# The Black Donnellys

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-donnellys/393863>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 27, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-donnellys/393863 "2007-02-27T12:23:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-donnellys/393863/21 "2007-03-11T05:03:59Z")

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I think they’re supposed to be black Irish, which is defined in [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a930730.html) Straight Dope column.

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**Author:** ![STEVEHOLT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@STEVEHOLT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/STEVEHOLT)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-donnellys/393863/22 "2007-03-13T12:53:44Z")

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In last nights episode, wasn’t this dialogue, “Did you go to school to get this stupid?”, directly taken from Godfather 2? When Pacino tells the family he’s going to join the marines in the flashback at Brando’s b-day party, doesn’t James Caan say this or really close to this?

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-donnellys/393863/23 "2007-03-13T13:00:00Z")

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I haven’t seen a second episode. It is conflicting with other stuff, which generally means I’ll have to wait for re-runs (and I’m not entirely sure this show will have 'em, based on the concensus around here). Oh well…I really did think the first episode was pretty good!

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-donnellys/393863/24 "2007-03-13T13:40:49Z")

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I read in _Entertainment Weekly_ that, as badly as _Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip_ was doing, _The Black Donnellys_ managed to do still worse, and drew only half of _Studio 60’s_ ratings.

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