which was a great Buffy episode, albeit not one of the great ones Tim wrote.)
Strega - Aug 21, 2007 4:20:31 pm PDT #6925 of 10001
the music, oh the music!
But... it's Mike Post!
People who liked the insanity of Profit should try the Mel Profit arc of WiseGuy. It's just as bizarre, in completely different ways.
Er, well, in mostly different ways.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 21, 2007 4:23:20 pm PDT #6926 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Er, well, in mostly different ways.
More foot fetishism and incest, I suspect.
Kristen - Aug 21, 2007 4:24:03 pm PDT #6927 of 10001
That was the beginning of my Kevin Spacey love.
Juliebird - Aug 21, 2007 5:11:26 pm PDT #6928 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
But... it's Mike Post!
I know, right?! /not a fan of the L&O's and plethora of other police procedurals he did (that I saw).
Ginger - Aug 21, 2007 7:03:20 pm PDT #6929 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Mike Post wrote the Hill Street Blues music. His work is sacred.
Strega - Aug 21, 2007 7:13:43 pm PDT #6930 of 10001
WiseGuy definitely had more foot fetishism. I think they're about even on incest. And sometimes Terranova's hair was almost as weird as Profit's, actually.
I still think Roger LoCocco should have had a spin-off. Oh, Roger.
Mike Post wrote the Hill Street Blues music. His work is sacred.Absolutely. (Although I'd have said The Rockford Files.)
Kristen - Aug 21, 2007 7:31:17 pm PDT #6931 of 10001
I think they're about even on incest.
And heroin use.
Burrell - Aug 21, 2007 7:51:02 pm PDT #6932 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
People who liked the insanity of Profit should try the Mel Profit arc of WiseGuy. It's just as bizarre, in completely different ways.
Loved that too! So wonderfully wrong.
I was thinking about Profit last night after we watched the commentary. One of the writers (I lost track of who was talking early on, except for Pasdar's lovely voice) mentioned, tongue in cheek, the hero's journey. It made me realize that Profit actually owed more to the old antagonist figure.