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Old 07-31-09 | 09:25 AM
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Re: Do Televisions Dream of Electric Sheep: Round 3!

The following places are not the other boroughs of New York City besides Manhattan:





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Yes, people actually answered with shows set in Manhattan.
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I'm going to save the wrong answers for last, but I have to give you a preview of my favorite one:

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Re: Do Televisions Dream of Electric Sheep: Round 3!

Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Yes, people actually answered with shows set in Manhattan.
I still have no idea where in the city my show was set.
Old 07-31-09 | 09:28 AM
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Where is Central Park?

Hint: It's not in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, or Staten Island.
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Not Manhattan:

Old 07-31-09 | 09:29 AM
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Also not Manhattan:

Old 07-31-09 | 09:30 AM
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Like Red Dog, I don't remember the answers I sent in. So this is extra surprising for me.
Old 07-31-09 | 09:31 AM
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Okay, enough of that. Let's get going with the Unique Answers (0):

the big train: 704 Hauser st
Palaver: All in the Family
Tracer Bullet: Becker
achau9598: Car 54 Where Are You
Tarantino: Ghost Writer
Lunatikk: Living Single
Jeremy517: Rescue Me
Scrumtrulescent: The Cosby Show
chowderhead: The Honeymooners
Old 07-31-09 | 09:32 AM
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There were a lot of wrong answers. If you don't see yours above, start shaking.
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Wow! I am shocked!

Spoiler:
That Becker ran for six seasons
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I always figured The Cosby Show was in Manhattan since they were a doctor-lawyer couple.
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Not these people, however:



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Old 07-31-09 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Red Dog
I always figured The Cosby Show was in Manhattan since they were a doctor-lawyer couple.
Some parts of Brooklyn are nicer than Manhattan.
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Re: Do Televisions Dream of Electric Sheep: Round 3!

Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Some parts of Brooklyn are nicer than Manhattan.
Was that the case 20+ years ago?
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Believe it or not (I don't, because I don't even know WTF this show is), two people answered:



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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Some parts of Brooklyn are nicer than Manhattan for black people to live there.
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Originally Posted by Red Dog
Was that the case 20+ years ago?
Yes.

We're talking about Brooklyn, not the South Bronx.
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Old 07-31-09 | 09:37 AM
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Re: Do Televisions Dream of Electric Sheep: Round 3!

This also was not a terrible answer!



The King of Queens (3)

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Re: Do Televisions Dream of Electric Sheep: Round 3!

Originally Posted by Venusian
I was blanking on this one. I kept thinking Cosby show but that is Chicago.
The Cosby Show was set in Brooklyn Heights (which, as you might expect, is in Brooklyn, not Chicago).
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Brooklyn South (2)

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I'll take 3. Cosby would have been 2, so one more isn't bad


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