Butterflies (TV series) unconventional friendship with Leonard. In a 2002 interview, Carla Lane explained, "I wanted to write a comedy about a woman contemplating adultery." In the first episode, an expository discussion between Ria and Leonard alludes to the significance of the series' title: "We are all kids chasing butterflies. You see it, you want it, you grab it, and there it is, all squashed in your hand." She adds, "I am one of the few lucky ones, I have a pleasant house, a pleasant man and two pleasant sons. My butterfly didn't get squashed." Ria's husband Ben collects and studies butterflies. The
Ben Adam 9th song did win the competition; with the Swiss triumphing from that starting point. At the close of voting, it had received 85 points, placing 7th in a field of 21. It was succeeded as Israeli representative at the 1989 Contest by Gili & Galit with Derekh Hamelekh. In 2010, the Israeli artist Yoni Eilat recorded a Yiddish cover of the song, "Der Mentsch" (), for his album "Tzigayner Neshume". Ben Adam "Ben Adam" (, English translation: "Human Being", literally "Son of Adam") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in Hebrew by Yardena Arazi. The