#CHARLES IN CHARGE SERIES#

Polinsky recounted multiple instances of bad behavior on Baio's part, going all the way back to the then-11-year-old actor's first year on the show. He didn't appear in person for a Wednesday press conference, broadcast on Facebook, but Jennifer McGrath, Baio's civil lawyer, confirmed that he 'flatly denies every allegation that's been made.' The site is now part of the Universal City Red Line Station parking lot.Scott Baio denies Nicole Eggert's sexual abuse claim in new interviewД«aio, who has vehemently denied Eggert's claims, had a similar response to Polinsky. Stalk It: The Universal Park condominium building, aka the Charles in Charge вЂњhouse,вЂќ was formerly located at 10711 Bluffside Drive in Studio City.

And you can check out my other blog, The Well-Heeled Diabetic, here. When looking at my photographs of the site, I canвЂ™t help but be reminded of the вЂњBig Yellow TaxiвЂќ lyrics вЂ“ вЂњThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot.вЂќДЇor more stalking fun, be sure to follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Los Angeles magazine online. As you can see, during the course of the MTA construction, Bluffside Drive was moved quite a bit to make room for the Red Station parking lot.ДЄ current view of that same spot is pictured below with Universal ParkвЂ™s former location denoted with a pink вЂњX.вЂќ Pictured below is that same 1980 aerial view with an overlay of the current street layout on top of it. Universal Park is denoted with a pink arrow. A 1980 view of the site from Historic Aerials is pictured below. By February of 1996, all of the units in the building had been vacated and Universal Park was demolished shortly thereafter. The guy seems to have had a new girlfriend in every single show!ДЄ much clearer view of the Universal Park signage was visible in вЂњDiamonds ArenвЂ™t a GirlвЂ™s Best Friend.вЂќДЄccording to a 1996 Daily News article, when the final location was chosen for the new Universal City Red Line Station, Universal Park homeowners вЂњsought condemnationвЂќ for the building in order to вЂњavoid livingвЂќ directly across from an MTA parking lot. In the episode, the site was again home to another of MichaelвЂ™s flames. Thanks to Knight Rider Online, I learned that the Season 2 episode titled вЂњDiamonds ArenвЂ™t a GirlвЂ™s Best FriendвЂќ was also filmed at the Universal Park building. From there, it was not hard to discern that the Charles in Charge вЂњhouseвЂќ was formerly located at 10711 Bluffside Drive in Studio City.ДЄ view of the NBCUniversal building, the Sheraton Universal and the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City were also visible in the background of вЂњKITTnap.вЂќДЄ matching view taken from the Universal City Red Line Station parking lot is pictured below.

In the episode, a street sign reading вЂњ10700 Bluffside DriveвЂќ was visible.ДЄs was a very blurry image of the buildingвЂ™s name, Universal Park. In вЂњKITTnapвЂќ, the Charles in Charge вЂњhouseвЂќ was the apartment building where Karen Forester (Janine Turner), Michael KnightвЂ™s (David Hasselhoff) latest flame, lived. Regardless, I cannot tell you how heartbroken I was to learn that the complex had been demolished, especially after wondering about its location for so long. I find it very odd that producers chose to use the location to represent what was supposed to be the Pembroke and PowellвЂ™s large, upscale residence. In my defense, though, the images of the building were shown very, very briefly each week and because Charles in Charge aired in the pre-DVR days, it was tough to do much pausing. As you can see, the structure is very obviously an apartment/condominium building. And now that I really look at them, I am surprised it never occurred to me that the place was not a house. The establishing shots pictured below were used in the beginning of the opening credits throughout the seriesвЂ™ five-year run. On Charles in Charge, the вЂњhomeвЂќ where college student Charles (Scott Baio) worked as a live-in babysitter for first the Pembroke family and then the Powell family was said to be located at 10 Barrington Court in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Come to find out, though, the location was not actually a home at all, but a condominium complex. The thread also mentioned that the house had been used in the Season 4 episode of Knight Rider titled вЂњKITTnap.вЂќ It was thanks to that episode that I found the homeвЂ™s exact former address. I quickly came across an IMDB thread in which it was said that the Pembroke/Powell residence was formerly located on an unnamed side street across from Universal Studios, but was demolished years ago to make way for the parking lot of the Universal City Red Line Station. I had actually always wondered about the location, but had yet to do any research on it, so I sat right down to start.

#CHARLES IN CHARGE SERIES#

In November, a fellow stalker named Fatri posted a comment on my site asking if I had any information on the Pembroke/Powell house from the 1980вЂ™s television series Charles in Charge.

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