> I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I ordered the Banacek
collection, but after reading how much Lowell enjoyed the show, I
took the risk and put out my money. Much to my surprise I found a gem
of a 70's tv series. George was perfect for this one. This character
was highly intelligent, witty, romantic, and cunning. It was another
role that he often said he enjoyed playing. (Of course, it probably
didn't hurt that he was required to kiss all those beautiful women...)

I didn't know you ordered it because of me, and am glad you are
enjoying it. For those of us who remember the era, Banacek was a bit
of an odd ball during the age of hippiedom (the fading of that age,
to be sure, but still it nonetheless). Ascots, classic cars, short
hair, mini-mansion, button-up sweaters, chauffeur, and antique
everything, along with the latest technology present but thankfully
out of sight (answer machine in a desk drawer, TV behind a painting,
no wires visible anywhere). And he was proud of being Polish, for
heaven's sakes, a nationality that has never gotten much good press,
but got even worse attention back then with the "Dumb Polock" jokes
(that Banacek's chauffeur liked to tell when he thought Banacek
wasn't around--but, of course, Banacek was always around to anything
of interest).

The women are a bit of a downside to me, because they inevitably
throw themselves at Banacek only to be discarded before the next
episode. Banacek's women hit their low mark in "If Max Is So Smart,
Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?". At one point, he walks into the
nurses' lounge for information only to have the nurses throw
themselves at him as if they were hookers. In the final scene of that
episode, he is pictured walking off with a gaggle of nurses to whom
he is telling the story of Winnie the Pooh, by which they are quite
naturally fascinated.

Banacek was made to have culture and depth in every way but his
relationship with women.

Lowell

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