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Movies/TV shows set in Unnamed City, USA?

Posted on 3/8/22 at 9:58 pm
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
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Posted on 3/8/22 at 9:58 pm
Any good examples out there?

I’ll offer up 2:

Hill Street Blues
Se7en
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
26843 posts
Posted on 3/8/22 at 10:00 pm to
Everything that is/was filmed in Shreveport or Georgia.
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22811 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 7:19 am to
Malcolm in the Middle goes out of its way to not reveal location or even the family's last name. IIRC, based on a few details from season 1 you can deduce they're probably in Oklahoma or Texas but it's never confirmed. Certainly not filmed in either place.

Last name is also Wilkerson (revealed in UK promo and a never-aired cold-opening)
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103771 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 8:04 am to
The Simpsons is Springfield, but they go out of the way to never reveal a state or geographic region of the US. To the point where the surroundings change based on the episode plot.
Posted by MojoGuyPan
Intercession City, Florida
Member since Jun 2018
2797 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 8:23 am to
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 8:36 am to
Starsky and Hutch
Posted by CU_Tigers4life
Georgia
Member since Aug 2013
9311 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 8:38 am to
Walking Dead
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
38078 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 9:03 am to
The Wonder Years.

My Name is Earl was set in "Camden County". So all that we know is that it didn't take place in Louisiana.
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
27305 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 9:14 am to
Did Scrubs ever specify what city or even state it was in?

I don't think it ever actually did.
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
Member since Feb 2013
10650 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 9:15 am to
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Walking Dead


Walking Dead has gone out of the way to tell us exactly where they are.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
74498 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 9:21 am to
is Banshee.Pa. a real town?
Posted by Master of Sinanju
Member since Feb 2012
12009 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 9:44 am to
The Munsters had Mockingbird Heights, but I don't believe the Addams Family ever told us the city name. At least not the TV series.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
10866 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 11:12 am to
quote:

Did Scrubs ever specify what city or even state it was in?

I don't think it ever actually did.



It was never mentioned to my knowledge.


A couple fun clues:

Sean (Elliot's boyfriend) was a dolphin trainer at Sea World, which I assumed was San Diego.

They did talk about Kim (Elizabeth Banks) moving to Tacoma (correct?) and then she moved back within a long drive of JD.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7312 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 11:19 am to
quote:

Did Scrubs ever specify what city or even state it was in?

I don't think it ever actually did.
I thought it was established in show that it's a fictional town in greater Sacramento, but could be wrong. Been a long, long time since I've watched.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
10866 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 12:09 pm to
I definitely got the vibe that they were in California, but nothing said to my knowledge.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
89909 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 12:15 pm to
quote:

The Simpsons is Springfield, but they go out of the way to never reveal a state or geographic region of the US. To the point where the surroundings change based on the episode plot.


that's definitely the biggest one that comes to mind especially since they took the joke and really ran with it.

Howver, I could SWEAR there was an episode that was a "behind the music" style probably sometime in the early 2000s where teh narrator said that they were from Kentucky. Maybe it was just a joke that I missed in my younger age, since they DEFINITELY made hundreds more jokes about the location of springfield, but I could swear I heard it.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103771 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 12:20 pm to
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Howver, I could SWEAR there was an episode that was a "behind the music" style probably sometime in the early 2000s where teh narrator said that they were from Kentucky.


Matt Groening says it's based off of Springfield, Oregon, but that was just the basis.

It couldn't really be Kentucky because there is an ocean port available whenever the plot needs it.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
89909 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 12:38 pm to
quote:

It couldn't really be Kentucky because there is an ocean port available whenever the plot needs it.


right, we're led to believe it's in a ton of different places.

Here is a clip from what I was talking abotu: LINK
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
Member since Sep 2010
15889 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:19 pm to
Hey Arnold.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
89909 posts
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:27 pm to
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Hey Arnold.


Isn't his school PS # something? I always thoguth new york was the only place that named schools like that
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