Davey and Goliath

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[Walks_At_Night]

Episode 17

After a bit of a hiatus, we are back!

The whole Hansen crew is in the Jeep, with Goliath hanging out in the towed trailer. They are cruising through some serious muck and they get stuck.  Things are a little precarious because they are close to a ditch. Davey asks the Old Man if he ever gets scared.  Finally we get confirmation that Hansen has seen the elephant. He replies that he was scared in the war but that remembering God's love pushed the fear away [Allowing him to murder them Nip bastards by the dozen....okay. Okay. So I added that part]. Davey and  Hansen work at trying to free the Jeep allowing Elaine to drive. She does a great job too. Except that she doesn't see Goliath hanging around the rear tire so she turns him into a mud puppy. They get the vehicle freed without too much hassle and are soon on their way to the A-Frame.  We do notice that in an early example of product placement, the vehicle has "Jeep" proudly displayed on it.

Jeepers Creepers


They get to the A-Frame and for some reason the porch light has disappeared. Mucho sadness.    Goliath wastes no time hopping into the lake and de-mucking himself. If you watch very closely, you can even see Goliath's legs doing the doggie paddle underwater. Very impressive indeed! We hear a "Hi Davey" and it is Teddy cruising expertly around the little peninsula jutting out into the lake in his new sail boat.

Work that bitch Teddy.


He pulls up and invites Davey for a sail. Hansen grants permission to go out as long as they watch the weather but Sally is denied because she can't swim. As a consolation prize, Sally gets to go flower picking with Hansen. It seems to me that she got reamed on the deal but she seems happy enough. The lads are having a great time sailing but not so Goliath. First he freaks out over the word "tack". He hears it as attack and starts bitching about not wanting to fight anyone. Then he starts pissing and moaning about zig zagging and how slow the whole sailing process is. Thankfully he finally just gets bored, shuts up and conks out. The wind picks up and the boat starts pitching a little bit. Soon  the guys notice a nasty storm front raging across the lake. The music, sound effects and cinematography are all top notch here - check this out.

Storm Front


Hansen and Sally have fists full of Blacked Eyed Susans and what are Petunias I guess, when they notice the storm. They boogie on back to the A-Frame and Hansen gets his binoculars. He sees that the good shipping crew is in peril and asks Elaine to get his slicker. All decked out like that dude on those little boxes of fish sticks, Hansen heads out in his motor boat into the teeth of the gale. 

Cappy Fish Sticks to the Rescue!


Things are really dire on the sailboat. The lads manage to get the sail down but the boat is still rolling at almost a 30 degree angle and is in real danger of turning turtle. Goliath has had enough and he wants to just bail the hell out and swim for it. Thankfully, Davey puts the kibosh on that hair brained scheme. Things continue to deteriorate and things get even worse as the cute little idyllic pond has turned into  The big lake they call Gitche Gummee. They are taking on water and are heading towards a nasty ass rock. Prospects look bleak when out of the gloom, Hansen arrives and saves the day!

Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night


With the sailboat safely in tow, Goliath and the boys start mocking the storm. Really not a great idea but they get away with it. While the storm rages on the scene cuts to the Hansen's chilling in front of that beautiful fireplace, roasting marshmallows [in an amazing little detail the marshmallow is even charred on the end] as the Old Man strums away on his six string. There is a huge lightning blast and it scares Sally a bit but this opens to the door to a discussion on fear and how God's love helps in managing that.  It is really well written. Sadly this also opens to the way for Hansen to start playing  "He's got the whole world in his hands"...a song that I've always loathed. The episode ends with a view of the A-Frame looking just as comfy as f*ck in the driving rain.



What is there to say? This very well might be the apex episode of Davey and Goliath. The little details start with the mud in the opening scene and just keep on going to the comfy glow of the A-Frame in the last scene. The music and sound effects are top notch and the message is a good  one and is worked in perfectly. It doesn't get any better than this thread.  Four Roses.

[K_Dubb]

STELLAR EPISODE thank you Walks!  That is a different A-frame, though, or they have taken in the cool porchlight for some reason.

Silly boys, heading into a white squall under full sail and take them in only because they are getting wet, you want to take in the main and reef the jib so you are showing only a scrap of headsail, just enough to give you steerage way running before the wind.  Should have been enough to let them dodge that rock.  If you are too close to a lee shore you can try scudding under bare poles but even then a little control is better than none.

Agree, that song is barely a step above kumbaya.  But at least they can harmonize!

Incidentally White Squall is one of the few movies I have gone out of my way to see 

[Walks_At_Night]

STELLAR EPISODE thank you Walks!  That is a different A-frame, though, or they have taken in the cool porchlight for some reason.

My theory is that some bastard snapped it off and they just went with it as is.   Good to know that deep inside you are still a Viking.

[K_Dubb]

My theory is that some bastard snapped it off and they just went with it as is.   Good to know that deep inside you are still a Viking.

Ja you know I yust talk big hahaha.  Payback for your pitching analysis.  I will  tell you a funny story:  it is assumed that all Norwegian boys know their way around boats and my first boss, an old-school Alaska fisherman right out of Deadliest Catch, asked me to deckhand on his 40-some-foot cabin cruiser when he took the office out for a summer cruise on the Sound.  Going through the Locks.

Now this is a fraught exercise, in full view of crowds of tourists and a mostly knowing public, not to mention his two sons who are captains of their own trawlers, with a keen eye for seamanship and tricky line-handling and fending-off as you are jammed in jostling with a bunch of other boats and the water level changes rapidly.  I am out on the bow minding the line dressed in my nautical sweater and shorts and a new pair of Topsiders I bought just for the occasion and the line has been neatly finished with an eye splice to make things simple, when it occurs to me that I don't even know how to make an eye splice fast to a cleat!  (Through the little hole in the bottom and up and over both prongs.)  I improvise several figure-eight loops around the thing like I've seem them do on the ferry but of course, with a slick nylon line instead of stout Manila that pretty much locks itself in with enough looping it keeps coming undone and I am redoing it every minute or so...

God bless him, he never said a word    God bless them all, neither did anyone else.

[Walks_At_Night]

Episode 18

Ding Dong. Ding Dong. This episode kicks of with some old dude ringing the church bell. The scene cuts back to the Hansen pad where the Old Man states that it is first bell and time to get ready for church. Davey was maxxing and relaxing on the carpet reading the comics but he peels out in one heck of a hurry. As he leaves, we are left gazing upon a rather significant blood stain.  Hansen seems unconcerned but us viewers want to know more!

Hansen was a quiet man. Kind to children and animals until one day he just snapped!


Sadly we never do as the action cuts back to the bell tower where Davey rendezvous with the old guy. They start ringing the bell together and Davey is allowed to have a go himself. Of course he zips up and down on the rope with no control. After it is time to stop the bells, they rap a bit and it soon apparent that the old guy is a kraut.  When Davey asks if God ever uses himself for anything this "Mister Opp" says "Ja! Shore he das" followed with a "You like my bell clock.  Ja?" and extends an invitation to Davey to come over to his house that afternoon  to ring some more bell clock! God help me but some disturbing innuendoes come to mind.

It is lunch time and Hansen is carving on heck of a hunk of roast beast.  It looks like a haunch of a Hippopotamus the family is rather blase' about the whole the meat thing as the main focus seems to be on Davey's upcoming visit with Opp.
So hungry, I could eat a haunch of Hippo


Soon enough Davey is at the house and it apparent that this Opp is some sort of clock fanatic.  Ever inch of wall space is taken up with clocks of every description. Including a dancing bear clock that is kept under glass so that it doesn't seize up from moisture. There is a knock on the door and it is some wiesenheimer with a telegram. The official story is that one of Opp's good friends is very sick and wants Opp to come. You buying that thread? I didn't think so. Seems more likely that it is from the junta in exile down in Brazil and that Opp is being summoned for some F'ed up Boys from Brazil scheme.

So Opp peels out an leaves Davey to in charge of the daily winding of the clocks. This Davey does while also doing Opp's dirty dishes for him. Things drag on mightily - Hansen has to tell Davey not to mess with Opps clocks so much as he has stuff to do back at the house.  Eventually a tree branch busts out a pane of glass by the dancing bear clock and breaks the glass dome for it. Davey patches it up as best he can. Time drags on eventually the weisenheimer returns with a telegram for "Mr Hansen". It is from Opp to Davey informing him that he shall be returning soon [With his mission for the 3d Reich in exile being a success, it is time to go to ground again]. Opp comes back and sees the busted out window and patched up glass dome as Davey arrives to welcome him back. Opp takes it in stride although the viewer half expects him to bitch slap Davey with his leather Gauleiter gloves. It is not to be as Opp just tells Davey that God used him as a tool to do Opp's bidding as the episode ends.



Definitely an uninspired episode. They definitely put a great deal of work into making all those little clocks with the various movements. The storyline and message are weak. Plus Sally only has a brief cameo as the roast beast is being carved and I don't think even had a line in the episode at all. Then there is this Opp. Older kraut, obviously trying to hide his identity with that ridiculous mustache and those goofy eyebrows. It is not even 20 years past 1945 at this point, so there were definitely some Nazi elites still creeping about.  So what about Opp? Was he a middle management Einsatzkommando type or a bigger fish? They never did find Martin Bormann did they?  I'm  not saying that Opp was Martin Bormann but this Opp was Martin Bormman. Look at the nose and facial structure:


All in all a weak effort on the heels of near perfection. One and half roses.

[Walks_At_Night]

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[WOTR]

Episode 18

Ding Dong. Ding Dong. This episode kicks of with some old dude ringing the church bell. The scene cuts back to the Hansen pad where the Old Man states that it is first bell and time to get ready for church. Davey was maxxing and relaxing on the carpet reading the comics but he peels out in one heck of a hurry. As he leaves, we are left gazing upon a rather significant blood stain.  Hansen seems unconcerned but us viewers want to know more!

Hansen was a quiet man. Kind to children and animals until one day he just snapped!


Sadly we never do as the action cuts back to the bell tower where Davey rendezvous with the old guy. They start ringing the bell together and Davey is allowed to have a go himself. Of course he zips up and down on the rope with no control. After it is time to stop the bells, they rap a bit and it soon apparent that the old guy is a kraut.  When Davey asks if God ever uses himself for anything this "Mister Opp" says "Ja! Shore he das" followed with a "You like my bell clock.  Ja?" and extends an invitation to Davey to come over to his house that afternoon  to ring some more bell clock! God help me but some disturbing innuendoes come to mind.

It is lunch time and Hansen is carving on heck of a hunk of roast beast.  It looks like a haunch of a Hippopotamus the family is rather blase' about the whole the meat thing as the main focus seems to be on Davey's upcoming visit with Opp.
So hungry, I could eat a haunch of Hippo


Soon enough Davey is at the house and it apparent that this Opp is some sort of clock fanatic.  Ever inch of wall space is taken up with clocks of every description. Including a dancing bear clock that is kept under glass so that it doesn't seize up from moisture. There is a knock on the door and it is some wiesenheimer with a telegram. The official story is that one of Opp's good friends is very sick and wants Opp to come. You buying that thread? I didn't think so. Seems more likely that it is from the junta in exile down in Brazil and that Opp is being summoned for some F'ed up Boys from Brazil scheme.

So Opp peels out an leaves Davey to in charge of the daily winding of the clocks. This Davey does while also doing Opp's dirty dishes for him. Things drag on mightily - Hansen has to tell Davey not to mess with Opps clocks so much as he has stuff to do back at the house.  Eventually a tree branch busts out a pane of glass by the dancing bear clock and breaks the glass dome for it. Davey patches it up as best he can. Time drags on eventually the weisenheimer returns with a telegram for "Mr Hansen". It is from Opp to Davey informing him that he shall be returning soon [With his mission for the 3d Reich in exile being a success, it is time to go to ground again]. Opp comes back and sees the busted out window and patched up glass dome as Davey arrives to welcome him back. Opp takes it in stride although the viewer half expects him to bitch slap Davey with his leather Gauleiter gloves. It is not to be as Opp just tells Davey that God used him as a tool to do Opp's bidding as the episode ends.



Definitely an uninspired episode. They definitely put a great deal of work into making all those little clocks with the various movements. The storyline and message are weak. Plus Sally only has a brief cameo as the roast beast is being carved and I don't think even had a line in the episode at all. Then there is this Opp. Older kraut, obviously trying to hide his identity with that ridiculous mustache and those goofy eyebrows. It is not even 20 years past 1945 at this point, so there were definitely some Nazi elites still creeping about.  So what about Opp? Was he a middle management Einsatzkommando type or a bigger fish? They never did find Martin Bormann did they?  I'm  not saying that Opp was Martin Bormann but this Opp was Martin Bormman. Look at the nose and facial structure:


All in all a weak effort on the heels of near perfection. One and half roses.

I don't know how you notice little things like that blood stain. I think what struck me was that Mr. Opp was completely unstable. That love of clocks was clearly a response to his very dark past and lack of love for fellow human beings. I think he would sooner see Davy slaughtered than lose his precious "grandfather."

Scary man. 

[K_Dubb]

Bedtime story!  Thank you WAN.

[K_Dubb]

It's not his footprints, neither!  Here I slowed it down:



Some unacknowledged carnage for sure!

[Walks_At_Night]

Episode 19

Davey and the Old Man are in garage prepping their winter gear. We learn that Davey can not purchase a set of skis as he had planned as he had donated all of that weeks allowance money to the church because he was a little shit all week. The Old Man quite correctly points out that one can not "buy" God's forgiveness. It is a very Lutheran thing to say and makes the viewer all warm and fuzzy inside. This rosy glow is quickly dissipated when Goliath gets all bummed out because there are no rats to be found in the garage.  Ick........

We jump to the next day and Davey is out sledding on the big hill. As is tradition, Goliath ends up plunging into a snowbank with Davey laughing his ass off. They make a nice run on the sled together without incident as the action cuts back to the cabin where John does not seem too perturbed that Davey ran off with his skis and didn't deal with the firewood. Incredibly, we see Elaine unpacking supplies out of a crate of Goop!



We go back to the hill where Davey and Goliath are dicking around at the edge of a crevice which is clearly foreshadowing some soon  to be tragedy.  They then head back up the hill when Goliath starts sucking wind and Davey ends up having to haul his ass back up to the top on the sled. Davey then puts on the Old Man's skis which are way too long for him. No matter as he his carving it up! No poles, no boots, no nothing. He is putting on a hell of a show until he wipes out and one of the skis makes a beeline for the  crevice. Goliath makes a valiant effort and almost goes over into the abyss but the ski is long gone. Davey is singing the blues and seems to give zero f*cks about Goliath's Near Death Experience at the cliffs edge. Trapped like a rat that is not in the Hansen's garage, Davey concocts a scheme to kiss the Old Man's ass and by doing a bunch of stuff for him.

Davey gets busy as we notice a rather natty Hansen cultivating a pipe while wearing a dashing red muffler.



Davey continues to work his fingers to the bone - going as far as scrapping mud off the Jeeps tires with his bare hands. As he is getting firewood, there is a tense moment where Davey snaps at Goliath after he offered to help. Not putting up with any B.S. Goliath tells Davey to go to "China". Davey then "accidently" drops a log off the stack he is carrying which just happens to bash Goliath in the skull. Certainly not a leveler for Goliath's sin of not going over the cliff with the ski but part of the debt is fulfilled anyway. After Davey fills Hansen's  pipe for him, the gig is up and Davey is asked what he has done wrong. There is another heavy scene to wrap things up where Davey is reminded that one can't buy forgiveness. Certainly not by sucking ass like he has.  The Old Man forgives him and he forgives Goliath. The episode ends with Goliath zipping down the hill on the  single ski until he ends up in a tree after a big jump.



It is not a bad little episode. The message is better than the action really. Plus K_Dubb will appreciate Hansen's muffler and pipe look.  The only odd thing is Goliath's episode long obsession with rats.

Two and a half Roses.

[Walks_At_Night]

I have been inundated with work and day to day life matters as of late.  I am digging my way out of the hole and Davey and Goliath shall return soon!

[Jackstar]

Davey and Goliath shall return soon!

With bells on. *clank*

[K_Dubb]

I have been inundated with work and day to day life matters as of late.  I am digging my way out of the hole and Davey and Goliath shall return soon!

Every day I check!