Why didn't Alice keep moving to LA? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 09-24-2018, 12:10 AM

She just stayed in Phoenix (and became a waitress) when her car broke down. LA is only a 5 hour drive from Phoenix. Couldn't Alice scrape up $20 for a Greyhound bus ride to LA? I mean, if you want a showbiz career that bad, you wouldn't let a broken down vehicle keep you from chasing your dreams.

Also, if she was from New Jersey, why didn't she move to Nashville (where Alice moves to at the end of the series after landing a recording contract) in the first place, it would have been closer to NJ and they probably went by it on their way to Phoenix?

OneWayFilms · 09-30-2018, 12:00 AM

Because the script called for her to stay at Mel's Diner.

Chocolate Moose · 09-12-2021, 02:53 PM

right. didn't make sense

TVFactFan · 09-18-2021, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Chocolate Moose

right. didn't make sense

Content not only with low wages but a crappy job

Wawwie · 09-18-2021, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

Because the script called for her to stay at Mel's Diner.

Stating the obvious and contributing nothing to the thread.

Alice didn't go on to L.A. because she wasn't as passionate and determined to make it in showbiz as she claimed. If she was, nothing would have stopped her, especially a broken down car. Alice was a quitter and a dreamer. She was all talk.

TheLittleFaerie · 09-18-2021, 07:25 PM

I think that was an aspect of realism to the show.... in real life it's easy to fall into routines . In the Movie Alice Doesn't Live here anymore, Alice came from New Mexico, so that made more sense, she was much closer to LA to start with

09-24-2018, 12:10 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,454	Why didn't Alice keep moving to LA? She just stayed in Phoenix (and became a waitress) when her car broke down. LA is only a 5 hour drive from Phoenix. Couldn't Alice scrape up $20 for a Greyhound bus ride to LA? I mean, if you want a showbiz career that bad, you wouldn't let a broken down vehicle keep you from chasing your dreams. Also, if she was from New Jersey, why didn't she move to Nashville (where Alice moves to at the end of the series after landing a recording contract) in the first place, it would have been closer to NJ and they probably went by it on their way to Phoenix?

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Chocolate Moose Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 21, 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 4,900	right. didn't make sense
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OneWayFilms Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 02, 2005 Posts: 110	Because the script called for her to stay at Mel's Diner.

09-18-2021, 07:25 PM	#6
TheLittleFaerie Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2017 Posts: 1,948	I think that was an aspect of realism to the show.... in real life it's easy to fall into routines . In the Movie Alice Doesn't Live here anymore, Alice came from New Mexico, so that made more sense, she was much closer to LA to start with