Where is this PLACE???? As you looked at Molly's car last nite, the License plate was Ohio, county Summit, which is the Akron Ohio area. Is this where this show is based????
TV Show Ed and the Town Called Stuckeyville
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From an faq at virtualstuckeyville.com:
1.2 Where is Stuckeyville?
The fictional town of Stuckeyville is located somewhere in Ohio; the exact geographical location or region is not known, except there are a few references to the "Tri-State Area," which is what some Ohioans refer to the eastern part near Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This has led some to believe that "Stuckeyville" is somewhere near Youngstown. The show is shot in northern New Jersey. (see 3.2)
1.2 Where is Stuckeyville?
The fictional town of Stuckeyville is located somewhere in Ohio; the exact geographical location or region is not known, except there are a few references to the "Tri-State Area," which is what some Ohioans refer to the eastern part near Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This has led some to believe that "Stuckeyville" is somewhere near Youngstown. The show is shot in northern New Jersey. (see 3.2)
I like it.... Its definately a different kind of omedy because its filmed at real places and not on some sound stage....
Excellent show. Consistently well-written, although a bit sappy at times, I wouldn't consider it cutesy or swarmy.
Ed is the one show I try not to miss every week - I couldn't care less about the rest of the crap the networks spew out. Wednesday night is a good night, Ed, then Drew Carey show, Whose Line is it Anyway, then South Park at nine on Comedy Central. I know a guy that lives in the town they shoot the show in.
Aye, it's shot in Jersey. I was reading a HS newspaper from that school and they were talking about how students got to be extras.
Forget the name though.
Forget the name though.
I don't really go out of my way to watch that show, but I do like to watch it when I'm flipping through the channels. I've heard it most often compared to Northern Exposure and I think that probably is the closest comparison in terms of style. It is a bit cheesy at times (and the characters sometimes speak too much like writers), but overall it's got a more cheerful feel than Northern Exposure. Hmmm . . . all of the sudden I want to go bowling.
Ed is doomed.
The entire premise of the show is the romance between Ed and Carol. The entire first season was a build-up to a payoff that never happened. The entire second season to date is a postponement of the payoff, because either the writers don't have a good concept of what to do next, or because the marketing team has decided the show does best when there is a tension of expectation between Ed and Carol. There's only so long that you can have two characters obviously attracted to each other but be kept apart by goofy coincidences.
One might argue that Northern Exposure was in a similar situation with Joel and Maggie, but it really wasn't. Their relationship was mutual antagonism, and the entire show was relatively light on the romance side anyway. There were countless NE episodes where no romantic situations occurred. Ed is a romantic comedy, and can't get away with that.
I loved Ed in season 1, but it's so awful now I'm tempted to take it off my ReplayTV schedule.
In my opinion, you just shouldn't base a TV show entirely on a romantic tension. People equate the show with that tension, and when that tension is gone, so is the identity of the show.
The entire premise of the show is the romance between Ed and Carol. The entire first season was a build-up to a payoff that never happened. The entire second season to date is a postponement of the payoff, because either the writers don't have a good concept of what to do next, or because the marketing team has decided the show does best when there is a tension of expectation between Ed and Carol. There's only so long that you can have two characters obviously attracted to each other but be kept apart by goofy coincidences.
One might argue that Northern Exposure was in a similar situation with Joel and Maggie, but it really wasn't. Their relationship was mutual antagonism, and the entire show was relatively light on the romance side anyway. There were countless NE episodes where no romantic situations occurred. Ed is a romantic comedy, and can't get away with that.
I loved Ed in season 1, but it's so awful now I'm tempted to take it off my ReplayTV schedule.
In my opinion, you just shouldn't base a TV show entirely on a romantic tension. People equate the show with that tension, and when that tension is gone, so is the identity of the show.
Daddy-o,
I see what you're saying about the prolonged romance, but look at how many seasons Frasier was sucessful with that exact same formula (delaying an inevitable 'get together.') Regardless of what somebody may think of the show they'll have to admit that it was highly successful at stringing people along for years. Friends did the same thing with Ross and Rachel. Ditto to Rebecca and Sam on Cheers.
And the comparison with Northern Exposure is based more off the comedic style of the shows: dry wit, with extremely intelligent characters. In fact they're sometimes too intelligent in my opinion to be believable. I studied under and work with some brilliant people, but I rarely meet individuals who speak with the wordsmith precision characters on these shows use in their everyday conversations.
I see what you're saying about the prolonged romance, but look at how many seasons Frasier was sucessful with that exact same formula (delaying an inevitable 'get together.') Regardless of what somebody may think of the show they'll have to admit that it was highly successful at stringing people along for years. Friends did the same thing with Ross and Rachel. Ditto to Rebecca and Sam on Cheers.
And the comparison with Northern Exposure is based more off the comedic style of the shows: dry wit, with extremely intelligent characters. In fact they're sometimes too intelligent in my opinion to be believable. I studied under and work with some brilliant people, but I rarely meet individuals who speak with the wordsmith precision characters on these shows use in their everyday conversations.
<<Frasier was sucessful with that exact same formula >>
But in Frasier, Niles isn't the main character, while Ed is. The antisipation was minor in most of the episodes. Maybe used for a joke or two.
<<Rebecca and Sam on Cheers>>
Bah, thanks for giving it away. I haven't seen that far yet.
But in Frasier, Niles isn't the main character, while Ed is. The antisipation was minor in most of the episodes. Maybe used for a joke or two.
<<Rebecca and Sam on Cheers>>
Bah, thanks for giving it away. I haven't seen that far yet.
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