#followfriday was invented by Micah Baldwin (@micah) in January of 2009. Over 1/2 a billion #followfriday tweets have been sent since it was invented.
The large lighted neon star shown in several scenes looks to be the 88 foot tall Roanoke Star in Roanoke, Virginia. It was built in 1949 and has about 2000 feet of neon tubing. It is lighted every night of the year.