Me Me, I was watching and howling when I saw that! Great close up of
the book too.
$80 is way too little!
Jill


On Feb 12, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Julio Velasquez wrote:

> I'm not sure if anyone watches the show "Fringe" on Fox on Tuesday
> nights...it's something of updated X-Files.
>
> As it was, in one scene the two main characters, Peter and Olivia,
> go to a
> rare/used bookstore where the proprieter is buying a book from a
> customer
> and offers him $40 for it. Turns out it's a first edition copy of
> Land of
> Laughs...Peter takes a look at it and advises the customer not to take
> anything less than $80 for it. The book itself gets a couple of
> seconds of
> screen time and I was tickled by its inclusion in the show...but as
> I've
> thought about it, "Fringe" is a J.J.Abrams show and rarely are things
> haphazardly mentioned, viewed or included in the show without
> reason. So now
> I'm pondering how the book's themes are tied into the show's themes...
>
> -Julio
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