I know 'The State'
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Benson
plainclothesman — 19 years ago(June 05, 2006 03:57 PM)
in the episode where they crash the copter on the way to play golf the guvner says that they are going to fly across the state to play at Indian Mounds Country Club wich is in Fairmont City,Illinois.
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perwilvil — 19 years ago(June 05, 2006 04:19 PM)
Just throwing my two cents in. I'm guessing that the writer for that episode was familiar with this club, and used the name. Somehow, the story editor missed this.
Someone else wrote on another post that the helicopter crashes in a desert, which would rule out Illinois or Connecticut. Perhaps they just wanted to confuse all of us who like to analyze the show! -
perwilvil — 19 years ago(June 05, 2006 08:34 PM)
Am I mistaken, or are those two different episodes (I've seen so many that they jumble together). Someone posted a message that when the helicopter crashes, they pass through desert (didn't see that episode recently), but then there is another episode (which I seem to recall seeing this weekend), where the governor sends troops to train in New Mexico because there is no desert in the state.
Anyways, like someone said in the "Connecticut" link, it is every state, and it is no state. I do however think its fun to look for clues. -
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perwilvil — 19 years ago(June 28, 2006 11:01 PM)
. . . at a press conference that the Governor's father interupts, there was a microphone with the call letters W - - - (dont remember the other three letters) which means that its East of the Mississippi, and since its certainly not the South because of the accents (particularly Taylor's New York accent).
Another interesting tidbit is that in the episode when Benson and Krauss go out at 2:30 in the morning to a convenience store to buy sandwiches, Pete's wife calls from Tahiti, and says that it is 6:30 (p.m. the day earlier presumably) there. I looked up on the Internet the time difference between the East Coast and Tahiti, and its six hours earlier, only five hours earlier than the midwest, etc. In other words, it can't be 2:30 a.m. anywhere in the USA and 6:30 in Tahiti.
Like a couple people have said, Connecticut is a good guess because of the map on the wall and the governor's family from "Soap" live in Connecticut.
I know Benson takes place in a FICTIONAL TVLAND STATE, but I enjoy looking for clues. -
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KingofSiam — 13 years ago(March 31, 2013 09:09 PM)
New York also makes sense. Having the governor's family not far away allows them to be in Connecticut.
In the episode "Kraus's Deadly Mistake" Kraus thinks she is dying and begins to live it up. She shows up at Benson's apartment drunk in the early morning hours. Benson grabs the phone to call a cab and he specifically says he is calling the Sunshine Cab Company. This episode aired in 1982 on ABC. That is the same year that Taxi last aired on ABC. Taxi centered in NYC on The Sunshine Cab Company. Its not hard to imagine Reverend Jim (Iggy) driving up to Albany for any reason he thinks of. -
brinamorg73 — 19 years ago(July 16, 2006 04:53 PM)
I watched an episode of Benson this weekend where Benson and DiDi Conns character were analyzing census counts to determine how the state could have lost a significant number of residents. Didi came running into Benson's office screaming she "found the people" and explained that the census bureau inadvertantly gave counts meant for their state to Springfield, IL. So that cancels out the Illinois theory.
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WaitingFor22 — 19 years ago(August 22, 2006 06:16 PM)
I think they purposely set it up so pretty much every state was ruled out. Does anyone remember the episode "Oval Office" when Benson and the Governor are summoned to DC to see the President? Benson says to the Governor that they flew "1900 miles for two plastic pens and some stale pastry." If you went by that statement alone, you'd have to cancel out everything but the west coast.
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bobbyknightmare — 19 years ago(September 19, 2006 05:40 PM)
I just saw the episode where Benson and the Governor visit the White House and Benson mentions that they came 1800 miles for nothing. Among the state capitals 1800 miles from DC are Santa Fe, New Mexico; Helena, Montana; Austin, Texas; Pierre, South Dakota; and Bismark, South Dakota. So it must be somewhere in the Rocky Mountains or the Southwest.
