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Old 12-11-2024, 09:15 AM   #1
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Default Fictitious hotels/motels/lodges in tv shows

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

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In an episode of Happy Days, there was a mention of a fictitious motel named the Wis Cons Inn. On Newhart, The Stratford Inn.
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Fawlty Towers, of course, and its American remakes - Amanda's by the Sea (Amanda's), Whispering Pines Inn (Payne).

The Golden Palace.
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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
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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:

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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...d.php?t=475352

A fictional hotel thread is still up for grabs.
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Bates Motel from "Bates Motel"
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The Rover's Return Inn from UK soap Coronation Street:


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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.
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The Tipton from "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"

The exterior hotel was Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.
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The stores thread is in itself a spinoff of a restaurant thread, which currently has 8 pages

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards...d.php?t=475352

A fictional hotel thread is still up for grabs.
It's hard to keep up with what has already been discussed.
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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:



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Hotel Cortez from "American Horror Story: Hotel"

The fictional hotel was loosely inspired by Skid Row's Cecil Hotel.
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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.
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