Vineland: The Sit-Com

[Paul Mackin]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: "Paul Mackin" <mackin.paul at gmail.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: Vineland: The Sit-Com


>> In cop shows the cop always wins.
> _____
> only in the bad ones. not necessarily a dig at cops mind u ( i dig
> Pynchon's riff on power and law enforcement and its abuses but i don't
> condemn the profession--it is a necessary evil--that might be anathema
> in Pynchon land)

I've always had the best relations with East Coast cops.

L.A. or valley cops are a different matter.

Threatened to call my parents once. But didn't.

Sherman Oaks cops read me and a date out over jaywalking.  Let us gol

>
>>
>> I like McHales idea that TV is useful for zapping between various 
>> realities.
> ____
> u mean ernest borgnine?
>
> oh wait, that was the Devil's Rain ;)
>
> rich

Was the devil genre included in VL?

P