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.