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Old 05-25-2016, 03:15 AM   #1
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What great and well-loved TV shows would come off sounding incredibly cheesy if you tried summing it up in one sentence?
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I'm stumped on that one. I have no idea what show this could be?
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Some ways a waste of time. But I couldn't live without it. . Well I have "tv" in general. A better way would be. "A look into someone life" . Let's face it, we all think, It would be nice to live like the character.
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