Audrey,
How could I have forgotten Nurse Jackie?! Such a great show and a great follow-up to The Sopranos for Edie Falco because it was such a different character than she had previously played.
As for Weeds, I loved that show. One of my all-time favorites for so many reasons. I was so upset when it ended, but the timing was right because medical marijuana was already legal here and initiatives were showng up on every election ballot to legalize it for recreational use. Of course it took another 5 years to pass, but it was time for the show to move on. I think that is also why they went on the road and moved around during the last few seasons, and ended up in NY and CT.
I think I might have mentioned in another post that they shot the first couple of seasons in the neighborhood I was living in at the time. It was fun watching them film, but the neighbors would get so upset because it disrupted the (very family oriented) neighborhood and they would also do a lot of night filming, and the lights and noise caused some issues. Nancy Botwin was my hero. I know that's crazy because she was a terrible mother and a complete narcissist, but I still loved her.
The opening scene (when they played "Little Boxes" and showed people running in the morning and all driving the same cars, looking the same, etc...) included the actual street that I lived on and my house was one of those "little boxes." It really was that kind of neighborhood, but I didn't fit in - no kids, husband, or Range Rover. It was just close to my office. They also shot on location where I live now, which is about 30 miles away and *trivia time* where Ray Donovan is filmed. Or, at least where the Donovan family home is located.
When the Botwins, Celia and Doug all left Majestic/Agrestic and supposedly moved to San Diego, they were actually filming in Manhattan Beach, which is in the South Bay, another part of LA. There is a major film studio there, and remember the show Ally McBeal? It was filmed there also. I actually was an extra in several episodes ang got a "five-liner," which got me my SAG card.
Oh, the memories...
How could I have forgotten Nurse Jackie?! Such a great show and a great follow-up to The Sopranos for Edie Falco because it was such a different character than she had previously played.
As for Weeds, I loved that show. One of my all-time favorites for so many reasons. I was so upset when it ended, but the timing was right because medical marijuana was already legal here and initiatives were showng up on every election ballot to legalize it for recreational use. Of course it took another 5 years to pass, but it was time for the show to move on. I think that is also why they went on the road and moved around during the last few seasons, and ended up in NY and CT.
I think I might have mentioned in another post that they shot the first couple of seasons in the neighborhood I was living in at the time. It was fun watching them film, but the neighbors would get so upset because it disrupted the (very family oriented) neighborhood and they would also do a lot of night filming, and the lights and noise caused some issues. Nancy Botwin was my hero. I know that's crazy because she was a terrible mother and a complete narcissist, but I still loved her.
The opening scene (when they played "Little Boxes" and showed people running in the morning and all driving the same cars, looking the same, etc...) included the actual street that I lived on and my house was one of those "little boxes." It really was that kind of neighborhood, but I didn't fit in - no kids, husband, or Range Rover. It was just close to my office. They also shot on location where I live now, which is about 30 miles away and *trivia time* where Ray Donovan is filmed. Or, at least where the Donovan family home is located.
When the Botwins, Celia and Doug all left Majestic/Agrestic and supposedly moved to San Diego, they were actually filming in Manhattan Beach, which is in the South Bay, another part of LA. There is a major film studio there, and remember the show Ally McBeal? It was filmed there also. I actually was an extra in several episodes ang got a "five-liner," which got me my SAG card.
Oh, the memories...