Re: Weird Trivia (Was: The Decline of the AmericanSitcom(WasRE:POLICYPROPOSAL))

[Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo]

From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Weird Trivia (Was: The Decline of the American Sitcom(WasRE:POLICY PROPOSAL))
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:43:00 -0500

Hey! Question.. is the Bunker's address a real one? 704 Houser(sp?).

Hrm... I have no idea. My instinct is to say no, because Queens addresses usually follow a specific pattern: # - # Street Name. The first number is the cross street. The second number is the house number on that street.

They mention a lot of geographical reference points which to a New Yorker, must be common knowledge. Like, Astoria, for example. That's where 704 Houser St. is is supposed to be located, right?

I don't know if 704 Houser St. is the exact street and house number they used to shoot the so-well-known opening intro. It'd be fun to find out if that house stands today. I haven't seen anything on the Internet regarding this information. It makes great trivia!!!

I didn't know any of these! :) There used to be a site called "List of Lists" which had trivia about the shows, but it's long gone.

Jon

If you're curious about Trek trivia in particular, I can recommend as a very complete source of trivia of this nature in Trek films: check out the on-screen commentary by Mike and Denise Okuda in the "Director's Editions" of the Trek films that are available.

Star Trek:TMP, with its' restored footage, and TWOK are the best in the lot, so far. (Star Trek IV is due for relase in early March). Whenever those little items show up on screen, the text commentary immediately notices where they came from, and how they got on screen.

The Trek Encyclopedias by Okuda, as well, are a very good source for those little trivia details, and they span all the Trek shows. If anything, they're worth their money in that alone.

JJ
Trivia Lover!!

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