Posted by Ben on February 27, 2002 at 17:51:31:
In Reply to: Barnabas, Vicki and Culture Shock posted by Gerard on February 27, 2002 at 12:31:58:
Everything from history and events from 1795 to 1967, understanding fashion, which end of the telephone receiver to hold to the ear, not freaking out when a blender is turned on, etc. I always thought he presented himself way too early after his resurrection; it would've taken much more time for Willie to fill him in on the nuances of the 20th century.
Imagine it, Gerard ... having Willie as your tutor to bring you current on 175 years of history and culture? PLUS all the nuances? It's a wonder Barnabas was able to present himself as credibly as he did.
Still, I wonder how those tutorials went. I can't picture Barnabas as the docile student or Willie as the erudite schoolmaster:
WILLIE: Okay, Barnabas, uh, today we will learn about the early 1900s, when airplanes enabled man to fly in the sky ... like a bird.
BARNABAS: But Willie, you know I already know how to fly ... like a bat.
WILLIE: Well, then how about this gizmo called the telephone? Yeah, the telephone! Now looky-here, Barnabas, i-i-i-f you want someone at Collinwood to come here to the Old House, you just pick up this here receiver and start dialing these four numbers, like this ...
BARNABAS: But all I have to do is go to the front window, hold a candle so that my face is lit from below, and then repeat quietly, "Come to me, you will come to me."
Ben