Wow! This thread is really running slow! I almost forgot what I was going to say! Does that ever happen to any of you?
No. Of course not. Ya'll are smart enough to NOT have dial-up!
Another great ELR line (or actually LINES in this case) is from "Baggage" from Season 7. In this episode, Debra and Ray return home from a trip and park their suitcase on the landing of the staircase. Nobody wants to move it to the bedroom and so it sits there for about a week. Ray has to leave on a business trip and Debra is upset because Ray won't take the suitcase with him. Why? If he takes it, he gives in to Debra and Debra wins, so Ray decides to pack his clothes in plastic shopping bags instead. Just before Ray walks out the door he places a piece of Roquefort cheese inside the suitcase and then quickly darts out the front door. The next morning the house is beginning to smell quite ripe from the cheese.
Marie walks through the front door and sniffs the air with a disgusted look on her face...
Marie: "Debra. Are you cooking something?"
Debra: "No Marie. I'm not cooking anything."
Marie:" Well there's an
aroma in here!"
Debra: "You know, I smell it too but I can't figure out where it's coming from."
They both start investigating the smell, and finally Debra tracks it to the suitcase. Debra unzips it, reaches her hand in there and pulls out the old, nasty piece of cheese.
Marie:" DEBRA!! You can't keep cheese in a suitcase!!"
"Baggage" ended up being one of those episodes created from a real life experience. Actually about a third of the episodes were created based on the real life experiences of the writers. Sometimes if the writers couldn't think up a plot for the episode, they would all sit around the table and talk about what happened to each of them during the week. Sooner or later, somebody would mention something they could work with, and an episode would be created.
I think this is why the show is so lovable. Most of the episodes seem so real, as if they could actually happen to us. And in some cases, they probably have!
And now we know why!
