My Name Is Earl Girls", "The Mentalist", and "Heroes". Exterior shots of the Crab Shack and Club Chubby were also taken from locations in Van Nuys and North Hills. Houses and shops for the various characters come from locations in Van Nuys, Santa Clarita, Northridge, Moorpark, Los Angeles, and other Southern California cities. In the episode "Didn't Pay Taxes", Earl and Randy climb the landmark Artesia water tower, although they do not refer to it by name. Other episodes have listed states that were unlikely to have Camden County. In the episode "Our Other Cops is On", officer Stuart Daniels states that his surveillance
A, My Name is Alex Series Emmy for Parker Roe (technical director), Paul Basta (cameraperson), Tom Dasbach (cameraperson), Richard Price (cameraperson), John Repczynski (cameraperson), and Eric Clay (senior video control). A, My Name is Alex "A, My Name Is Alex" is a two-part hour-long very special episode of the NBC television series "Family Ties". The episodes aired on March 12, 1987, as an hour long commercial free episode. The episode garnered a Primetime Emmy Award, a Humanitas Prize and a Writers Guild of America Award for writing as well as a DGA Award. Part 1: Alex's (Michael J. Fox) friend, Greg (Brian McNamara), has a