
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:
They don't mention the Millennium Falcon. Maybe that's too subtle.
They don't mention Oscar's trash can, either.
Pee Wee's bike chain.
Oscar's trash can, that's an excellent one! I recall an episode where they go into his trash can.
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