# Who lived at this address?  The Game.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 15, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730 "2008-09-15T19:44:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/21 "2008-09-16T12:52:13Z")

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> [@chowder](#):
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> I thought The Simpsons lived on Evergreen Terrace.

sometimes they do…  
sometimes they don’t…  
Since It’s already been answered, here’s a Wiki [LINK](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/742_Evergreen_Terrace). Scroll down near the bottom.

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**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/22 "2008-09-16T13:05:23Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> A brownstone at 454 West 35th Street, New York, NY

Nero Wolfe plus cook, gardener and run-around man.

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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/23 "2008-09-16T13:29:30Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> Box 350  
> Boston, Mass.  
> Oh-two-one-three-four

I wanna **Zoom** zoom zooma zoom.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/24 "2008-09-16T13:37:49Z")

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> [@chowder](#):
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> 221b, Baker Street

[The Abbey National Building Society!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_National)

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/25 "2008-09-16T13:38:59Z")

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> [@Dead\_Cat](#):
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> Elementary, my dear **chowder** :).
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> 29, Acacia Road.  
> Cromwell Street, Gloucester, UK.

It sounds like **Tony Hancock** , but I daren’t use the Internet to check…

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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/26 "2008-09-16T13:39:33Z")

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Adding one of my own:

750 Bel Air Road  
Beverly Hills, CA

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**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/27 "2008-09-16T14:23:37Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Q](#):
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> 10050 Cielo Drive, Los Angeles

Did this one get answered? I think it was Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate, wasn’t it?

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/28 "2008-09-16T14:28:29Z")

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123 Fake Street.  
Croesus & Mammon.

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**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/29 "2008-09-16T14:30:34Z")

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> [@Dead\_Cat](#):
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> Elementary, my dear **chowder** :).
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> 29, Acacia Road.  
> Cromwell Street, Gloucester, UK.

Acacia Rd is from one of the BBC cartoons I watched as a kid - I think Bananaman

Cromwell St is Fred and Rosemary West.

One for the Guardian readers:

The Old Vicarage, Grantchester

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/30 "2008-09-16T14:57:44Z")

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23 1/2 Whistle Vista (Lane?)

344 Clinton St… Apt 3-B

1313 Mockingbird Lane

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/31 "2008-09-16T15:09:58Z")

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> [@Busy\_Scissors](#):
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> Acacia Rd is from one of the BBC cartoons I watched as a kid - I think Bananaman

Yes, Tony Hancock was in East Cheam somewhere…

> [@Busy\_Scissors](#):
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> One for the Guardian readers:
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> The Old Vicarage, Grantchester

I say, Caruthers! I read the Guardian and this means nowt to me. 😕

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/32 "2008-09-16T15:13:16Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> 123 Fake Street.  
> Croesus & Mammon.

The first is a fake address Marge gave that ended up being the address of a warehouse that Bart and Milhouse hid in. I think the second is Monty Burns’ mansion.

112 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA

1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, IL

263 Prinsengracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/33 "2008-09-16T15:18:30Z")

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> [@furryman](#):
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> 1313 Mockingbird Lane

The Munsters. i wish I could say I knew it, but it’s in the OP. 😃

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/34 "2008-09-16T15:21:42Z")

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> [@furryman](#):
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> 23 1/2 Whistle Vista (Lane?)
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> 344 Clinton St.. Apt 3-B
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> 1313 Mockingbird Lane

1. If you mean _Wistful_ Vista, it’s Fibber McGee and Molly

2. Ralph and Alice Kramden

3. The Munsters

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> 1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, IL

Elwood Blues (actually Wrigley Field; he “falsified his renewal”.)

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/35 "2008-09-16T15:24:44Z")

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> [@want2know](#):
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> Elwood Blues (actually Wrigley Field; he “falsified his renewal”.)

Yes. Love that movie. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/36 "2008-09-16T15:29:28Z")

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This one is really, really hard:

Who lives in Apartment 222?

(from a movie, isn’t mentioned once in the dialogue, but you see the front door a dozen or so times).

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/37 "2008-09-16T15:52:47Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> This one is really, really hard:
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> Who lives in Apartment 222?
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> (from a movie, isn’t mentioned once in the dialogue, but you see the front door a dozen or so times).

WAG: the killer in _Rear Window_?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/38 "2008-09-16T15:57:26Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> WAG: the killer in _Rear Window_?

Nah. It was a comedy.

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**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/39 "2008-09-16T16:01:38Z")

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> [@glee](#):
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> Yes, Tony Hancock was in East Cheam somewhere…
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> I say, Caruthers! I read the Guardian and this means nowt to me. 😕

Do you do the crossword? It was (maybe) Araucaria’s finest hour:

Poetical scene has surprisingly chaste Lord Archer vegetating (3, 3, 8, 12)

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/40 "2008-09-16T16:05:41Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> This one is really, really hard:
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> Who lives in Apartment 222?
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> (from a movie, isn’t mentioned once in the dialogue, but you see the front door a dozen or so times).

Another WAG: Jack Lemmon’s character in _The Apartment_?

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