Series television shows really got fancy in the 80's with some very clever writing and stories. There was the ending of "St Elsewhere," the medical show in which it turned out that the whole show was actually all in the mind of a young man who lived with autism, and saw a snow globe with a miniature version of the hospital.
There was "Newhart," which technically ended in the 90s, but the final scene was all about Bob Newhart dreaming that this show was all a dream. He woke up to tell his wife from the first show all about the nutty cast of the second.
And who can forget when "Dallas" had slipped in the ratings because Bobby Ewing died, so they had him come back, and the whole thing where he died was just a bad dream, since his wife found him taking a shower one morning a year later.
And the classic "L.A. Law" way of getting rid of an unlikeable character by having her descend in an elevator. Or not.
Which reminds me of a story from Philadelphia the other day. Philadelphia, you might have heard, is a large city in Pennsylvania, a state founded by pacifist Quakers, and Philly is a city where football fans once booed Santa Claus.
So, in a high rise building, three guys get into a fight, presumably over the longtime Phila controversy about whether Cheez Whiz or provolone is the better coagulation of milk casein to apply on a steak sub.
Whatever the reason, the brawl raged on, as brawls will, and it was all fun until they all fell at least eight stories down the elevator shaft.
I guess the eighth floor of the 251 DeKalb Apartments residence was not the best choice for a mêlée. One guy was atop the elevator car when it landed on the second floor and he was able to say, "Well, at least I didn't fall all the way to the first floor!" like the other two did.
"The steel elevator door, when you push the button the door opens, they broke through that door and there was no elevator there so they just fell eight floors to the bottom,” said Upper Merion Police Lt. Al Elverson, a master of breaking things down for easy understanding.
Tenant Derrell Washington told the local news, “That’s not an elephant that flew into the elevator. It’s three humans. I’m pretty sure it was faulty equipment.”
“Elevators are supposed to have a bunch of fail-safes so I don’t know why it would’ve had trouble,” fellow resident Jared Day added.
All three combatants were transported to local hospitals and given huge salty pretzels*. Meanwhile, back at the apartments, Nicole Coello was saying,"I saw a lady earlier today and she was taking her dog and her dog was scared but she was like I’m not taking the elevator right now and she was pushing it downstairs."
And that's all I know about it.
* another local favorite
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