Thursday, July 23, 2009

Top 10 impossible spaces (bigger on the inside than out) in films and TV



10. Mary's carpetbag
Mary Poppins (1964)

Part of the proof positive that Ms. Poppins was no ordinary nanny (besides being airborne with an umbrella and sliding up a banister) was the scene in which she removes lots of large objects from her carpetbag, including a tall hat stand and potted plant. Similar scenes had shown up since in many a cartoon during childhood, and seem commonplace now. But Mary's bag was, in all likelihood, this writer's very first exposure to the confounding concept of bigger on the inside than out.

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3 comments:

Jordan said...

They don't mention the Millennium Falcon. Maybe that's too subtle.

They don't mention Oscar's trash can, either.

Johnny Sweatpants said...

Pee Wee's bike chain.

JPX said...

Oscar's trash can, that's an excellent one! I recall an episode where they go into his trash can.

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