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This is a whole new brand of weird.

—Ed, to Phil

A seriocomic show about a hotshot lawyer who, following a painful divorce, moves back to his little home town of Stuckeyville, buys the local bowling alley, and opens a bowling alley/law firm. Basically Northern Exposure without the Fish Out of Water elements, this show went for a sense of eccentric whimsy, which was usually genuine and smile-inducing ("Hey! You like sex? Come to the Festival of Ducks!").

Had an odd first episode - the entirety of the Pilot was presented as a "Previously On..." intro and they started with episode 2.

Tropes used in Ed include:

Artistic Title
Berserk Button: "I am a Lawyer. I own a bowling alley. They are not the same thing." - Ed's standard response to being called 'The Bowling Alley Lawyer'.
Beta Couple: Michael and Nancy.
Big Eater: Ed is a proud member of the local restaurant's "Two Pie Club".
Bowling for Ratings
Bunny Ears Lawyer: Ed. Mike counts as a Bunny Ears Doctor.
- Given the nature of most of the other characters, though, their quirkiness probably seems tame by comparison.
California Doubling: New Jersey for Ohio.
Catch Phrase
- "Ten bucks if you..."
Cloudcuckoolander: Phil
Devoted to You: Ed to Carol.
Disabled Character, Disabled Actor: Daryll Mitchell, who played Eli Cartwright Goggins on the show, was actually paraplegic.
Dogged Nice Guy: Ed to Carol at times.
Eccentric Townsfolk
Hollywood Nerd: Warren (Justin Long), who would go on to date Drew Barrymore and be the Mac Guy in real life.
Joisey: Exterior Stuckeyville town scenes were filmed in Westfield NJ, some locals - including this troper - were hired as "Stuckeyville Extras".
Keep Circulating the Tapes: No DVDs have been officially released due to music-licensing issues.
Lottery Ticket: One of Ed's cases concerned co-workers being sued after they tricked a fellow worker into thinking he had won the lottery - who then told off the Boss and quit his job before he found out that he hadn't.
Nobody Over 50 Is Gay: Subverted with the elderly and cantankerous Charlie Hudson, who is somewhere in his seventies (and dying). His lover is about the same age.
Quirky Town: Come on, they named it Stuckeyville.
Real Life Writes the Plot: Phil's actor left briefly to do a candid camera style show, so did Phil himself.
Real Song Theme Tune: "Next Year" by the Foo Fighters
Running Gag: The ten dollar bets.
- Phil and his zany schemes.
- The name Godfrey.
Shout-Out: The name of Ed's old law firm (Farmer & Sheehan) is an in-joke reference to "Late Show with David Letterman" stagehands Pat Farmer and Kenny Sheehan. (The series was produced by Letterman's company, Worldwide Pants.)
Stage Magician: Stuckeyville Sam.
The Bet: Ed and Mike's classic $10 bets.
Unrequited Love Switcheroo
What Have We Ear?: Stuckeyville Sam does this to Ed at the end of the episode "The World of Possibility".
Will They or Won't They?: Ed and Carol. They will.

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 A [[Dramedy|seriocomic]] show about a hotshot lawyer who, following a painful divorce, moves back to his little home town of Stuckeyville, buys the local bowling alley, and opens a bowling alley/law firm. Basically ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' without the [[Fish Out of Water]] elements, this show went for a sense of eccentric whimsy, which was usually genuine and smile-inducing ("Hey! You like sex? Come to the Festival of Ducks!").
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 Had an odd first episode - the entirety of the [[Pilot]] was presented as a "Previously On..." intro and they started with episode 2.
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-Provides examples of:
 * [[Artistic Title]]
 * [[Berserk Button]]: "I am a Lawyer. I own a bowling alley. They are not the same thing." - Ed's standard response to being called 'The Bowling Alley Lawyer'.
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 * [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Phil
 * [[Devoted to You]]: Ed to Carol.
-* [[Disabled Character Disabled Actor]]: Daryll Mitchell, who played Eli Cartwright Goggins on the show, was actually paraplegic.
+* [[Disabled Character, Disabled Actor]]: Daryll Mitchell, who played Eli Cartwright Goggins on the show, was actually paraplegic.
 * [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Ed to Carol at times.
 * [[Eccentric Townsfolk]]
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 * [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: No DVDs have been officially released due to music-licensing issues.
 * [[Lottery Ticket]]: One of Ed's cases concerned co-workers being sued after they tricked a fellow worker into thinking he had won the lottery - who then told off the Boss and quit his job before he found out that he hadn't.
-* [[Nobody Over Fifty Is Gay]]: Subverted with the elderly and cantankerous Charlie Hudson, who is somewhere in his seventies (and dying). His lover is about the same age.
+* [[Nobody Over 50 Is Gay]]: Subverted with the elderly and cantankerous Charlie Hudson, who is somewhere in his seventies (and dying). His lover is about the same age.
 * [[Quirky Town]]: Come on, they named it ''Stuckeyville''.
 * [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Phil's actor left briefly to do a candid camera style show, so did Phil himself.
-* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: "Next Year" by the [[Foo Fighters (Music)|Foo Fighters]]
+* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: "Next Year" by the [[Foo Fighters]]
 * [[Running Gag]]: The ten dollar bets.
 ** Phil and his zany schemes.
 ** The name Godfrey.
-* [[Shout Out]]: The name of Ed's old law firm (Farmer & Sheehan) is an in-joke reference to "Late Show with [[David Letterman]]" stagehands Pat Farmer and Kenny Sheehan. (The series was produced by Letterman's company, Worldwide Pants.)
+* [[Shout-Out]]: The name of Ed's old law firm (Farmer & Sheehan) is an in-joke reference to "Late Show with [[David Letterman]]" stagehands Pat Farmer and Kenny Sheehan. (The series was produced by Letterman's company, Worldwide Pants.)
 * [[Stage Magician]]: Stuckeyville Sam.
 * [[The Bet]]: Ed and Mike's classic $10 bets.
 * [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo]]
-* [[What Have We Ear]]: Stuckeyville Sam does this to Ed at the end of the episode "The World of Possibility".
+* [[What Have We Ear?]]: Stuckeyville Sam does this to Ed at the end of the episode "The World of Possibility".
-* [[Will They or Won't They]]: Ed and Carol. They {{spoiler|will}}.
+* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Ed and Carol. They {{spoiler|will}}.
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