Just think of The Walton house on top of Walton Mountain. It's hard, if you're a fan, not to be filled with nostalgia and a warm, fuzzy glow. Frankly, some TV homes are just more homely than your own bricks and mortar. And the Walton's home has a cultural resonance that is still felt today.
A few years ago the house of the Hamners, the real family who inspired the Waltons, was auctioned off. The three-roomed place was frankly in need of a bit of redecorating, but that didn't matter. It symbolised American values and was hailed as part of the country's very cultural fabric - although it only sold for a snip at $123,000. Maybe if they'd put in a new kitchen?
Everybody needs good neighbours
Just as some TV homes seem more like home than your own pad, TV neighbours can be more neighbourly too. The majority of us don't know who we live next door to. A nod in the street from a neighbour is considered the height of drama; forget the rampant affairs, comas and kidnappings. For many Brits, the residents half a world away in Australia's Ramsay Street are far more familiar.
In fact, the families and friends who live in this Melbourne cul-de-sac are neighbours to viewers in 50 countries around the world.
Famous TV Homes
The fact TV homes are such a part of our culture says a lot about the importance of our houses. Even if they're not as grand as, say the Dynasty mansions or as luxurious as the Californian beach homes in The O.C. We all like to make ourselves at home with them ? even if it is just for an hour a week in the comfort of our own homes.
Here's a quick tour round some favourite TV homes...
The Carrington Mansion
Dynasty ? a family built on oil and shoulder pads. The Carrington mansion was built by tycoon Blake Carrington and his family lived there not so peacefully during the 1980s in this most dramatic of soaps. Set in Colorado, the house was actually in California.
The O.C. Mansion
The O.C is the modern day version of Dynasty for teenagers. The Cohen's red-tile-roof mansion is supposed to be set in Newport Beach, although it is actually in Malibu and that fabulous pool house is a studio set. It's not real you know!
Beverly Hills 90210 Home
The predecessor to The O.C, in this 1990's series, the Walsh family lived in one of the nation's most affluent ZIP codes ? 90210. But in reality the home is located in the 91001 ZIP code of Altadena, a town north of Pasadena.
The Osbourne's MTV House
Just to confuse matters even more, you are sat in the comfort of your own home, watching a TV sitcom about somebody else's home, which in fact turns out to be real! The Osborne's was the first reality sitcom where we had the joy of watching other people's pets doing their business on the carpet.
The Most Famous Designer
Logicalgames ? first of all they are addicting games when you start play ? you long toget to the end, second ? they develop logical thinking making certain goodchanges in our brains. You learn how to think!
There are afew logical games which cross around the world became very popular in manycountries. Let's see the list of most popular of such logical and board games.
Mahjong (m'ji?ng) also called mah-jongg one of the most famous logicalboard games that originated in China. It is involve skills,strategy, calculation and of course a lady Luck, includes elements of poker andDomino. The aim of player is to open pairs of cards with same pictures on.
Chess ? almost all people in the world played chessonce in life at least. Chess competitions took up a substantial place among othersport competitions. It is competitive game played between two players, alsoclassified as a board game, because it is played on board in 64 squares of twocolors. This game has Indian and Persian roots, though for thousands of years itwas modified and appeared many strategies, new rules and classification ofchess. In international tournaments famouschess champions like Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand earnmillions of dollars!
Otherfamous logical game is a patiencealso called solitaire, which every of us has on the computer. There aremany kind of patience exist nowadays of a quite similar character, but varyinggreatly in details. Solitaire is a cardgame played by single person. Microsoft and Apple include this gamesinto system software package. Besides you can load different kind of this gamesfrom internet with no charge. It takes roots from a cartomancy. The objectiveof the patience is dealing cards from a shuffled deck into a prescribedarrangement on the tabletop by means of reordering them by suits and ranks.Each kind of solitaire has certain rules.
And ofcourse Sudoku ? Japanese puzzle gamewhich was spread widely. The objective in this game is to fulfill a 9'9 grid (partiallycompleted grid is given) the way that each column, each row, each of the nine3'3 boxes would contain digits from 1 to 9 just one time! It is pretty hard, isn't it?
This gamesand puzzles certainly will not harm you and your psyche. Opposite they willdevelop your logical skills raising IQ. Actually IQ test is a kind of logicalgame? Don't you think? Plus most of these games are free in internet.
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