The Week contest: Early retirement
This week's question: A 19-year-old drawn by an ad for an inexpensive two-bedroom apartment unwittingly moved into an Arkansas retirement community. Madison Kohout says her elderly neighbors feed her home cooked meals and don't mind if she plays loud music "because some of them can't hear." If a TV network were to make a sitcom about Kohout's unusual living situation, what should it be titled?
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THE WINNER: "That 70+ Show"
Ziva Berkowitz Kimmel, Anchorage, Alaska
SECOND PLACE: "When Zoomer met Boomer"
Steve Green, Peoria, Arizona
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THIRD PLACE: "The Young and the Rest Home"
George Strong, Plano, Texas
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Steve Rogers, Santa Monica, California
"Friends with Social Security Benefits"
Clare Christiansen, Oak Harbor, Washington
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Erin Bishop, Springfield, Virginia
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Gary Evenson, McFarland, Wisconsin
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Joe Bennett, West Lafayette, Indiana
"Senior Year"
Flip Tanedo, Los Angeles
"New Girl Meets Golden Girls"
Geno Recupero, Palm Desert, California
"Will and Graves"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"The Young and the Restful"
Cathy Lurvey, Tucson, Arizona
"The World According to AARP"
Arlene Baratz, Pittsburgh
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