Elsewhere writer Tom Fontana was quoted as saying "Someone did the math once and something like 90 percent of all [American] television took place in Tommy Westphall's mind. Did the drapes in old theatres actually say "ASBESTOS" on them? Web359. He went on to create the acclaimed seriesHomicide:Life on the Street (in which a character fromSt. Marriage! How was your day up on the building? Donald Westphalls autistic son, who was gazing into a snow globe containing a miniature version of the hospital. He adds that, "while a controversial and maddening ending for some loyal viewers, the final episode of St. As Gow told HuffPost, "St. It was not right for us to say, You should lose more money. . Elsewheres Wednesday night time slot in the fall. When not writing, Michael enjoys going to concerts, taking in live professional wrestling, and debating pop culture. Weatherson's fifth objection holds that the appearance of a person or event in a dream does not mean the person or event cannot exist in real life. If a person dreams about visiting London and meeting Gordon Brown, it does not follow that because the city of London and Gordon Brown appeared in a dream, they do not exist in real life. In 1988, though, St. Even if that's true though, thinking about it remains an amusing diversion. Contemporary television writers have even bought in to Gow and Crowe's theory. Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, and director Rob Marshall share the tale behind making their underwater musical with a groundbreaking Disney princess. Of course, every party has a pooper, and there are those that consider the Tommy Westphall universe ridiculous. John Munch). ), Fontana did, however, recall that half of the viewer mail retrieved after the finale was positive, while the other half made loose reference to a desire to burn [the studio lot] to the ground.". Is it positing that the hopes and the fears and the suffering we endure in our lives are being watched by a deity who is interested and all-knowing but who can only gaze in at us and never interfere in our tribulationswhere in all the world but an under-resourced hospital in the planets richest nation could the question of such a beings love or cruelty be more pressing? The Westphall Theory of a Unified TV Universe, Explained Elsewhere is Westphall's dream, it does not imply that all of the characters on the show exist only in his mind.

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