Good insights. The gum thing...you never see anyone
smoke on the smoking patio in the pilot.
--- mckinleyhigh@yahoogroups.com
<manchwoods@...> wrote:
> I've been watching the auditions on the DVDs lately,
and one of the
> most interesting parts is how the script changed
from this stage to the
> shows that ended up getting made -- specifically how
many smoking
> references got cut out. The gum in the pilot episode
started out being
> smokes, and Lindsay made clear to Millie that she
had nothing more to
> talk about unless Millie wanted to have a smoke. I
actually kind of
> like the semi-mysterious way the smoking thing was
handled in the pilot
> episode. But I suspect that this was a punch that
got pulled for
> commercial acceptability, like the one-sided,
"Reefer Madness" approach
> to marijuana (which apparently makes small children
dislike you, among
> other things). This is one area where "That 70's
Show" was actually
> gutsier than "Freaks and Geeks."
>


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