THE SWITCHEROO
or
take your fantasies for reality
It was his favourite show. Every Thursday night he would rush home to be sure to be there at 9.30 and not miss the beginning. He was angry with himself if he ever missed even the first few minutes. It was something to look forward to for the rest of the week, which, he sometimes reflected, might be a sad comment on the emptiness of his life.
Be that as it may. this weekly escape into fantasy had ensnared his imagination, for better or for worse…
The show was called “Haden at Large” and the hero was one Irving Haden, a freelance spy-c*m-private-investigator-c*m-soldier-of-fortune, who every week was dispatched to one of the four corners of the world on some fantastic caper, which was guaranteed to involve at least two women of unsurpass
