I'd like to propose to you, the general cyberpublic, what I consider to be a unique theory. I propose this particular question: is there any correlation between the success of a television sitcom and the location of the living room (also used as the main setting in most cases). Although at first glance, it may appear that this is moronic and that I have too much free time in my head, I still wish to study this aspect, this notion of the effectiveness of sitcom feng shui. How does one determine whether a sitcom is successful? By the number of years which it remains on the air (in original run format)? Or perhaps by the quality of the episodes and scripts themselves? For the sake of my theory, I shall focus on the more commercial of the two aspects -- that is, the length of time in during which they air. As for my theory itself, we must examine many sitcoms in order to create a viable response. The following is a list I have prepared that offers a variety of personally selected programs, divided between two groups defining the living room locations -- on the west or east side of the home. (I will omit "The Nanny", whose main quarters are centrally located. Fran Drescher is an unusual variable to work with anyway.) LEFT Boy Meets World The Drew Carey Show Family Matters Full House Golden Girls Grace Under Fire King Of Queens Maude Perfect Strangers Roseanne Sabrina, The Teenage Witch Seinfeld Step By Step Two and a Half Men Who's The Boss? RIGHT 3rd Rock From The Sun 8 Simple Rules ALF All In The Family Blossom The Cosby Show Ellen Everybody Loves Raymond Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Home Improvement The Honeymooners (rest of apartment to the left) The Jeffersons Mama's Family Married...with Children Mork & Mindy Murphy Brown As you can tell, there are numerous "successful" situation comedies in both columns. So is there a direct correlation between the success of a television sitcom and the location of its living room? Nope, I've just wasted some of your precious time; you'll never get it back. However, this short article was not about determining success based on the placement of a couch. No! That is somewhat of a nonsensical theory anyway! The overall purpose here was to illustrate to you, pantsless reader, that unique ideas and theories make for interesting debate; common conversation only leads to a prosaic life, one not worth the time of day. The world might be a more magnificent place if there were more random bursts of creativity, more notions concocted out of the blue, more spontaneity instead of simultaneous singular trains of thought. Following one unmistakeably dreadful order is unhealthy for mental evolution. So be creative in life! Develop your own style and your own way of thinking! But... don't try and figure out sitcom success through living room placement -- that's MY idea!