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sledeen |
40. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 4 2009, 2:07 PM EST
I don't know if Melinda is supposed to be from Grandview or not. The producer, John Gray is from Brooklyn, originally, but may live in Grandview now. It is located in the upscale Westchester County where clebrities like to move when they get enough money to be able to afford to live there. It just says that he took the real Ghost Whisperer, Mary Ann Winkowski, from Ohio, to his home in New York. His wife is Melissa Jo Peltier, is the Executive Producer of "The Dog Whisperer". Melissa--Melinda, you know. Grandview, New York, is only 30 miles from downtown Manhattan. So I am going to guess that John Gray and his wife together used familiar surroundings when they created the show.
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kailey12 |
41. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 5 2009, 1:47 AM EST
"Well, that explains when they were doing a flashback on one episode of when Melinda first met Jim. It looked like they were living in New York, any borrough, so I guessed it could be upstate New York. Is Melinda supposed to be from Grandview?"Ya I think so. Remember the season finale last year when Paul Eastman was showing Mel the basement where he was burried, and when Jim looked in to it he found that it was actually the house that Mel grew up in. I think that it was in Grandview. Or at least a somewhere right out side of Grandview. But remember how her mom said that she used to live there and had to move because Grandview wasn't a good place for people like Mel and her. So ya I would say that Mel grew up in Grandview Do you find this valuable? |
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melsie |
42. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 5 2009, 8:58 AM EST
"Well, that explains when they were doing a flashback on one episode of when Melinda first met Jim. It looked like they were living in New York, any borrough, so I guessed it could be upstate New York. Is Melinda supposed to be from Grandview?"I remember that episode and while I've never been to New York, it did look like every other New York scene I've seen in movies/tv so it makes sense I suppose? Do you find this valuable? |
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melsie |
43. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 5 2009, 9:01 AM EST
"I don't know if Melinda is supposed to be from Grandview or not. The producer, John Gray is from Brooklyn, originally, but may live in Grandview now. It is located in the upscale Westchester County where clebrities like to move when they get enough money to be able to afford to live there. It just says that he took the real Ghost Whisperer, Mary Ann Winkowski, from Ohio, to his home in New York. His wife is Melissa Jo Peltier, is the Executive Producer of "The Dog Whisperer". Melissa--Melinda, you know. Grandview, New York, is only 30 miles from downtown Manhattan. So I am going to guess that John Gray and his wife together used familiar surroundings when they created the show. "The Grandview on the show may be an amalgamation of lots of different places in the NYC area (New York, Brooklyn, Grandview). I didn't know that John Gray's wife was the Executive Producer for The Dog Whisperer! That's probably how they got Cesar Millan on the show, hahah Do you find this valuable? |
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NOONEYOU'DKNOW |
44. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 5 2009, 12:39 PM EST
"The Grandview on the show may be an amalgamation of lots of different places in the NYC area (New York, Brooklyn, Grandview).I thought that was odd when I saw the Dog Whisperer on that show. I wondered if because their shows had almost the same name, that was why he was on there. Do you find this valuable? |
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NOONEYOU'DKNOW |
45. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 5 2009, 12:43 PM EST
It is pretty strange that they won't admit to where the show's supposed to take place. Burn Notice is Miami, and so is one of the CSI shows, and the other two are in Las Vegas and New York, The Closer is Los Angeles, That's so Raven (obviously my daughter's favorite show) takes place in San Francisco. I don't understand why some shows are so blatant about where they take place and others like Ghost Whisperer won't even tell you what state, but they tell you the city. Just find it odd when they do that. I have to know all the w's-where, when, why, what?
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melsie |
46. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 5 2009, 4:36 PM EST
"It is pretty strange that they won't admit to where the show's supposed to take place. Burn Notice is Miami, and so is one of the CSI shows, and the other two are in Las Vegas and New York, The Closer is Los Angeles, That's so Raven (obviously my daughter's favorite show) takes place in San Francisco. I don't understand why some shows are so blatant about where they take place and others like Ghost Whisperer won't even tell you what state, but they tell you the city. Just find it odd when they do that. I have to know all the w's-where, when, why, what?"It's like The Simpson's of the one-hour drama!!! Do you find this valuable? |
browneyedmum |
47. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 19 2009, 4:55 PM EST
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I have checked the net and the filming locations for Ghost Whisperer are the following : Altadena, California, USA; Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA; Orange Circle - Chapman Ave. & Glassell Street, Orange, California, USA; Pasadena, California, USA; Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
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cybergrl2004 |
48. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 19 2009, 5:15 PM EST
Yeah, CSI NY is not filmed in NY, but as the title says, it's NY. They have sets to recreate a specific place. It's probably filmed on film lots, but I still say the town itself is in New York, because too many things lead me to believe that. Like where they were headed on last Season's Finale, to see the Boats. They have that every year on the Hudson River. The sailing of the old ships. Galleons and such. That and Rockland University. There is A Rockland County and a University there. And the plate that you see every once in awhile is the New York Plate, white with the Blue on top. Before that, it was the white plate. Once they had a blue plate, which could be the old Conneticut State plates, where going to the City is not that far. A couple of hours drive. depending on where you're driving from. Cost wise it's cheaper for them to build a set then film on location.
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browneyedmum |
49. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 19 2009, 5:30 PM EST
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i'm sorry to burst your bubble cybergrl2004 but my locations are correct. i got them from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460644/they usually write in there where the different film locations are Do you find this valuable? |
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cybergrl2004 |
50. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 19 2009, 6:15 PM EST
I don't doubt the actual filming locations are correct, but I think they recreated a town from Either NY or CT. They don't have to be filming in the states, just recreate the Main St and things like that. They didn't actually go to the port, but talked about it. They most likely did the Masts and stuff via green screen. Even in movies, they're filmed in one place, but the storyline maybe someplace else completely. That's why I brought up CSIs because the titles say one place, but they are actually filmed in California. They build sets to look like NYC, Miami, and Vegas. I wasn't disagreeing with you as to where the Actors and Physical location is, but the Town 'Melinda' lives and has the business in, is a New England Town. I mean they drove down to one of the Carolina's, storyline wise. They didn't really, but that gives a clue as to where the setting is. It's like Daylight, they didn't close down the Lincoln Tunnel for the filmiing, they recreated a portion of it. It would be out of the question to acutally have the Real Lincoln Tunnel Blow up. That would be crazy. Another example is some of the blockbuster Movies. Such as Titanic, the setting was on the Atlantic Ocean, but it was actually filmed on a Mock Liner, and as the ship was sinking it was filmed in a tank with actual ice chunks. Think about it that way.
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1Cassie |
51. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Feb 28 2009, 11:08 PM EST
In Grandview, Missouri
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JaniceClay |
52. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Mar 2 2009, 7:03 PM EST
It is most definitely New York. Check the license plates in the episodes. The name Grandview is just made up. There doesn't have to be a real town with that name in NY. They just make up the town name. They always do that in tv. Only if a series takes place in a major city such as NY or LA do they mention the correct name. Smaller cities or towns are made up like in That 70's Show or they purposely try and confuse you like in the Simpsons.
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shelteringsky |
53. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Apr 10 2009, 9:26 PM EDT
My vote is a quaint fictional town in southern Rockland County. There is a Grand View in Rockland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_View-on-Hudson,_New_York) as well as a college, but RCC hardly resembles the fictional Rockland U.Do you find this valuable? |
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purefire80 |
54. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Apr 11 2009, 3:24 AM EDT
Actually Grandview is an actual town in New York State. It is in Orange County and it's a small town along the Hudson River. While the name was taken from this real life location, the actual set of Ghost Whisperer is in California. It's in Universal Studios and various other parts. They built an actual town spread over miles to look like a New York State/New England Town. As for the License Plates: From afar they resemble NY plates, however, if you pause your screen and look closely, you will see that where it would normally state "New York" it says "Drive Safely" instead. They cannot use real NY license plates on fake sets. Also, Mel and Jim have mentioned in prior episodes about "The City" and E32 St...and random things like that. They reference the city as if it's just a half hour away.
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Trish88 |
55. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
May 2 2009, 3:39 PM EDT
Grandview is not real... the square( with the soldiers) is the same one where is set the movie "back to the future". At first I thought it was set in Maine ( because of rockland university), but now I' d say Pennsilvanya Do you find this valuable? |
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purefire80 |
56. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
May 2 2009, 6:43 PM EDT
It's definitely not Pennsylvania (although some parts of it may resemble PA). I know for a fact that the set is definitely in California in the LA area. Sometimes, if you are paying close enough attention, once in a blue you can see palm trees in the far background. The set is intended to mimic a New York State town. There is an actual Grandview in Rockland County NY, but it doesn't look anything like the Ghost Whisperer's fictional town. The License plates resemble NY plates as well, but do not say NY. It says Drive Safe. And as I mentioned before, the characters have referenced NYC.
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aussiesarbear |
57. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Jun 18 2009, 12:38 PM EDT
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The "square" is in the backlot at Universal Studios. I have been there and if you go on the backlot tour you can too. Also acording to IMDB it says that it is entirely filmed on the backlot. Although it also says that it is filmed in multiple locations. So figure that out.
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cybergrl2004 |
58. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Jun 18 2009, 5:12 PM EDT
It goes back to what I said before. I never said it wasn't filimed on the Studio Lot, but the setting as to where it is, is NY. The recreated Main St and locations based on the lot, but story line wise, it's Grand View, NY. I grew up in Orange County, NY. That's part of the reason why I recognize the names of the towns they talk about. Take the Season Finale, Jim/Sam took her to the City to the corner where they met. It is literally a recreated NY City. Because it's not filmed in my home state, they can only use similar plates, like they do on Rental Cars. Kind of like Custom Plates.I'm sorry, if I'm sounding arugmentative, but how many people from the area, have to explain it. You've been to the Studio, and did the tour. Did you go to the Park version? Such as Universal Studios? I mean, the one in Florida, has the Earthquake Ride, and they explain how they do scale models, and Green Screen to recreate hole Buildings and Cities. Actually building a small portion of the build. I mentioned it once before. The movie, Daylight. Is about the Lincoln Tunnel. Do you really think they blew up part of the Tunnel? It was done on set. Another example is the movie Titanic. Cameron built sets and a water tank to film in. To simulate the sinking ship, and being in freezing water. Yet, the Actors were never in any real danger of Hypothermia or anything else. Because it was done in the safety of a controlled environment. Because filming in the Atlantic, would have been costly, and a risk to every one. Just think about that, before everyone starts get aggravated about the whole East Coast West Coast thing. I mean, it is filmed on the West Coast, but it IS an East Coast Town. Do you find this valuable? |
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aussiesarbear |
59. RE: Were Does Ghost Whisperer take place?
Jun 19 2009, 5:47 AM EDT
"It goes back to what I said before. I never said it wasn't filimed on the Studio Lot, but the setting as to where it is, is NY..."I wasn't saying that you were wrong or arguing with you, I was reponding more to the where it is filmed part.. As for the plates, they used Californian plates in the pilot episode and then changed to NY ones. Frankly does it really matter where it is supposed to be, it is a fictitious show about a fictitious character who lives in a fictitious town. The only way that the 'argument' will ever truly be settled is if the writers say where it is supposed to be. Anything other than that is pure speculation, even though it says NY on Wikipedia, even that can't be taken as absolute truth as it is not written by the people who created the show, and can be edited by anyone who has an account. Do you find this valuable? |
