Fisherman’s Wharf - from my trip to the Bay area in April. Here’s some interesting trivia about the place (thanks to Wikipedia): he introduction video of ABC’s Full House features Fisherman’s Wharf, where Bob Saget, Candace Cameron, and Jodie Sweetin are fishing around in front of Alcatraz prison. In the year 3000 in FOX’s animated show Futurama Fisherman’s Wharf is renamed “Fisherman’s Worf” in reference to Worf of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Fisherman’s Wharf was one of the featured raceable areas in the Sega Dreamcast game Metropolis Street Racer, as well as its successor, the first game in the Project Gotham Racing franchise.. Fisherman’s Wharf was mentioned by Barney at the end of the Bachelor Party episode in the comedy series How I Met Your Mother. The song “Wharf Rat” by the Grateful Dead was inspired by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. They would take LSD and just sit at Fisherman’s Wharf all day and create music.

Fisherman’s Wharf - from my trip to the Bay area in April.

Here’s some interesting trivia about the place (thanks to Wikipedia):

  • he introduction video of ABC’s Full House features Fisherman’s Wharf, where Bob Saget, Candace Cameron, and Jodie Sweetin are fishing around in front of Alcatraz prison.
  • In the year 3000 in FOX’s animated show Futurama Fisherman’s Wharf is renamed “Fisherman’s Worf” in reference to Worf of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  • Fisherman’s Wharf was one of the featured raceable areas in the Sega Dreamcast game Metropolis Street Racer, as well as its successor, the first game in the Project Gotham Racing franchise..
  • Fisherman’s Wharf was mentioned by Barney at the end of the Bachelor Party episode in the comedy series How I Met Your Mother.
  • The song “Wharf Rat” by the Grateful Dead was inspired by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. They would take LSD and just sit at Fisherman’s Wharf all day and create music.

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