This makes me wonder something I've always wondered : Our
   history of TV shows has some things in common. Now, we're all
   influenced by our .. influences when we're young. I've noticed
   that you and I generally have very compatible outlooks on life,
   philosophy, a "let's get real here" attitude even with
   ourselves... ...and I wonder just how much influence these shows
   had on us? The philosophies of the writers as shown by the
   characters and situations? After all we weren't raised anywhere
   NEAR each other. Yet, we're quite similar in many of the ways we
   think. Interesting food for thought.