Recurring Themes
One of the long-running jokes of the show was the town bridge. The easiest connection from Pearl Bay to the main world, it was destroyed years earlier and every attempt at fixing it always goes to ruins.
Another joke was 'Bucket'. This bizarre character remained an unseen character (except in one episode, in the background, when someone waves to him), but in almost every episode he was talked about. From various accounts he had no limbs or teeth, but was remarkably able to drive a boat; had never eaten a cereal grain in his life but tended to get drunk often and steal people's ride-on mowers. He would also often arrive home drunk and drink from his dog Alfonzo Dominico Jones's water bowl.
At the end of every episode, except for the pilot, episode 5 of series 2 and the final episode, there was a brief scene (usually 10 to 20 seconds) which showed Kevin and Trevor sitting on the beach, who would usually sum up the episode, often comedically. The Kevin and Trevor scene WAS in Episode 5 of series 2 but was not at the very end and was not on the beach but at the Alfonzo Dominico Santonio Jones Memorial Baths. Also, in episode 10 of series 3 Kevin's sister, Suzie, joined him to tell him that their recently deceased father's electric guitar (that they had buried) was worth 8,000 AUD because he had played with the Masters Apprentices for a week.
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Famous quotes related to recurring themes:
“America is the world’s living myth. There’s no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We’re here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)