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OOliver · 04-03-2009, 04:30 PM

I noticed something in many episodes which involves any scene in the living room. It seems that whenever one of the 'girls' are sitting on the sofa by themselves (waiting for someone to come through the front door, or from the kitchen) they are always reading a magazine (and it looks like it's always a 'travel' magazine from what I can tell). They are never watching TV, chatting on a phone, reading a book or newspaper, etc - it's always relaxing with a magazine. This drives me crazy for some reason.

80sTrivia · 04-03-2009, 08:30 PM

They did read a lot of magazines and books. My guess is that always having to turn off a television when a scene began would be annoying and distracting, which is why television sets are used sparingly in most television shows and props such as books and magazines make the scene simpler to film.

OOliver · 04-06-2009, 05:35 PM

They must have spent a fortune on magazine subscriptions in that house!

Smartboy · 04-06-2009, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by OOliver

They must have spent a fortune on magazine subscriptions in that house!

Very good hypothosis!

04-03-2009, 04:30 PM	#1
OOliver Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 28, 2009 Location: Providence RI Posts: 569	All they do is read magazines! I noticed something in many episodes which involves any scene in the living room. It seems that whenever one of the 'girls' are sitting on the sofa by themselves (waiting for someone to come through the front door, or from the kitchen) they are always reading a magazine (and it looks like it's always a 'travel' magazine from what I can tell). They are never watching TV, chatting on a phone, reading a book or newspaper, etc - it's always relaxing with a magazine. This drives me crazy for some reason.

04-03-2009, 08:30 PM	#2
80sTrivia Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 23, 2002 Posts: 21,715	They did read a lot of magazines and books. My guess is that always having to turn off a television when a scene began would be annoying and distracting, which is why television sets are used sparingly in most television shows and props such as books and magazines make the scene simpler to film.
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04-06-2009, 05:35 PM	#3
OOliver Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 28, 2009 Location: Providence RI Posts: 569	They must have spent a fortune on magazine subscriptions in that house!