A conversation between Wil Wheaton (the dad talking at his son's back) and his son (the teenager on the internet), circa 2006 or so. The son is downloading sound files from a favorite show and the dad mentions he did that for The Prisoner 'back in the day.' This follows:
"What's The Prisoner?" He said.
"A show that I love, that I don't think you're geeky enough to enjoy."
He clicked his mouse, and iTunes fell silent.
"Wil," he said, "you didn't think I'd like Firefly."
"Touche," I said with a smile. "Any time you want to watch The Prisoner, I am so there."
Entire conversation can be found here.
The point of sharing this is not to remind that Browncoats are everywhere, though that's pretty damn spiffy. It's also not to bring a giggle about Wil's false impression, though that cracks me up. It is merely to say that while some things are more important than fandom, fandom can play a very important role in those things. As Wil said:
"We ended up watching a whole lot of
The Prisoner together before he went off to college, and we watched a lot of
Twin Peaks,
The Twilight Zone, and
The Outer Limits, too. I meet grown-up kids and their parents all the time these days who tell me that watching Star Trek together was important to them, and after watching these shows with my own kids, I totally understand what they're talking about."
Yup. Pretty much. Do something with those you love. Anything. Later, all.
