A customer was asking about the series "Eureka" yesterday, prompting me to realize there have been more and more Humboldt references in entertainment lately. There have been a fair share of movies filmed up here, but rarely do we get chosen as a setting. I guess we're not so far from L.A.
"Eureka"-- Haven't watched the show, but I think it borrows the name and not much else.
"The L Word"-- Apparently this show has a spin-off (update: Showtime has not picked the spin-off, bummer): a prison soap opera . It sounds to me like Pam Grier's career has come full circle. The new show's setting: Humboldt State Farm and Prison for Women.
"Lost" -- Had a back story where the Locke character goes to the Pacific Northwest working for a farm. Only later does he discover its secret crop...
"Humboldt County"-- I've been avoiding this one. It was shot in Humboldt, which is more than the other shows can say, so it might be worth watching for location spotting.
Not to mention David Arquette's well-meaning "Reggae on the River" inspired slasher: THE TRIPPER. The one where Paul Rubens (that's Pee-Wee y'all) plays a right-wing nut job killing a bevy of stoned festival goers. Though actually filmed in Santa Cruz, the story is doubtlessly based on our very own homespun So.Hum gathering.
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