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liane60 · 10-07-2016, 12:47 PM

When people eat at a round table they crowd around one side and leave the other side empty
They don't eat all their food, especially at breakfast . Sometimes they leave a lot
No doors are on the kitchen cabinets
No screens in the windows
They just walk into peoples houses without knocking
They don't collect un employment
They act like jerks at work and don't get fired
They quit their job and the boss gives them their job back
The Goldbergs is set in PA but there's never any snow and nobody ever wears a coat
Beverly Goldberg roams the halls of her kids schools and never gets in trouble for it.
If people need to, they just leave their jobs in the middle of the day. They just walk out the building. They may tell somebody but not the boss and even if I told the boss I'd still get in big trouble. I've seen that happen a lot
Some people on shows don't seem to work a lot but they still make ends meet and it doesn't bother them.
When people knock on the door it's almost like the other person is right behind the door because that's how fast they get there and the same thing with the phone.

jimpickens · 10-08-2016, 04:41 AM

They blow up their apartments elevator but aren't evicted

jimpickens · 10-09-2016, 01:36 AM

Everybody wears designer clothes, married to smoking hot wives, kids are all perfect everyone goes to college even the slow ones none ever opt for the military.

treky · 10-09-2016, 03:38 AM

no one ever pays for drinks in bars, working in a room full of people but only a few ever talk.

gidgetgrape · 10-09-2016, 12:02 PM

I use to think the episodes where characters get stuck in the bathroom were ridiculous....until it happened to ME a few months ago!

tvfan25 · 10-09-2016, 01:47 PM

The mothers always wore dresses and pearls around the house, even while doing housework.

Edward216 · 10-09-2016, 04:39 PM

Where I grew up and live it's not that unusual for family (I'm not talking about nonrelatives) to enter without knocking, at least in my family anyways.

I've always thought it was kind of a ridiculous premise when somehow a sitcom character gets two dates for the same night and rather than break a date with one of them they try to keep the two dates (usually at the same restaurant) and run back and forth between two tables hoping that both dates don't figure out what's going on and storm out. Nobody I know would do something that stupid. I know on sitcoms it's done for laughs but really it's just selfish cowardly and stupid.

Ed.

jimpickens · 10-09-2016, 11:59 PM

The character especially the women always wore high end jewelry, watches, shoes, handbags and purses and or drove around in expensive new vehicles regardless of income where as in real life if some you knew was only making $8.00 per hour and was driving around in a 2016 Jeep you'd think two things one they sure are putting in the hours or have a second job or two they've got some kind of racket going on.

Edison · 10-10-2016, 12:59 PM

Extreme expectorating a k a spit take. No one in real life would - just thought of an exception (albeit cinema, not sitcom)...

treky · 10-10-2016, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

A person will order "a beer."

do you mean they'll just order "a beer" and not say the brand name? Because I've seen people in real life do that. I've even done it.

William Hogan Jr · 10-10-2016, 06:28 PM

Witches, Genies, Monsters, Talking horses, Talking cars, people noticing credits on clothes,cards,etc., getting blown up with just black spots on your face, riding on a rocket like a horse thinking your going to the moon looking for moon maidens that don't exist and surviving the trip, shrinking, turning invisible, and going up a telephone pole to answer the phone. Lol!

gidgetgrape · 10-10-2016, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by William Hogan Jr

Witches, Genies, Monsters, Talking horses, Talking cars, people noticing credits on clothes,cards,etc., getting blown up with just black spots on your face, riding on a rocket like a horse thinking your going to the moon looking for moon maidens that don't exist and surviving the trip, shrinking, turning invisible, and going up a telephone pole to answer the phone. Lol!

You've never been stoned, right?

Nordy · 10-10-2016, 08:17 PM

I always find it funny that whomever goes on a long car ride and the people never stops for gas. That car must run on damn good solar panels or something.

William Hogan Jr · 10-10-2016, 11:09 PM

I was being silly with those wacky shows from the 60s. Watching those shows Gilligan, Jeannie, Bewitched, Mister Ed, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Munsters are like watching cartoons.

gidgetgrape · 10-11-2016, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by William Hogan Jr

I was being silly with those wacky shows from the 60s. Watching those shows Gilligan, Jeannie, Bewitched, Mister Ed, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Munsters are like watching cartoons.

I was too.

10-07-2016, 12:47 PM	#1
liane60 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 03, 2015 Location: MD Posts: 438	Odd or unusual things that happen on sit coms that don't happen in real life When people eat at a round table they crowd around one side and leave the other side empty They don't eat all their food, especially at breakfast . Sometimes they leave a lot No doors are on the kitchen cabinets No screens in the windows They just walk into peoples houses without knocking They don't collect un employment They act like jerks at work and don't get fired They quit their job and the boss gives them their job back The Goldbergs is set in PA but there's never any snow and nobody ever wears a coat Beverly Goldberg roams the halls of her kids schools and never gets in trouble for it. If people need to, they just leave their jobs in the middle of the day. They just walk out the building. They may tell somebody but not the boss and even if I told the boss I'd still get in big trouble. I've seen that happen a lot Some people on shows don't seem to work a lot but they still make ends meet and it doesn't bother them. When people knock on the door it's almost like the other person is right behind the door because that's how fast they get there and the same thing with the phone.
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10-10-2016, 12:59 PM	#9
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10-08-2016, 04:41 AM	#2
jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,393	They blow up their apartments elevator but aren't evicted

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jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,393	Everybody wears designer clothes, married to smoking hot wives, kids are all perfect everyone goes to college even the slow ones none ever opt for the military.

10-09-2016, 12:02 PM	#5
gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,508	I use to think the episodes where characters get stuck in the bathroom were ridiculous....until it happened to ME a few months ago!

10-09-2016, 01:47 PM	#6
tvfan25 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 10, 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 634	The mothers always wore dresses and pearls around the house, even while doing housework.

10-09-2016, 04:39 PM	#7
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	Where I grew up and live it's not that unusual for family (I'm not talking about nonrelatives) to enter without knocking, at least in my family anyways. I've always thought it was kind of a ridiculous premise when somehow a sitcom character gets two dates for the same night and rather than break a date with one of them they try to keep the two dates (usually at the same restaurant) and run back and forth between two tables hoping that both dates don't figure out what's going on and storm out. Nobody I know would do something that stupid. I know on sitcoms it's done for laughs but really it's just selfish cowardly and stupid. Ed.

10-09-2016, 11:59 PM	#8
jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,393	The character especially the women always wore high end jewelry, watches, shoes, handbags and purses and or drove around in expensive new vehicles regardless of income where as in real life if some you knew was only making $8.00 per hour and was driving around in a 2016 Jeep you'd think two things one they sure are putting in the hours or have a second job or two they've got some kind of racket going on.

10-10-2016, 06:28 PM	#11
William Hogan Jr Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 28, 2008 Location: Mayodan, N.C. Posts: 324	Witches, Genies, Monsters, Talking horses, Talking cars, people noticing credits on clothes,cards,etc., getting blown up with just black spots on your face, riding on a rocket like a horse thinking your going to the moon looking for moon maidens that don't exist and surviving the trip, shrinking, turning invisible, and going up a telephone pole to answer the phone. Lol!

10-10-2016, 11:09 PM	#14
William Hogan Jr Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 28, 2008 Location: Mayodan, N.C. Posts: 324	I was being silly with those wacky shows from the 60s. Watching those shows Gilligan, Jeannie, Bewitched, Mister Ed, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Munsters are like watching cartoons.