# TV shows that went on a trip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579 "2016-01-29T15:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/41 "2016-01-29T19:44:27Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Don’t forget that in the sixth season of _Laverne and Shirley_ they defied credulity and moved the entire setting from Milwaukee to Burbank, CA. (They also shifted it three years forward in time) The second season of _Wonder Woman_ moved from the early 1940s to the late 1970s (and from ABC to CBS). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/42 "2016-01-29T19:48:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The Brady’s took their famous trip to Hawaii where they stole a Tiki Idol. They also went to a ghost town and got locked in the jail. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/43 "2016-01-29T19:52:00Z")
Psych went to Vancouver once, but since it was always filmed there and not in Santa Barbara where it was set, that might not count. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/44 "2016-01-29T21:50:43Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > And Wanker County. England too. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/45 "2016-01-29T22:14:06Z")
Currently going thru _Scrubs_ as our nightly sitcom. Two big trips that I recall. One to Seattle and another to the Bahamas (a two-parter). Not a chance that either was filmed anywhere near said locations. Lesser trips to Las Vegas at least once and to a convention in Phoenix. There were some Vegas exterior shots plus a Blue Man Group thing, so maybe that one did some real filming there. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/46 "2016-01-29T22:32:20Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Parks and Recreation went to England. I thought about that show, but I thought of the ep where Andy is trying to do his bucket list. He makes the “best grilled cheese sandwich” He holds a thousand dollars. Other things are going on in the ep, but it ends with Andy and April at the Grand Canyon. \* And he turns to April and says “Where are the big heads?” It makes me crack up every single time I come across that episode. \*If you haven’t been to the Grand Canyon, please go. B/c omg, I’ve been twice and each time my mind went BOOM EXPLOSION i CANT TAKE IT ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/47 "2016-01-29T22:59:08Z")
**Two and a Half Men** has gone to Vegas several times. The fun thing is that they always used a wide-angle shot of the Strip that was seriously out of date when the show was filmed, much less now. If they were going to that Vegas they were going back in time a decade. Grand Canyon = big hole in the ground. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/48 "2016-01-29T23:44:56Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Didn’t the Flintstones go to Rock Vegas? Or was that just in the (non-canon) movie? They were in the area. I remember Fred and Barney looking down on a tiny stream of water and Fred saying “They say that in the future this will be in a canyon and be grand.” Or something along those lines. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/49 "2016-01-30T00:05:23Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Psych went to Vancouver once, but since it was always filmed there and not in Santa Barbara where it was set, that might not count. They also road tripped to “Dual Spires” in a spoof of “Twin Peaks.” And in the series finale, several of the main characters move to San Francisco. I have no idea where the scenes were filmed! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/50 "2016-01-30T00:42:29Z")
I believe _The Honeymooners_ took a European vacation. Did they win a contest? Or am I conflating that memory with _I Love Lucy_? _Cheers_ went to Hollywood once. > [@TheInimitableMaven](#): > > _The Andy Griffith Show_ saw Andy and Barney head up to Raleigh in one episode, as well as the Andy, Opie, and Aunt Bee going to Hollywood for three episodes. Didn’t the cast go to NYC on one of the later incarnations? I think it was _Mayberry RFD_. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/51 "2016-01-30T00:57:45Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Considering the longevity of the show they might have the record. The Simpsons are going to Delaware! . . . This’ll be the last season. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/52 "2016-01-30T01:46:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Quite a few Simpsons episodes had them taking trips. The best by far was Homer eating the [Guatamalan Insanity Pepper](https://youtu.be/Mdfk17EKGa0?t=62). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/53 "2016-01-30T01:50:11Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > They didn’t really have a base location though. There are a variety of shows where the characters are always traveling, Rt. 66 as an early example. Also _The Fugitive_. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/54 "2016-01-30T02:12:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Also _The Fugitive_. That was the king of the endlessly traveling shows. Ben Gazzarra was in Run For Your Life at around the same time, but nothing had a grip on the country like the Fugitive. The final episode was the first blockbuster ending to a series I can think of, breaking the ratings record at the time. That record wasn’t beaten for a regular series until the final episode of MASH. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/55 "2016-01-30T02:16:52Z")
> [@Intergalactic Gladiator](#): > > ``` > God forgive me for this but Saved By the Bell went to the beach. > > ``` In addition to the beach resort arc, they also went to Hawaii, spent a year at college, then went to Vegas for a wedding. > [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > The Brady Bunch went to Hawaii and the Grand Canyon and The Facts of Life went to Paris. Facts of Life also went to Australia. Meanwhile Family Ties went to England. For a few years there, NBC sure had a weird thing about TV movies where their sitcom characters had not very sitcommy adventures in foreign lands. While not in that same vein, Different Strokes went to Hollywood once, I mainly remember Arnold and maybe the little ginger kid talking to KITT from Knight Rider there. Batman (Adam West version) once went across the pond to “Londinium” ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/56 "2016-01-30T02:27:44Z")
The Bradys also went to to Kansas City, to visit an Amusement Park The Happys Days gang went to a Dude Ranch, also seems like someone on Happy Days jumped something in Hollywood ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/57 "2016-01-30T02:33:16Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > The Bradys also went to to Kansas City, to visit an Amusement Park King’s Island is in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/58 "2016-01-30T02:34:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > …_Law & Order_ had some of the characters travelling out of New York City on several occasions. I know the detectives went to L.A. once in pursuit of a suspect. McCoy and an ADA questioned someone in Cambridge, MA, once, and I recall references to him arguing cases in Albany and maybe even the Supreme Court. How far do they have to go to count as a trip; does arresting someone in New Jersey count, or talking to an inmate at Sing Sing? SVU did an episode where the defendant fled to Canada and Alex Cabot ended up arguing the extradition herself in an Ontario courtroom (complete with barrister’s robes). > [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > I think one of the funniest episodes of Modern Family was when Mitch and Cam went to a hospital in Mexico with Gloria to pick up a baby they wanted to adopt and a live Mexican Telenovela (soap opera) plays out in the lobby of the hospital. > > I think they go on trips fairly often. Jay is apparently rich and can whisk the family away places all the time. Nitpick; the hospital was near the border, but not actually in Mexico. Mitch & Cam also went to Missouri in one episode. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/59 "2016-01-30T03:01:05Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > That was the king of the endlessly traveling shows. Ben Gazzarra was in Run For Your Life at around the same time, but nothing had a grip on the country like the Fugitive. The final episode was the first blockbuster ending to a series I can think of, breaking the ratings record at the time. That record wasn’t beaten for a regular series until the final episode of MASH. Other “endlessly traveling” shows included _Wagon Train_ (a partial inspiration for _Star Trek_) and _Rawhide_. In _Have Gun - Will Travel_ Paladin traveled in every episode, but he had a base at the Carlton Hotel in San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579/60 "2016-01-30T03:09:17Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > King’s Island is in Ohio. I was wondering if anyone would get to the Bradys at King’s Island before I did. The Bundys also went to Lower Uncton, England. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579.md?page=4)