Okay so basically if you are watching a television show in which somebody gets "amnesia" you know that it sucks. Gilligan gets hit on the head by a coconut and suddenly has AMNESIA from it, then later in the episode the Professor accidentally hits him in the head with a BOAT OAR or something and his memory finally comes back. "Oh yeah I remember now. I *am* Gilligan! FML!"
That does not HAPPEN.
Here are some medical facts. Three things can happen when you get hit in the head. #1 you can DIE. (Sorry if that ever happened to you or somebody you know.) #2 you can be KNOCKED OUT. #3 you can clutch your head and turn towards the thing that hit you all like "OW!" or "WTF?"
Let's keep it real. If Fred Flintstone ever got hit in the head by a flying bowling ball he would be killed. He would not all of a sudden forget that he was Fred Flintstone. He would be DEAD in a STONE casket and everybody would be crying.
btw ever wonder why Betty Rubble was the more attractive wife? The answer is simple. She had EYES.
Men sort of like their women to have eyes. Ain't nobody on this earth that wants to go home to some no-eye-socket Wilma Flintstone zombie.
Anyhoo, the amnesia "gag" was eventually eliminated as a sit-com staple, thank God.
(Again, imagine a freshly-concussed Fred Flintstone all like "Whaa? Who is God? I don't remember!")
Sit-com writing has long been scrutinized for its lack of imagination. (Really!) But even a show like "Friends" knew better than to incorporate AMNESIA as a comic device. Ross all like "Sorry Rachel, Joey accidentally hit me in the head with his mama's sacred Italian rolling pin and I forgot who I was for awhile and accidentally cheated on you for the 100th time. Oops! Sorry again, but I'm better now since Phoebe hit me in the head with a wrench."
Amnesia is not a joke. Not a funny one, at least.
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