Talk:Square Pegs

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[edit] what about the US tv serie?

it wasn't a great production but I think it's worth mentioning, especially since I reached this page following a link from the page dedicated to Sarah Jessica Parker Plch 22:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and changed it so this page now reflects the US series, with a link to the Chinese one. I think far more English-speaking people are aware of the US series, and it's still rerun with some regularity. Multiverse 07:54, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

To the person who added a note that the American series was remade years later as Life Made Simple... well, sorry, it wasn't. I've taken that note out.Multiverse 10:30, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Looks like the Chinese series has been removed altogether. I've added an "Other uses" section to acknowledge the 1939 BBC TV production of this title, so that might be a good place to mention it again. 23skidoo 14:19, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I've put that paragraph about what happened to the cast and Beatts back in. I think it's relevant that while a couple of cast members are still working, the rest have vanished into total obscurity. The series is also arguably Beatts' greatest claim to fame, and her faltering career since is also relevant. Multiverse 07:46, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

I've put that same paragraph back, yet again. I've reworded it some, but I disagree that it's non-neutral. A handful of the actors from this show grew up to be celebrities, while the others either don't act anymore, or they've died. Those are just facts. As for the idea that the post-show info is available in the individual actors' pages... well, you could say that every TV page on Wikipedia contains an assortment of facts available elsewhere on the site. A fan of this show could probably learn this stuff by spending half an hour clicking around on the various actors' pages, but why should they have to? This is a page specifically for this show, and as such I think this paragraph of behind-the-scenes info is as relevant as anything else in the article. Multiverse 07:46, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

I think the reason why some object to the paragraph is the fact that it doesn't really fit the format of TV show articles in Wikipedia. If you check other articles, most do not have this sort of information and the presumption is the individual actor articles would provide it should readers wish to dig deeper. 23skidoo 14:07, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Although I agree about omitting the actors' post-show lives, the paragraph on the origin of the phrase "square peg" should have remained, or linked to a Wiktionary entry. NBK1122 (talk) 16:53, 13 May 2008 (UTC)