Shay and I were talking about the presence that our town has had on tv lately, with the Pirahna movie being filmed here and the show about two people I went to high school with: "Raising Sextuplets" on the WE channel.
He said, "Geez, Havasu's gone hollywood!"
I said, "It's no big deal, they've been filming stuff here for years, it just hasn't gotten that much attention."
Well then he asked me specifically which movies have been filmed in Havasu. It started in the 80's with the "Terror At London Bridge" with the HOFF. Also there was another Made For TV movie I think was called "Million Dollar Mystery." Then that resulted in "Hard Target" which is a soft-core porn. From that a whole slew of soft-core porn was filmed. I didn't tell Shay about those. They of course evolved into hard-core porn. Meanwhile, in 1987, Mtv came for a summer special that lasted a week or so.
There's some Girls Gone Wild footage from here. Mtv did a season or two of their Spring Break here. That was the year I turned 21 and boy did it make that year fun. Tony Hawk filmed a show under the London Bridge. There was a show on Mtv that kind of resembled that "Cheaters" thing on Court tv, and they filmed a couple of shows here. I think it was called "Busted" or something of that nature.
And of course who could forget the series from TruTV last year, originally called "Party Police." I worked as a production assistant on that one. The name was changed to "Party Heat." But it aired to fantastic ratings. Who can resist a show that only has people partying out on the water? Genius.
Most recently there's been some shows for the Fox Sports Channel filmed here because of the boat races. A show called "Smash Labs" did some segments here. The Nitro Circus made a stop here to do some stunts at the London Bridge this past month. The X Games have been here, that was a few years ago.
Shay and I turned the tv on this afternoon and an old "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" from 2003 was on. They featured Tony Castro, a barefoot skiier who was attempting to barefoot ski while driving the boat himself. He was on Lake Havasu.
So, to answer Shay's question, "Havasu's gone Hollywood a long time ago."
While Brandy and R.J. was here, we heard a rumor that Richard Dreyfus took part in Karaoke at a local dive bar every Thursday. It was quite tempting to take the girls there to see if they could have a celebrity moment. But I'm sure it was just a rumor. He's in town for the Pirahna movie, as well as Ving Rames and Elizabeth Shue. I think I'll head up to the film lot that's up the street tonight to see if I can get any photos....
