ASSAULT THE BATTERY

Blog number seventy-seven                                19 Feb. 2007

Last week Teresa was watching a program and these girls were stalked by this killer and when one got in the car the starter turned over with great power, but the car wouldn't start.  What did they do?  Got some jumper cables and jump started the car. 

See anything wrong with this picture?

There are actors, writers, directors, electricians, sound men, cosmetologists and hanger-ons gathered around any televisions shoot.  And nobody said anything about this anomaly?  Or somebody said something and nobody cared?  What the hell?  I blame the director mostly.  It's his job to see that the story hangs together.

Yesterday I'm watching an excellent Canadian television mini series called, "Slings and Arrows," and once again, in the short space of one week, I again had my ARRRGGGG! functions engaged by supposedly intelligent literary and creative personages. TWICE in one week! 

This guy goes out to his car, an evidently well-charged battery engages the starter with a reassuring er..er..er..er, but the car won't start, so this woman says, "I'll get the jumper cables," runs over to her trunk, pulls them out, they hook them up and viola!  The car starts.  And to add insult to injury, the guy says, "I'm going to get a new car.  I keep having trouble getting this one started."  HE'S GOING TO BUY A NEW CAR BECAUSE HE THINKS SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH HIS BATTERY!

Nobody standing around a television shot in this day and age understands the connection between the battery and the starter?  They don't understand that if the starter turns over, there is nothing wrong with the battery?  Is that what they're trying to tell me?  What, I wonder, do they do when they get a flat tire?  Put more water in the radiator?  Buy a new car?  Shoot themselves?