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How about Madison, Wisconsin, or one of the outlying cities near Boston? Next Stop Wonderland did a little of that, but I for some reason would love to see a comedy about young singles in Lynn, Massachusetts (which could be hilarious for all kinds of reasons, but that might be the fact that I am from there talking) or

I think the issue is that it isn't "settling" to make sure a relationship works.

I don't know how much it has changed in the decades(!) since I lived there, but I seem to remember that the fun places to hang weren't in the city center (as defined by the area at the corner of Clinton St. & Main) but a little further out, closer to where the University is and in the other direction as you go roughly

For Rochester there's Strong Hospital and I think Xerox still has the office there. Or the University. (The University of Rochester is actually quite a pretty campus as these things go) and the 19th Ward neighborhood which has become mini-hipster central, I am told (I lived there 25 years ago; it was mostly working

Here's something I have been wondering about in terms of family tropes on shows like this.

I watched Fantasy Island a lot as a kid, and I can remember that it seemed a hell of a good alternative to the Love Boat and certainly appealed to my SF/ Fantasy oriented sensibilities. I remember one episode that involved the Fountain of Youth… and knowing that the customers are paying $50,000 (about $180,000

I've been watching the first few seasons of Shameless (burning through 4 right now) and I haven't seen this one. But I'll quibble a teeny bit with your analysis here (and looking at your comments below, tell me if I go way off base here).

Let's not forget president of the Screen Actors Guild Ronald Reagan, who acted as an informant for the FBI and helped get a lot of these people interrogated by HUAC.

Hm. I wasn't so enamored of the flashback storyline here.

I meant the part where the doctor says that some women have committed suicide as a result. The way it's phrased seems to me to focus on the men (given how it's juxtaposed).

I remember reading that so many years ago and now it just makes me think Puzo had some, uh, issues with women. The whole subplot is a) nonsensical and b) betrays a startling lack of basic knowledge of human - specifically female — anatomy and c) Puzo seem to think that satisfying a man sexually is so important to

I think you misunderstand how rights sales work. I also don't think you get how committee-driven making a movie is.

Well, I'll disagree a tad. Like I said I don't think it's full-on wrong, it just feels a bit strange.

Yeah, I still don't quite buy it as a non-fraternal relationship, given how young they were when Barry's parents are out of the picture. I know this isn't Woody Allen territory, but it is pushing it. I don't think the boarding school analogy works as well as it might; in that case the family structure is still intact

Yeah but the thing was it is a blended family — remember Barry's parents were 1. dead 2. in jail. And Joe West continually refers to Barry as surrogate son.

Yeah the whole "raised as my brother" thing makes the whole romance, if not completely wrong (Barry was adopted at about 10 or so, right?) at least deeply weird.

There's a difference (as I noted) between coming from a place of love and a place of ignorance. With your friend it's someone you love (or at least like) and that means you laugh with him over his foibles. People can get on board with that.

Can I say I agree that the whole secret ID thing is just dumb?

There's actually been some interesting work in that regard — a whole column (I am trying to remember where I saw it) asking why liberal commentators seem to rule comedy / satire and conservatives don't.

So long, and thanks for playing "Fish."