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Key West is an American comedy-drama series set and filmed in Key West, Florida. Thirteen episodes aired on Fox from January to June 1993. It was created by David Beaird. The show was produced by Viacom Productions (now CBS Television Studios). Plot The main character is Seamus O'Neill, played by Fisher Stevens, a factory worker from New Jersey who dreams of being a writer. When he wins the lottery, he uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West to pursue his writing career, where his idol Ernest Hemingway had lived. Seamus finds the island inhabited by eccentrics. He tries to get a job for The Meteor, a local newspaper, wishing to relive the life of its most famous employee, Ernest Hemingway. This brings him into conflict with the paper's editor, Roosevelt Cole (Ivory Ocean), who remarks "You want to report on the Spanish Civil War?" Eventually Seamus is hired on a probationary period. In a later episode it was revealed Seamus is once again poor as his lottery winnings were seized due to taxation and multiple unpaid debts, and it will be several years before his next annuity check resumes. Seamus then decides to put everything into writing, money worries or not. In addition to Stevens, Jennifer Tilly, Denise Crosby, and Brian Thompson led the large ensemble cast as the town's high-class prostitute, conservative mayor and eccentric sheriff, respectively. Characters Seamus O'Neill (Fisher Stevens) Chaucy Caldwell (Denise Crosby) Sheriff Cody Jeremiah Jefferson (Brian Thompson) Dr. Reilly Clarke (Kim Myers) Abednigo "JoJo" Nabuli (Terrence 'T.C.' Carson) Savannah Sumner (Jennifer Tilly) Hector Allegria (Geno Silva) Roosevelt "King" Cole (Ivory Ocean) Paul "Gumbo" Beausoleil (Leland Crooke) Rikki (Lara Piper) Hunter Farmer (Michael Covert) Flame (Jennifer Barlow)

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“I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humourous, and continued from there. I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth.”
— Piers Anthony, as quoted in 100 Most Popular Genre Fiction Authors (2005) by Bernard Alger Drew, p. 11
“• Under Florida’s “stand your ground” law, it is legal to shoot anybody for any reason as long as you are standing on the ground.”
— Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever. (2016), Chapter 2
“When I was twelve, I helped my Daddy build a bomb shelter in our basement, because some damn fool parked a dozen warheads ninety miles off the coast of Florida. This thing could park a coupla' hundred warheads off Washington or New York and no-one would know anything about it until it was all over.”
— Larry Ferguson, in The Hunt for Red October (1990), based on the novel by Tom Clancy.
“California, Florida, whatever. Either way, your pale ass is getting a tan.”
— Hubert Selby, Jr., in Requiem for a Dream (2000)
“One nice thing about Florida, it makes Pennsylvania look unspoiled.”
— John Updike, in Rabbit at Rest (1990).
“There’s high awareness of the ballot measure. People understand Amendment 4 is on the ballot. But they don’t necessarily connect that there’s a six-week abortion ban.”
— Alex Berrios, co-founder of the Yes on 4 campaign , according to With days until Election Day, groups make final push for Florida's abortion rights ballot measure (Oct. 30, 2024)

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Notable quotes

“I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humourous, and continued from there. I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth.”
— Piers Anthony, as quoted in 100 Most Popular Genre Fiction Authors (2005) by Bernard Alger Drew, p. 11
“• Under Florida’s “stand your ground” law, it is legal to shoot anybody for any reason as long as you are standing on the ground.”
— Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever. (2016), Chapter 2
“When I was twelve, I helped my Daddy build a bomb shelter in our basement, because some damn fool parked a dozen warheads ninety miles off the coast of Florida. This thing could park a coupla' hundred warheads off Washington or New York and no-one would know anything about it until it was all over.”
— Larry Ferguson, in The Hunt for Red October (1990), based on the novel by Tom Clancy.
“California, Florida, whatever. Either way, your pale ass is getting a tan.”
— Hubert Selby, Jr., in Requiem for a Dream (2000)
“One nice thing about Florida, it makes Pennsylvania look unspoiled.”
— John Updike, in Rabbit at Rest (1990).
“There’s high awareness of the ballot measure. People understand Amendment 4 is on the ballot. But they don’t necessarily connect that there’s a six-week abortion ban.”
— Alex Berrios, co-founder of the Yes on 4 campaign , according to With days until Election Day, groups make final push for Florida's abortion rights ballot measure (Oct. 30, 2024)

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