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Dark Samurai  
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 More options May 31 1997, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: alt.tv.seinfeld, alt.tv.friends, alt.tv.frasier
From: Dark Samurai <m...@m-base.demon.co.uk>
Date: 1997/05/31
Subject: Re: Who's the best? Friends, Seinfeld, or Frasier?

In article <3390373E.7...@seanet.com>, Joseph Ryan Schembrie
<joesc...@seanet.com> writes

>No one in America over the age of thirty watches Friends.  And for those
>younger, use the formula 100-3.3X, where X=their age.  This will give
>you the average IQ of the Friends audience for that particular age
>bracket.  

>Seinfeld is about everything in life that's real.  Kramer is more real
>than the most realistic character on Friends.  Friends is about nothing
>-- improbable, meaningless relationships built on the pretense of Really
>Caring, but we all know they just want to hang out for fun and get into
>each others' pants.  Okay, but do you have to lie about it?  Must you
>confuse lust with love twenty-six times a season?

>Joe Schembrie
>The Cydonia Files
>http://cybooks.com

True but the lack of realism is part of Friends' charm. It's a complete
escape from reality.
Believe me I am completely aware of waht a more 'realistic sit-com is
like, we have plenty in the UK, Friends makes a nice change, a piece of
pure escapism, no more no less.
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        |Matt (aka Dark Samurai or marl_1 on irc)|      
        |m...@m-base.demon.co.uk                 |
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