The real-life Rosebud Motel from Schitt's Creek is going on sale. Hopefully, it will make a delightful gift for another wealthy New York businessman to give his son as a joke before the family's accountant takes them for all they're worth. Last week, the Canadian sitcom set a record at the 2020 Emmys with wins in all four acting categories.
The beloved father-son project, co-created by Eugene and Dan Levy, wrapped up its final season this spring on CBC in Canada and Pop TV in the U.S. Its six seasons follow the exploits of the once-wealthy Rose family after their accountant defrauds and bankrupts them. Johnny, Moira, and their adult children David and Alexis, are left with nothing to their name but a town in Canada called Schitt's Creek, which Jack once bought for David as a joke birthday gift. Antics ensue when the comically glamorous, now broke Roses are forced to flee to the middle of nowhere. On the show, Johnny co-owns the motel where the family stays with another character Stevie.
Jesse Tipping, the owner of the actual hotel in Hockley Valley, Ontario, told CTV news channel that it would go up for sale in October. The rural riverside property is not far from Toronto and boats eight acres, eight single rooms, and one three-bedroom suite. The hotel has lived many other lives: before Schitt's Creek, it was used to host prep school basketball recruits. When the coronavirus spread, Tipping repurposed the available space for people in need of a place to quarantine.
The Rosebud Motel has been a central location on the show since the Levys filmed the pilot there in 2014. Since the show gained popularity in both Canada and the U.S., tourists passing through the area have driven by the real Rosebud for a quick rubberneck to the point of causing traffic. However, it isn't currently possible to stay the night. Schitt's Creek isn't the building's only acting credit: the hotel also makes an appearance on Netflix's The Umbrella Academy and provided the backdrop for Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence.
Schitt's Creek became a hit in Canada and soon caught on in the states for its uncanny caricatures of New York's elite, articulated through the Levys' tear-inducing jokes and brought to life by a cast of all-time greats. Catherine O'Hara and Annie Murphy, who respectively play Moira and Alexis Rose, both won well-deserved Emmys along with Eugene and Dan Levy last week for their iconic performances, a fitting conclusion to a light comedy about intensely dramatic people. While the show's ending is undoubtedly bittersweet, Tipping hopes the hotel's next owner will carry on its memory by turning the place into a Schitt's Creek-themed attraction. Guests wearing anything with adhesive backing will not be allowed on the premises.
Source: CTV
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September 30, 2020 at 05:17AM
