Address error


In the third season episode "Here's a Shot in the Dark", there appears to be an error in Molly's dialog when she orders Chinese food over the phone. She gives her address as 300 West 79th Street, and this address is incorrect.

As an ex-New Yorker, I remember that West 79th Street is a two-way street, but the street outside her building's lobby as shown in several episodes (such as the first season's "Here's Why You Should Never Wear High Heels to the Bank") is a one-way street. Also, the opening credits include a close-up of a West 76th Street street sign, which would seem to indicate that's the street she lives on. West 76th Street is in fact a one-way street, and that jibes with the street that was shown outside of her lobby several times.

So it seems the address she gives the Chinese restaurant is a script error, and I'm surprised no one on the production staff caught it.

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Well, also, it's common practice to not give the actual real address of the building used so that fans don't show up and bug the owners. Even as far back as Upstairs, Downstairs they used 65 Eton Place but added a 1 in front for filming to make it 165 Eton Place.

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I agree with the person who replied above; it was probably an intentional non-address to prevent actual residents somewhere from being annoyed by overly zealous fans.

The use of fake addresses goes back even earlier. In the 50s, the address given for Lucy and Ricky Ricardo was 623 E. 68th St. -- which would have put them in the East River.

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