Comments on: Around The Town http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town Just some guys in Boston, blogging about Good Will Hunting Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alex http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-123 Alex Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:57:44 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-123 Maybe Will was actually going out to California for Peet's coffee. Maybe Will was actually going out to California for Peet's coffee.

]]> By: Alex http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-41 Alex Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:01:18 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-41 Wow, for some reason I thought Peet's was a local chain. But it was actually first in California, and apparently it is a public company now. So not that locally owned or operated. Next thing you'll be telling me they have Starbucks locations outside of Seattle. Wow, for some reason I thought Peet’s was a local chain. But it was actually first in California, and apparently it is a public company now. So not that locally owned or operated. Next thing you’ll be telling me they have Starbucks locations outside of Seattle.

]]> By: Mark http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-40 Mark Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:09:02 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-40 No problem . . . I was a big ABP guy back in the day (there was one in my building), and remember the cups well . . . I noticed them from my first viewing. ;) FWIW, the 'Nashua . . . sheep . . . tend to them' line got a good laugh up in Tyngsboro at the cinema by the state line . . . and Nashua. :D No problem . . . I was a big ABP guy back in the day (there was one in my building), and remember the cups well . . . I noticed them from my first viewing. ;)

FWIW, the ‘Nashua . . . sheep . . . tend to them’ line got a good laugh up in Tyngsboro at the cinema by the state line . . . and Nashua. :D

]]> By: Mike http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-39 Mike Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:22:17 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-39 Peet's isn't a local business, Alex. Zong! Peet’s isn’t a local business, Alex. Zong!

]]> By: Alex http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-38 Alex Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:34:27 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-38 I'm on the #1 bus with the Spare Change News Guy RIGHT NOW. This is like Gawker or something. I’m on the #1 bus with the Spare Change News Guy RIGHT NOW. This is like Gawker or something.

]]> By: Alex http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-37 Alex Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:28:58 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-37 And I just assumed Matt Damon wanted to support local businesses. Oh well. That's so fascinating though!! A Good Will Hunting mystery explained! And I just assumed Matt Damon wanted to support local businesses. Oh well. That’s so fascinating though!! A Good Will Hunting mystery explained!

]]> By: Katherine http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-36 Katherine Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:01:08 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-36 What?? Oh, man, I can't believe I didn't know that... (Obviously I am not a true Cantabrigian.) Thanks, Mark! What?? Oh, man, I can’t believe I didn’t know that… (Obviously I am not a true Cantabrigian.)

Thanks, Mark!

]]> By: Mark http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-35 Mark Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:57:17 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-35 The Peet's cups are correct for Au Bon Pain. Up until around 98/99, they served Peet's coffee chain-wide. If you went into any Au Bon Pain back then, you'd have got a 'Peet's' cup for hot coffee/tea, an 'ONICE' cup for juice and some cold drinks, and a paper 'Au Bon Pain' cup for soda or iced coffee. I think they switched over to 'Ritazza' coffee then . . . Peet's is best! The Peet’s cups are correct for Au Bon Pain. Up until around 98/99, they served Peet’s coffee chain-wide.

If you went into any Au Bon Pain back then, you’d have got a ‘Peet’s’ cup for hot coffee/tea, an ‘ONICE’ cup for juice and some cold drinks, and a paper ‘Au Bon Pain’ cup for soda or iced coffee.

I think they switched over to ‘Ritazza’ coffee then . . . Peet’s is best!

]]> By: Katherine http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-34 Katherine Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:37:02 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-34 Apparently Harvard has a formal ban against commercial filming on campus: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2009/11/12/even-university-filming-annoyed/ Apparently Harvard has a formal ban against commercial filming on campus:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2009/11/12/even-university-filming-annoyed/

]]> By: Alex http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-33 Alex Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:34:25 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-33 Also, I'm not sure where I heard this, or if it is true, but supposedly Harvard hardly ever allows film shoots on campus. The <i>Good Will Hunting</i> scenes were shot elsewhere, as have other recent memorable Harvard films. I believe <i>Love Story</i>, twentysomething years ago, is (one of?) the only films to actually be shot on campus. For <i>The Social Network</i>, they have to make a Harvard Yard at <a href="http://phillipian.net/article/8828" rel="nofollow">Andover</a>. Also, I’m not sure where I heard this, or if it is true, but supposedly Harvard hardly ever allows film shoots on campus. The Good Will Hunting scenes were shot elsewhere, as have other recent memorable Harvard films. I believe Love Story, twentysomething years ago, is (one of?) the only films to actually be shot on campus. For The Social Network, they have to make a Harvard Yard at Andover.

]]> By: Alex http://blogwillhunting.com/around-the-town/comment-page-1#comment-32 Alex Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:07:34 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=551#comment-32 I never noticed the Peet's coffee in the Au Bon Pain scene before -- I like to think that it's a shout out to local businesses (as Peet's is a local chain) and perhaps the cast and crew prefer it to Au Bon Pain. Though we should not neglect to mention that the Harvard Square Au Bon Pain was its first location, even if it is a superchain now. Sometimes I see the Spare Change News Guy (there are other distributors of Spare Change, but this guy is THE guy) on the bus or around town and it's very disorienting that he's being quiet and keeping to himself and not complimenting me as I walk by him. One almost doesn't recognize him. I never noticed the Peet’s coffee in the Au Bon Pain scene before — I like to think that it’s a shout out to local businesses (as Peet’s is a local chain) and perhaps the cast and crew prefer it to Au Bon Pain. Though we should not neglect to mention that the Harvard Square Au Bon Pain was its first location, even if it is a superchain now.

Sometimes I see the Spare Change News Guy (there are other distributors of Spare Change, but this guy is THE guy) on the bus or around town and it’s very disorienting that he’s being quiet and keeping to himself and not complimenting me as I walk by him. One almost doesn’t recognize him.

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