The Gook Twilight Zone and trivia column (Part One)

• The embarassingly bad, greedy side of Rush.
• "Uncreative" Sade was a rather prolific poet, believe it or not (here) and (here.)
• The only known time that an ambulance was called.
• Death and the Gooks (here) and (here.)
• Two alarm clocks?  Pfft.  Here's an episode where Vic broke THREE alarm clocks.
• There were actually THREE vacant lot playgrounds in the series.
• Unsolved mysteries: What is "taping a baseball?" and "playing indoor baseball?"  Both Rush and Russell do these things many times.  What happened to Mis' Fisher, the nosy neighbor who was very prominent early in the series?  What the heck happened to Mr. Gumpox's mail-order wife?  Why did the Donahues move and more importantly, why did they move back to the same house?  Why was Dr. Keevy's office used as a meeting place over and over again, especially when Vic met up with Pom Pom Cordova?  Who/what was in the Donahue basement towards the end of the series?  What was the deal with all the barbers in the series?  The cornets in the series?  The idea of pants "in cold storage?"  Why was Miller Park the site of "found"/"lost" books? Since Mr. Donahue showed signs of violence at least twice that we know of (punching both Gumpox and Howard at different times) is this the real reason why Sade always demanded quiet when he was sleeping with his window open?  And on and on...
• Do you remember the time Rush was HAPPY with a clothes purchase his mother made for him?  Well, now you do.  
• There are so many ridiculous ideas on the show that make it so much fun.  However, this idea is so ridiculous yet so plausible - that it's pure comedy genius... and makes me laugh every time I think about it.
• The most-overlooked recurring plot in the series is probably the one where Rush tries to obtain the money in his bank account.
• If you think Sade was the only gardener to grow Panther's Blood, you'd be wrong.
• The most-unusual book title mentioned on the show was probably, "Tricks a One-legged Man Can Perform with a Dead Gorilla." 
• It once took two years for Paul Rhymer to complete a joke involving two episodes.

Maybe I'll do this again one day. Please let me know if you enjoyed this.