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24/7 reruns 12-11-2024, 09:15 AM I'm trying to do an offshoot of the fictitious stores in TV world thread. Here's a start to the list.
Petticoat Junction- Shady Rest Hotel
The Simpsons - Moe's
Alice - Mel's Diner
George Carlin Show - Moylan Bar
All in the Family- Kelsey's Bar
Archie Bunker’s Place- Archie's Place
Spongebob Squarepants- The Kraby Patty, Clum Bucket
Beverly Hillbillies- The Happy Gizzard
Hot l Baltimore- Hotel Baltimore
howilu 12-11-2024, 10:44 AM In an episode of Happy Days, there was a mention of a fictitious motel named the Wis Cons Inn. On Newhart, The Stratford Inn.
Alan Brady's Hair 12-11-2024, 12:30 PM Fawlty Towers, of course, and its American remakes - Amanda's by the Sea (Amanda's), Whispering Pines Inn (Payne).
The Golden Palace.
24/7 reruns 12-11-2024, 01:58 PM In an episode of Happy Days, there was a mention of a fictitious motel named the Wis Cons Inn. On Newhart, The Stratford Inn.
Next door to the Stratford Inn was The Minuteman Cafe
80sTrivia 12-11-2024, 02:37 PM St. Gregory's Hotel from the 80s series Hotel, starring James Brolin & Connie Sellecca. The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco was used in exterior shots in the series:
https://mirror80.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Untitled-1.jpg
I'm trying to do an offshoot of the fictitious stores in TV world thread.
The stores thread is in itself a spinoff of a restaurant thread, which currently has 8 pages
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=475352
A fictional hotel thread is still up for grabs.
JamesG 12-11-2024, 09:27 PM Bates Motel from "Bates Motel"
80sTrivia 12-12-2024, 08:57 AM The Rover's Return Inn from UK soap Coronation Street:
https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Coronation-Street-Rovers-Return-9e37.jpg?quality=90&strip=all
JamesG 12-12-2024, 10:55 PM Hyperion Hotel from "Angel"
Angel Investigations used the fictional abandoned hotel as their base of operations during Seasons 2-4.
The building used for the exterior was Los Altos Apartments on 4121 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.
JamesG 12-14-2024, 10:08 AM The Tipton from "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"
The exterior hotel was Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.
24/7 reruns 12-14-2024, 10:14 AM The stores thread is in itself a spinoff of a restaurant thread, which currently has 8 pages
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=475352
A fictional hotel thread is still up for grabs.
It's hard to keep up with what has already been discussed.
80sTrivia 12-14-2024, 03:06 PM The Crossroads Motel in the fictional village of Kings Oak, the setting for the UK soap opera Crossroads that ran from 1964-1988 with a revival series running from 2001-2003:
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crossroads.png
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JamesG 12-15-2024, 11:29 AM Rosebud Motel from "Schitt's Creek"
JamesG 12-16-2024, 01:14 AM Hotel Cortez from "American Horror Story: Hotel"
The fictional hotel was loosely inspired by Skid Row's Cecil Hotel.
JamesG 12-16-2024, 11:04 PM Sandoval Hotel from "Tales from the Crypt's" Season 7 episode 'Horror in the Night'
In the episode, a wounded jewel thief decides to hide out in a budget hotel, the Sandoval, from the crooks he betrayed. He starts experiencing strange things in the hotel, such as blood on the walls, and seeing a mysterious, sexy woman.
At the end of the episode, his fellow crooks find him deceased and the hotel is revealed to be abandoned.
JamesG 12-18-2024, 02:57 AM Hotel Malibu from the short-lived CBS series "Hotel Malibu" (1994)
"Hotel Malibu" was a spin-off of the short-lived "Second Chances" (1993-94), both series featured an early role of Jennifer Lopez.
80sTrivia 12-19-2024, 11:13 AM Lassiters Hotel from the Australian soap Neighbours:
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5CxTnUu8h5nBVzPMXRimLD-970-80.png.webp
JamesG 12-20-2024, 06:56 PM Woodstone Bed & Breakfast from "Ghosts"
JamesG 12-21-2024, 10:03 AM The luxury hotel chain The White Lotus from "The White Lotus"
JamesG 12-22-2024, 12:31 AM Fantasy Island from "Fantasy Island" (all series)
The fictional island resort getaway was said to be located near Devil's Island in the Atlantic Ocean.
80sTrivia 12-23-2024, 10:03 PM The Motor Haven Inn, run by Henderson resident Jo Gardner (Mary Stuart) for 35 years on the daytime serial Search for Tomorrow.
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The motel The Ricardo’s and Mertz’s stayed in on I Love Lucy where the train rumbled by and moved the beds. It have a name?
JamesG 12-23-2024, 11:53 PM The motel The Ricardo’s and Mertz’s stayed in on I Love Lucy where the train rumbled by and moved the beds. It have a name?
That place was actually mentioned in your Restaurant thread - One Oak: Cabin and Cafe that only had frozen cheese sandwiches.
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=311665&stc=1&d=1728647052
That place was actually mentioned in your Restaurant thread - One Oak: Cabin and Cafe that only had frozen cheese sandwiches.
Ok, thanks.
Same series, the Beverly Palms Hotel they stayed in the season set in Hollywood.
Tour I Love Lucy’s Fictional Beverly Palms Hotel (https://www.invisiblethemepark.com/2017/08/tour-fictional-beverly-palms-hotel/)
80sTrivia 12-25-2024, 09:13 PM The Lakeview Hotel & Towers in Oakdale, IL, co-owned by businesswomen Lisa Grimaldi & Lily Snyder (Eileen Fulton & Martha Byrne) on As the World Turns:
Edward216 12-26-2024, 12:41 AM There was the Regal Beagle on Three's Company. And then on the spinoff Three's A Crowd there was Jack's Bistro.
Ed.
JamesG 12-26-2024, 03:21 PM The mysterious unnamed motel from "From"
JamesG 12-27-2024, 03:05 AM Wayward Pines Hotel from "Wayward Pines"
JamesG 12-27-2024, 09:04 PM The Bar None Ranch from Nickelodeon's "Hey Dude"
Filming was done at the Tanque Verde Ranch in Tucson, Arizona which is still open today.
Production built a set approx. 2 miles away from the main building so filming did not interfere with the resort's day to day operations. They built a stable and a few buildings that were meant to be the reception area and employee lodging.
These abandoned buildings are still there today. They did occasionally film at the actual resort, such as for scenes by the pool.
JamesG 12-29-2024, 09:14 AM On the short-lived "The Jeffersons" spin-off "Checking In", Florence was the head housekeeper of the fictional St. Frederick Hotel in NYC.
JamesG 12-30-2024, 12:20 AM The Riviera Grand Hotel from ABC's "Grand Hotel"
The pilot was filmed at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Production relocated to L.A. where they built set replicas based on the real hotel.
JamesG 12-30-2024, 10:21 PM The Stratford Inn from "Newhart"
The actual place was the Waybury Inn in Middlebury, Vermont.
JamesG 12-31-2024, 09:25 AM On the short-lived "Whoopi", she was the operator of the fictional Lamont hotel in NYC.
JamesG 01-01-2025, 09:09 PM Bill Dana played the bumbling bellhop José Jiménez who worked at a fictional NYC hotel.
He appeared on "The Danny Thomas Show", "The Bill Dana Show" and on an episode of "Batman".
JamesG 01-03-2025, 04:39 AM The Bartley House from "The Ann Sothern Show"
JamesG 01-04-2025, 04:23 AM The very short-lived 1987 syndicated comedy "Isabel Sanford's Honeymoon Hotel"
JamesG 01-04-2025, 04:31 PM The unnamed hotel from "The Twilight Zone" Season 2 episode 'Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room'
JamesG 01-05-2025, 03:50 AM The unnamed motel from HBO's "Room 104"
This anthology series focused on the various guests who have stayed at Room 104 in this unnamed roadside motel.
JamesG 01-06-2025, 02:51 AM The resorts featured on Peacock's "The Resort"
The resort from the present day is the Bahia del Paraiso. It is a real place, but the show is set in Mexico whereas it filmed in Puerto Rico. The actual hotel is in San Juan.
The resort from the past is the fictional Oceania Vista. It filmed at the The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan.
80sTrivia 01-06-2025, 07:15 AM The Pine Valley Inn from All My Children, the site of many dramatic events, including being struck by a tornado, an earthquake, a bombing, an explosion and fire, as well as murders & births, weddings, assaults and countless affairs:
The Pine Valley Inn: Check-In Time 11:00AM
Check Out Time: Eternity
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c__nFPnLaCw/hqdefault.jpg
"I have a feeling something bad is about to happen. After all, it is the Pine Valley Inn..."
https://www.soapcentral.com/all-my-children/news/2006/0130-explosion_01.jpg
JamesG 01-06-2025, 11:23 PM The Tremont Hotel from Disney Channel's "Secrets of Sulphur Springs"
JamesG 01-08-2025, 05:40 AM The Marbella from The CW's "Jane the Virgin"
The hotel is supposed to be in Miami, Florida, but they used the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey, CA. for the exterior.
JamesG 01-08-2025, 07:31 PM The Inn, the fictional NYC hotel from the short-lived Fox sitcom "Do Not Disturb"
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54257841630_cc3ebab36d_o.jpg
JamesG 01-10-2025, 02:51 AM The Nutt House, the fictional NYC hotel from the short-lived NBC sitcom from 1989.
JamesG 01-10-2025, 08:54 PM King's Tower from "The Jamie Foxx Show"
The exterior is The Washington Inn in Oakland, California.
JamesG 01-11-2025, 01:31 PM The Sussex-Fenton, the fictional NYC hotel from the short-lived series "Stanley"
Buddy Hackett played the newsstand operator in the hotel.
24/7 reruns 01-11-2025, 02:30 PM The Sussex-Fenton, the fictional NYC hotel from the short-lived series "Stanley"
Buddy Hackett played the newsstand operator in the hotel.
Carol Burnett had her frst regular cast role on this show. Amazon video has it available.
JamesG 01-12-2025, 02:50 AM The Newport Arms Hotel from the short-lived "Mickey"
Mickey Rooney's character inherits the fictional Newport Beach hotel.
80sTrivia 01-12-2025, 01:12 PM The unnamed No Tell Motel that charged by the hour where Blanche (Rue McClanahan) tried to seduce a strait-laced Ken Howard on The Golden Girls:
https://www.looper.com/img/gallery/the-best-episodes-of-the-golden-girls/the-commitments-season-7-episode-16-1615547370.jpg
80sTrivia 01-12-2025, 09:06 PM Also from The Golden Girls, the shabby, unnamed resort on an unnamed island where the girls are forced to share a bathroom with three male strangers and later get shipwrecked in a storm:
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JamesG 01-13-2025, 04:05 AM A couple of more from "The Golden Girls" are the nude resort and the place where they had the murder-mystery.
JamesG 01-14-2025, 04:00 AM Hotel Transylvania from the Film/TV series
JamesG 01-15-2025, 03:43 AM Tierra Chula Resident Hotel from the short-lived 2017 TBS animated series "Tarantula"
80sTrivia 01-15-2025, 12:04 PM Millstone Manor from the BBC series Grace & Favour. A spin-off series of the classic Britcom Are You Being Served?, employees of the Grace Brothers department store from that series inherit an English manor house as part of their pension agreement after their former employer dies. Many of the actors from the original series returned for the spin-off. The new owners decide to turn the manor into a luxury hotel/resort. The show was broadcast as Are You Being Served? Again! in the US:
The Chavenage manor house in Gloucestershire, UK was used in exteriors. The manor house can also be seen in Poldark:
https://i0.wp.com/graceandfavour.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Chavenage_House-geograph-4082530-by-Paul-Best.jpg?resize=825%2C510&ssl=1
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JamesG 01-16-2025, 05:18 AM The unnamed hotel from the pilot episode 'The Honeymoon' of "The Brady Bunch" where the whole family went.
80sTrivia 01-16-2025, 07:09 AM The unnamed LA hotel where Jeannie uses her magical powers to create a non-existent 13th floor following a mix-up with the reservations on I Dream of Jeannie. Hilarity ensues when Jeannie, Tony & Roger try to prevent Dr. & Mrs. Bellows along with hotel staff from finding out:
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80sTrivia 01-16-2025, 12:05 PM One more from The Golden Girls...:lol:
The hotel in LA that cancels their reservation when they arrive late to appear on the game show Grab That Dough and are forced to sleep in the lobby where their money & purses are stolen...
80sTrivia 01-17-2025, 08:58 AM Yet another one (and surely the last) from The Golden Girls:
The hotel where Blanche, Dorothy and Rose get arrested during a police raid after they are mistaken for "working girls": :lol:
JamesG 01-17-2025, 08:59 AM From Twin Peaks:
The Dutchman's Lodge (from 2017 season)
Filmed at Mt. Si Motel at 43200 SE North Bend Way
* the location also served as the spot for the Red Diamond City Motel from the Fire Walk with Me film
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54271500853_cfe5579ff7.jpg
Great Northern Hotel
Exterior was the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington
https://media.cntraveler.com/photos/54f0ac0f6450ad091fda18e3/master/w_320%2Cc_limit/11-twin-peaks-great_northern_courtesy-columbia-hospitality.jpg
Pearblossom Motel
Daytime scenes used the Knights' Inn at 130 E Palmdale Blvd, Palmdale, CA.
Nighttime scenes used the Pearblossom Inn at 3250 Pearblossom Hwy.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54271483633_167366b694_o.jpg
Timber Falls Motel
Used the Malibou Lake Mountain Club at 29033 Lake Vista Dr. in Agoura Hills, CA.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54271491409_01d1e83892.jpg
JamesG 01-17-2025, 09:33 AM Yet another one (and surely the last) from The Golden Girls
I think this one technically counts since a cruise is essentially a resort on a boat...
Rose's date Arnie invites her to go on an unnamed cruise and she refuses to get intimate because she feels she would be betraying her late husband, Charlie. To note that Arnie was played by Harold Gould who would go on to play Miles.
This was from the Season 1 ep. 'Rose the Prude'
80sTrivia 01-17-2025, 03:41 PM The hotel where Hyacinth forces her husband Richard to go to so he can play golf with the Major on Keeping Up Appearances. Hyacinth then discovers her sister Rose is entertaining a male companion at the same hotel. Exterior scenes were filmed at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Coventry, UK.
80sTrivia 01-17-2025, 08:15 PM I actually thought of another one from The Golden Girls: the hotel in Orlando when Dorothy takes Sophia to Disney World for some quality mother/daughter bonding time. Sophia, naturally, wants no part of it!
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Okay, that's the last one from the show I'll post!!! Even if I think of another one... :lol:
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JamesG 01-18-2025, 11:22 AM Hazbin Hotel
JamesG 01-19-2025, 09:25 AM The Continental from the Peacock series and John Wick films.
In the John Wick franchise, The Continental hotels are safe havens for assassins where no business is allowed (killings).
The 3-episode limited series on Peacock, The Continental: From the World of John Wick, went into how Winston Scott (Ian McShane from the films) became the proprietor of the New York branch.
The exterior building is the Beaver Building at 1 Wall Street Court.
JamesG 01-20-2025, 11:05 AM Thyme & Tide Bed and Breakfast from Hallmark's "Cedar Cove"
JamesG 01-25-2025, 01:11 PM Pawnee Super Suites from "Parks and Recreation"
JamesG 01-26-2025, 09:27 AM Hotel de Paree from the short-lived CBS western of the same name.
Earl Holliman starred as the town marshal and part owner of the hotel.
JamesG 01-26-2025, 06:25 PM Hotel Neptune from "Charmed"
The exterior was the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center.
JamesG 01-27-2025, 12:23 AM The female-only Susan B. Anthony Hotel from "Bosom Buddies"
biffbronson 01-27-2025, 08:06 PM My Three Sons: The Bryant Park Hotel (Season 10)
JamesG 01-27-2025, 09:59 PM The softcore Cinemax series "Hotel Erotica" (2003-04)
The premise involved the hotel proprietor reading a letter from a previous guest where they detailed their sexual encounters at the hotel. Why they did that, I don't know. Of course, porn stars were featured on the show in the scenes that depicted the hotel trysts.
They used the Sorrel River Ranch Resort in Moab, Utah.
The series got a reboot in 2006, "Hotel Erotica Cabo".
In this series, the fictional Hotel Cabo in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is run by two female managers. Hotel guests have sexual encounters at the hotel, sometimes with the two managers.
Arnie’s restaurant, where Julie worked one episode of One Day At A Time. A pre-Three’s Company Suzanne Somers was a customer.
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Crappers, just noticed l put this in the wrong thread.
Moderator JamesG sir, can you edit out ‘restaurant/bars’ from the title here so it just says Fictitious hotels in the tv shows?
JamesG 01-27-2025, 11:40 PM Crappers, just noticed l put this in the wrong thread.
Moderator JamesG sir, can you edit out ‘restaurant/bars’ from the title here so it just says Fictitious hotels in the tv shows?
I would if I could, but I could only do it for the forums that I moderate. I would message TJ and ask him. Or you could ask the starter of the thread (24/7 reruns) to do it.
It would be a good idea to make this thread Hotels/Motels/Lodges and your thread Restaurants/Bars.
I would if I could, but I could only do it for the forums that I moderate. I would message TJ and ask him. Or you could ask the starter of the thread (24/7 reruns) to do it.
It would be a good idea to make this thread Hotels/Motels/Lodges and your thread Restaurants/Bars.
I see it got done.
I’m deleting Arnies from above and moving it to the proper place.
JamesG 01-28-2025, 02:37 PM I see it got done.
Thank you to TJ for doing it. I’ve enjoyed looking into these fictional places from TV.
JamesG 01-28-2025, 08:09 PM The Furry Arms from "Sesame Street"
JamesG 01-30-2025, 09:25 AM Independence Inn
https://www.sceen-it.com/storage/5143?fsid=5143&w=600&md5=7B97608B0EB130DA746D536A8FDC6227
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This was where Lorelai worked her way up to manager and her friend, Sookie, was the chef.
The Mayflower Inn & Spa in Washington, CT. was used for the exterior. The place has remodeled since the show filmed and no longer looks like this.
Dragonfly Inn
https://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Dragonfly-Inn-ext-1-611x458.jpg
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Lorelai and Sookie opened up their own inn after the Independence Inn had a fire.
The exterior was the same house used for "The Waltons" located on the WB Studios' backlot.
JamesG 01-31-2025, 07:46 AM The Raven Hotel from Netflix's "Altered Carbon"
JamesG 02-01-2025, 08:42 AM Hurt's Castle from "Beetlejuice"
80sTrivia 02-01-2025, 10:59 PM The Grand Phoenix, the boutique hotel owned by Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) on The Young & The Restless:
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JamesG 02-02-2025, 01:59 AM The unnamed motel from "Desperate Housewives" where Bree (Marcia Cross) and Karl (Richard Burgi) meet for their affair.
Filming was done at the Saharan Motor Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The place is now the Sunset West Hotel by Best Western.
JamesG 02-02-2025, 03:29 PM The Ritzy Hotel from "Beetlejuice"
JamesG 02-03-2025, 11:07 PM Miramar Playa from Starz' "Magic City"
I found a great article from Architectural Digest where they detailed how the set designers created the fictional Miami Beach hotel.
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/starz-magic-city-slideshow
Two unnamed from One Day At A Time
1) The motel Barbara and Bob ended up in when they ran off to Chicago. They had room 103
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2) The hotel (with casino) in Vegas that went with the trip Mark won, where Barbara tried to seduce him weeks before the wedding but he correctly (but stupidly :) ) refused, allowing her to reach her goal of remaining a virgin till the wedding night.
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JamesG 02-05-2025, 03:19 AM The Savoy Hotel & Casino from CBS' short-lived "Vegas"
JamesG 02-06-2025, 10:50 AM Hotel Arlen and Motel Arlen from "King of the Hill"
JamesG 02-07-2025, 04:25 AM The Montecito Resort & Casino from "Las Vegas"
Filming that took place in Las Vegas used the Mandalay Bay and Green Valley Ranch to portray the fictional place.
JamesG 02-08-2025, 12:33 PM The Gigglesnort Hotel from the syndicated children's series of the same name
JamesG 02-09-2025, 08:19 AM The unnamed hotel from the short-lived CBS sitcom "The Last Resort"
This series focused on the college students who worked in the hotel kitchen.
The exterior was The Langham Huntington, Pasadena.
JamesG 02-10-2025, 08:52 AM Schrute Farms from The Office
Scenes that took place on the farm were filmed at Golden Oak Ranch in Newhall, CA.
JamesG 02-11-2025, 09:44 AM Castle Rock Historic Bed & Breakfast from "Castle Rock"
A walkthrough attraction was created for the San Diego Comic-Con 2018
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JamesG 02-13-2025, 05:48 AM A sketch from IFC's "Portlandia" featured a fictional Bed & Breakfast
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JamesG 02-19-2025, 10:43 AM Las Colinas from "Acapulco"
Filming is done at the Barceló Puerto Vallarta in Mexico
JamesG 02-20-2025, 09:28 PM The Bridgewater Inn from CBS' short-lived "Struck by Lightning" (1979)
A science teacher (Jeffrey Kramer) named Ted inherits an old New England inn inhabited by its hulking caretaker, Frank (Jack Elam).
Turns out that Ted is a descendant of Dr. Frankenstein and Frank is Frankenstein's monster.
JamesG 02-22-2025, 12:05 PM Grand Waimea Hotel and Resort from Fox's "North Shore"
Filming was done at the Turtle Bay Resort, which is now the Ritz-Carlton Oʻahu, Turtle Bay.
JamesG 02-23-2025, 01:29 PM The Downtown Hotel from "Persons Unknown"
JamesG 02-24-2025, 11:59 AM Holiday Hotel (ABC, 1950-51)
A fictitious hotel on Park Avenue was the setting for this musical variety program where each episode usually began with a comedy skit, after which the scene shifted to the hotel's ballroom where musical numbers occurred.
JamesG 02-26-2025, 02:06 AM Dusty Spur Motel
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54350659477_f869d6553d_z.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54350660507_d023a9368c_c.jpg
The real location was the Pink Motel on 9457 San Fernando Rd. Sun Valley, CA.
Fan-Tan Hotel & Casino
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54351752384_06b0ae493e_z.jpg
The exterior was a hotel near the airport in Ontario, California that had the right architecture resembling a 1980s Las Vegas hotel. They did not say which hotel was used.
The Fan-Tan was based on Las Vegas' Riviera which was where "Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling" filmed their first 2 seasons. The Riviera closed in 2015.
JamesG 02-28-2025, 05:15 AM Desert Palm Motel from NBC's "Happy" (1960-61)
Infant Christopher Hapgood Day, son of Chris and Sally Day who operate the motel, communicates his feelings about what he sees through his facial expressions and an off-camera voice.
JamesG 03-02-2025, 12:11 PM Hotel Denouement from Netflix's "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
JamesG 03-04-2025, 12:18 AM Economy Value Inn from 'The Manager' episode of Apple TV+'s "Little America"
JamesG 03-07-2025, 04:34 AM The Grand Central Hotel from the Season 1 "Blue Bloods" episode 'Age of Innocence'
JamesG 03-08-2025, 11:49 AM The Mallory House from "The Rifleman"
JamesG 03-09-2025, 08:30 AM The Carlton Hotel from "Have Gun – Will Travel"
Just to note that there is a Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, but it's not the same place.
JamesG 03-12-2025, 07:49 AM Nellie's Restaurant and Hotel
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQa9GtG8kkRhSYA2AxtE_FIIhT2-otl_wML8Q&s
Standish Saloon-Hotel
https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/77921/263832.jpg
JamesG 03-13-2025, 01:16 PM The unnamed hotel from "The Dick Van Dyke Show's" Season 4 ep. 'Never Bathe on Saturday'
JamesG 03-14-2025, 09:33 AM The unnamed hotel from "High Potential's" 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrel' episode
JamesG 03-18-2025, 07:34 AM The unnamed motel from "Good Times'" J.J.'s Fiancée: Part 2
The motel clerk was played by Philip Baker Hall.
JamesG 03-19-2025, 06:46 PM Easy Stay Motor Inn from "The Walking Dead: Dead City"
Filming was done at the Holmdel Motor Inn in Holmdel, NJ.
JamesG 03-25-2025, 03:45 AM In the unaired pilot "Sue Sue in the City" spun from "The Middle", Sue works at the fictional bed and breakfast The Orson Inn.
She then goes on an interview in Chicago to be the assistant manager of the fictional Hotel Seville.
JamesG 03-26-2025, 04:21 AM Mansfield House from "Ghost Story aka Circle of Fear"
Filming was done at Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, CA.
JamesG 03-28-2025, 12:20 PM Hotel Mayberry
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54414775257_edd6d586a2_o.jpg
The Unnamed Hotel in Raleigh from the Season 2 Ep. 'Andy and Barney in the Big City'
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54416027885_e493490f87_o.jpg
Piedmont Hotel from the Season 6 Ep. 'The Taylor's in Hollywood'
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54414777507_73a370d0b9_o.jpg
The exterior is the Bryson Apartment Hotel on 701 Wilshire Blvd.
JamesG 03-29-2025, 08:04 AM The female-only The Griffith from "Agent Carter".
JamesG 03-30-2025, 10:23 AM The unnamed hotel in Cabo San Lucas from the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 10 ep. 'You're Not Going to Get Me to Say Anything Bad About Mickey'.
Filmed at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club in Dana Point, CA.
JamesG 04-02-2025, 08:31 AM The Eidolon from "Beef"
JamesG 04-04-2025, 12:32 AM This one is an actual fake hotel...
In the Season 1 "Mission: Impossible" episode 'Fakeout', the IMF agents build a fake hotel room to trick a narcotics dealer.
JamesG 04-13-2025, 11:40 AM The abandoned hotel in Boston that Joel, Tess and Ellie go through in "The Last of Us" Season 1.
It wasn't named in the show, but it was The Hotel Grand in the game.
JamesG 04-26-2025, 04:18 AM The inn ran by Cincinnatus (Dallas McKennon) on "Daniel Boone"
JamesG 05-01-2025, 04:43 AM The Farhampton Inn from "How I Met Your Mother"
The exterior was the Castle Hill Inn in Newport, Rhode Island.
JamesG 05-07-2025, 10:29 PM Ghorman Hotel from "Andor"
JamesG 05-11-2025, 03:05 AM The eco-friendly resort and El Coronado Hotel and Spa from "The Four Seasons"
The eco resort was filmed around Palomino Island and El Coranado filmed at El Conquistador Resort in Fajardo.
JamesG 05-22-2025, 09:25 AM The Snug Harbor Motel from "John from Cincinnati"
Filmed at the El Camino Motel in Imperial Beach, CA. The place closed in 2007 and the building was demolished in 2012.
Dude111 05-22-2025, 09:46 AM It would be neat traveling to these spots Jimmy and see whats there if anything!
JamesG 05-29-2025, 03:30 PM This one is part fictional/part real - The Omni International Hotel from "Mindhunter"
The set designers recreated the Atlanta, GA. hotel, as it looked in 1977, in the closed Century III Mall in West Mifflin, PA.
Demolition on the mall is expected to be completed in 2026.
The show also featured a bunch of unnamed motels where the characters stayed as they investigated cases across the country.
JamesG 06-05-2025, 08:21 AM The Undervale Hotel from the upcoming Netflix animated series "Haunted Hotel"
https://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2025/06/netflix-announces-haunted-hotel-with.html
JamesG 06-12-2025, 12:47 PM The Emerald Acres Hotel from "Ellen's Acres"
JamesG 06-14-2025, 10:28 AM The Cold River Motel from the upcoming Shudder series "Hell Motel"
JamesG 06-15-2025, 02:37 PM Sue's Truck Motel from "King of the Hill"
JamesG 06-25-2025, 01:06 AM Sanford Arms from "Sanford Arms"
Fred Sanford's army buddy Phil purchases the Sanford Arms rooming house attempting to turn it into an inn.
JamesG 06-26-2025, 05:18 PM The Corner Hotel from "Boardwalk Empire"
Fake buildings were temporarily built in Far Rockaway for flashback scenes depicting the Atlantic City boardwalk in the 1880s. They consisted of a hotel, arcade, and goods store. They were taken down after filming stopped.
JamesG 07-09-2025, 12:23 AM The Elysian Fields Hotel from "Supernatural"
JamesG 07-23-2025, 06:24 PM The alien structure resembling a 1980s hotel from the "Doctor Who" episode 'The God Complex'
JamesG 08-01-2025, 03:02 AM The Aphrodite Inn from "The Simpsons"
The love hotel features many themed-rooms such as The Pharaoh's Chamber, Camelot, Safari, and Arabian Nights.
Homer and Marge have to stay in the (actual) Utility Room, which Homer doesn't seem to mind.
JamesG 08-30-2025, 11:50 AM The Inn at Apple Hollow from "Wednesday"
Filmed at The Groton Inn in Groton, MA.
JamesG 09-12-2025, 09:40 PM Sealight Inn from "Ratched"
The exterior used was the Lucia Lodge in Big Sur, CA. The interior scenes were filmed on a set.
The lodge consisted of a restaurant and gift shop in one building and the guest rooms in another building.
The restaurant/store building was destroyed in a fire in August 2021.
JamesG 09-14-2025, 03:42 AM The Lazy-O Motel from "Ozark"
The exterior was the Americas Best Value Inn on 1297 Dogwood Dr. SW, Conyers, Georgia.
JamesG 09-17-2025, 03:29 AM Motel Transylvania from the upcoming Netflix series
JamesG 09-23-2025, 02:54 AM Season 2, Episode 7 'Get Away' from The King of Queens
The unnamed Bed & Breakfast where Doug and Carrie, along with Deacon and Kelly, go to celebrate their anniversary.
JamesG 10-17-2025, 07:08 AM The Evelyn Hotel from the "Poker Face" ep. The Sleazy Georgian (Season 2, Episode 8)
Dude111 10-17-2025, 08:25 AM We cant forget about that Hotel in Vacancy Jimmy (2007)
http://img1.pixhost.to/images/9486/652038942_oip.jpg
Wanna goto the hotel with me and we can check in buddy??
JamesG 10-17-2025, 02:05 PM We cant forget about that Hotel in Vacancy Jimmy (2007)
http://img1.pixhost.to/images/9486/652038942_oip.jpg
Wanna goto the hotel with me and we can check in buddy??
That’s a movie so doesn’t belong here…
Dude111 10-17-2025, 11:19 PM :(
JamesG 11-16-2025, 06:29 AM Long Ridge Motel from "Sheriff Country"
Filmed at the Fort York Motel in Mississauga, Ontario.
JamesG 11-17-2025, 07:34 AM Overview Lofts Suites from "Peacemaker"
The exterior was the Accent Inns Burnaby
JamesG 11-18-2025, 05:36 PM Hotel Calhoun from "1883"
Filmed at Rodeo Exchange in Fort Worth, TX.
JamesG 11-21-2025, 07:55 AM Lakeview Resort from "Upload"
The exterior was the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY.
Interior scenes from the pilot were filmed at Castle Green in Pasadena, CA.
JamesG 11-22-2025, 09:07 AM Ko-Z Motel from "Gen V"
Filmed at the Fort York Motel in Mississauga, Ontario.
JamesG 11-23-2025, 07:01 AM The Dream Motel from "The Dream Motel"
Filmed at the Park Mammoth Resort in Park City, Kentucky.
The property was destroyed in a fire in April 2025.
JamesG 11-24-2025, 05:25 AM Malibu Sands Beach Resort from "Saved by the Bell"
At the time of filming, the place was the Sand & Sea Club at 415 Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, CA.
It is now the Annenberg Community Beach House.
JamesG 12-06-2025, 04:39 PM Hotel Reverie from the "Black Mirror" Season 7 episode 'Hotel Reverie'
JamesG 12-17-2025, 11:52 PM Business Garden: Inn & Suites & Hotel Room Inn from "SNL"
JamesG 01-03-2026, 02:14 AM The Overlook Hotel from the 1997 "The Shining" television mini-series
The mini-series was filmed at The Stanley Hotel in Colorado, which served as Stephen King's inspiration for The Overlook.
The 1980 Jack Nicholson film used the Timberline Lodge in Oregon as the exterior and most of the film was shot at a studio in England.
JamesG 01-03-2026, 07:59 PM The Sunshine Motel from the 2006 Syfy mini-series "The Lost Room"
The fictional abandoned motel was constructed in the Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico.
JamesG 01-06-2026, 03:54 AM The Railroad Hotel from David Lynch's "Hotel Room"
JamesG 02-07-2026, 10:46 AM The Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast from "The Following"
JamesG 02-16-2026, 04:45 PM The Cleo Hotel from "The Lincoln Lawyer"
The exterior was the Covina Bowl in Covina, CA. The bowling alley was open from 1956-2017.
Today, the site has been repurposed as part of a new residential community featuring new townhomes, with some original elements incorporated into the development. The classic sign and main entrance were saved from demolition.
JamesG 02-22-2026, 07:39 PM Ware Lake Inn from "The Following"
Dude111 02-22-2026, 07:43 PM Thank you for your entries Jimmy...
Your helping keep this thread going :)
JamesG 02-22-2026, 07:47 PM Thank you for your entries Jimmy...
Your helping keep this thread going :)
Why not contribute something instead of thanking me all of the time?
JamesG 02-25-2026, 10:28 AM The Eagle Hotel from the "I Love Lucy" Season 1 ep. 'The Marriage License'
The hotel manager's wife was played by Elizabeth Patterson who would go on to play 'Mrs. Trumbull' throughout the series.
JamesG 03-01-2026, 02:17 PM La Mirage from "Dynasty"
The original used the MountainGate Country Club in LA for the exterior.
It was modernized for The CW reboot, set in Atlanta, with a more sleek look.
JamesG 03-23-2026, 06:38 PM Fitches Bed and Breakfast from "Virgin River"
Filmed at the Klahanie Campground in Squamish, BC.
JamesG 04-18-2026, 07:11 AM Elm Inn at Cabot from "Rooster"
Exterior building is on the backlot at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank. It's been used in other productions such as Gremlins and Growing Pains.
JamesG 05-22-2026, 01:51 AM Paradise Hotel and Resort from "Almost Paradise"
Filmed at the Shangri-La Mactan, Cebu.
JamesG 06-25-2026, 06:42 PM Widow’s Bay Inn from "Widow's Bay"
The exterior was the Lorenzo Maynard mansion in Maynard, Massachusetts. It is currently an apartment building.
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