formerlyfreedom November 16, 2016 Share November 16, 2016 Quote Mayor La Guardia fights the mob over artichokes; Julia Child meets the love of her life while working as a spy; a molasses flood devastates Boston. Featuring: . Retellers: . Link to comment
Totale November 17, 2016 Share November 17, 2016 I thought I saw a flash of this back when the trailer for the new season was released, the Boston Molasses Flood is a great story. Link to comment
ganesh November 24, 2016 Share November 24, 2016 I say it every time, but I love the woman who always appears as a male background character. I liked in the first act, Derek was in the scene but his v/o was dialogue for the other guy. Great casting for Julia Child. I love the actor on Casual. She did a great job with all the physicality. I'll tell you what, if Derek pulled that amazon joke on Paget Brewster she probably would have wrung his neck. It helps so much when the narrators actually narrate. 1 Link to comment
cynicat November 24, 2016 Share November 24, 2016 I thought this was a great episode and maybe it's because the narrators were tipsy drunk, not puking drunk--not sure if that's he reason. Regardless, Julia Child was the strongest story, but the others were really good too. Loved the artichoke goon squad dancing behind LaGuardia, the horses drowning in molasses, and one of the best lines: “Who wants the pencil pusher, when you can get the maker of the wood?” Link to comment
ABay November 24, 2016 Share November 24, 2016 The artichoke story was new to me but I was aware of the other two. Julia Child was just one of the most awesome people ever. Link to comment
peeayebee November 28, 2016 Share November 28, 2016 Really good ep. I loved all of the stories. They were well done, and the actors and narrators were great. I need to look into the artichoke story more because I'm not quite sure what happened. I knew the Julia Child story mainly because of 'Julie and Julia', but it was still great to see this reenacted. Michaela Watkins and Joe Lo Truglio were fantastic. I'd heard about the molasses story, but seeing it dramatized was awesome. How could the builder not be punished? And why was he chosen in the first place? Oh well. More stuff for me to read about. I'll click on your link, Totale. Link to comment
cynicat January 8, 2017 Share January 8, 2017 I just found this NY Times story: Solving the Mystery behind the deadly 'Tsunami of Molasses' of 1919 1 Link to comment
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