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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Yeah.... The remake is only vaguely rememberable for its use of the typical Hollywood twaddle-Insertion of a Gorgeous Girl as a plot device, & use of Big Stars thruout.... That's one of the things that "Worked" so well in the original-NO big stars, just real people, & the "Love" interest was really only between Toby & Eleanor..It was never very clear whether the "Pumpkin" character was Maindrian's wife/main squeeze/sister/employee/whatever..Hollywood took an iconic movie, & "Hollywooded" the remake, threw buckets of money at it, & subsequently RUINED it..
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Yup, Eleanor got the only starring credit. That secretary didn't get nearly as much of a shock as the lady who saw Eleanor coming out of the car wash thinking it was her car.
Pumpkin was Maindrian's main squeeze actually; the dialogue isn't heard very clearly, but at one point she does say something about their getting married someday.
Thanks for the info Tom, I won't be able to keep out of this particular set for long. I did lean over it, pull the cover out at the top and peek inside with a flashlight; looks like the HV caps are the originals. I saw two white ones and a rather short dark red one.
BTW, I got a Jerrold 400 analog converter box with the TV. Not much I know but I like them. The set was listed at 20 bucks, but it was in another part of the province and I had no way to get it myself. I wasn't even going to bother asking about it at first due to the majority of my online listing experiences, but the seller turned out to be a real stand-up guy and only tacked on 10 bucks for delivery. Perhaps he had other business down here.
One bit of fun I had with the set was experimenting with metallic noises to see if it would react. Keys did nothing, but my plastic container full of nails and paper clips triggers the power and volume steps.