I too had forgotten about that episode. I had to look it up on wikipedia:
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
le nubian - Jul 23, 2008 4:17:49 am PDT #6340 of 10707
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Vortex - Jul 23, 2008 5:50:07 am PDT #6341 of 10707
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I hadn't forgotten Happy Anniversary, but I don't see the similarities. Billy never wanted to use the freeze ray on Penny, he wanted to use it on Capt. Hammer.
Shir - Jul 23, 2008 5:54:56 am PDT #6342 of 10707
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Vortex - he use it on her, in a way. In the laundromat song, in his imagination.
Vortex - Jul 23, 2008 5:59:39 am PDT #6343 of 10707
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But did he actually shoot her with the freeze ray or did he just sing to her while she wasn't moving? Which is a common musical tactic.
victor infante - Jul 23, 2008 6:02:19 am PDT #6344 of 10707
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I don't know if we should hold metaphorical freeze-ray usage against him.
tommyrot - Jul 23, 2008 6:07:08 am PDT #6345 of 10707
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Vortex - given the subject matter of the song, I'd say shooting her with the freeze ray was implied.
Shir - Jul 23, 2008 6:10:10 am PDT #6346 of 10707
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, now I remembered (iTunes doesn't like my country, so I have no way to watch it now) - he points at her while singing about his freeze ray, so I agree with tommyrot it was implied.
sumi - Jul 23, 2008 6:10:31 am PDT #6347 of 10707
Art Crawl!!!
I read that as more, " If my freeze-ray were operational, I could freeze time until I could think of the perfect thing to say to Penny because when I see her I can't talk to her" - you know?
Vortex - Jul 23, 2008 6:10:33 am PDT #6348 of 10707
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I wouldn't, but perhaps I'm not remembering the lyrics. It is a classic musical tradition to sing to your unrequited love while he/she is frozen in time.
Shir - Jul 23, 2008 6:14:14 am PDT #6349 of 10707
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I agree, sumi. Only by what I could see, the freeze ray doesn't freeze time, but it freeze the person in time (while Penny is "frozen", the other laundromat people are still in motion).