so I'm watching law and order right now, this minute.
i look up, and there is my local bar!  then i find the Chris Noth character is supposed to be raised in Staten Island.

what takes place where you live or lived?

Um... We are home to the longest burning lightbulb in the world! It's been burning for 105 years.

Um... We are home to the longest burning lightbulb in the world! It's been burning for 105 years.


sounds like someone had a really big idea!

Lots of things have been filmed here, but the only thing (to which i can recall) that took place here was episodes of the CBC series "Hockeyville 2006".  It was a show presented by Kraft Foods to determine the one city or town in Canada that best represents the spirit of Hockey.

My town didn't win, but we should have because we are home to where the first ever Hockey Game played with a puck took place

lots of historical things happened here...
but more important to me was scenes of School of Rock shot at the bar I regularly attend (see photo below)- and at my alma mater

They filmed some scenes of the movie "Silence of the Lambs" in my hometown and Oprah Winfrey did a show in  1988 in my high school auditorium in our town (on the huge unemployment rate of the region).  Back in the 50's, Bob Hope premiered one of his movies at a house in my town, some lady won a contest, apparently Mr. Hope also had a television show back then called "The Chesterfield Hour" and he filmed that also in my high school auditorium.  We've had a few presidents give speechs in my town.  In June, 1959, When he was a Senator John Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy was in a parade in town.  Back in the 30's. Eleanor Roosevelt tor\ured one of the coal mines nearby, unfortunately, it was considered bad luck for women to go into mines back then, and about 5 years later there was a HUGE methane gas explosion that killed 100 miners and closed the mine forever.  Ron Howard visited our town and bought his film crew boots and my friend's dad's show store in town. 

Well..since my little town is just a hole in the wall...I thought I would list some stuff that took place in Pittsburgh (nearest major city to me)


Movies that were filmed in Pgh

The Mothman Prophecies

Wonder Boys

Dogma

Inspector Gadget

Diabolique

Boys On The Side

Kingpin

Only You

Groundhog Day

The Silence Of The Lambs

Flashdance

Night Of The Living Dead


Pgh Food Traditions

Devonshire Sandwich
This open-face chicken or turkey sandwich was invented here in Pittsburgh by Frank Blandi in 1936 at his first restaurant, the Stratford in Oakland. Blandi also started several other area restaurants, including Le Mont on Mt. Washington.

Clark Bar
The D. L. Clark Company was born in two back rooms of a house in what is now Pittsburgh's North Side in 1886. The famous Clark candy bar is now an American tradition.

Heinz Ketchup
Heinz products are another proud Pittsburgh tradition. Heinz founder, Henry Heinz, literally sank his competition in the 1880's when he bought the products and equipment of a competing company and sank them in the Allegheny River!

Isaly's Chipped Ham
By far, one of Pittsburgh's most famous foods, this thinly-sliced ham made its debut in 1933 at Isaly's, a local family chain of dairy/convenience stores. You can have it shipped to you anywhere in the country!

Klondike Bars
America's #1 selling ice cream bar got its start right here in Pittsburgh at Isaly's, the same store which brought us chipped ham. Now sold nationally by Breyers/Good Humor in eight flavors.


Fun Facts

Mister Rogers' real neighborhood was Oakland, home to WQED (the first public television in the country) and the "Neighborhood of Make Believe."

The Carnegie Museum of Art opened in 1895 as the world's first museum of modern art.

Pittsburgh audiences enjoy the nation's fifth oldest opera company.


Pgh World Firsts

First Heart, Liver, Kidney Transplant - December 3, 1989
The first simultaneous heart, liver and kidney transplant was done at Presbyterian-University Hospital.

The First Internet Emoticon - 1980
The Smiley :-) was the first Internet emoticon, created by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Scott Fahlman.

First Mr Yuk Sticker - 1971
Mr Yuk was created at the Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh after research indicated that the skull and crossbones previously used to identify poisons had little meaning to children who equate the symbol with exciting things like pirates and adventure.


First Night World Series Game - 1971
Game 4 of the 1971 World Series was the first night game in World Series history, a series that Pittsburgh went on to win, 4 games to 3.

First Big Mac - 1967
Created by Jim Delligatti at his Uniontown McDonald's, the Big Mac debuted and was test marketed in three other Pittsburgh-area McDonald's restaurants in 1967. By 1968 it was a mainstay on McDonald's menus throughout the country.

First Pull-Tab on Cans - 1962
The pull-tab was developed by Alcoa and was first used by Iron City Brewery in 1962. For many years, pull-tabs were only used in this area.

First Polio Vaccine - March 26, 1953
The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas E. Salk, a 38-year-old University of Pittsburgh researcher and professor.

First Zippo Lighter - 1932
George G. Blaisdell invented the Zippo lighter in 1932 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The name Zippo was chosen by Blaisdell because he liked the sound of the word "zipper" - which was patented around the same time in nearby Meadville, PA.

First Banana Split - 1904
Invented by Dr. David Strickler, a pharmacist, at Strickler's Drug Store in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

First Ferris Wheel - 1892/1893
Invented by Pittsburgh native and civil engineer, George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896), the first Ferris Wheel was in operation at the World's Fair in Chicago. It was over 264 feet high and was capable of carrying more than 2,000 passengers at a time.

ER was shot in Chicago.

The Hiugh Grant/Julia Roberts movie Notting Hill was shot in Notting Hill.

Hmm apart from featuring on various news items and one episode of Inspector Morse, Didcot isn't up for much. Oxford however has been in a ton of stuff on T.V and Film and a reem of famous people have studied there. :)

The infamous "Battle Of Brisbane"  ;D   

WWII

"The other, and the major problem, was the rapidly developing gulf between the US and Australian forces. The Yanks had smart, tailored uniforms, were well paid and accordingly drew the bulk of female attention and they were mostly extremely well mannered and pleasant. In the eyes of the hostile Aussies running second on their own turf  the Yanks were "overpaid, oversexed and over here".

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-battles/ww2/battle-brisbane.htm

Good for a laugh  :)

Not much going on in Castroville, Ca. Marilyn Monroe was the first Artichoke Queen (Castroville is known as the artichoke capital of the world...woo). Monterey, Ca. and Salinas, Ca. are known for their connections to John Steinbeck.

I'm not sure if much happened in Griffith, Ind. I know Hammond (the town next to us) is the birthplace of Jean Shepherd ("A Christmas Story") and Crown Point held John Dillinger in their jail until he escaped using the famous soap gun.

my hometown is the home of The Conference House.  We played there as kids.

Shortly after the fall of New York to the British, the Conference House was the site of peace talks between General Howe and three prominent representatives of the Continental Congress - Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge.

Having beaten the Americans and taken the key city, Howe thought he was entitled to a peace settlement. He asked for a conference and the prominent Americans, representatives in Congress of New England, the middle colonies and the South, were brought over on a boat from Perth Amboy.

The Americans, having declared independence in July, considered separation from England as non-negotiable.

I guess lost of movies have been filmed in/around my home town, but one that I remember best is an old horror movie called "He Knows You're Alone".  One scene is filmed in a bridal shop...the same one I got my bridesmaids dresses from. 

At one stage The Bill used to be filmed in West London, bearing in mind that the series is set in East London.

The very first DNA trial took place in Leicester. They took DNA from my old man and a fair few other people in connection to a double homicide.

Quite a few other things, we've had a King or two die here.

This is where both the Elephant man and Daniel Lambert (fattest man ever) were born.

Cardinal Wolsey died here.

Quite a few other things, I'll have to think about them.

My town has been used for bits and pieces of different movies, commercials and tv shows.


The freeway scenes for

Nightmare on Elm St
Fast and the Furious

A few old homes for....

Barnaby Jones
Matlock

numerous telephone commercials for AT&T

Downtown San Dimas for the short lived soap Flamingo Road, back in the early 80s

Theres even a short skit about a murderous sryup lady that looks freakishly like Mrs. Buttersworth ;D :D

They filmed parts of The Boston Strangler and The Brinks Job here.  We also were one of the test cities for pay tv, and for along time had cheap rates on cable because of that.  The first murder during an armed bank robbery was here(so they say).  The parents of the young man killed owned the bank and built our public library as a memorial to their son.
We are also were the first Converse sneakers were made.  Home of the Converse All-Stars.  They have since moved to China and I will never wear another pair again.

There was an episode of Forensic Files filmed here (because the case happened here-right behind our house.  :o )

As for movies:

"Me, Myself, and Irene" was filmed just north of here and of course the "infamous" movie "Time Chasers" was filmed around here. You can check out "Time Chasers" on Mystery Science Theatre 3000.  :D




Cat

Well..since my little town is just a hole in the wall...I thought I would list some stuff that took place in Pittsburgh (nearest major city to me)


Movies that were filmed in Pgh

The Mothman Prophecies

Wonder Boys

Dogma

Inspector Gadget

Diabolique

Boys On The Side

Kingpin

Only You

Groundhog Day

The Silence Of The Lambs

Flashdance

Night Of The Living Dead


Pgh Food Traditions

Devonshire Sandwich
This open-face chicken or turkey sandwich was invented here in Pittsburgh by Frank Blandi in 1936 at his first restaurant, the Stratford in Oakland. Blandi also started several other area restaurants, including Le Mont on Mt. Washington.

Clark Bar
The D. L. Clark Company was born in two back rooms of a house in what is now Pittsburgh's North Side in 1886. The famous Clark candy bar is now an American tradition.

Heinz Ketchup
Heinz products are another proud Pittsburgh tradition. Heinz founder, Henry Heinz, literally sank his competition in the 1880's when he bought the products and equipment of a competing company and sank them in the Allegheny River!

Isaly's Chipped Ham
By far, one of Pittsburgh's most famous foods, this thinly-sliced ham made its debut in 1933 at Isaly's, a local family chain of dairy/convenience stores. You can have it shipped to you anywhere in the country!

Klondike Bars
America's #1 selling ice cream bar got its start right here in Pittsburgh at Isaly's, the same store which brought us chipped ham. Now sold nationally by Breyers/Good Humor in eight flavors.


Fun Facts

Mister Rogers' real neighborhood was Oakland, home to WQED (the first public television in the country) and the "Neighborhood of Make Believe."

The Carnegie Museum of Art opened in 1895 as the world's first museum of modern art.

Pittsburgh audiences enjoy the nation's fifth oldest opera company.


Pgh World Firsts

First Heart, Liver, Kidney Transplant - December 3, 1989
The first simultaneous heart, liver and kidney transplant was done at Presbyterian-University Hospital.

The First Internet Emoticon - 1980
The Smiley :-) was the first Internet emoticon, created by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Scott Fahlman.

First Mr Yuk Sticker - 1971
Mr Yuk was created at the Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh after research indicated that the skull and crossbones previously used to identify poisons had little meaning to children who equate the symbol with exciting things like pirates and adventure.


First Night World Series Game - 1971
Game 4 of the 1971 World Series was the first night game in World Series history, a series that Pittsburgh went on to win, 4 games to 3.

First Big Mac - 1967
Created by Jim Delligatti at his Uniontown McDonald's, the Big Mac debuted and was test marketed in three other Pittsburgh-area McDonald's restaurants in 1967. By 1968 it was a mainstay on McDonald's menus throughout the country.

First Pull-Tab on Cans - 1962
The pull-tab was developed by Alcoa and was first used by Iron City Brewery in 1962. For many years, pull-tabs were only used in this area.

First Polio Vaccine - March 26, 1953
The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas E. Salk, a 38-year-old University of Pittsburgh researcher and professor.

First Zippo Lighter - 1932
George G. Blaisdell invented the Zippo lighter in 1932 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The name Zippo was chosen by Blaisdell because he liked the sound of the word "zipper" - which was patented around the same time in nearby Meadville, PA.

First Banana Split - 1904
Invented by Dr. David Strickler, a pharmacist, at Strickler's Drug Store in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

First Ferris Wheel - 1892/1893
Invented by Pittsburgh native and civil engineer, George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896), the first Ferris Wheel was in operation at the World's Fair in Chicago. It was over 264 feet high and was capable of carrying more than 2,000 passengers at a time.










Wow! Lots of neat things had their "first" in Pittsburgh. That's cool!  :)

Many things have happened in my County (Contra Costa) and many places are famous - here are just a few -

Movies filmed in My County

Nine Months - 1995 (at Los Medanos Hospital, Pittsburg, CA)

Mrs. Doubtfire - 1993 (Danville & San Ramon )

American Grafitti - 1973 (Concord & Pinole, CA)

Patch Adams - 1998 (Point Richmond, CA)

Steelyard Blues - 1973 (Antioch, CA)

Delta Fever - 1987 (Byron, CA)

Scream - 1996 (Concord, CA)

The Wild Ride - 1960 (Concord, CA)

Hell's Angels - 1930 (Concord, CA)

"Nash Bridges" 1996-2000 (Lafayette, CA)

Grand Theft Auto - 1977 (Martinez, CA)

A View to A Kill - 1985 (Richmond, CA)

The Joy Luck Club - 1993 (Richmond, CA)

The Sweetest Thing - 2002 (Richmond, CA)

Pixar Films - A Bug's Life, Toy Story 1 & 2, Monster's Inc (Richmond/Emeryville, CA)

True Crime - 1999 (Walnut Creek, CA)


Famous Mansions in and outside of my county -

Dunsmuir Mansion (Oakland, CA)
Fioli Estate (People may be more familiar with this being the "Carrington Mansion" from TV's Soap Opera "Dynasty" - Woodside, CA)
John Marsh House (Brentwood, CA)
Sarah Winchester House (San Jose, CA)
Carolands Chateau (Private Estate- not open to public - Hillsborough, CA)