Newly out on DVD is the entirety of “Captain Scarlet,” one of those great Gerry Anderson puppet series that I watched as a kid. Captain Scarlet, as (hopefully most of) you recall, was an unkillable operative for SPECTRUM, an organization dedicated to battling the ongoing threat of the evil Mysterions.
I already own the 12-inch dolls of the Captain and his nemesis, Captain Black (who was, as it happens, not actually African-American.) But Kathleen found the shows on DVD, and bought them for me. So I”m in the living room along with Gwen (my 17 year old) who’s reading a book, and in bounds Kathleen who announces, “Guess what. I’ve got Captain Scarlet!”
And Gwen looks up from her book and says in bewilderment, “What is that, like, slang for your period? ‘I’ve got Captain Scarlet, along with his friends, Major Cramps, General Discomfort and Private Parts?”
Another fond childhood memory shot.
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