By Slanted Light

Today is another happy icon from probodie - the Capri! I tend to use it when there's something to pleased (or smug *g*) about, because of course the caption comes from the 1991 song by Right Said Fred. Or I use it when there's a car involved. *g*

I always think its funny that it's the silver Capri that's become iconic of Pros, because of course Doyle drove a gold Capri (and I think the first one we see in an ep is a black Capri driven by Tommy), and Doyle drove the Escort as well (okay, that's kind of iconic too). I guess the silver is just a bit classier than the gold (or "boring" as my cousin once said of silver cars - but I drive a "boring" car myself, so...), and perhaps we see it more often than the other vehicles... I could see if Professional Insight says anything about that... Ha - of course it does!

Right:
Bodie drove the silver Capri in 31 eps (actually there were 3 of them)
Doyle drove the gold Capri in 13 eps
Doyle also drove a silver Capri in 1 ep, bringing its appearance to 32
Doyle drove the white Escort in 21 eps
Doyle also drove many more other cars than Bodie did, so we associate one car more strongly with Bodie

So there - the silver Capri is the car we see most in Pros!

And actually, because I just watched the vid and it made me smile even before I've my coffee - please do watch it with me!

Oh, d'you remember this part of Mickey Hamilton? (Comment from my Great ProsWatch commentary)

Love love love the bit where the lads see something funny to one side of the stairs - I can't believe they didn't cut it, it's so blatant! Bodie catches it first, looks at Doyle to see if he's noticed, and they share a grin - Doyle looks back again, disguised as looking around the room! It's funny, cos they're so serious in the rest of the ep, that I half wondered if it was MS/LC who'd had the argument, and GJ was cross with both of them! But apparently not... unless this is where they bond again perhaps... wait, sorry, whole different slash pairing - eek! (*g*)


Well according to The Book:
"We had some (police) dogs being used in some of the scenes. They turned out to be extremely misbehaved - they were constantly running off and interupting rehearsals. Come one of the takes, as Martin and Lew come up the stairs, one of the dogs, out of camera shot, breaks free or its handler and goes bowling over the chairs heading for the boom microphone. The crew were in fits of laughter for ages as we tried to get the thing out of the dogs mouth and continue filming."

Okay, you're going to get bored with me and/or want to smack me around the head for telling you all the stories, so I'll try and shut up now... It's just, so... *vbg*

Cos I so want them to be after reading these originally scripted but never-filmed ones:

From The Gun:

INT. BODIE'S CAR. DOYLE beside him.

BODIE - How have you been managing without your motor?

DOYLE produces half a dozen car keys.

DOYLE - It's amazing how many people leave the keys in their cars...

*dies of love*

And then from Killer With a Long Arm:

Ext: Doyle's flat
Bodie knocks on his partner's flat door

BODIE: Mornin' Doyle - let me in. Big news.

DOYLE: You, Bodie (keeps the chain firmly on the door) can wait three minutes. Then I'll be out.

BODIE: Is this the way to treat a pal?

DOYLE: It is when there's a Betty involved.

BODIE: (trying to peer around the door) You don't have - in there?

DOYLE: You wouldn't know, would you, Bodie? Or are they all Betty's [sic] to you?

BODIE: They had a way of treating people like you in the jungle. Stake 'em out with a trickle of honey up their legs, and...

DOYLE: Yeah, I've heard all about those ants in your pants. Now let me say a sweet good-bye and I'll be with you (closes door).
Emerging Doyle wiped his mouth very ostentatiously and smirked. That convinced Bodie that Doyle had been along in the apartment - hadn't he?

Of course in my head it ends after Bodie says "trickle of honey up their legs, and..." *vbg

My internet is being seriously dodgy this morning, so every time I think I'll do something it takes me three times as long. So while I've been waiting I've been dipping into The Book... *g*

From a description of "When the Heat Cools Off":
Michael Sheard (Merton): "I'd been employed to play a small role set in Cowley's office, with the three leads, as a gun expert. The director, Ray Austin, had the clever idea that we could throw the gun to each other rather than just pass it. Martin and Lewis were a riot; each time I threw it they'd drop it, and burst into fits of laughter. They kept apologising to Ray and telling him the gun was slippery, but it's obvious they were letting it drop on purpose. It took quite a few takes to complete the scene, and in the end even Gordon Jackson was pleased when Ray was content with the final sequence and called it a wrap. I read somewhere later that Martin and Lewis didn't see eye-to-eye during the production; that I find hard to believe on what I witnessed during my day on the show!"

I love it - our lads are complete and utter eejits, but they were absolutely together in their eejiocy! *vbg* Those reports of them hating each other just doesn't fit with what we really know! *sighs happily, wanders off to see if this'll post...*

I tend not to read Dave Matthews site regularly, more browse through when I'm looking for specifics, but today I discovered something interesting in his updated Bullet-In. Thought I'd copy it here in case anyone else missed it at the new year. Also there's a slightly blurry but nice pic of MS in AMFAS : )
( Dave Matthews Bullet-In for the end of the year )