I was watching "Sue Ellen Chickens Out" today, and while I like it, it's a somewhat depressing episode, because of how unrealistic it is.
Well, not totally unrealistic, but the outcome of the episode paints a rather broad picture of progress... in the real world, I don't believe Mr. Meneno (sp?) would have been able to change his mind on selling the Sugar Bowl or not... I don't believe he even would have had a choice in the matter anyway, unless he alone owns the Sugar Bowl and the building itself, but other than that, unfortunately, the Sugar Bowl would have closed anyway, and the new Chickin-Lickin would have taken over.
Again, it paints a broad picture, and is one of the few occasions (at the time anyway) where a situation was somewhat sugar-coated within the Arthur universe, plus, I'm not sure what kind of message kids are supposed to take from the episode... that they should stage protests over something they don't like? That there's always a chance your favorite establishments might not sell out after all? I'm just not sure what they're trying to get across.