I saw an interview with the guy who played Theo on The Cosby Show where he said that his mother always made him come along to any meeting with the accountant or manager or anything to do with the money he was earning. He thought it was really boring at age 14, but his mother said that she didn't want him to ever say that he didn't know what happened to his money.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Apr 29, 2008 8:45:28 am PDT #4064 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2008 8:45:59 am PDT #4065 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sparky1 - Apr 29, 2008 8:46:41 am PDT #4066 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
That's the parents choice though.
Some of that choice isn't in the parents' hands. It's in the contract that he's not allowed to climb trees, and it's in the contract that Person X/Office Y has to be notified if there's any injury so it can be evaluated (by a doctor and for the camera).
Kat - Apr 29, 2008 8:46:50 am PDT #4067 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I just read the wiki article on SJP. I didn't realize that everyone in their family is a leftie.
tommyrot - Apr 29, 2008 8:47:20 am PDT #4068 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Brilliant candidate for plastination.
Have we learned nothing from The Thing and Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer?
Jesse - Apr 29, 2008 8:50:54 am PDT #4069 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He thought it was really boring at age 14, but his mother said that she didn't want him to ever say that he didn't know what happened to his money.
Did he learn nothing from that time he had to rent an apartment from Rudy with his sad high-school-dropout salary??
Kat - Apr 29, 2008 8:53:31 am PDT #4070 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse, step away from the reruns.
Trudy Booth - Apr 29, 2008 8:53:39 am PDT #4071 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Some of that choice isn't in the parents' hands. It's in the contract that he's not allowed to climb trees, and it's in the contract that Person X/Office Y has to be notified if there's any injury so it can be evaluated (by a doctor and for the camera).
The parents signed the contract. And they can be vigorous or un in telling the neighbors their kid can't climb trees depending on their own conscience and relationship with the kid.
"Timmy, don't climb trees" is different than telling the friends' Mom "well, the studio won't let Timmy climb trees..."
Dana - Apr 29, 2008 8:55:09 am PDT #4072 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Did he learn nothing from that time he had to rent an apartment from Rudy with his sad high-school-dropout salary??
AWESOME episode.
Kat - Apr 29, 2008 8:56:38 am PDT #4073 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo