The Baton Rouge bed and breakfast has an away-from-it-all feel but is near the attractions of the capital city. Scene: Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce) is seen playing his trombone in a jam-packed, smoky, hole-in-the-wall barroom alongside trumpet player Kermit Ruffins as they knock out a swingin’ Mardi Gras tune with the band. Experience: Laugh through tears (Truvy’s [Dolly Parton] “favorite emotion”) as you enjoy a weekend staying in the actual 1830s, six-bedroom, six-and-a-half bath Steel Magnolia House. In the past few years, there have been shows about Louisiana alligator trappers, exterminators, sheriffs, prisoners, brides, shrimpers, nutria hunters, mixed martial arts fighters, garbage collectors, “bad girls,” overnight millionaires, run-of-the-mill rednecks and pawnshop owners (about whom there are multiple shows). On Mondays, hear him play and enjoy a meal of red beans and rice. Few would know that the sci-fi blockbuster “Oblivion” was shot here; “Cajun Pawn Stars” could have been shot nowhere else. American Horror Story: Coven . NEW ORLEANS — “If I had a dollar every time they asked me for the next Honey Boo Boo Child,” said James Bearb, a Louisiana native and the president of Hollywood South Casting, “I swear I would be the next millionaire.”. This category is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. With a fancy French restaurant all to themselves, Bill asks Sookie to marry him. Scene: It’s based on Tennessee Williams’ 1947 Pulitzer Prize–winning play, and even if you’ve never seen the movie, you know the scene: in the French Quarter in New Orleans, post World War II, Marlon Brando as Stanley screams like a brainless maniac up to his wife, Stella, played by Kim Hunter. Scott Disick and Sofia Richie Breakup - Jun 2020 by Nightstar. Pages in category "Television shows set in Louisiana" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. To find the next David, casting agents scour the landscape, cold calls are made to people with promisingly colorful occupations, producers host pig roasts to get to know potential subjects and local contacts are pressed to recall particularly engaging characters they might have come across or who were rejected from other reality shows. Ava Cantrell. You can’t actually get gumbo there now, but you can get wine and beer and, on Sunday afternoons, a healthy serving of zydeco music during their Cajun fais do do (dance party). The third season of the popular horror anthology series American Horror Story: Coven follows a coven of witches (played by actresses Sarah Paulson, Taissa Farmiga, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, and others) in New Orleans as they try to survive throughout the decades.Coven is also notable for bringing in a number of historical figures … 1 in New Orleans, where the scene took place. Scene: The millionaire Robertson boys deck themselves out with camo gear, shotguns and their famous, handmade duck calls, then cruise on an air boat through the North Louisiana marsh, gather ’round the duck blind and proceed to gleefully blast down one quacker after another. The city is gritty without the melancholy of Baltimore or Detroit. A year before “Swamp People” aired, Mr. Sanghani said, he was told about the “Duck Dynasty” family but he figured he could never sell anything like that. All rights reserved. After excusing herself to the bathroom to think about her answer, Sookie returns to say "yes" only to discover Bill is missing, and there are signs of a struggle. “I always remind my team: Michelangelo claimed he didn’t carve those statues,” Mr. McKillop said. Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, Bike Louisiana for Great Exercise and Fun, A Taste of a Louisiana Favorite: Beignets, Louisiana's Must See-It-To-Believe-It Festivals, Louisiana State Parks Offer Cabin Getaways, Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, Things To Do: Haunted Places in Louisiana. But there is also general agreement that Louisiana is just more interesting than other places, with an ideal mix of Deep South exotica and regular folk accessibility. Experience: Book a boat tour with Cajun Jack into the Atchafalaya Basin to see the “African” environment that provided the perfect backdrop for Tarzan of the Apes. Experience: Start out early and park yourself on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, where the song takes its name.