Editing Banacek (section)

==Production==
In general, the series was shot on the [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] backlot, though location scenes were filmed around [[Los Angeles]] in areas that could pass for Boston, or rural areas near there. The episode titled "If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?" was shot on location at the [[California Institute of the Arts]] around the time the school first opened. "Ten Thousand Dollars a Page" was filmed at the Pasadena Art Museum, later known as the Pasadena Museum of Modern Art and now the [[Norton Simon Museum of Art]]. "Horse of a Slightly Different Color" was filmed at [[Hollywood Park Racetrack]], now the site of [[SoFi Stadium]].

A customized 1969 [[American Motors]] AMX was built by [[George Barris (auto customizer)|George Barris]] for the second regular-season episode.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.barris.com/carsgallery/tvmovie/amx400.php |title='Banacek' AMX 400 |work=Barris Custom |date=2013 |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> The car became known as the [[AMC AMX#AMX-400|AMX-400]] and it is now owned by an automobile collector.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://auto.howstuffworks.com/amx-400-custom-car.htm |author=((Auto Editors of ''Consumer Guide'')) |title=AMX-400: Profile of a Custom Car |date=23 September 2007 |work=HowStuffWorks.com |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=25 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225075238/http://auto.howstuffworks.com/amx-400-custom-car.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other continuing cars in the series were a 1941 maroon [[Packard 180]] with a Victoria body designed by [[Howard "Dutch" Darrin]] (license plate number 178344),<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rmsothebys.com/mb08/vintage-motor-cars-of-meadow-brook/lots/1942-packard-one-eighty-convertible-victoria-by-darrin/291964 |title=1942 Packard One-Eighty Convertible Victoria by Darrin |work=Sothebys |date=2 August 2008  |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> a 1973 [[Chevrolet Corvette (C3)|Corvette]] (driven by Ms. Kirkland) and a 1973 [[Cadillac Fleetwood]] [[limousine]] ([[mobile telephone]] number KL 17811). In keeping with both the exotic car theme and the humor between Banacek and his driver Jay Drury, he was even chauffeured around in a [[Willys MB]], [[Jeep CJ]]2A,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=146267 |title=Willys MB 'Jeep' |work=imcdb.org |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> and a CJ6,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_243643-Jeep-CJ-6.html |title=Jeep CJ-6  |work=imcdb.org |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> as well as a brand new [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]/[[De Tomaso Pantera]].  Two Packards were used in filming, a 1941 used for principal photography and a modified 1942 model used for some shots in Los Angeles.  The main 1941 picture car was auctioned in 2019 by [[RM Sotheby's]] for $373,500.<ref>{{cite web |title=1941 Packard Custom Super Eight One Eighty Convertible Victoria by Darrin |url=https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo19/lots/r0051-1941-packard-custom-super-eight-one-eighty-convertible-victoria-by-darrin/ |website=RM Sotheby’s |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref>

In preparation for the pilot and then the first and second seasons, the cast went to Boston and filmed a variety of background scenes. These scenes were then used through the series and are especially shown in the opening scenes, including Banacek rowing on the [[Charles River]] and walking through [[Government Center, Boston|Government Center]]. In the pilot, Banacek's car pulls into his Beacon Hill home, the historic [[Second Harrison Gray Otis House]] located at 85 Mount Vernon Street. In other episodes, views are shown of the [[Public Garden (Boston)|Public Garden]], the entry to Felix's bookstore at 50 [[Beacon Street]], and the [[Esplanade, Boston|Esplanade]].  The Boston-filmed pieces were done by a [[second unit]] and directed by Peppard himself.