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  • The Mansion from “The Beverly Hillbillies” Movie

    The Mansion from “The Beverly Hillbillies” Movie

    ‘ Last week, I received an email from a fellow stalker named Chris who wanted to know if I had any information on the mansion where the Clampett family – Jed (Jim Varney), Jethro Bodine (Diedrich Bader), Elly May (Erika Eleniak), and Granny (Cloris Leachman) – lived in the 1993 movie The Beverly Hillbillies.  Well,…

  • The Los Angeles Filming Locations of “Glow”

    The Los Angeles Filming Locations of “Glow”

    ‘ Be sure to check out my latest article for Los Angeles magazine detailing the filming locations of Glow, the new Netflix comedy series about a 1980s female wrestling organization.  I have to admit that when my editor first pitched me the story, I was skeptical.  The show did not sound like my cup of…

  • Library Bar from “Parenthood”

    Library Bar from “Parenthood”

    ‘ In his bestselling book Outliers: The Story of Success, author Malcolm Gladwell asserts that a person needs 10,000 hours of practice at something in order to become an expert.  I’ve been writing my blog for about nine years now, working on it at least eight hours a day, five days a week, which translates…

  • The “License to Drive” Hospital

    The “License to Drive” Hospital

    ‘ A couple of weeks ago, the Grim Cheaper and I headed to L.A. for a brief visit and just happened to book a hotel on the west side of town for our stay.  The location turned out to be quite fortuitous, too, as it allowed me to stalk a few nearby spots that had…

  • Andrea Zuckerman’s “Valley” House

    Andrea Zuckerman’s “Valley” House

    ‘ I must be on a 90210 kick this week or something, because here I am again blogging about my fave 90′”‘”‘s show. 🙂 My buddy Mike over at just gave me the address of Andrea Zuckerman’”‘”‘s house from , so I had to run right out and stalk it! On the first season of…

  • The “You, Me and Dupree” House – Revisited

    The “You, Me and Dupree” House – Revisited

    ‘ Today’s location is one that I have actually already once blogged about – way back in April of 2008 – but because it was a fairly short write-up and because I somehow missed one very pertinent detail when reporting on the place, I decided that it was most-definitely worthy of a re-post.  The location? …

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    ‘ I will be taking the next five days off in order to spend Thanksgiving week with my family.  But I will be back with a whole new location on Monday, November 26th.  In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this favorite Thanksgiving moment from Friends, in which Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) accidentally adds beef…

  • Orange Army-Navy from “That Thing You Do!”

    Orange Army-Navy from “That Thing You Do!”

    ‘ Another day, another That Thing You Do! locale.  It is one of my all-time favorite movies, after all!  In early December, the Grim Cheaper and I found ourselves in the O.C. and decided to head out to Old Towne Orange to do some Christmas shopping.  While perusing the charming streets and boutiques, I was…

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Childhood Orphanage

    Marilyn Monroe’s Childhood Orphanage

    ‘ It’s shaping up to be Marilyn Monroe week here at iamnotastalker, because here I am yet again blogging about yet another location relating to the late actress.  Thanks to the “Movie Star Homes and Notorious Crime Scenes” map that Mike, from MovieShotsLA, purchased for me while the two of us were out and about…

  • The Chinese Food Restaurant from “A Lot Like Love”

    The Chinese Food Restaurant from “A Lot Like Love”

    ‘ After what seems like months of searching, I have FINALLY found the Chinese Food restaurant from my fave romantic comedy . For the past few weeks, I have dragged my poor father to literally every single Chinese and Japanese restaurant in the greater Pasadena area, because according to the director’”‘”‘s commentary on the DVD,…