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matt saracen’s house

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Home of Dillon Panthers QB1 Matt Saracen from NBC's football drama Friday Night Lights. I would assume someone lives here, so if you visit, be nice.

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the colbert report studio

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Comedy Central's The Colbert Report debuted on October 17, 2005. In the show, the eponymous character, Stephen Colbert, is a self-aggrandizing buffoon who doesn't let facts get in the way of his "truthiness." The concept initially pitched was simply one line: "our version of The O'Reilly Factor with Stephen Colbert."

Since the show's debut, Colbert's persistent quest to feed his character's ego has succeeded in many different fields. Among the numerous honors, he now has a spider named after him (Aptostichus stephencolberti), a treadmill on the International Space Station is called the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT), and an OHL team mascot (Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle).

Colbert's own titles have grown with an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Knox College and a knighthood from Queen Noor of Jordan. Current production title: Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert D.F.A. The show currently tapes at NEP Studio 54 at this address.

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the daily show studio

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The first The Daily Show aired on July 21, 1996. Created by Lizz Winstead and Madeleine Smithberg for Comedy Central, the original host was Craig Kilborn. The show's initial focus was focusing on human-interest stories and generally mocking hapless people.

In January 1999, Jon Stewart took over as host, and the show's focus shifted to satirical news. With the addition of key writers recruited from The Onion, The Daily Show became adept at skewering politics and traditional media with razor-sharp satire. Since 2000, The Daily Show has received 16 Emmys and 2 Peabodys. While the show's mantra insists that they provide "entertainment through fake news", the dedication to integrity (even if comedically) has given the show an air of credibility that few serious television journalistic outlets have replicated.

The Daily Show currently tapes at NEP Studio 52 at this address most Mondays through Thursdays.

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workaholics house

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The first season of Comedy Central's Workaholics was filmed at this location. Some of the cast members (Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson) and director Kyle Newacheck (a.k.a. Karl, a.k.a. "the human genius", a.k.a. "the guy on the t-shirt") lived at this location while filming the series. Anders said he would not live at the house "because it was gross and had rats."

In a disturbing act of life imitating art, cast member Blake Anderson fractured his back at this location after jumping off the roof onto a beer pong table.

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hollywood theatre

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Episode 5, Season 1 of Portlandia features the location of the Hollywood Theatre, a historic nonprofit theatre in Portland. In the sketch, Gus Van Sant is moderating a discussion after a screening of the Warnicker Bros. new film at the Blunderbuss festival. Franny Walker (played by Selma Blair) is the principal of the ground-breaking film.

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