TV characters have the best places to live. They have the cool layout, the nice furniture, the extra room for when other TV characters need a place to stay for a few days. Even if they have the most expensive place, they seem to find the rent no problem (unless not finding the rent is the plot of that week's episode, that is). I wish the people who create such sets would come over to my apartment and...well, tear the damn thing down and start over, actually.
If I had unlimited funds, I'd build a place that looked exactly like one of my favorites from TV. Here are my top five (sure, I could have picked mansions or castles, but that would have been too easy). What are yours?
- The Petrie's house (The Dick Van Dyke Show): I'm a sucker for midcentury modern. Or maybe I just want to be married to Mary Tyler Moore.
- The Fab Five's apartment (Queer Eye): Either one of the modern, sleek apartments they've had, with the cool freight elevator, functional kitchen, and TV watching area.
- Frasier Crane's apartment (Frasier): the apartment itself was rather ordinary (if nice), but holy crap that balcony view!
- Tony Nelson's pad (I Dream Of Jeannie): I really liked that upstairs office he had (kinda weird though - that's all the upstairs was, that office, the bedroom was downstairs near the front door). And it had a bar and a patio and a front lawn!
- Jim West's/Artemus Gordon's train (The Wild, Wild West): Come on, travelling around the country on a train with secret compartments and a full bar, meeting women everywhere, all paid for by the government?















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10-18-2005 @ 4:57PM
Keith McDuffee said...
Booo! You didn't put 'Silver Spoons' on your list. I mean, come on, a fricken train ran through the living room and went outside! And you could ride on it! And they had stand-up video games (which, back then, were a kid's wet dream to have in their own home).
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10-18-2005 @ 5:11PM
Vince said...
What about the Lost's hatch? It has to be number 1 place to live in all the monster infected islands of this world.
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10-18-2005 @ 5:14PM
elf said...
The easy winner is the Jetsons' place. You don't have to walk anywhere, you have giant TVs that drop from the ceiling, robot maid service, a garage for your flying car, an on-site handyman and altitude adjustment for moving the entire apartment complex above the clouds in inclement weather. You don't even have to dress yourself, just step in the auto-dresser and it changes your clothes for you. (Just check the settings because I believe I reacll an episode where George stepped in but the machine was still set for Jane and the results weren't pretty.) And there's also the handy suspended one-mile-above-ground treadmill for walking your pets. Just remember to wear a parachute or jetpack while using it, and also set a timer so you don't get stuck on that crazy thing after your pets get into a fight.
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10-18-2005 @ 7:15PM
Akbar Fazil said...
you do realize that Fraiser's "view" is physically impossible and in can no way exisit in the city of Seattle?
If it were true, the space needle would have to be moved to the waterfront and Fraiser's building would be in the middle of Elliot bay!
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11-02-2005 @ 12:29PM
Adam said...
Pee-Wee's Playhouse, most def.
And I was also going to say Silver Spoons but Keith beat me to it.
And I second the Jetson's house. Very good choice.
Also, Oscar the Grouch's garbage can.
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10-18-2005 @ 8:03PM
wassily said...
The West Wing: The White House residence. Posh digs, no commute to work... Sure you gotta deal with the stress, but every time you leave home you can feel safe in the knowledge that there are nicely dressed men who will jump in front of a bullet for you.
Firefly: Serenity was kind of a rust bucket, but it always had a homey feel to it, from the plastic dinosaurs at the pilot's control to the hand-painted flowers in the mess hall. Plus who hasn't wanted to live in a space ship since way back when they were in feety pajamas? Come on! Act now and you get your very own space hooker.
Full House: Not so much for the decor, but the location seemed great (big old house in San Francisco). I remember it seemed to have never-ending amount of spacious rooms.
And because I can't think of any more off the top of my head: any of the ridiculously large apartments in New York City featured in countless sitcoms (Friends, Will & Grace, Sex and the City) that mere mortals could never afford.
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10-18-2005 @ 9:27PM
cheryl said...
The Epps' home on Numb3rs. That place has character.
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10-19-2005 @ 1:29AM
Tim said...
I'd love the mansion Angel lived in on Buffy or even his apartment (w/ elevator) and office above from the first season.
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10-19-2005 @ 8:48AM
Malfoy Roark said...
Without question:
Caleb's place on the OC.
My friend and I call it "The Fortress" because the shot of it from the pool makes that thing look @#$$ huge.
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10-19-2005 @ 9:58AM
Dr.Funbags said...
Wayne Manor - c'mon its got a secret headquarters beneath it!! To the Batcave!!!
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10-19-2005 @ 2:36PM
Brent McKee said...
You have to admit that the Jefferson's "dee-lux apartment in the sky" had to have the views. As for luxury, most of the cabins aboard Picard's Enterprise were way better than any other place. The Brady house wasn't bad, although a shared bathroom for six kids (and the boys and girls not biologically related!) is a bit dumb. Sam and Darrin's place was pretty nice, with a good bar for all the booze they drank (I was waiting for someone to go to a meeting). But yeah, except for the twin beds in the master, the Petrie House had it all. Why on earth wold you want twin beds when you had MTM?!
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10-29-2005 @ 8:50AM
Kris Conner said...
How about Monica & Rachel's "apartment" in Friends. Yeah, it's totally out of sync with Joey & Chandler's apartment across the hall, but hey, who really cares. Except for the naked man, it's perfect down to the "balcony".
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