Location
boyloomis
somewhwere right outside of Baltimore, MD., whereas I always thought it was a
West Coast town, if any at all. Anybody know for sure?
Kindigj
The show was, naturally, filmed in southern California, and there are various
"clues" (and goofs) that make that the setting (license plates, the geography,
the weather). There are also clues throughout the series that would seem to
indicate an east coast town (Kevin's Jets jacket, Jack's accent, Kevin's
friends taking a cross-country road trip ending in San Francisco). However,
the real answer to your question is that the setting of The Wonder Years is
intentionally left vague - "a street like a lot of other streets" - so that we
can all feel like it's depicting OUR town.
Since there has been recent griping about Kyle plugging his own page, I'll be
the one to say that he has compiled a comprehensive list of location clues.
His home page is http://members.nbci.com/kyleg.1.
Jeff
rjs60
In the episode when Wayne gets his drivers license, they show the
envelope addressed to Wayne. His finger covers up the address, but you
can see it was mailed to a city in "CA", (California).
M. Perry
show was that it take place in Anywhere, USA, but the reality of shooting 22
or so episodes a season allowed for the occasional boo-boo. Like that one.
If you look really closely, you'd perhaps realize that the address on
Wayne's driver's license is actually the address of the converted
soundstage/warehouse where we shot most of the show's interiors on Hayden
Place in Culver City, CA.
I know. 'cause I wrote that episode and couldn't believe it when I saw that
shot in the dailies.
Best to all,
Mark
rjs60 wrote in message ...
James C. Schul
"M. Perry" wrote:
>
> Purely a gaffe, an error, a blooper, I assure you. The intention for the
> show was that it take place in Anywhere, USA, but the reality of shooting 22
> or so episodes a season allowed for the occasional boo-boo. Like that one.
OK, here's my interpretation:
Wayne's finger is covering up the street address, but one can see the
city/state/zip line with "CA" in it. How can this be a boo-boo? I'm
confused here.
Stacy Lynn
name was Paul (though he was/is nothing like TWY Paul!) and in the first
episode, how they go to Harper's woods, well, my dad grew up in Harper
Woods, Michigan, which is sort of a suburb of Detroit. Even though it
was obvious enough to me that it was in California, I liked to believe
that maybe it was "supposed to be" my dad's Harper Woods.
Stacy
Boot13
out on the keyboard:
>Purely a gaffe, an error, a blooper, I assure you. The intention for the
>show was that it take place in Anywhere, USA, but the reality of shooting 22
>or so episodes a season allowed for the occasional boo-boo. Like that one.
>
>If you look really closely, you'd perhaps realize that the address on
>Wayne's driver's license is actually the address of the converted
>soundstage/warehouse where we shot most of the show's interiors on Hayden
>Place in Culver City, CA.
>
>I know. 'cause I wrote that episode and couldn't believe it when I saw that
>shot in the dailies.
they shot the exterior shots on a quaint street in Burbank, Calif.
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M. Perry
It was a gaffe on the part of the prop master, whose job it was to make the
envelope for the scene. The idea was always to keep the setting of the show
universal and nonspecific, but occasionally something got through, like that
address and a few California license plates as I recall. It's just part of
the reality of doing so many episodes per season.
Mark
Craig Hobson
be from anywhere, USA originally or if they just simply overlooked a
defined location...my best guess would be they originally intended it
for anywhere. Ironically enough Fred Savage and Danica McKellar
(actors who portrayed Kevin and Winnie) went on to post-secondary
education at two schools in California (Stanford and UCLA) and the
actor who portrayed Paul Pfieffer (Josh Saviano) to my best knowledge
in fact went to school at Yale (the conference rival school of Paul's
school...Harvard)
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Kindigj
>the
>actor who portrayed Paul Pfieffer (Josh Saviano) to my best knowledge
>in fact went to school at Yale (the conference rival school of Paul's
>school...Harvard)
FYI: Crystal McKellar, who portrayed Becky Slater, also went to Yale.
Jeff
KGitt44498
And Maia Brewton, Alley Mills, and Robert Picardo, I think.
Kyle