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{{quote|'''Bob:''' Well, I was an innkeeper in this crazy little town in Vermont! [[Lampshade Hanging|Nothing made sense in this place.]] I mean, the maid was an heiress. Her husband talked in alliteration. The handyman kept missing the point of things. And then there were these three woodsmen, but only one of them talked!<br />

'''Emily:''' That settles it. [[Acid Reflux Nightmare|No more Japanese food before you go to bed.]] }}

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** This was done to parody the last episode of ''[[St Elsewhere]]'', where the ''entire series'' is revealed to be the daydream of an autistic boy.

** Alternatively, a parody of one of the most controversial uses of the trope: ''[[Dallas]]'', in which a season was suddenly [[Retcon|retconned]] as being a dream of a character.

* [[Halloween Episode]]: "Take Me to Your Loudon"

* [[Hollywood New England]]

* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: Composed by [[Henry Mancini]].

** Kind of a sadly-averted [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] because of the Mancini tie-in. The man who wrote the timeless jazz themes for ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' and ''[[Peter Gunn]]'' basically wrote pleasant-but-bland elevator music for this theme.

** It may be "Pleasant but bland", but it fit the mood of a series set in a sleepy Vermont town better then a jazz theme would (or the ''[[Remington Steele]]'' theme written the same year).

* [[The Tonight Show|Johnny Carson]]: Pays Larry and the Darryls' gas bill.

{{quote|'''Larry''': Hi, I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl. And heeeeeeere's Johnny!}}