Cache Is Not at the Posted Coordinates
In fact, there’s no reason to go to the posted coordinates unless you’re hoping to catch a glimpse of Tim “The Toolman” Taylor and his neighbor Wilson stocking up on supplies for a weekend project. Of course, we know this establishment doesn’t sell Binford tools, but with the current shortage of building supplies, he’ll shop where he can find lumber, drywall, and the necessary first aid kits.
The funny thing about a character like Wilson is that he became a popular character on the show “Home Improvement”, even though we never saw his full face or even knew his full name until much later into the run of the show. He was there as a friend and confidant to the Taylors as they worked through their problems every week.
It got me thinking about the role of TV sitcom neighbors and how they became popular characters over the years. Even though they weren’t always a main character, they were always there to provide comic relief, make us feel a certain way, or steal the show. Interestingly enough, many of our favorite neighbors were commonly referred to by names other than their given first names. Some neighbors were only known by their last name, a nickname, or were usually addressed formally. Heck, for some of our favorite TV neighbors, we never even got to know their first names. In some cases, that would mean they meant nothing to us, but in others, that only bolstered the place they had in our hearts.
Consider the following TV neighbors. For some, their entrances or exits gave them a special place in our psyches, like the abrupt energetic entrances of Kramer, or Bentley, who would often be dismissed by having a door slammed in his face. Others would use stereotypical personas like Flanders’s steadfast ability to “love thy neighbor” or Urkel’s nerdiness to make them our favorite acquaintances of their sitcom neighborhoods. Even though some of them made us feel uncomfortable at first, like Mr. Heckles, Schneider, and Squiggy, their schticks eventually grew on us and we looked forward to seeing them appear in episodes of our favorite shows. Some of our favorite TV neighbors are more identifiable by more formal names, like Mr. Wilson or Mrs. Poole, but that doesn’t mean we loved them less. Others weren’t necessarily neighbors and were billed as main characters, but we never really referred to them by their real names as their sobriquets were much more memorable. Tootie and Captain Awesome were prime examples of this phenomena. I'm aware the latter wasn't necessarily on a sitcom, but he was one of the more memorable neighbors/doctors/brother-in-laws on one of my favorite shows. Finally, some of our favorite TV neighbors didn’t actually live next door to our main characters, but they were often close enough to get themselves in the middle of things, helping to bring in laughs or a sense of cool to any situation, like Mr. Furley, Newman, or the Fonz.
Whatever your feelings are about some of TV’s favorite neighbors listed above, hopefully you can use the ways we often don’t refer to them to help you figure out where this cache is hidden. The final cache is a peanut butter jar nearby. There should be room to pull off to make the retrieval, but please keep kids close. Finally, I want to send a huge thank you to QUE3NBE3 for her help in hiding and preparing this cache.