From: "Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Oh, definitely. Two shows I watch rarely, King of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond apparently also have tons of Queens and LI references. I know the Nanny used to, but I never watched the show -- Fran Drescher's voice should never, ever rise above a whisper. :)
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From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>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?
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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.Hey! Question.. is the Bunker's address a real one? 704 Houser(sp?).
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 was curious, so I did a search on mapquest. There is a Houser Street in Queens Village, which is near my house geographically. There isn't one in Astoria. Many streets in Queens have number designations, but quite a few, especially in the older sections, do have names. I thought the info from imdb was pretty cool about the original house: The New York City home whose exterior (only) was a stand-in for the Bunkers's TV house stands on Cooper Ave. near 89th St. in the Glendale section of the borough of Queens.
I know exactly where that is. :)
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I have TWOK. I haven't watched more than about 20 minutes tho. I'll definitely check it out! Thanks!
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.
I have one for TNG. I remember being thrilled by it years and years ago. :)
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.
:)
Jon
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