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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 05:39 PM
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I'm a 50 year old guy and I've gotten hooked on Joan of Arcadia
I started watching this show a few weeks ago, and I've gotten hooked.

I haven't been hooked on a prime-time TeeVee show since Seinfeld. Could this be my new "must-see TV?"

Feels kinda odd, because it's a show about high-school kids. But it's such a cool show, and the characters are so interesting. And a good spirit to it.

I guess it's okay as long as I don't start watching 7th Heaven.
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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 05:40 PM
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1. Amber Tamblyn (Joan) is a hottie.
Enough for me to tune in every week. ;-)
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 05:41 PM
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2. I love Joan of Arcadia
Edited on Sat Jun-05-04 05:41 PM by supernova
You're not alone Armstead.

It's a very well-written show. Everybody's three-dimensional; things aren't wrapped up neatly and solved with a bow around it in 60 minutes.
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 05:44 PM
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3. I just finished the first season of SMALLVILLE on DVD.....
Edited on Sat Jun-05-04 05:45 PM by jus_the_facts
....and got HOOKED....I don't have cable and never had seen one show before...and didn't even realize there's been TWO more seasons I know NOTHIN' about! :D
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 05:46 PM
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4. I haven't seen the show.....but correct me if i'm wrong
The show is about a teenage girl that sees god in strangers and has do various tasks that they ask her to do? Where i come from we call that INSANITY!!!!
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 06:22 PM
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6. Where I come from, we call it TV
TV, insanity...the same thing.

But TV's version of "reality" is even crazier.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 07:27 PM
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10. The difference is that she thinks she might be insane because of that
She doesn't want them showing up but they keep butting in so that she can't live life the way she wants.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 07:35 PM
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11. At least she doesn't think she's Napoleon
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 05:47 PM
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5. My dad rarely misses the 'Golden Girls'....he's starting to worry me.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 06:23 PM
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7. I'm getting close to the age where they're contemporaries...
Edited on Sat Jun-05-04 06:24 PM by Armstead
Yikes!!!

I'll stick with Joan for the time being. Keep one foot in my youth.

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Lisa0825 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 06:27 PM
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8. I love the show!
Great cast, interesting stories.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 06:54 PM
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9. I have a crush on Mary Steenbergen too
Maybe that's part of the show's appeal for me. Heh-heh.
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RobinA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 07:54 PM
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12. Can't Say I Agree
on Joan of Arcadia. That show is just kinda...ick to me. Joan is so dumb and conventional. Does she ever just tell the god-person she's not going to do whatever?
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 07:58 PM
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13. Would you say "No" to God?
Edited on Sat Jun-05-04 07:59 PM by Armstead
If God told me to jump, I'd say "How high?"

Of course, first I'd want to make sure that's who it really was. I wouldn't take orders from an imposter.
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