Re: In defense of Continuity

"Jay and Diane Rudin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Pat ONeill answered Selaboc:
> 
> > >Think back to
> > >the 1930's movie serials. At the end of each chapter there would be a
> > >cliffhanger and the words "to be continued". The next chapter would,
> > >you guessed it *CONTINUE* (the word from which "continuity" springs)
> > >from where the previous chapter left off.
>  
> > Yeah, but you never saw a serial chapter refer you to an incident that
>  occurred
> > in ANOTHER serial--even one that used the same characters--the way that
>  comics
> > do today.
> 
> "Never"?  I've seen references to Beetle Bailey in Hi and Lois, and vice
> versa.  (Lois is Beetle's sister.)  Old Green Hornet (Britt Reid) episodes
> referred to his great-uncle, the Lone Ranger (John Reid).  Batman and Robin
> appeared on the Superman radio show.  In "Ghost of Zorro" (modern western
> serial starring Clayton Moore), they begin with references to the Zorro of
> old California.  Mandrake made occasional appearances in the Phantom.

And yet again, Pat is shown that he knows not of what he speaks.