From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Thanks!!! That's great. If you ever get curious enough to try to verify the information (as if you have nothing better to do, of course) and you do find out the truth regarding 704 Hauser: TAKE PICTURES. Then, share them. :)
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Subject: Re: Weird Trivia (Was: The Decline of the AmericanSitcom(WasRE:POLICY PROPOSAL))
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:22:32 -0500
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.Lucky! I guess that must be a well-known site by cab drivers? I can imagine how many requests they get from tourists to take them to that area...
I know exactly where that is. :)
I have one for TNG. I remember being thrilled by it years and years ago. :)Another bit of trivia I remembered reading about. If you were ever curious about the accuracy of the Constitution Class Enterprise Bridge, as rebuilt for DS9's "Trials and Tribbleations", you may find this interesting.
The console in which Sisko is working was equipped with "buttons" from the original show!! Apparently, a box of these shiny "buttons" were left unused and discarded by the original propmaster and set designers of TOS. With those "buttons", they were able to give the console which Sisko works a more accurate look.
And speaking of Trek trivia, the Captain's Chair used in the episode where Scotty visits the Enterprise-D was actually a prop built by a fan of the show.
At that time, the original chair was thought lost, so they contacted a fan who creates props for his own amusement. He also created the navigation console used in the episode. But get this: the fan in question had to transport the bridge set items ON HIS PICKUP TRUCK into the Paramount lot. The studio didn't bother to send for the stuff on their own transportation.
No word on how much they paid him, tho. :)
OH! One more thing. After rebuilding the section of the bridge set used for the Scotty episode of TNG, the producers brought original TOS/TNG producer Bob Justman for a visit. They wanted his seal of approval with the newly-rebuilt facilities. Justman's only nitpick: the color of the rug they used on the floor of the bridge. If memory serves, the prop department used a shade of brown, and the color used in the original set was either blue or gray-blue.
JJ
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