Sweetwater was established in the 1850s on a series of lots sold by Isaac Lenoir (1807â1875), a local politician and son of the founder of Lenoir City (located a few miles to the northeast in Loudon County). Sweetwater was officially incorporated in 1875.
Armand Goldman (Robin Williams), Valâs father, is the owner of the Birdcage an illustrious South Beach nightclub that features a nightly drag show staring âStarinaâ (Nathan Lane) Armandâs partner and their housekeeper Agador (Hank Azaria).
The characters were conceived in 1926 by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging firm. Stratemeyer initially pitched the new series to publishers Grosset & Dunlap and suggested that the boys might be called the Keene Boys, the Scott Boys, the Hart Boys, or the Bixby Boys.