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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
At 4pm each day this month, we’ll be counting down some of the year’s most popular quizzes. (And by “most popular,” we mean “ranked somewhere between #21 and #100,” since the actual Top 20 is listed beside every quiz.)
Some shows are inextricably linked with their settings, like Seinfeld and New York, or Cheers and Boston. But other TV families could have lived just about anywhere. Do you remember where these 15 sitcoms called home? Take the #33 quiz on our countdown and find out.
Take the Quiz: Sitcom Settings
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three’s company was set in san diego
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posted by jason on 12-19-2008 at 6:37 pm
I thought for sure I would ace this, then I saw the questions. Hooda thunk that there were so many sitcoms I’ve never seen? Still, I’m a pretty good guesser, so I scored 11 of 15.
This made me feel older than dirt.
posted by Miss Cellania on 12-19-2008 at 9:46 pm
When I first started putting together this quiz, I thought ‘Three’s Company’ was set in San Diego, too. But it was definitely Santa Monica:
From TVLand:
Uptight Mr. Roper (Norman Fell) and his nosey wife Helen (Audra Lindley) may not take to the idea of the trio living together in the Santa Monica apartment, so they convince Jack to pretend he’s gay, which would be easy enough if he wasn’t an avid skirt chaser and didn’t enjoy hanging out at local hot spot The Regal Beagle with his best buddy Larry Dallas (Richard Kline).
[tvland.com/shows/threescompany/]
From The Museum of Broadcast Communication:
Set in Santa Monica, California, the series chronicled the innuendo-laden, slapstick-prone misadventures of the affably klutzy bachelor Jack Tripper (played by John Ritter) and the two single, attractive women–one a cute, down-to-earth brunette named Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt), the other a sexy, dimwitted blonde named Christmas “Chrissy” Snow (Suzanne Somers).
[museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/threescompa/threescompa.htm]
From Wikipedia:
The show was set minutes from the beach in Santa Monica, California, and mostly focused on three sets until the later seasons: the trio’s apartment, their landlord’s apartment and the neighborhood pub, The Regal Beagle. In later seasons more sets were used, frequently depicting Larry’s apartment, Angelino’s restaurant, Jack’s Bistro, and the hospital where Terri worked.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%27s_Company)
From SitcomsOnline:
In this comedy, two contemporary young single girls found themselves in need of a roommate for their Santa Monica apartment so they decided to settle for the man they found sleeping in their bathtub–after a going-away party for their last roommate. Jack was harmless enough, but the problem was in convincing everyone else of that.
[sitcomsonline.com/threescompany.html]
posted by Jason English on 12-20-2008 at 12:14 am
Eau Claire, WI as an option for the first question?!?!?!? YAY hometown represent!!!
posted by Emmie on 12-22-2008 at 9:39 am