Our
friend Number 6 doesn’t look none too pleased does he? Perhaps Pat’s narked off
because Alexis beat him to the draw in the gunfight!
I wonder what happened to those cardboard
cut-outs of Alexis Kanner, David Bauer {the Judge}, and that horse? In all probability
they were left lying about unwanted and uncared for, long after the production of
the episode was complete. What might Patrick McGoohan have thought about
himself having been turned into a life-size cardboard cut-out?
Be seeing you
Especially when he could see himself, or his cardboard incarnation rather, standing in front of what was formely his home 6 Private, now the Prisoner shop, welcoming visitors... Something eerie about it, isn't it. - BCNU!
ReplyDeleteHello Arno,
DeleteOh no you're joking, no I can read that you are not! I saw a cut-out of Number 6 in a photograph taken at the Convention, I thought that was creepie enough, but to have it standing outside the Prisoner shop....yes I bet it is eerie. And what might it look like the first time to an unsuspecting visitor to Portmeirion?!
Enjoy the weekend
Very kind regards
David
BCNU
You are right. I cannot say how long this cardboard No.6 has been in use. I seem to remember that in 2013 there wasn't one. Anyway. It's the picture used also here, in lifesize: https://ixquick-proxy.com/do/spg/show_picture.pl?l=deutsch&rais=https%3A%2F%2Fs3-eu5.ixquick.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fserveimage%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Miz1Us9oQQ0%2FUfrLwnkb0-I%2FAAAAAAAAJ0U%2Fx83xl8JifYY%2Fs0%2FThePrisJap.jpg%26sp%3Da1f8310a6bf9a957f57452e705505fd9
DeleteI mean, it is well understandable for a commercial business to use the iconic figure. However, it also leave us with the notion of uneasiness. But that's popular culture. - BCNU!
Hello Arno,
DeleteNo it wouldn't be there in 2013 as the cardboard cut-outs were not produced until last year. I don't know how many of them have been bought, and so are about in the World.
I remember how several years ago now, I made a desk-top size cardboard cut-out of Number 6. It was just under A4 size, it was a novelty at the time, but it was on my desk for quite some time, until one day it ended up in the wastepaper basket!
Very kind regards
David
BCNU
Hello David, hello Arno,
ReplyDeleteI just tried to imagine what it would be like if that cut-out came to life for us, just like the cut-outs in Harmony were real for the Prisoner. Must be interesting.. But I think I wouldn't like to awake.
Best wishes,
Jana
Hello Jana,
DeleteSuch things are the stuff of nightmares!
Very kind regards
David
BCNU