Possible origin of the Crestwood Hotel

[Bill S.]

As anyone who's seen the Lost Episodes may know, in "Brother-In-Law," Ralph and Norton invest in a run-down hotel in Jersey called the Crestwood Hotel. Since Gleason often used the names of places in the New York City area for fun (I.E. Bayonne, Staten Island) and supposedly even got the name Ralph from Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn, I always wondered where the name "Crestwood" came from. So, after doing a little reading up on it, I found out about a neighborhood in Yonkers, New York called Crestwood, which just so happened to be the home of someone we all know and love...

"There's not a lot of turnover," Ms. Daigle said. Her agency recently sold a house that belonged to Art Carney in the mid-50's when he was filming the "Honeymooners" TV series. The house, a Tudor, went for $298,000, Ms. Daigle said, "and this is only the third owner since Mr. Carney lived there."

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...51C1A966958260

Next on my list is Fred's Landing.

[T-Greg]

There is a Fred's Landing, which is a location along the Betsie River in lower Michigan. Maybe Gleason visited there once and decided to use the name.

http://www.hanmers.com/canoetrips.html

[Bill S.]

Originally Posted by T-Greg

There is a Fred's Landing, which is a location along the Betsie River in lower Michigan. Maybe Gleason visited there once and decided to use the name.

http://www.hanmers.com/canoetrips.html

Hmm...I always thought the Fred's Landing they went to on the show was somewhere in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Anyway, speaking of that episode, I found a place in upstate New York with a name you guys might recognize...

In addition to the private 80 acre wildlife sanctuary with trails, local attractions include the Ausable Chasm, Lake Champlain (Port Kent Ferry to Burlington), historic town of Essex, Lake Placid, Whiteface Mountain, Pokamoonshine (climbing/hiking area), Ausable River, High Falls Gorge, and Plattsburgh. Montreal is also less than 1-1/2 hours away.

http://www.cyberrentals.com/USA/New-...in/p103458.htm