Jericho, Kansas

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Never watched that thing when it was on prime time. Wasn't in front of the screen at those moments.

Now it is on Netflix. The XYL and I watched 22 episodes this weekend.

We gather that this town is somewhere close to where the XYL was born. But they seem to have a lot of people in town for that to be happening in that area. The CW in the intro seems to be different every time. It's sloppy. Music is loud and difficult to copy.

They used an FT-101F in the pilot show.

There are many hills and valleys. Never saw anything like it in western Kansas. Too many trees. They are growing crops without irrigation. Roads have ditches in the show.

LINK TO VIEW OF WESTERN KANSAS (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=leoti,+kansas&hl=en&ll=38.481111,-101.442614&spn=0.038365,0.077162&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.371738,79.013672&t=h&hnear=Leoti,+Wichita,+Kansas&z=14&layer=c&cbll=38.481111,-101.442614&panoid=xJL8aHf3_Utf4Nfwff327g&cbp=12,286.92,,0,2.6)

Eastern Kansas is a bit less flat.

LINK TO VIEW OF EASTERN KANSAS WHERE THEY EXPLODED A BOMB IN THE SHOW (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=lawrence,+kansas&hl=en&ll=38.985839,-95.409903&spn=0.151312,0.308647&sll=38.481111,-101.442614&sspn=0.038365,0.077162&t=h&hnear=Lawrence,+Douglas,+Kansas&z=12&layer=c&cbll=38.985839,-95.409903&panoid=rSOijnkfLCuQz_KWWkDPvg&cbp=12,69.66,,0,1.3)

It is entertaining anyway. Quite a soap opera. I would recommend it for entertainment and not for getting any ideas of what Kansas is like. Fer sure.

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http://modernsurvivalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/jericho425.jpg

Nowhere in Kansas are there mountains like that.

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A neighbor of ours in Kansas did crop art.

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Stan Herd would buzz our house in his ultra lite on his way to land all the time. It was cool living nearby.

[KG4CGC]

Filmed at the old set of M*A*S*H.

[NQ6U]

http://modernsurvivalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/jericho425.jpg

Nowhere in Kansas are there mountains like that.

Looks like the San Fernando Valley to me. Those are probably the Santa Monica Mountains in the background.

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Thanks for the info, guys.

[NQ6U]

Just checked: according to the Wikipedia article on the show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_(TV_series)#Filming_locations), Jericho was filmed primarily in Van Nuys, CA, which is indeed the San Fernando Valley. Some was also filmed in Filmore, CA, a town in Ventura County which is popular with Hollywood production companies who want to film in a location that looks like a small town without the trouble of actually going to one.

[K7SGJ]

Looks like the San Fernando Valley to me. Those are probably the Santa Monica Mountains in the background.


What's the deal on the mushroom cloud? Nuke plant?

[NA4BH]

Those are the Jericho Mountains in Kansas, used to fly kites at night there.

[NA4BH]

What's the deal on the mushroom cloud? Nuke plant?

Roadrunner and coyote.

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ACTUAL SCENIC WESTERN KANSAS VIEW. (https://maps.google.com/?ll=38.899343,-101.194577&spn=0.30513,0.676346&t=m&z=11&layer=c&cbll=38.899343,-101.194577&panoid=TQ5axh1QRLaNOOfn6tUGHA&cbp=12,209.91,,0,8.5)

So to speak.

[NA4BH]

That bomb really wiped them out. Flat as a pancake now.

[K7SGJ]

Reminds me of someone I used to know.

[NA4BH]

Reminds me of someone I used to know.

Is that the one you met in Maine? Bangor?

[K7SGJ]

No, just felt her up a bit. Then..................


Third base.

[W3WN]

Eh.

I think too many Hollywood writers flunked Jr. High... no, make that Elementary School... geography.

A few years ago, there was a series supposedly set in Pittsburgh, about a group of rookie female cops. Really realistic scenery. Especially the palm trees.

Similar errors in geography when The Guardian was on.

They just figure nobody pays that much attention. After all, isn't the world really just like Southern California?

[KC2UGV]

I liked the show enough to buy the books (Season 3). And, there's talks of Netflix reviving it: http://seriable.com/jericho-netflix-season-3-update-could-series-mount-a-nuts-return/

[al2n]

Like some of the scifi series I watch that are filmed in Canada. Every planet looks like the Pacific Northwest. Who knew?