{"id":6376,"date":"2011-05-05T13:16:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T11:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=6376"},"modified":"2011-05-05T13:16:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T11:16:27","slug":"grounded-for-life-starring-donal-logue-megyn-price-kevin-corrigan-lynsey-bartilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/grounded-for-life-starring-donal-logue-megyn-price-kevin-corrigan-lynsey-bartilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounded for Life starring Donal Logue, Megyn Price, Kevin Corrigan & Lynsey Bartilson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grounded for Life starring Donal Logue, Megyn Price, Kevin Corrigan & Bret Harrison. Image via divxm.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sean (Donal Logue) and Claudia (Megyn Price) Finnerty have been happily married for 14 years and they have 3 kids. The problem?\u00a0 They both need to deal with their not 2 young kids Jimmy (Griffin Frazen) and Henry (Jake Burbage), and their 14-year-old daughter Lilly (Lynsey Bartilson) who doesn\u2019t always get along with them. They also have to handle Sean\u2019s old-fashioned dad Walt (Richard Riehle) who thinks he knows best about everything, and Sean\u2019s aimless brother Eddie (Kevin Corrigan) who hangs out at their place all the time.<\/p>\n

The beauty of Grounded for Life<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is that Sean and Claudia are a really fun-loving, middle-class couple who are still pretty much in love. But because Claudia got pregnant at 18, they pretty much need to raise themselves as they raise their children, and they try to be as responsible as their rock n roll spirit lets them.<\/p>\n

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Examples of what makes Grounded for Life worth watching:<\/strong><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When Lilly asks to go on a $500 school trip, they have to say no because they just don\u2019t have the money. But when they suddenly inherit $1800, Sean spends it all on a great guitar, with Claudia\u2019s full blessing.<\/p>\n

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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Uncle Eddie has to persuade Lilly that men don\u2019t like sluts. Eddie loves sluts.<\/p>\n

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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sean is OK with Claudia throwing a bachelorette party for her friend at their house- and he is even OK with them having invited a male stripper over.<\/p>\n

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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Claudia is abandoned by Lilly at a motel room broke, and Claudia needs to drive home in the hotel robe, and has to flash to \u201cpay\u201d for the tolls. Sean finds this hilarious.<\/p>\n

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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Going to a hundredth Ramones farewell concert is more important than Jimmy\u2019s school projects\u2026<\/p>\n

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The beauty of this show is that Sean and Claudia are very easy to identify with. They love their kids, but they hate growing up. They need to make sure Lilly doesn\u2019t follow in Claudia\u2019s footsteps, but it is really hard to convince her daughter that being a virgin is not bad.<\/p>\n

Sean loves that his wife is still great looking, but Lilly hates that her mother is sexier than she is\u2026Oh, then there are the little boys who love playing around in the house with their dad. And let\u2019s not forget the nightmare nun\/headmaster at the school the kids go to, as Sean hates the woman and he just wants to tell her to shove it\u2026<\/p>\n

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Give it a try. They are the most fun, loving family around.<\/p>\n

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Fun notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both Donal Logue and Richard Riehle, who plays Donal\u2019s father Walt, have appeared in the legal series The Practice starring Dylan McDermott<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Donal plays an annoying DA who doesn\u2019t always play by the rules, and Richard Riehle guest-stars in one episode as a newspaper owner who likes to fire people because of their appearances.<\/p>\n

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Donal Logue\u2019s The Practice appearances:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 2<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 7<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 25<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 27<\/p>\n

Season 3, Episode 16<\/p>\n

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Richard Riehle\u2019s The Practice appearance: \u00a0Season 2, Episode 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bret Harrison<\/strong>, who plays the geeky boy next door neighbor Brad, plays in a couple of the sci-fi series V (2009)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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– \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Kevin Corrigan<\/strong>, the whacky uncle, plays the wise Sam Weiss on the popular sci-fi\/thriller\/drama series Fringe<\/a> in 7 episodes.<\/p>\n

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