{"id":72188,"date":"2019-09-18T07:32:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72188"},"modified":"2019-09-18T07:32:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:32:12","slug":"only-in-minnesota-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72188","title":{"rendered":"Only In Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Such is the inferiority complex of Twin Cities media that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/tv\/recaps\/friends-almost-relocated-to-minnesota-in-a-bizarre-mid-series-twist\/ar-AAHrpvU\">this story<\/a> is getting major airtime; the iconic TV sitcom <em>Friends<\/em> discussed relocating the show to Minnesota for half a seazon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I said &#8220;discussed&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The relocation to Minnesota developed in the writers\u2019 room during the fifth season, thanks to a recurring desire to genuinely surprise the audience with plot developments. (Just like season four\u2019s episode \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2018\/10\/the-one-with-the-embryos-friends-trivia-episode-a-history.html\" target=\"_blank\">The One With the Embryos<\/a>,\u201d where Monica and Rachel lose a bet and switch apartments with Joey and Chandler.) \u201cThe idea was that Chandler would be unexpectedly transferred to Minnesota for work,\u201d Austerlitz writes. \u201cSince there was no urgent reason for the characters to stay in New York, each of his friends would ultimately choose to join him there, and\u00a0<em>Friends\u00a0<\/em>would keep them in Minnesota for half a season.\u201d The gang would grow to love this magical Midwestern respite from their go-go-go New York lifestyle, with \u201ccheap apartments, friendly neighbors, and subzero temperatures.\u201d<br><br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Bear in mind &#8211; the change was shot down.  Hard.  20+ years ago.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Such is the inferiority complex of Twin Cities media that this story is getting major airtime; the iconic TV sitcom Friends discussed relocating the show to Minnesota for half a seazon: I said &#8220;discussed&#8221;: The relocation to Minnesota developed in the writers\u2019 room during the fifth season, thanks to a recurring desire to genuinely surprise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-n-e"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72189,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72188\/revisions\/72189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}