HBO: “Surprise” [01:00]# American TV channel HBO is known for its unusual and outstanding series (e.g. Six Feet Under, Deadwood). Here, we are shown a scene from typical TV fare – bristling with all the clichés one associates with the medium. Immediately after, we are treated to the same scene in an “HBO Version”: friends are planning a surprise party for Dan. The surprise is a success. In the HBO take on the theme, all those present are surprised by a call in which they are told that Dan was caught jerking off in his office. Pay-off: “There are stories. And there are HBO stories. It is not TV. It’s HBO.”