I was organizing some DVDs and stopped to watch the first scene of the first episode of the fourth season of The Wire. That’s the scene where Snoop goes into Home Depot to get a better nail gun and the salesman sells her on the benefits of the Hilti DX 460 MX 27-caliber powder-actuated fastening tool.
The joke isn’t the salesman or the nail gun or even Snoop, although she is one of the great characters. It’s knowing what the gun is used for and the cleverness of making its purchase into an opening scene. “The Wire,” with 60 episodes, is unparalleled on television, I think, in its use of the seemingly throwaway scene that makes it all worthwhile.
Classic. Season 4 was great, though I do agree, the entire series is without question one of the best ever.
NMKen,
Do you have an iPhone? iPad? These flash objects are killin’ me.
I do have an iPhone. I believe some of these YouTube videos are HTML5, not Flash. But I don’t check. The one above works on my computers and iPhone.
Strange. I’m on 4.1 and all I get is a white square. I’ll try to figure it out.