Talk:American Dreams

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Son?[edit]

I can't help but notice under Walker Family that the son is not mentioned. He was one of Meg's best friends.

NPOV[edit]

This is not the place for criticizing the rest of NBC's lineup. 70.112.142.116, whoever you are, you're obviously annoyed that NBC cancelled American Dreams, so you're bashing NBC. But there's a policy on Wikipedia requiring a Neutral_point_of_view in articles. That means that your personal biases don't belong in the encyclopedia. Using words like "vapid", "questionable", and "bad" shows your opinions, not facts. (And how do you know that NBC's future lineup is bad when it hasn't started airing yet?) So please stop reverting other users' removal of those words. MysteryDog 14:51, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fan-fiction not necessary[edit]

Most of the fan-fiction that was part of the "future events" section of the American Dreams page is not necessary nor pertinent to the Wikipedia listing. This includes all references to Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, September 11th, etc. In the future, please stick with the official canon of the series - since its timeline supposedly ended in Summer 1966, there is no reason to speculate on Wikipedia what the characters might be doing 40 years later. Chuck the writer 02:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

American Dreams[edit]

On american dreams, there was a boy who played in the place where Beth waitressed, I beleve his name was josh taylor, son of Carley Simon & James Taylor. I looked all over the web page, and not a mention of his name, or, more importantly, where I can find his music. Any ideas? Send them to : cammi08@yahoo.com

The boy's name was Ben Taylor, and yes he was the offspring of James Taylor and Carly Simon.

John Pryor III's Graduation from High School[edit]

I've adjusted the estimated date of his graduation from High School to be June 1984 instead of June 1983. If one is born in December 1965, graduation would be in 1984. I know many people born during this time who graduated in 1984 and not 1983.

JJ Pryor Jr's Lehigh "Scholarship"[edit]

JJ would have never had to join the Marines if he was hurt playing football at Lehigh. Lehigh doesn't have pure athletic scholarships, but gives "Grants in Aid" instead. Thus financial aid doesn't stop if he couldn't play a sport. So he could have finished college (assuming his grades were good enough, Lehigh has pretty rigorous academics) and then decided whether he wished to go to Marine OCS when he graduated in 1967. He also could have taken Army or Air Force ROTC at Lehigh if he wished. GCW50 18:00, 21 August 2006 (UTC) (Lehigh Class of 1972)[reply]

snippets[edit]

There should be something about the format of the show being disconnected 90-second snippets which jumped around a lot ("Meanwhile, back at the ranch..."). I could never figure out what was suppposed to be going on. AnonMoos 15:35, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jimmy Carter[edit]

Where in the world did that Jimmy Carter thing come from? Is that just an assumption or did that actually come from something in the show? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.158.157.94 (talk) 00:31, 7 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Unsourced material[edit]

The following is unsourced information:

According to a Star Magazine issue, Meg Pryor's character was loosely based on actual American Bandstand regular Fran Giordano.
The closing song of the series is "Bookends Theme" by Simon and Garfunkel
The role of Beth was originally offered to Christy Carlson Romano
East Catholic High School is presumed to be based on Philadelphia's West Catholic, which won the 1965 Catholic League football championship.

While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (talk) 05:08, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lehigh University[edit]

In the opening paragraph it says that this show is based in Philadelphia and partly Lehigh University. Lehigh in only featured in a limited number of episodes. In fact, there are far more episodes that take place when JJ is in Vietnam than Lehigh. I will change it so that it only says Philadelphia, since that is kind of the "home base" for all of the show's main characters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PowerSurge1000 (talk • contribs) 21:06, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Copyediting Question[edit]

What is a "contact artist"?

Last paragraph of series overview section contradicting and unclear[edit]

The final paragraph of the section "Series Overview" stats by saying it's important to know it follows real history, but then says a "main difference." If the show keeps all historical events accurate except when American Bandstand left Philly, it should just say that. But saying "this is the same" and then immediately referencing a difference is confusing to a reader who isn't familiar with the show. Like me. This page was developed a long time ago, but hopefully someone who knows the show can clear this up for those of us who are considering watching it. MandieJ1975 (talk) 09:41, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]