I've not made a secret of the fact that I like Neighbours. It amuses me. However, this week it has risen to become my Favorite Soap Ever (Er, not really that much of an accolade, but hey). It has nothing to do with the storyline or the characters. No. It has everything to do with the show's new policy of giving each episode a title.
This week the episodes have been titled: "Tangled Up in Roo", "Shelter from the Storm", "Tombstone Blues" and "Blood on the Max?". These are great, great titles for a teatime soap opera.
For anyone who hasn't noticed, three of the four titles are inspired by perhaps my favorite album of all time, "Blood on the Tracks", by Bob Dylan. "Tombstone Blues" is a track from another of my favorite ever albums, "Highway 61 Revisted". The fact that a teatime soap opera is using Dylan tracks to name its shows is something to derive joy from and gives me hope for not only our Australian cousins, but the world as a whole.
If the using of Bob's songs wasn't enough, a couple of them are even puntastic. Brilliant! You see, there's a bad guy called Roo who some other guys are "tangled up with". Then there's Max who goes to get a tattoo - but does he go through with it? Hence "Blood on the Max?". I truly think that the titles come first and then the writers were made to come up with stories to fit them. It's flippin' superb and made my week. Honestly.
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