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===Film and television=== Game scenes in the 1992 film ''[[A League of Their Own]]'' were filmed at [[Bosse Field]]. It is the third oldest baseball stadium still in use in the United States (behind [[Fenway Park]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] and [[Wrigley Field]] in [[Chicago]]). The ballpark served as the homefield for the [[Racine Belles]]. Scenes from the 2014 [[Michael Rosenbaum]] movie ''[[Back in the Day (2014 film)|Back in the Day]]'' feature Green River Road in Evansville. All exterior shots on the 1988β2018 [[sitcom]] ''[[Roseanne (TV series)|Roseanne]]'' are still photographs taken in and around Evansville. The Conners' house is at 619 South Runnymeade Avenue, and the Lobo Lounge is a pizzeria at the corner of Edgar and Louisiana Streets. [[Matt Williams (producer)|Matt Williams]], one of the show's producers, is a native of Evansville and a graduate of The University of Evansville theatre program. He is a co-founder of Wind Dancer Productions and has been involved with numerous sitcoms such as 'Home Improvement', movies and dramatic plays for Broadway. ''[[The Daily Show]]'' has featured Evansville in two episodes. The first featured a story about comedian [[Carrot Top]]'s reopening of the historic Victory Theatre. The second poked fun at former mayor Russell Lloyd Jr. for skipping out on a city meeting to attend [[Cher]]'s Farewell Tour concert being performed on the same night at Roberts Stadium. Evansville was also featured in [[Alton Brown]]'s series ''[[Feasting on Asphalt]]''. Alton and his crew visited the historic [[Greyhound Bus]] station for its [[vending machine]]s, the [[YWCA]] tea room for lunch, and the Hilltop Inn<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wegotbrains.com|title=Hilltop Inn - Evansville, IN - The Manliest Restaurant in America|website=www.wegotbrains.com}}</ref> for a [[Fried-brain sandwich|brain sandwich]] and [[burgoo]]. Other shows have included ''[[Ghost Hunters (TV series)|Ghost Hunters]]'' which investigated [[Willard Library]]'s "Gray Lady" ghost and ''[[Storm Stories]]'' on [[The Weather Channel]] documenting the devastating [[Evansville Tornado of November 2005|tornado]] that struck the city in 2005. The city was briefly featured in the 2007 ''[[Prison Break]]'' episode "[[Chicago (Prison Break episode)|Chicago]]". In 2012, Evansville was featured on the British television program ''[[Supersize vs Superskinny]]'' because of a poll that ranked the residents of the city as the most [[obese]] in the United States.<ref> {{cite web |title=Fattest city designation lands Evansville on British TV program |url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/jan/11/no-headline---ev_obesity/? |work=[[Evansville Courier & Press]] |date=2012-01-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116105512/http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/jan/11/no-headline---ev_obesity/ |archive-date=2012-01-16 }}</ref> Evansville and neighboring Newburgh was the featured location for the feature film ''Back in the Day'' filmed in 2014.<ref>[[Back in the Day (2014 film)]]</ref> Evansville is mentioned several times in the [[Boardwalk Empire (season 3)|third]] and [[Boardwalk Empire (season 4)|fourth seasons]] of the [[HBO]] series ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''. In 2021, an episode of HBO's "[[We're Here]]" was filmed in Evansville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hbo.com/were-here/season-2/5-evansville-indiana |title=We're Here Ep 5: Evansville, Indiana | Official Website for the HBO Series |publisher=HBO.com |date= |access-date=2022-03-09}}</ref>
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