| J: I got my own personal NBC Studios tour. There was no one else in my group, so a young fellow called Jay showed me around the place. They were filming a scene for Days of Our Lives just outside the entrance to the gift shop. I saw the guy who plays Bo eating a sandwich. |
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| J: The Walt Disney Studios. Regular
people aren't allowed on the grounds, so there is no tour or anything. This was taken from
the street. P: Again with the Disney stuff? J: Hey, it's not very far from NBC and Warner Brothers in Burbank. I had to take a photo or two. |
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| J: Look, it's the dwarfs (or is it
dwarves?) holding up the roof at the Walt Disney Studios. P: Where's Dopey? J: He's behind the picture of Stitch they put up to promote the "Lilo and Stitch" movie. |
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| J: This is the Los Angeles River. Only in Southern California would they pave a river. |
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| J: The Warner Brothers Studio. The VIP Tour takes visitors around a couple of television soundstages (ER and The Drew Carey Show), into the massive wardrobe warehouse, and around the backlot sets. |  |
| J: Did I go to the emergency room? P: Are you asking me? J: Um, no, I was just setting up the shot. It looks real, but it's used for the television show ER, which is filmed at Warner Brothers. |
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| J: Laramie Street in the backlot. A
whole bunch of westerns were shot here, including Bonanza and F-Troop,
but most importantly that Mel Brooks cinema classic Blazing Saddles. P: As honorary chairman of the welcoming committee, it
is my privilege to extend to you a laurel and hearty handshake. |
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| J: Oh the Wells Fargo wagon is
a-coming down the street. P: You know musicals too? Oh, I'm starting to get it. I bet you're thin, neat and single too. J: Yes, but those are just stereotypes. I'm as straight as the next man. Well, that is if the next man isn't the leather guy from the Village People. P: You going somewhere with this? J: Yes. This is Midwest Street. Among other things it was River City in The Music Man. The courthouse was in Gremlins and this square is in the town on the Gilmore Girls show on WB. |
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| J: The Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. This is the place that has all the celebrity hand and foot prints in the cement. Like this one... |
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| P: I can't quite make out what that
says. J: Why a duck? P: What? J: Have you seen Cocoanuts? P: No. J: Oh, well anyway here are the handprints and footprints of one of the greatest comedy teams of all time, the Marx Brothers. |
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| J: The famous Capitol Records
building on Vine Street. In case you don't see the resemblance, the building looks like a
stack of records on a turntable and the spire looks a needle. I saw on a Travel Channel
program that it wasn't intended to resemble a stack of wax. If not, it's quite a
coincidence. P: What are records? J: How old are you? P: I'm imaginary. I'm only as old as you think I am. J: Then maybe I'll just imagine you're my age. P: Hey, it looks like a stack of records. J: That's better. |
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