Northern Exposure Flags - Alaskan and the US Flags

Alaskan Flag as it appeared in Northern Exposure

To the left is the state flag of Alaska as it appeared in the television series Northern Exposure 1990-1995. It was set in a fictional Alaskan town - Sicily, Alaska. However most of the footage was shot in Washington State.

Here we see Maurice hanging from his roof under the Alaskan State flag in the pilot episode.

The odd fact about the Alaskan Flag is that it became the official flag before it became an official state. Most state flags were made official only after they had become states.

Dr. Fleischman and Maurice Minnifield
Maurice has the American Flag Patch

The lead role of Northern Exposure starred Rob Murrow who plays as Dr. Joel Fleischman - a New York City Slicker in wild Alaska. The shows main premise is the classic formula of a fish out of water. On the right is the most powerful man in Sicily, Alaska played by Barry Corbin - a lovable conservative patriotic former astronaut and multi-million entrepreneur.


Chris in his cosmic groove speaking about light

Back to the Future Flags - Part XII, Other Flags

Flag way back in the Background

There are three pennant shaped flags flying on poles in the far distance. The colours are red, blue, and yellow.

Flags of Hilldale Housing Community

Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker are in the black Toyota. Marty makes the right choice by avoiding a drag race with the red truck. This again alters their future in amazing ways. One really has to move past the paradox to understand the different realities that Marty McFly has jumped to.


DeLorean on Rail Road Track
next to Hilldale Housing Flags 
 
The flags of Hilldale McMansion community use skyblue and yellow horizontal tri-bars in an alternating pattern.  Some of the flags have a yellow-sky blue-yellow pattern while others have a sky blue-yellow-sky blue pattern.



 link to blog post "Flags in Back to the Future Part I"


 

PART ONE
http://zebratigerfish.blogspot.com/2011/11/back-future-flags-part-i-pennant.html

Beyonce "Party" featuring J. Cole - American Flag Shorts

Close up of US Flag Shorts

Beyonce pairs up with J.Cole in the official video for the song Party. In it we are privy to an idealized party life at the mature trailer park.

Of vexillological interest is a girl wearing the American Flag as pair of shorts. Her patriotic apparel sends a strong signal of her intentions to let freedom ring.

Wide Angel Shot of the TP Girl with Patriotic Shorts

The behavior exhibited at this trailer park may seem odd, but on college campuses and universities all across the United States, students seem intent on living at least in small doses - the 'fun' aspects of Trailer Park culture exhibited in this video.


Video that features the revealing US flag shorts and top outfit

David Guetta - Without You - featuring Usher

Brazil is one of the featured flags in the video. It is held up by one of the audience members on a beach.

The good vibes from the music and call of love end up causing a seismic shift in the earth's crust. The music literally brings the world together.



US flag being held up by several people. Who does a flag belong to? Somebody, everybody, and nobody? Here, flag waving is an essential part of the party.




Flags! Flags! Dance with those FLAGS

Selena Gomez & The Scene - Who Says "Taxi Cab Badge"

Taxi Cab Logo/Badge

In the official video produced with the song 'Who Says' by Selena Gomez & the Scene a taxi cab picks up our lead singer. The video is devoid of flags and regular symbols except for one - on a taxi cab.

It is a yellow cab. The badge features a two pairs of wings extending beyond the circle. It reads in the upper ring - TAXI CAB. On the lower side of the ring it reads CO-OP.

Video with Taxi Cab Co-op

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Flags and vexillology

PE Teacher with school patch
Home of the Westmore Middle School Hornets

Diary of Wimpy Kid was written Jeff Kinney. This is an immensely popular children's book series that nearly every American Kid has come into contact with. It's kind of like Dilbert in Middle-Elementary School? Part confessional, part chicken soup, and part humor. 9 out of 10 kids agree it's good and can relate to the social challenges presented by Mr. Kinney.

Running with the flag during a game of Gladiator

Wimpy Kid concerns itself with that magical period just before young adulthood - those twisted teenage years. The joy of childhood reaches its peak just before puberty. Biologically teens are adults but mentally - they need a lot more cooking in today's modern society.

Here the younger boys are dominated by the older kids during a game of Gladiator.



Halloween Costume with Safety Pennant Flag

Although the flag may seem out of place, knights from the middle ages often carried lance pennons. The flag stick is not safety device but lance pennon. In either case they serve to protect and identify the person carrying it!





Animated Version of Halloween Adventures
It's not a safety flag - it's a lance pennon!

Back to the Future Flags - Part XI, other non traditional US flags

Calvary Guidon in Back to the Future III - 1885

In Back to the Future III, Marty travels back to 1885 in order to save Dr. Emmit Brown from his tragic end. Upon returning Marty happens to jump back in the middle of a US Calvary and Native American Chase. The US soldiers carry a specific type of military swallow tailed flag - known as a guidon - that originates from a heraldic battle standard.

Back to the Future II - 2015

In Back to the Future II - Marty travels into the future to save his son from making a big mistake in Cafe 80s. There is a US flag sticker or print on the the wall that you can barely see. It is behind the television, but you can see the US flag in the holes of the auto-television servers. The pop star on the television is supposed to be Michael Jackson.

Pink! - Alecia Beth Moore

In this alternate 2015 Hill Valley where George McFly is a science fiction writer, the world has changed and robotic tele-servers were created in the mid 1990s as well as hover technology. We exist in the Hill Valley were George McFly never became a science fiction writer and subsequently never inspired others.

Also in this alternate 2015 future our musical pop star artist 'PINK!' does not pursue a musical career. Instead she moves out to California in Hill Valley to become a famous movie star in 2017. The weird thing is that pop star Pink! is sitting at the counter looking at another classical American pop star - MJ - who is also still alive in this alternate happy technology inspired future by George McFly.

Nancy Reagan with an American Flag Dress

Cafe 80s - 2015

Also in Cafe 80s there is a cut out of Ronald and Nancy Reagan dancing on the wall. Mrs. Reagan is wearing a dress made out of an American Flag. This is so appropriate since the 80s were Reagan's decade. He was elected in 1980 and was in office until 1989. Because of medical advances inspired by George McFly and stem cell research - Ronnie and Nancy are alive and well in this alternate happy techno future. In this timeline Ron and Nancy can still do the Fox Trot - Ronnie is 104 and Nancy is 94.

You don't see too many flat screen TV is Back to the Future II because it's Cafe 80s and they wanted give it a real 80s feel. Besides in this alternate 2015, society tends to recycle TVs instead of throwing them away.
 Link to Part XII

Link to Part I