TV Trivia: States

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Heh… the one thing mentioning Oregon was someone leaving it to go to California… Methinks it shoulda been the other way around, perhaps.

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Oregon - Hello, Larry
Utah - Encyclopedia Brown
West Virginia - It’s a Man’s World (?)

Which Great Plains state was afflicted by Pa Ingalls and his treacly family?

Tom~

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Anyone know where F Troop was supposed to be set?

I believe Little House on the Prairie was set in Kansas, but I am not 100% certain.

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Little House on the Prairie was set in Walnut Grove, Minnesota.

For Kansas, try The Phil Silvers Show (a.k.a., You’ll Never Get Rich) set at beautiful Ft. Baxtor, Kansas. Sgt. Bilko and the gang later moved further west (California? Nevada?), but the first few years of the series were set in the proverbial “middle of nowhere.”

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Re. F-Troop, no local was ever specified. Ft. Courage exists in the the mythical “west.”

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I think AfterMAS*H was set in Missouri.

Chaim Mattis Keller
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“Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be
the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.”
– Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective

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Wyoming- Here’s a better one for Wyoming: “Cheyenne” (a 1950’s western series).

New Mexico: “The Rifleman”

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Still don’t have them all. Any more?

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Looks like we’re down to:
Alabama
Idaho
Nebraska
New Hampshire
North Dakota

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:::cheating again:::

Nebraska – Heartland

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Pick a better example than Scarecrow and Mrs. King for D.C. Both the office and the home scenes there were set in Virginia, which is where the C.I.A. is located.

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Looks like we’re still missing Alabama, Idaho, New Hampshire and North Dakota

I have racked my brain, and I just don’t believe any television series has ever been set in any of these states. A demographic wrong must be righted! We need to make a pitch to the TV studios for the following series:
[ul][li]Lost Highway Serialized story of the young Hank Williams, growing up in and around Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama. (Similar to “Elvis: The Early Years”).[/li][li]Tater Tots The story of a group of angst-ridden teenagers in rural Idaho (in a nod to the “Party of 5” demographic), who refer to themselves, in mock derision, as “The Tater Tots”. (Alternate choice: A series based on the nutty hi-jinks of a group of strident and paranoid, but incompetent, militia members. Kind of F-Troop meets the militia movement. Title suggestions?)[/li][li]New Hampshire. OK. I’m stumped.[/li]North Dakota is easy. Just do a television series based on the movie Fargo. No-brainer, doncha know?[/ul]

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The movie Fargo is set in Minnesota, except for a single scene in Fargo.

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OK, I’m stumped then. What the devil is North Dakota known for? Was Dances With Wolves set there? There must be something series-worthy there.

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*Wendell Wagner: Pick a better example than Scarecrow and Mrs. King for D.C. Both the office and the home scenes there were set in Virginia, which is where the C.I.A. is located. *

OK, how 'bout “Six Million Dollar Man”, even though the out-of-town scenes are obviously neither Virginia nor Maryland.

Better yet: “The West Wing”. There.

As for other US Territories: “The Flying Nun” for Puerto Rico.

Wrong thinking is punished, right thinking is just as swiftly rewarded. You’ll find it an effective combination.

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How about the Simpsons for every state that has a Springfield?

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Ah yes, but only Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri have both a Springfield and a Shelbyville.

Of those, only in Kentucky are Springfield and Shelbyville in close proximity, and anywhere near the same size.

The Simpsons set in Kentucky??? It would explane Cletus, the slack-jawed yokel, I guess…

I’m kidding, I’m kidding! (I kid Kentuckians,'cause I love 'em!) :wink:

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Murphy Brown or The West Wing should do for DC.

I came across an old western series called The Dakotas, set in “the Dakota Territory.” Close enough for North Dakota for me. One episode was called “Red Sky Over Bismark.”

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Recap: BOLD - Nothing yet
Italic - Questionable
[ul][li]Alabama - nothing yet[/li][li]Alaska - Northern Exposure[/li][li]Arizona – Alice[/li][li]Arkansas – Evening Shade[/li][li]California - Three’s Company, etc.[/li][li]Colorado – Dynasty[/li][li]Connecticut - Soap[/li][li]DC - The West Wing[/li][li]Delaware - Pretender[/li][li]Florida - Miami Vice[/li][li]Georgia - Dukes Of Hazzard[/li][li]Hawaii - Magnum PI[/li][li]Idaho – Amazing Grace - It was filmed in Idaho, and I figure why would they bother if it weren’t set there.[/li][li]Illinois – ER[/li][li]Indiana - One Day at a Time[/li][li]Iowa – Apple’s Way[/li][li]Kansas – Gunsmoke[/li][li]Kentucky – The Wonderful John Acton[/li][li]Louisiana – Bourbon Street Beat[/li][li]Maine – Murder, She Wrote[/li][li]Maryland - Homicide: Life on the Streets[/li][li]Massachusetts – Cheers[/li][li]Michigan - Home Improvement[/li][li]Minnesota – Coach[/li][li]Mississippi – In The Heat Of The Night[/li][li]Missouri – After MAS*H[/li][li]Montana – Lonesome Dove[/li][li]Nebraska – Heartland[/li][li]Nevada - Vega$[/li][li]New Hampshire – Peyton Place - The movie was based there, and a few characters are the same. And both the movie and TV show had sequels called Return to Payton Place.[/li][li]New Jersey - Down the Shore[/li][li]New Mexico - Quantum Leap (future scenes)[/li][li]New York – Friends[/li][li]North Carolina - The Andy Griffith Show[/li][li]North Dakota – still nothing; see South Dakota[/li][li]Ohio - Family Ties[/li][li]Oklahoma – The Torkelsons[/li][li]Oregon – Hello, Larry[/li][li]Pennsylvania – Angie[/li][li]Rhode Island – Providence[/li][li]South Carolina – American Gothic[/li][li]South Dakota – The Dakotas - It was based in the Badlands, so this goes to SD instead of ND, even though there was an episode in Bismark, ND.[/li][li]Tennessee – Christy[/li][li]Texas – Dallas[/li][li]Utah – Encyclopedia Brown[/li][li]Vermont - Newhart[/li][li]Viginia - The Waltons[/li][li]Washington – Frasier[/li][li]West Virginia – The Real McCoys or It’s a Man’s World - I lean towards the latter, because part of it was filmed in WV. I say questionable because parts were also filmed in Ohio.[/li][li]Wisconsin - Happy Days[/li][li]Wyoming – The Virginian[/ul][/li]

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