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08-12-2009, 12:42 AM
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Character's Origins
Meaning where they grew up. Like my examples:
Lindsay Monroe-Messer (CSI:NY)- Lives in NYC, but was from Montana. Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) - Lives in NYC, but originally from Cuba. Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI) - Lives on Oahu, but originally from Virginia. You get the idea...let's make a list and see how geographically diverse we are! I decided to do a master list like Benjamoon did in his settings thread. Arkansas Wood Newton (Evening Shade) California Hikaru Sulu (Star Trek) Jack Tripper (Three's Company) Chrissy Snow (Three's Company) Connecticut Elliot (Scrubs) Georgia Blanche Devereaux (Golden Girls) Illinois Henry Blake (M*A*S*H) Rob Petrie (The Dick Van Dyke Show) Mac Taylor (CSI:NY) Lt. Robert Boyle (Baa Baa Black Sheep/Black Sheep Squadron) Indiana Frank Burns (M*A*S*H) Janet Wood (Three's Company) Woody (Cheers) Anne Romano (One Day at a Time) Cissy, Buffy, and Jody Davis (Family Affair) Iowa Radar O'Reilly (M*A*S*H) James T. Kirk (Star Trek) Jennifer Lyons (Perfect Strangers) Kansas Mary Ann Summers (Gilligan's Island) Louisiana Luther Rizzo (M*A*S*H) Maine Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H) Massachusetts Charles Emerson Winchester III (M*A*S*H) Trapper MacIntyre (M*A*S*H) Joe and Brian Hackett (Wings) Carol Brady (The Brady Bunch) Michigan James Kinchloe (Hogan's Heroes) Minnesota Rose Nylund (Golden Girls) Sam Gorpley (Perfect Strangers) Hutch (Starsky and Hutch) Missouri Sherman Potter (M*A*S*H) Montana Lindsay Monroe-Messer (CSI:NY) Nebraska Julie Kotter (Welcome Back, Kotter) New Jersey Alice Hyatt (Alice) New Mexico Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy) New York Dorothy Zbornak (Golden Girls) Zelmo Zale (M*A*S*H) Joey Tribbiani (Friends/Joey) Fran Fine (The Nanny) Alice Nelson (The Brady Bunch) Hank Rutherford Hill (King of the Hill) Starsky (Starsky and Hutch) Ohio Maxwell Klinger (M*A*S*H) Oklahoma Reba Hart (Reba) Pennsylvania David Addison (Moonlighting) Tennessee Daisy "Granny" Moses (The Beverly Hillbillies) Texas Florence Jean Castleberry (Alice, Flo) Helen and Casey (Wings) Virginia Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI) Washington Frasier Crane (Cheers/Frasier) Maj. Greg Boyington (Baa Baa Black Sheep/Black Sheep Squadron) Wisconsin Roz Doyle (Frasier) Larry Appleton (Perfect Strangers) Outside the US Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) - Cuba Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: NG) - France/England Daphne Moon (Frasier) - England Sophia Petrillo (Golden Girls) - Italy Sgt. Chano Amenguale (Barney Miller) - Puerto Rico Julio Fuentes (Sanford & Son) - Puerto Rico Peter Newkirk (Hogan's Heroes) - England Louis Lebeau (Hogan's Heroes) - France Maxwell Sheffield (The Nanny) - England Niles (The Nanny) - England Antonio (Wings) -Italy Balki Bartokomous (Perfect Strangers) - Mypos (fictional Mediterranean Island) Giles French (Family Affair) - England Peter Tong (Bachelor Father) - China |
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08-12-2009, 12:55 AM
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Hawkeye Pierce was from Crabapple Cove, Maine
Radar O'Reilley was from Ottumwa, Iowa Maxwell Klinger was from Toledo, Ohio Charles Emerson Winchester III was from Boston, Mass. |
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08-12-2009, 03:36 AM
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well, let's see...
Col. Henry Blake was from Illonois (or however it's spelled) Capt. James Tiberious Kirk was from Iowa Capt. Jean-Luc Picard was, I think, born in France then moved to england Rob Petrie lived in New York but is from-I forget-is it Illonois? Capt. Hikaru (they never said his first name in the show and movies, but they have in the books) Sulu is from San Fransisco |
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the Clampetts are in a fancy Beverly Hills jewelry store. Granny points to a tray of rubies. Granny: "How much fer one o' them red diamonds?" clerk: "Madam, those are rubies." Granny: "OK ask her kin we buy one offa her." clerk: " The ruby I am talking about is not a lady." Granny: "Lissen, how she got them diamonds is her business. I'm just sayin' ask her kin we buy one from her." |
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08-12-2009, 05:56 AM
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Frasier lived in Boston but grew up in Seattle Wa. on Cheers and ended up moving back to Seattle on Frasier.
Daphne Moon originally from Manchester England wound lives in Seattle on Frasier. Roz Doyle originally from Wisconcin lives in Seattle on Frasier. |
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08-12-2009, 08:36 AM
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Rose Nylund - St. Olaf, Minnesota (doesn't exist)
Blanche Devereaux - Atlanta, Georgia Dorothy Zbornak - Brooklyn, New York Sophia Petrillo - Sicily, Italy Max Klinger - Toledo, Ohio Frank Burns - Fort Wayne, Indiana Trapper MacIntyre - Boston, Massachusetts Sherman Potter - Hannibal, Missouri Zelmo Zale - Brooklyn, New York Luther Rizzo - New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Complete Series Box Sets I own: MASH, Three's Company, Gilligan's Island, The Dukes Of Hazzard, The Golden Girls, The Monkees, The Brady Bunch, Full House, I Dream Of Jeannie, Bewitched, Taxi, Gimme A Break, Dallas, Charlie's Angels, Joanie Loves Chachi, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, The Cosby Show, The Facts of Life, Family Ties, Diff'rent Strokes, Green Acres. |
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08-12-2009, 08:39 AM
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Sgt. Chano Amenguale (Barney Miller) - Puerto Rico
Julio Fuentes (Sanford & Son) - Puerto Rico (Both played by my man, Gregory Sierra.  )
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08-12-2009, 01:46 PM
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08-12-2009, 02:07 PM
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Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy) - New Mexico
James Kinchloe (Hogan's Heroes) - Michigan Peter Newkirk (Hogan's Heroes) - England Louis Lebeau (Hogan's Heroes) - France Mac Taylor (CSI:NY) - Illinois |
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08-12-2009, 03:12 PM
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08-12-2009, 08:06 PM
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Mary Ann Summers (Gilligan's Island) was from Kansas
Wood Newton (Evening Shade) was from Arkansas |
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08-12-2009, 10:11 PM
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Mac Taylor of CSI NY is from Chicago
Joey Tribbiani is from Queens NY and moved to LA David Addison is from Philadelphia Flo was from Cowtown Texas |
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March 19, 2009 I met David Schwimmer and June 20 I met Jeremy Piven aka Ari Gold |
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08-13-2009, 12:19 AM
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Indiana:
Janet Wood (Three's Company) California: Jack Tripper Chrissy Snow (both Three's Company) New York: Fran Fine (The Nanny) |
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08-13-2009, 04:22 PM
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We've got 23 states and 5 countries covered. Keep adding to the list!
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08-13-2009, 07:53 PM
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Woody (Cheers) -Hanover, Indiana
Elliot (Scrubs) -Connecticut Joe and Brian Hackett (Wings) -Nantucket, Massachusetts Helen and Casey (Wings) -Texas Antonio (Wings) -Italy |
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