Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxq!pigrp From: pigrp@ihuxq.UUCP (Peter Fales) Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: Re: What city is HSB? Message-ID: <695@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 20:56:07 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxq.695 Posted: Wed Feb 22 20:56:07 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 01:36:35 EST References: <532@shark.UUCP> <508@ihuxb.UUCP> <519@aplvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 27 The October 1983 issue of Playboy had an interview with the cast of HSB that answers some of the questions. James B. Sikking (Howard Hunter): "I've talked with chiefs of police all over and they love the show, but they always ask, 'What city is it in?' And I say, 'It's a nondesignated city.' And they say, 'Come on, tell us.' So I say, 'What if we had it in your city? Would you let us tell a story about an alcoholic officer? Would you let us tell a story about brutality in the police department? Extramarital affairs?'" "Maintaining 'Hill Street's' any-city look, we learned, principally involves finding sites devoid of palm trees--no easy task in L.A." Bruce Weitz (Belker), Barbara Bosson (Fay Furillo), Charles Haid (Renko), and Steven Bochco (executive producer) all attended Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie-Mellon, giving credence to the theories that the city is based somewhat on either Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. -- Peter Fales Net: ...ihnp4!ihuxq!iwlc7!psfales Work: Bell Labs IW-1Z243 W: (312) 979-7784 H: (312) 355-4254