ONTD Original: 5 More Great Book Moments in Television History
PART ONE
in no particular order
BOARDWALK EMPIRE: Richard compares himself to the Tin Man to calm Margaret's frightened children.
When WWI veteran Richard falls asleep without his tin mask to cover his facial disfiguration, he inadvertently scares Margaret's young children. In an effort to ease the tension, he compares himself to the Tin Man while Margaret is reading to them - much to the children's delight. A very sweet and touching scene in an otherwise brutal show.
GOLDEN GIRLS: Blanche is going to be a great writer.
Blanche stays up all night to finish a novel so great they will teach it in universities! Or so she believes in her insomnia-induced delirium.
FRIENDS: Rachel discusses why Jane Eyre was so ahead of its time - and it's not just feminism.
Phoebe is excited when Rachel takes a literature course with her but soon learns Rachel is a slacker student who doesn't read the assignments. When Rachel steals Phoebe's analysis for Wuthering Heights, she makes sure to feed her preposterous answers for Jane Eyre.
PUSHING DAISIES: Chuck reads and reads and reads.
She read about people she could never be and adventures she would never have.
Chuck's aunts, who raised her, are agoraphobic. She devotes her life to taking care of them which means she doesn't get out much. She turns to books for comfort and adventure.
BREAKING BAD: Hank makes the connection thanks to Walt Whitman.
I guess Hank forgot his phone and needed to kill some time while on the toilet. He reaches for the copy of Leaves of Grass sitting on the tank. Having previously discovered the initials W.W. in the now-dead Gale Boetticher's notes, Hank joked they belonged to Walter White. Once he reads the inscription in the poetry collection, everything finally clicks into place: "To my other favorite W.W. It's an honour working with you. Fondly G.B."
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in no particular order
BOARDWALK EMPIRE: Richard compares himself to the Tin Man to calm Margaret's frightened children.
Click to viewWhen WWI veteran Richard falls asleep without his tin mask to cover his facial disfiguration, he inadvertently scares Margaret's young children. In an effort to ease the tension, he compares himself to the Tin Man while Margaret is reading to them - much to the children's delight. A very sweet and touching scene in an otherwise brutal show.
GOLDEN GIRLS: Blanche is going to be a great writer.
Blanche stays up all night to finish a novel so great they will teach it in universities! Or so she believes in her insomnia-induced delirium.
FRIENDS: Rachel discusses why Jane Eyre was so ahead of its time - and it's not just feminism.
Phoebe is excited when Rachel takes a literature course with her but soon learns Rachel is a slacker student who doesn't read the assignments. When Rachel steals Phoebe's analysis for Wuthering Heights, she makes sure to feed her preposterous answers for Jane Eyre.
PUSHING DAISIES: Chuck reads and reads and reads.
She read about people she could never be and adventures she would never have.
Chuck's aunts, who raised her, are agoraphobic. She devotes her life to taking care of them which means she doesn't get out much. She turns to books for comfort and adventure.
BREAKING BAD: Hank makes the connection thanks to Walt Whitman.
I guess Hank forgot his phone and needed to kill some time while on the toilet. He reaches for the copy of Leaves of Grass sitting on the tank. Having previously discovered the initials W.W. in the now-dead Gale Boetticher's notes, Hank joked they belonged to Walter White. Once he reads the inscription in the poetry collection, everything finally clicks into place: "To my other favorite W.W. It's an honour working with you. Fondly G.B."
SOURCE 1 | 2 | 3 | 4