Tallahassee in popular culture
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Tallahassee
has been represented well in popular culture
through the years. Moreover, Tallahassee has many references on television, motion pictures and music because Tallahassee is home to a teleportative hive-mind, three major colleges and universities, and is a mid-to-large sized city in Florida, and also it is the capitol of the state.
Tallahassee has been mentioned in questions and answers such as "Name the most populous cities in Florida" Tallahassee was the 2nd answer on the red light challenge.
after the credits, as Chris is walking in a hall crowded by around 5 CEOs he says "I got three guys from Tallahassee who want this deal pushed!"
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
has been represented well in popular culture
Popular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
through the years. Moreover, Tallahassee has many references on television, motion pictures and music because Tallahassee is home to a teleportative hive-mind, three major colleges and universities, and is a mid-to-large sized city in Florida, and also it is the capitol of the state.
Popular music
- 1934: Bluesman Tallahassee Tight records his song, Tallahassee Women.
- 1947: Bing CrosbyBing CrosbyHarry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
releases the singleSingle (music)In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
titled, Tallahassee, with the Andrews Sisters. Within the song are the lyrics: "When you see land all green and grassy ... sit down and rest your chassis, you're in Tallahassee." - 1959: Freddy CannonFreddy CannonFrederick Anthony Picariello Jr. , known as Freddy Cannon, is an American rock and roll singer, whose biggest international hits included "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", and "Palisades Park".-Biography:...
releases a single titled, Tallahassee Lassie. Dick Clark subsequently used it on American BandstandAmerican BandstandAmerican Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
for a dance contest. - 1969: Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
releases the album titled: At San QuentinAt San QuentinAt San Quentin is a recording of a live concert given by Johnny Cash to the inmates of San Quentin State Prison. As well as being released on record the concert was filmed by Granada Television....
, the song Wanted Man with the lyrics, "Wanted man in Tallahassee." - 1976: AerosmithAerosmithAerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
releases the album RocksRocks (album)Rocks is the fourth album by American rock band Aerosmith, released May 3, 1976. Allmusic described Rocks as having "captured Aerosmith at their most raw and rocking". Rocks also ranked #176 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time...
. In the song Last ChildLast Child"Last Child" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford. It was released as the first single from the band's hard rock album Rocks in 1976...
with the lyrics, "Take me back to a south Tallahassee." - 1982: The soundtrack for the film Spring BreakSpring Break (film)Spring Break is a 1983 comedy film, starring David Knell and Perry Lang.Tagline: Like it's really, totally, the most fun a couple of bodies can have. You know?-Plot summary:...
has a song called Hooray For The City by Jack Mack & The Heart Attack which lists Tallahassee among several cities mentioned in the lyrics. - 2002: The Mountain GoatsThe Mountain GoatsThe Mountain Goats is an American indie rock band formed in Claremont, CA by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle himself, despite the plural moniker....
release the album, TallahasseeTallahassee (album)Tallahassee is an album by the Mountain Goats. It was the band's second new album to be released in 2002, and it marked quite a few changes...
. It is composed entirely of songs from the perspective of the Alpha couple, a fictional dysfunctional married couple who have appeared in other Mountain Goats songs. - 2002: Rap duo dead prezDead PrezDead Prez stylized as dead prez is a hip hop duo from the United States, composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City, New York. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with socialist lyrics focused on both militant social justice and Pan-Africanism...
mention Tallahassee in their song Sellin' D.O.P.E. from Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1Turn off the Radio is a 2002 mixtape by political hip hop duo Dead Prez. It was released under the pseudonym DPZ due to a contractual conflict Dead Prez had with their former record label.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 0:56#"Turn off the Radio" – 2:59...
. - 2007: T-Pain releases the CD Epiphany. The song titled Tallahassee Love.
- 2007: Akon & Friends released the song We Taking Over and the lyrics have Tallahassee in the list of the other cities: "Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Memphis TN. Holla at me then".
- 2007: Mayday ParadeMayday ParadeMayday Parade is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida. The band formed in 2005 when members of popular local Tallahassee bands Kid Named Chicago and Defining Moment converged in 2006. Their debut EP Tales Told by Dead Friends was released in 2006, and sold over 20,000 copies without any...
EP Tales Told by Dead Friends In their song Your Song - "And all that Tallahassee skylines, they keep singing out a song". - 2007: Evergreen TerraceEvergreen TerraceEvergreen Terrace is a five-piece melodic hardcore/metalcore band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1999, they are named after the street on which The Simpsons claim residence...
Titles their song "xHey Tallahassee" - 2008: Castanets namedrop Tallahassee in the lyrics to Refuge 2 on their album City of Refuge.
- 2008: The Hip-Hop artist, Rick RossRick Ross (rapper)William Leonard Roberts II , better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection...
, mentions the universities FAMU and Florida State in his song Here I Am. - 2008: Across Five AprilsAcross Five Aprils (band)Across Five Aprils was a post-hardcore band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. The band started in September 2001 and were signed to Victory Records. Their name was borrowed from the late Irene Hunt Novel based around the American Civil War...
record their song "Tallahassee is for hookers" - 2009: Molina & Johnson mention Tallahassee in the lyrics to Twenty Cycles to the Ground on their album Molina & Johnson.
- 2009: Action ItemAction itemIn management, an action item is a documented event, task, activity, or action that needs to take place. Action items are discrete units that can be handled by a single person.-Planning actions:...
writes their song "I woke up in Tallahassee" - 2009: T-Pain films his music video for "Take Your Shirt Off" in Frat Row in Tallahassee
- 2009: Dinosaur Jr. films part of their music video "Over It" in front of The Moon and the Benjamin Banneker Building at Florida A&M.
- 2010: DC Music released "Gold & Garnet" a spoof of Black & Yellow , which mentions Tallahassee, and Florida State University.
- 2010: Easton CorbinEaston CorbinEaston Corbin is an American country music singer. He signed to Mercury Records Nashville in 2009 and released his self-titled debut album in March 2010, featuring the two Number One hits "A Little More Country Than That" and "Roll With It", as well as the top 15 hit "I Can't Love You...
mentions Tallahassee in the lyrics to This Far From Memphis on his self-titled album. - 2011: Go RadioGo RadioGo Radio is a rock band from Tallahassee, Florida, formed by former Mayday Parade vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Jason Lancaster in April 2007.The band has toured with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, A Day to Remember, as well as Mayday Parade...
LP "Lucky Street" in their song "Any Other Heart" - "Well, Tallahassee will stay gray outside instead".
Theater
- August WilsonAugust WilsonAugust Wilson was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama...
's Century Cycle plays include references to Tallahassee in Joe Turner's Come and GoneJoe Turner's Come and GoneJoe Turner's Come and Gone is a play by American playwright, August Wilson, the second installment of his decade-by-decade chronicle of the African-American experience, The Pittsburgh Cycle...
and Fences.
Film
- 1986: The film Something WildSomething WildThe 2008 edition of the album does contain the hidden keyboard solo that was originally at the end of "Touch Like Angel of Death", but it is at the end of the bonus song "Mass Hypnosis".-Personnel:Children of Bodom*Alexi Laiho – vocals, lead guitar...
is released; parts of the motion picture were filmed in Tallahassee and Quincy. - 1986:The Deliberate StrangerThe Deliberate StrangerThe Deliberate Stranger is a book and television film about serial killer Ted Bundy.-Book:Bundy: The Deliberate Stranger was written by a Seattle Times reporter named Richard W. Larsen and published in 1980...
is televised in May of that year. The film depicts the life of serial killerSerial killerA serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
Ted BundyTed BundyTheodore Robert "Ted" Bundy was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women during the 1970s, and possibly earlier...
, who terrorized the Chi Omega sorority house in Tallahassee. - 1991: Fried Green TomatoesFried Green Tomatoes (film)Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 comedy-drama film based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. It was released in the UK under the novel's full title. Directed by Jon Avnet and written by Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski, it stars Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy,...
is released in theaters. In the film, the fictional town of Whistle Stop, Alabama is served by the Tallahassee & Albany Railroad running through it. This railroad never existed, a nod to Tallahassee. - 1993: True RomanceTrue RomanceTrue Romance is a 1993 American romance crime film written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott. The film stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette with an ensemble cast consisting of Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin...
is released in theaters. Written by Quentin TarantinoQuentin TarantinoQuentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
, Tallahassee is mentioned as the home of Alabama Whitman played by Patricia ArquettePatricia ArquettePatricia T. Arquette is an American actress and director. She played the lead character in the supernatural drama series Medium for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series....
.
- 1998: The Players ClubThe Players ClubThe Players Club is a 1998 comedy/drama thriller film from New Line Cinema starring Bernie Mac, LisaRaye, and Jamie Foxx. Ice Cube, who has a small role in the film, wrote and made his directorial debut. The movie made $5,894,607 in its opening week...
film, Tallahassee is mentioned as the home of the character Ebony Monica CalhounMonica CalhounMonica Calhoun is an American film and television actress. She is best known in her film roles such as The Players Club, The Best Man, and The Salon. She is a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.... - 1999: The Green MileThe Green Mile (film)The Green Mile is a 1999 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont and adapted by him from the 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name...
is released in theaters. Written by Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
and produced by Frank DarabontFrank DarabontFrank Darabont is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He has directed the films The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist, all based on stories by Stephen King...
. The character Eduard Delacroix, a CajunCajunCajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles...
prisoner played by Michael JeterMichael JeterMichael Jeter was an American actor.- Early life :Michael Jeter was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. His mother, Virginia , was a housewife...
, who is about to be executed is told that Mr. Jingles, his pet mouse, will live in Mouseville.- Dialogue: Brutus "Brutal" Howell played by David MorseDavid Morse (actor)David Bowditch Morse is an American stage, television, and film actor. He first came to national attention as Dr. Jack Morrison in the medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988...
says, "How about Mouseville?" Eduard Delacroix played by Michael JeterMichael JeterMichael Jeter was an American actor.- Early life :Michael Jeter was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. His mother, Virginia , was a housewife...
says, "Mouseville?" Brutal replies, "Tourist attraction down in Florida. Tallahassee, I think. Is that right, Paul? Tallahassee?" Paul Edgecomb played by Tom HanksTom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
says, "Yeah, that's right. Tallahassee. Just down the road apiece from the dog university." (transcribed from DVD)
- Dialogue: Brutus "Brutal" Howell played by David Morse
- 2002: The Victor NuñezVictor NuñezVictor Nuñez is a film director, professor at the Florida State University College of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts, and a founding member of the Independent Feature Project. He is best known for directing Ulee's Gold, a critically acclaimed movie starring Jessica Biel and Peter...
film CoastlinesCoastlinesCoastlines is an independent 2002 dramatic film written and directed by Victor Nunez.-Cast:* Timothy Olyphant as Sonny Mann* Josh Brolin as Dave Lockhart* Sarah Wynter as Ann Lockhart* Scott Wilson as Pa Mann* Angela Bettis as Effie Bender...
features scenes shot in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. - 2003: The movie Manfast was fully filmed in Tallahassee, Florida. The movie was fully based around the city, and showed much of downtown. The movie box cover has the Florida Capitol Building on it as well.
- 2006: Hacking DemocracyHacking DemocracyHacking Democracy is a 2006 documentary film by producer Robert Carrillo Cohen and producer / directors Russell Michaels and Simon Ardizzone, shown on HBO...
, a documentary, is released on DVD after premiering on HBO. Tallahassee became the site of the Hursti HackHursti HackThe Hursti Hack was a successful attempt to alter the votes recorded on a Diebold optical scan voting machine. The hack is named after Harri Hursti.- Participants :The participants were:*Ion Sancho, Supervisor of Elections, Leon County, Florida....
proving Diebold voting machines can be hacked and altered to steal an election. Tallahassee comprises a large amount of the running time. - 2008: RecountRecount (film)Recount is a 2008 made-for-TV film about the 2000 Presidential election in the United States. The political drama was written by Danny Strong, directed by Jay Roach, and produced by Kevin Spacey, who also stars in the film....
, an HBO made-for-TV movie, was filmed for five days in Tallahassee during November 2007, with two days of filming inside and directly in front of the Florida Supreme CourtFlorida Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of the State of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each...
building in the Capitol Complex. It chronicles the Florida vote recounts in the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, and the December Supreme Court ruling that gave Bush the White House. Starring Kevin SpaceyKevin SpaceyKevin Spacey, CBE is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television...
, Laura DernLaura DernLaura Elizabeth Dern is an American actress, film director and producer. Dern has acted in such films as Smooth Talk , Blue Velvet , Fat Man and Little Boy , Wild at Heart , Jurassic Park and October Sky...
, Ed Begley, Jr.Ed Begley, Jr.Edward James "Ed" Begley, Jr. is an American actor and environmentalist. Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He is best known for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, on the television series St...
, Denis LearyDenis LearyDenis Colin Leary is an Irish-American actor, comedian, writer and director. Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking...
, and John HurtJohn HurtJohn Vincent Hurt, CBE is an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal, Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York...
, the movie had its broadcast premiere on HBO on May 25, 2008. - 2009: The music video for "Over It" by Dinosaur Jr. was partially shot in Tallahassee, and features shots of the band skateboarding at FAMU and the local venue The Moon.
- 2009: Woody HarrelsonWoody HarrelsonWoodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor.Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd...
starred in the movie ZombielandZombielandZombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse...
. The characters names in the movie are based on which city the characters are attempting to reach in the post-apocalypse United States, and Harrelson's character is named Tallahassee. - 2009: T-PainT-PainFaheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...
had a music video filmed for Take your shirt offTake Your Shirt Off"Take Your Shirt Off" is the first promo single by American recording artist T-Pain for his fourth studio album RevolveR. It was released on iTunes for purchase on October 9, 2009.-Background:...
, which was filmed in Tallahassee.
ALF
- 1986-1990 - ALFALF (TV series)ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.The series starred Max...
, in the Season 4 episode "Wanted: Dead or Alive", ALF is watching Crime Stoppers when one of their suspects, a criminal and polygamist that looks exactly like Willie Tanner, was reported to be last seen in Tallahassee 7 years ago. The reporter also says that the State of Florida is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to his capture.
Ben 10
In one episode, Gwen was reading a list of cities where one of Ben's aliens was seen and Tallahassee was mentionedCash Cab
On a couple of episodes of Cash CabCash Cab (U.S. game show)
Cash Cab is an American game show that began airing on the Discovery Channel on December 5, 2005. The program is hosted by stand-up comedian Ben Bailey. While Bailey's show takes place in New York City, some episodes of Season 6 take place in Las Vegas...
Tallahassee has been mentioned in questions and answers such as "Name the most populous cities in Florida" Tallahassee was the 2nd answer on the red light challenge.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
- 2000–present - Curb Your EnthusiasmCurb Your EnthusiasmCurb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
, in the series, Larry David'sLarry DavidLawrence Gene "Larry" David is an American actor, writer, comedian and producer. He is best known as the co-creator , head writer, and executive producer of the television series Seinfeld from 1989 to 1996, and for creating the 1999 HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a partially improvised sitcom in...
wife, Cheryl, is from Tallahassee and often makes references that her parents still live there. This is typical of the show, which is often based in reality, as the actress Cheryl HinesCheryl HinesCheryl Ruth Hines is an American actress and director, known for her role as Larry David's wife Cheryl on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. She currently appears on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory...
grew up in Tallahassee.
Dexter
When looking into Jordan Chase's history, one of the detectives mentions that he was born in a "small redneck town outside of Tallahassee," quite possibly Monticello, Capitola, or Chaires to name a few.Family Guy
At the end of Stewie Griffin: The Untold StoryStewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story is a 2005 direct-to-DVD animated comedy film set in the Family Guy fictional universe. Released on September 27, 2005, the film's main plot point concerns Stewie Griffin trying to find his real father...
after the credits, as Chris is walking in a hall crowded by around 5 CEOs he says "I got three guys from Tallahassee who want this deal pushed!"
"Here's Your Sign" Award
A Tallahassee swamp is showed and mentioned and won a sign award on CMT.Jericho
- 2006-2008 - Jericho (TV series)Jericho (TV series)Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States...
, in the episode, "Black Jack", it was noted on the news board that Tallahassee, Florida survived, because, as the capital of Florida, it was supporting the president in Montgomery, Alabama.
Episodes
- What Kate DidWhat Kate Did"What Kate Did" is the 34th episode of Lost. It is the ninth episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Paul Edwards, and written by Steven Maeda and Craig Wright. It first aired on November 30, 2005 on ABC. The character of Kate Austen is featured in the episode's...
. Series episode #33. (Production Code: 209). Season 2, Episode 9. Aired November 30, 2006. Kate AustenKate AustenKatherine Anne "Kate" Austen is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly. She is the de facto female lead...
played by Evangeline LillyEvangeline LillyEvangeline Lilly is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama, Lost.-Early life:...
is buying a bus ticket and says, "Tallahassee one-way, please." Another character responds, "Tallahassee? I spent a week in Tallahassee once. It's all strip malls and Waffle Houses. What's a pretty girl like you going to do down in Tallahassee?" - LockdownLockdown (Lost)"Lockdown" is the 42nd episode of Lost. It is the 17th episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof. It first aired on March 29, 2006 on ABC...
. Series episode #41 (Production Code: 217). Season 2, Episode 17. Aired Wednesday March 29, 2006. Dr. Jack ShepherdJack ShephardDr. Jack Shephard is a fictional character and protagonist of the ABC television series Lost played by Matthew Fox. Lost follows the journey of the survivors of Oceanic Airlines flight 815 on a mysterious island and their attempts to survive and escape, slowly uncovering more of the much broader...
played by Matthew FoxMatthew Fox (actor)Matthew Chandler Fox is an American actor. He is mostly known for his role as Charlie Salinger on Party of Five, and for portraying Jack Shephard on the supernatural drama television series Lost.- Early life :...
and James "Sawyer" Ford played by Josh HollowayJosh HollowayJoshua Lee "Josh" Holloway is an American actor and model from Free Home, Georgia. He is best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Ford on the American television show Lost.-Early life:...
are playing pokerPokerPoker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
. Sawyer says, "Okay, I'll call you with the aspirinAspirinAspirin , also known as acetylsalicylic acid , is a salicylate drug, often used as an analgesic to relieve minor aches and pains, as an antipyretic to reduce fever, and as an anti-inflammatory medication. It was discovered by Arthur Eichengrun, a chemist with the German company Bayer...
and raise you with a bottle of Amoxicilin." Jack says, "Do you even know what Amoxicilin is?" Sawyer replies, "You may have been to PhuketPhuket ProvincePhuket , formerly known as Thalang and, in Western sources, Junk Ceylon , is one of the southern provinces of Thailand...
, Doc, but I've been to Tallahassee. Let's just say something was burning and it wasn't from the sunshine." - The Man from TallahasseeThe Man from Tallahassee"The Man from Tallahassee" is the 13th episode of the 3rd season of Lost, and the 62nd episode overall. It was aired on March 21, 2007 on ABC. The episode was written by Drew Goddard and Jeff Pinkner and directed by Jack Bender...
. Series episode #61 (Production Code: 313). Season 3, Episode 13. Aired March 21, 2007. The man from Tallahassee is Anthony Cooper played by Kevin TigheKevin TigheKevin Tighe is an American character actor primarily known for his roles on television. Tighe is best known for his role as Roy DeSoto, a senior paramedic, on the NBC series Emergency! . He and Randolph Mantooth, his partner in the series, have remained close friends...
, father of John LockeJohn Locke (Lost)John Locke is a fictional character played by Terry O'Quinn on the ABC television series Lost. He is named after English philosopher John Locke...
played by Terry O'QuinnTerry O'QuinnTerry O'Quinn is an American actor, most famous for playing John Locke on the TV series Lost. He made his debut in a 1980 television movie called F.D.R.: The Last Year. Since then, O'Quinn has had minor supporting roles in films and TV movies such as Young Guns, All the Right Moves, Silver Bullet,...
. In the episode, Ben played by Michael EmersonMichael EmersonMichael Emerson is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his roles as Benjamin Linus on Lost and fictional serial killer William Hinks in The Practice.-Early life:...
says to another man from his hospital bed, "Bring me the man from Tallahassee." Later John Locke says, "The man from Tallahassee - what is that? Some kind of code?" - The BrigThe Brig"The Brig" is the 19th episode of the 3rd season of Lost, and the 68th episode overall. It aired on May 2, 2007. The episode was written by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse and directed by Eric Laneuville...
. Series episode #67 (Production Code: 319). Season 3, Episode 19. Aired Wednesday May 2, 2007. Inside the land bound hull of a mid-19th century British slave shipSlave shipSlave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves, especially newly purchased African slaves to Americas....
, The Black Rock, James "Sawyer" Ford played by Josh HollowayJosh HollowayJoshua Lee "Josh" Holloway is an American actor and model from Free Home, Georgia. He is best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Ford on the American television show Lost.-Early life:...
confronts Anthony Cooper played by Kevin TigheKevin TigheKevin Tighe is an American character actor primarily known for his roles on television. Tighe is best known for his role as Roy DeSoto, a senior paramedic, on the NBC series Emergency! . He and Randolph Mantooth, his partner in the series, have remained close friends...
. Sawyer says, "How did you get here...to the island?" Cooper replies, "To the island, huh, huh, (chuckles). OK, I'm driving down I-10 through Tallahassee when 'bam' somebody slams into the back of my car. I go right into the divider at 70 miles an hour the next thing I know the paramedics are strapping me to a gurney stuffing me in to the back of an ambulance and one of them actually smiles at me as he pops the IV into my arm. And then nothing. Just black. And the next thing I know I wake up in a dark room tied up gag in my mouth and when the door opens I'm looking up at the same man I threw out a window, John Locke, my dead son." (transcribed from DVD)
- In an ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
podcastPodcastA podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
, two of the executive producers, Carlton CuseCarlton CuseCarlton Cuse is an AmericanEmmy Award winning screenwriter and producer, most famous as executive producer andscreenwriter for the American television series Lost for...
and Damon LindelofDamon LindelofDamon Laurence Lindelof is an American television writer and executive, most recently noted as the co-creator and executive producer for the television series Lost. He has written for and produced Crossing Jordan, and wrote for Nash Bridges, Wasteland, and the MTV anthology series Undressed...
, said about Tallahassee: "It just happens to be a nexus point where many of our characters have crossed paths." "Like a hellmouthHellmouthHellmouth is the entrance to Hell envisaged as the gaping mouth of a huge monster, an image which first appears in Anglo-Saxon art, and then spread all over Europe, remaining very common in depictions of the Last Judgment and Harrowing of Hell until the end of the Middle Ages, and still sometimes...
?" Cuse asked. "Yeah, like a hellmouth," Lindelof replied. (Jeff Burlew, Tallahassee DemocratTallahassee DemocratThe Tallahassee Democrat is a daily broadsheet newspaper. It covers the area centered around Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida, as well as adjacent Gadsden County, Jefferson County, and Wakulla County...
, March 23, 2007).