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P.O.P. & the Coliseum

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Text mostly from the Los Angeles Times:

“The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum field is the place where two Summer Olympics were staged, and John F. Kennedy accepted the Democratic presidential nomination [–convention at the sports arena I believe.]
It was also a location for “The Gangbang Girl #32,

” a hard-core pornographic movie that featured 40 minutes of group sex on the gridiron turf, The Times has learned.

The filming at the taxpayer-owned stadium was done at night, with the Coliseum’s towering lights blazing and its rows of distinctive red and white seats framing many of the scenes. The video also shows the stadium’s signature tunnel, which the team charges through at the start of games, as well as a sliver of the iconic peristyle, the arched entrance to the Coliseum.

“I was just in awe that we were at the Coliseum,” said a star of the film, who goes by the name Mr. Marcus.

“I’ve made movies for about 20 years and I’ve done a lot of things, but that one really stands out.… I mean, who gets to have sex on the Coliseum floor?”

Marcus said the football-themed footage was shot on a single night, including some non-explicit scenes filmed in a Coliseum locker room that did not make the final cut. The Coliseum is not identified by name in the video, which was made in 2001 and released in 2002. About half of the 90-minute movie was filmed elsewhere.

How the crew got permission to use the national historic landmark — which was built as a memorial to World War I veterans — is unclear. Attempts to reach a representative of the production company, Anabolic Video, were unsuccessful.

The Coliseum is jointly run by the city, county and state, which owns the land. A spokesman for the California attorney general’s office said Tuesday that he did not know if it is illegal to film pornography on state property. Agencies such as the California Department of Parks and Recreation prohibit porn shoots on properties they control.

Gaining access to the locked stadium and firing up the field lights typically requires the approval of a high-ranking manager, according to people familiar with Coliseum operations, who requested anonymity because they are not allowed to speak publicly on the matter.

An attorney for the top Coliseum executive at the time the video was made said his client knew nothing about the production.

Some current commissioners, including county Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Mark Ridley-Thomas, were on the panel when the film was shot.

Yaroslavsky and Ridley-Thomas declined requests for an interview late Tuesday.

The plot of the movie, to the extent that it has one, revolves around a football team and a cheerleader.

The Anabolic logo is emblazoned on the jerseys the dozen or so performers wear — Marcus kept his as a souvenir — and on banners draped like bunting along the stands.

Marcus is a repeat winner of the annual Adult Video News Award, has been inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization’s Adult Movie Hall of Fame and wrote the 2010 book “The Porn Star Guide to Great Sex” (St. Martin’s Press), which earns a three-star review on the Barnes & Noble website.

Before he joins in the film’s raunchier scenes, Marcus is depicted as a quarterback tossing warmup passes near the western end zone. He told The Times he remembered the movie was shot on a cool night starting about 7.

“We were probably there until 11 p.m.,” he said.

The movie’s credits say it was produced on Sept. 16, 2001, a Sunday, during football season.

Sitting in the warehouse-like office of his Van Nuys-based apparel company, Daddy Inc., Marcus recalled that a clearly marked Sheriff’s Department helicopter startled the cast when it appeared overhead in mid-shoot. The whop-whop of a chopper’s blades is heard in the movie.

Marcus said he remembered looking up and thinking: “There’s going to be, like, this intercom saying, ‘Hey, this is the … Sheriff’s Department, you guys must cease.’

“But none of that came. They just circled, like they were trying to see what was going on.”

Spokesmen for the Sheriff’s Department and Los Angeles Police Department, which has jurisdiction over the Coliseum, said they had no information about any 2001 pornography shoot there.

Marcus said the fact that the filming continued after the helicopter left convinced him that Anabolic must have had an official go-ahead to use the stadium.

“Honestly, when I started to shoot there, I thought, ‘How the hell did we pull this off? And does everyone know about it?'”

The performer had no apologies for people who might be angry that the movie may have tarnished the Coliseum.

“You can be mad all you want, but it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime types of opportunities,” he said.

[This happened about 10 years ago, but why now all the hubbub?!]

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Mostly from Wikipedia:

Pacific Ocean Park

was a twenty-eight acre, nautical-themed amusement park built on a pier at

Pier Avenue in the Ocean Park section of Santa Monica, California, which was intended to compete with Disneyland.

“POP,” as it was soon nicknamed and pronounced, was a joint venture between CBS and Santa Anita Park. It opened on Saturday, July 28, 1958 with an attendance figure of 20,000. The next day, the park drew 37,262 which handily outperformed Disneyland’s attendance figure that same day.

Like Disneyland, Pacific Ocean Park found corporate sponsors to share the expenses of some of the exhibits. Six of the pier’s original attractions were incorporated into the new park: The

Sea Serpent roller coaster, the antique carousel, the Toonerville Fun House, the Glass House, twin diving bells and much more.

Among a standard complement of carnival-style attractions and rides were the following:

Enchanted Forest/USS Nautilus Submarine Exhibit featured a 150-foot (46 m)-long model of the atomic reactor section of a submarine.

House of Tomorrow was themed like similar “looks at the future” featured at Disneyland and the World’s Fair. Elektro, the talking and smoking robot from the 1939 World’s Fair, was a prominent display.

Sea Circus was included in the basic attraction price. Performing dolphins and sea lions played to audiences of 2000 at a time. After the show, visitors could feed seals in the Seal Pool.

Diving Bells in which passengers were submerged into the ocean via hydraulic pistons. A vast underwater vista was clearly visible through the portholes. Another such ride also existed in single fashion at the Long Beach Nupike and also Coney Island Astroland.

Ocean Skyway were bubble-shaped gondolas suspended 75 feet above the surface of the ocean.

Passengers were treated to a one-half mile trip out to sea and back.

Union 76 Ocean Highway was similar to Disneyland’s Autopia attraction. Visitors could drive miniature, gasoline-powered automobiles on a simulated highway.

Flight to Mars was an audio-visual presentation that simulated a trip to Mars.

Flying Carpet was a ride themed around Tales of the Arabian Nights. “Flying carpets” suspended on an overhead track took visitors over an Arabian-themed diorama.

Mirror Maze was a standard funhouse attraction.

Davy Jones’ Locker was another funhouse with a nautical theme.

Flying Dutchman was a dark ride similar to what Disneyland would present in 1967 with the opening of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Deepest Deep simulated a voyage via submarine. Unlike Disneyland’s Submarine Voyage attraction, “Deepest Deep” took place above water.

Round the World in 80 Turns was an unusual combination of travelogue and thrill ride. Tub-like ride vehicles whipped sharply to the right and left to show travel scenes from around the world.

The attraction was closed in the middle of the park’s second season due to complaints of nausea and neck and back pain.

Safari Dark Ride was an interactive children’s ride in which riders in miniature Jeeps used an electronic rifle to “hunt” animals in the African jungle.

Mystery Island Banana Train Ride Considered by many to Pacific Ocean Park’s best ride, passengers were treated to a trip aboard a tropical banana plantation train complete with a

simulated volcano and simulated earthquakes.

Sea Serpent Roller Coaster was a wooden, 1926 Hi-Boy roller coaster from the original pier.

Mahi Mahi was a massive tower with long arms that were turning around and people sat in something resembling a jet It sat 8 passengers.

Whirl Pool was a centrifuge that pinned riders to the walls as the floor slowly lowered beneath them.

Mr. Dolphin was another original pier attraction.

Flying Fish was a miniature roller coaster. It was the first steel mouse coaster design in the USA.

Carousel was the 1926-vintage carousel from the original pier.

Fisherman’s Cove and the International Promenade were shopping, dining and souvenir areas which featured a number of good, international restaurants.

King Neptunes Courtyard A beautiful walk under the ocean to view King Neptunes’ lair.

Mrs.Squid also known as “The Ahuna Thrill Ride” was a Dual Tub Octopus ride with a squid decor in the center. The ride had a total of 16 tubs each able to carry 2 adult passengers.

Brie interjects:

[I don’t remember P.O.P. being that nice! I remember it as being rather shabby and run-down, but still enjoyable!]

No mention of the Sea Tub ride!? James and I riding the sea tub in the dark.

I needed to urinate. So, I stood up during the dark ride, and unzpped. This inspired James to do the same,while the ride was bouncing around. We were laughing and I even got some of James urine in my face, but most of it went into the sea tub. When the ride ended, we took off running. From then on we

referred to the ride as “the pee tub.” At school James pointed out this rather plain looking tall girl,

saying he did it with her. He just had to obtain a condom from a gas station vending machine, and she would let him do it. He said she was sexy. I could see that.

The end [of P.O.P.]

Wikipedia again:

Santa Monica began its Ocean Park urban renewal project. Buildings in the surrounding area were demolished and streets leading to the park were closed. As a result, visitors simply

couldn’t reach the park and attendance plummeted.

The park’s creditors and the City of Santa Monica filed suit to take control of the property because of back taxes and back rent owed by the park’s new owner. Pacific Ocean Park closed.

The park’s dilapidated buildings and pier structure remained until several suspicious fires occurred and it was finally demolished in the winter of 1974-75.

Other than a few underwater pilings and signs warning of them, nothing remains of Pacific Ocean Park today. However, a few miles north, the original Santa Monica Pier does feature a newer amusement park, similarly called Pacific Park. Today, the rides and attractions of the Santa Monica Pier include the old Carousel that is featured prominently in the 1973 Academy Award -winning film, The Sting.

The final episode of the ABC television series “The Fugitive” was shot at Pacific Ocean Park. Filmed on location just prior to the park’s closure in the fall of 1967, the park’s “Mahi, Mahi”

ride tower was the setting for the dramatic face off between Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen) and the fictional one-armed man. The episode, broadcast on August 29 1967, was one of the highest rated in television history.

The episode of the Twilight Zone series titled “In Praise of Pip,” starring Jack Klugman and Billy Mumy, was also filmed there.

An episode of the series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was also filmed in the park.

The park was the setting of an episode of the television series Route 66 (Season 2, Episode 29 “Between Hello and Goodbye”) which aired May 11, 1962. Martin Milner’s character Tod is shown working at King Neptune’s Courtyard, and guest star Susan Oliver is depicted riding the Ocean Skyway.

flash forward years later in silicone valley at a company picnic in the park, where a gal

from LA mentions P.O.P.

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brie on a recent vacation:

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Beth Morgan

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Molly

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Shirley Kemp

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Taylor St Claire

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Brie:

“Is dat da paperboy again, oh Brie.”

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Miss Bobby Socks

says its time to get your bicycles ready for the bike paths!

carolyn

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High school girl brie.

When Carolyn was in high school, her boy friend insisted that she wear only dresses or skirts without nylons, allowing easy access at all times, looking something like this:

Carolyn carried a little case containing either a clarinet or a flute — I can never remember which!

Her boyfriend, whom she later married, and even later divorced, was essentially the “King Rat” character (see either book or film).

She later became a school teacher.

“Real Magic”

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Speaking of “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque,” Philip lived in a beach house at Capistrano Beach –back then the average Joe six-pack could live in a beach house in Southern California, though they were just renting. Later, they bought their own house in San Clemente, not on the beach.

Anyway, even though my father had shown me how the chess pieces moved years before, I had no idea how to play the game. So, Philip showed me. It was a painful though fascinating experience. I had to keep losing before I became a strong enough player to even challenge him.

Also, on his window sill he had a cute set of Edgar Allen Poe books, which he got cheap for helping out at an antique store. At school one day, when the power went out, he happened to be in my room on student business, and offered to recite “The Raven” from memory. Consequently, I sent away to Captain Company back east for an Edgar Allen Poe record album: one side had a narrative of “The Pit and the Pendulum,” while the other side was “The Tell Tale Heart.” It only took about 6 months to arrive in the mail!

Amazing time with Philip in the beach house enjoying Poe and chess!

One day he was on the back of my bike as I was dropping him off near his house. He was so entertaining, that I didn’t want to stop the bike, and wanted to take him home with me, but he jumped off the bike–almost nothing could distract him from his impending accomplishments.

Even though Philip could have skipped grades, his parents held him back wanting him to be more like a normal person, but by high school they no longer saw any reason to hold him back. Just hanging around Philip boosted my vocabulary to the top percentile for my age, but I didn’t keep it up, when I moved back to LA, since I am somewhat of a sluggard.

Even though Philip was a grade ahead of me and a year older, he was actually smaller than I (I am an average size person). Philip being a scrawny person, though he was wiry from working out on the monkey bars. So, one day we were wrestling, though I was bigger, he was actually stronger, and he was on top of me pinning me down as two of the cutest girls

in school came by to observe. I thought this cannot be! A little runt like Phillip getting the better of me, while wrestling in front of two really cute girls, who were enjoying the spectacle. So, I struggled mightily trying to throw him off me, but it was futile as I’ve never had much upper body strength –just like a girl!
The girls really seemed to enjoy watching me being humiliated by the smaller but stronger Philip!

Once Philip and I went to the Los Angeles county fair in Pomona. I brought back a fake derby hat and a bamboo cane. Philip was one to utilize things. I was informed by him that I would be performing as Charlie Chaplin in front of the entire school! I would do almost anything for him. So, they painted a fake mustache on me and had a fake pie in the face made from shaving cream (whipped cream would have tasted better).

I’ll not bore you with the details, but my Chaplin was based on

Lucille Ball’s

Chaplin. Notice: I related better to women even back then.

For my thirteenth birthday Phil, Lynn (more about him later), Shaw, and myself were driven to Hollywood to see a movie. I wanted to see “Cleopatra” at the Pantages, but it was a dollar more than the other moves, times 4 with my friends. So, we were dropped off at some crummy run-down theater down the street to watch a lousy black and white movie (nothing against black & white movies–some of my favorites have been such!), after the movie we spent the night at my house.

When Philip advanced to the next grade, requiring that he attend another school, I was lost without him. As I exhibited bad behavior the principal offered to drive me home. He got excited, when he discovered that I was actually in another school district as the line went through Shore Cliff estates! Even though he was being a mean jerk, I do admire the slick way he got rid of me.

So, at the next school I met Lynn, who just loved the “Bye Bye Birdie” record album. As I was an introvert, Lynn was an extravert, which made us a good team. We were both in the Boy Scouts. Even though I started in the Boy Scouts in Los Angeles and continued in San Clemente, I never made it beyond tenderfoot –never earned any merit badges! (Throughout my entire life I’ve never been any good at getting promotions!)

Lynn got me a date with Cathy,

who was another incredibly cute girl. When we went to the picture show, Cathy would touch me and say “I wish you would reciprocate.” When she touched me, I would shake all over, which was my same reaction a few years earlier when I saw my divorced mom

on the floor with the lights on, and the radio blaring, while Geno was giving her the in & out!

Last time I saw Philip he was on television calling himself

Isaac

and arguing with Joe Pyne! Philip had gone to Berkeley, and as an honor student he was able to talk the faculty into allowing him to major in “Magic”! Philip had a University of California diploma with a major in Magic, including a facsimile of governor Ronald Reagan’s signature printed on it!

Philip to Joe Pyne: “ad hominem, ad hominem!”

New Year’s in Tujunga

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brie wearing a poodle skirt with sissy socks such as found in this rare video:

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New Year’s in Tujunga

I was just 21 years old during my senior year in college, and it
was the early eve of New Year’s in Tujunga (Los Angeles county).
Larry (my cousin’s boy friend) suggested we stop at a dive bar for a beer, since it was legal for me to do so.I had longish hair back then, and as I was stuffing the pockets, of my JC Penny pressed corduroy big-buttoned coat, with the free peanuts still in the shells from the huge barrel, some inebriated old dude (“you do like older men?”) came up

to me declaring loudly “I love you!”, while tugging on my arm. So,

coyly I just sort of looked startled, but to this day I appreciate how wonderful he made me feel!

Previously, at the university the maid said I had the prettiest

hair (brown with a reddish tint, and

a natural flip) she had ever seen. Someone else sometimes used to call me “Miss Clairol.”

More previously, watching “the Joe Pyne show with Ozzie

Whiffletree” , which was on Metromedia television in only about half the cities, Ozzie says”my paintings are not

schlocky!”

and more previously,

At another time watching Mort Sahl also on Metromedia, Mort was talking about a book that von Braun (famous rocket scientist) had written entitled “I aim at the moon”, then Mort explained: “but he missed, and hit London.”

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At the checkout stand in the super market, “I suppose you are going to wear that!” referring to a hair ornament of the sort that might have been worn by Patty Duke, said by either a very perceptive female, or more likely just a wise-ass chick.

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OCTOMOM!

“Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman (born Natalie Denise Suleman; July 11, 1975), known as Octomom

in the media, is an American woman who came to international attention when she gave birth to octuplets
in January 2009. The Suleman octuplets are only the second full set of octuplets to be born alive in the United States. One week after their birth, they surpassed the previous worldwide survival rate for a complete set of octuplets set by the Chukwu octuplets in 1998. The circumstances of their high order multiple birth have led to controversy in the field of assisted reproductive technology as well as an investigation by the Medical Board of California of the fertility specialist involved. Public reaction turned negative when it was discovered that the single mother already had six other young children and was unemployed and on public assistance programs. She denies ever having used public assistance. She conceived the octuplets and her six older children via in vitro fertilization (IVF).”

Pregnant woman who looks like the octomommy:

from the octomom video, Vannah Sterling as the octomom:

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girls like Patty Duke

& Shirley Temple

wearing flat shoes such as Mary Janes and T-straps get noticed.*******************

Kandi Barbour wearing a tennis outfit:

& brie too!

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Melody Love wearing saddle shoes:

& brie:

janet Mason (PTA soccer mom!) goes glamorous:

brie goes to hollywood

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Even though I lived in los Angeles county (La Crescenta –not far from the “Spike Jones market”), we were considered a bunch of rubes and corn-pones by the hipsters and hucksters of Hollywood!

Oh!

Even more previously, back in high school I actually had some money, which was most unusual. So, early one Saturday morning I jumped on the bus to Glendale, then transferred to the Hollywood bus. I was looking to buy some coins!

Just after I got off the bus in Hollywood,

a character looking very much like Oscar Levant the famous personality and piano player, was clutching a transistor radio to his ear and yelled out “Alexander’s Rag Time band!”

As it was too early for any coin stores (I assumed there would be at least one good one within walking distance from Hollywood & Vine) to be opened, I decided to go to the famous (in los Angeles anyway) Cherokee book store, where upstairs you could find Burt Blum the king of the comic books! It was early on Saturday morning and Burt seemed irritable, as if he knew I was only there to look and not to buy. So, I asked if he had any STI’s (Screen Thrills Illustrated). He responded that he had all the STI’s. I became excited and asked if I could see STI issue # 10,

which was not only the last issue, but the only one I had never seen as I had all the others myself. Burt said that it was locked in the cabinet with the good stuff, and he would only unlock the cabinet, if I wanted to buy it. So, disappointed I left. If I had been actor Billy Mumy (“Lost in Space”), reported in the LA Times as being a customer of the Cherokee book shop, that cabinet would have come flying open!

(If I could have foretold the future, perhaps I would have picked up a collectable “Super Boy” comic in order to impress Ginger at the university some years in the future.)

Still kind of early for any coin stores to be open. So, I went into an old drug store, where, back then, it was common to have a sort of restaurant. This was before the current fast food industry almost completely took everything over. While eating a sweet roll, washed down with black coffee, I noticed that “Oscar” was in there talking to some gal, and that there was a display case containing coins! Since Oscar (or someone greatly resembling him—I was dying to ask, but I wasn’t a tourist, besides, he could easily deny his identity) was a well known hypochondriac, it actually made sense that he would own a drug store to save money on any medicine he would be taking. I inquired of Oscar about the coins. The upshot of which was that I purchased a Mexican two peso gold coin.

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A would-be night club singer, Bobby Duke, claiming to be Patty Duke’s

cousin at night outside my window, underneath a sheet tapping on the glass, and going “boooo!” He and his buddy (side kick?) were both adults, but acting like kids. Hard to imagine them tag teaming mom. They were only around for about a month. Guess night club singers have to keep moving.

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” You’re the most beautiful woman on XTube, especially your hair. You have the most beautiful hair.

Don’t go away. I’ll be back in a minute. “

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variously,

lovely catwoman costume!

emy george milf

kate wearing her blue sneakers

&

sissy socks

unkown european bobby-soxer

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um whatever shall i do with my pink maribou slippers?

oh! i know!

oh! dearest baby! you make mommy brie feel so good!

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the other patty

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brie doing the “Patty Duke Show.”

The amazing Patty Duke was mentioned previously in this blog.

However, there was another Patty!

“Patty McCormack (born August 21, 1945) is an American actress with a career in theater, films and television.

She achieved success as a child actress, portrayed Rhoda Penmark,

an eight-year-old sociopath and fledgling serial killer, in The Bad Seed (1954). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film version, The Bad Seed (1956).and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance (1956).

Her acting career has continued with supporting roles in film and television, including a more recent performance as Pat Nixon in Frost/Nixon (2008).”

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Luridly, more brie the bobby-soxer:

and more bobby-soxing with saddle shoes!

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Little miss adorable Dawn

Sitting on a tuffet next to her cat

Before the action ensues!

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“According to Las Vegas Weekly, the [Liberace] museum,

which exhibited the jewelry, pianos, garish gowns and other artifacts owned by the great pianist, has fallen victim to the economy.

At its peak, the museum rivaled the Hoover Dam as one of the state’s most popular tourist attractions, bringing in more than 400,000 visitors per year. Liberace Foundation Board of Directors Chair Jeffrey Koep informed the staff last week all full and part time positions will be eliminated October 17.”

I visited there about 5 years ago. After which i went to the nearby “Blueberry Hill” coffee shop for a waffle washed down with black coffee. Really old song “Anna” on the jukebox. Is that the fab four? Yes! From an old vee jay album no doubt. At one time (that would be the seventies) Liberace and Elvis were the biggest entertainers in Vega$.

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Sultry “Patricia Neal (January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), and middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown

in Hud (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.”

In 1949 Her appearance in The Fountainhead coincided with her on-going affair with her married co-star, Gary Cooper. By 1952, Neal had starred in The Breaking Point, and Operation Pacific, starring John Wayne. She suffered a nervous breakdown around this time, following the end of her relationship with Cooper, and left Hollywood for New York, returning to Broadway in a revival of The Children’s Hour, in 1952. She also acted in A Roomful of Roses in 1955 and as the mother in The Miracle Worker in 1959. In films, she starred in A Face in the Crowd (1957).”

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“Julie Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. Noted for her role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons.

Born in Los Angeles, Kavner grew up in Southern California. Known for her improvisation and distinctive voice, Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern

in Rhoda in 1974. Following Rhoda, Kavner was cast in The Tracey Ullman Show, which debuted in 1987. The Tracey Ullman Show included a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family. Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner to voice Marge. The shorts would eventually be spun off into The Simpsons.

Kavner has been described as “nearly reclusive”; part of her contract says that she will never have to promote The Simpsons on video.”

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sissy-soxing:

fantasy

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Fantasy in literature is so stultifying.

This brings to mind Ayn Rand.

I don’t really know what planet she was writing about.

If she had lived to see the future, she would have been astounded by all the big rip-offs selling us out to special interests!

For such a brilliant woman, she seemed rather naive.

Unaware that if you played by the rules, and the possibility existed that you might actually win the game, then more likely than not, your enemies would change the rules, making you a loser.

So “Atlas Shrugged” –big deal.

If you decide to quit, there are many others desiring to replace you, commensurate with you success. Your successor may not be as talented as you were, but the system doesn’t really care! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out bub.

I read an account of Ayn Rand having visited an all boy’s prep school, wearing a short skirt,

thereby causing a sensation among those present. She was no doubt charismatic. As a person she sounds way more interesting than her writing ever could be.

At a young age I read the monumental “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, and really can’t waste any more time on fantasy.

When unemployed during the eighties, I read Thomas Pynchon’s epic tome “Gravity’s Rainbow,” which verges on fantasy. We really don’t need any more writers trying to emulate Pynchon!

Same with the Harry Potter books. The author herself is way more interesting than a bunch of rubbish, as the British would say, about witches and such. Truly amazing how she came from nowhere to become such a success.

Modern society has a tendency to chew up people like sticks of gum before spitting them out, producing an abundance of washed-up-has-beens.

cheerleaders

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scene from video brie cheer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biPz8jnYb3U

“firecracker firecracker!”

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retro cheerleaders:

& from the internet:

“In the mid-70’s there was a sit-com called “Welcome Back Kotter” starring Gabe Kaplan as a high school teacher in Brooklyn. [Some guy named Travolta played one of his students,aka “The Sweathogs] At the end of the show, when they rolled the credits, they showed people in a real-life street scene in what I presume is Brooklyn. A girl was walking and wearing an athletic jacket and on the back, written in script was “Ty Cobbs Cheerleaders” I just happened to catch the end of a rerun today, so I’m wondering,is there a high school named after Cobb in Brooklyn or NYC?” [i don’t think so]

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answer to last month’s mystery photo:

Audrey Rose

from the movie “Chunky Cheerleaders.”

I saw the outtakes at the end of the movie, and a handsome actor tried to flirt with Audrey Rose, but she was just there to work and make buck$. However, the good-looking stud made sure she would not ever forget him!

Also, Audrey mentioned that she needed a ride back to North Hollywood (where I used to live!).

Additionally, delightful Roxy Blaze

really has a wonderful personality according to the outtakes.

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“Natasha Lyonne has also appeared in more than 30 other movies, including starring roles in the independent films Slums of Beverly Hills [“Let’s go to Sizzler!”] and “But I’m a Cheerleader.”

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Text mostly from the Los Angeles Times:

“The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum field is the place where two Summer Olympics were staged, and John F. Kennedy accepted the Democratic presidential nomination [–convention at the sports arena I believe.] It was also a location for “The Gangbang Girl #32,

” a hard-core pornographic movie that featured 40 minutes of group sex on the gridiron turf, The Times has learned.

“I was just in awe that we were at the Coliseum,” said a star of the film, who goes by the name Mr. Marcus.

“I’ve made movies for about 20 years and I’ve done a lot of things, but that one really stands out.… I mean, who gets to have sex on the Coliseum floor?”

How the crew got permission to use the national historic landmark — which was built as a memorial to World War I veterans — is unclear. Attempts to reach a representative of the production company, Anabolic Video, were unsuccessful.

Gaining access to the locked stadium and firing up the field lights typically requires the approval of a high-ranking manager, according to people familiar with Coliseum operations, who requested anonymity because they are not allowed to speak publicly on the matter.

An attorney for the top Coliseum executive at the time the video was made said his client knew nothing about the production.

Some current commissioners, including county Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Mark Ridley-Thomas, were on the panel when the film was shot.

Yaroslavsky and Ridley-Thomas declined requests for an interview late Tuesday.

The plot of the movie, to the extent that it has one, revolves around a football team and a cheerleader.

The Anabolic logo is emblazoned on the jerseys the dozen or so performers wear — Marcus kept his as a souvenir — and on banners draped like bunting along the stands.

Marcus is a repeat winner of the annual Adult Video News Award, has been inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization’s Adult Movie Hall of Fame and wrote the 2010 book “The Porn Star Guide to Great Sex” (St. Martin’s Press), which earns a three-star review on the Barnes & Noble website.

Before he joins in the film’s raunchier scenes, Marcus is depicted as a quarterback tossing warmup passes near the western end zone. He told The Times he remembered the movie was shot on a cool night starting about 7.

“We were probably there until 11 p.m.,” he said.

The movie’s credits say it was produced on Sept. 16, 2001, a Sunday, during football season.

Sitting in the warehouse-like office of his Van Nuys-based apparel company, Daddy Inc., Marcus recalled that a clearly marked Sheriff’s Department helicopter startled the cast when it appeared overhead in mid-shoot. The whop-whop of a chopper’s blades is heard in the movie.

Marcus said he remembered looking up and thinking: “There’s going to be, like, this intercom saying, ‘Hey, this is the … Sheriff’s Department, you guys must cease.’

“But none of that came. They just circled, like they were trying to see what was going on.”

Spokesmen for the Sheriff’s Department and Los Angeles Police Department, which has jurisdiction over the Coliseum, said they had no information about any 2001 pornography shoot there.

Marcus said the fact that the filming continued after the helicopter left convinced him that Anabolic must have had an official go-ahead to use the stadium.

“Honestly, when I started to shoot there, I thought, ‘How the hell did we pull this off? And does everyone know about it?'”

The performer had no apologies for people who might be angry that the movie may have tarnished the Coliseum.

“You can be mad all you want, but it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime types of opportunities,” he said.

[This happened about 10 years ago, but why now all the hubbub?!]

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Mostly from Wikipedia:

Pacific Ocean Park

was a twenty-eight acre, nautical-themed amusement park built on a pier at

Pier Avenue in the Ocean Park section of Santa Monica, California, which was intended to compete with Disneyland.

“POP,” as it was soon nicknamed and pronounced, was a joint venture between CBS and Santa Anita Park. It opened on Saturday, July 28, 1958 with an attendance figure of 20,000. The next day, the park drew 37,262 which handily outperformed Disneyland’s attendance figure that same day.

Like Disneyland, Pacific Ocean Park found corporate sponsors to share the expenses of some of the exhibits. Six of the pier’s original attractions were incorporated into the new park: The

Sea Serpent roller coaster, the antique carousel, the Toonerville Fun House, the Glass House, twin diving bells and much more.

Among a standard complement of carnival-style attractions and rides were the following:

Enchanted Forest/USS Nautilus Submarine Exhibit featured a 150-foot (46 m)-long model of the atomic reactor section of a submarine.

House of Tomorrow was themed like similar “looks at the future” featured at Disneyland and the World’s Fair. Elektro, the talking and smoking robot from the 1939 World’s Fair, was a prominent display.

Sea Circus was included in the basic attraction price. Performing dolphins and sea lions played to audiences of 2000 at a time. After the show, visitors could feed seals in the Seal Pool.

Diving Bells in which passengers were submerged into the ocean via hydraulic pistons. A vast underwater vista was clearly visible through the portholes. Another such ride also existed in single fashion at the Long Beach Nupike and also Coney Island Astroland.

Ocean Skyway were bubble-shaped gondolas suspended 75 feet above the surface of the ocean.

Passengers were treated to a one-half mile trip out to sea and back.

Union 76 Ocean Highway was similar to Disneyland’s Autopia attraction. Visitors could drive miniature, gasoline-powered automobiles on a simulated highway.

Flight to Mars was an audio-visual presentation that simulated a trip to Mars.

Flying Carpet was a ride themed around Tales of the Arabian Nights. “Flying carpets” suspended on an overhead track took visitors over an Arabian-themed diorama.

Mirror Maze was a standard funhouse attraction.

Davy Jones’ Locker was another funhouse with a nautical theme.

Flying Dutchman was a dark ride similar to what Disneyland would present in 1967 with the opening of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Deepest Deep simulated a voyage via submarine. Unlike Disneyland’s Submarine Voyage attraction, “Deepest Deep” took place above water.

Round the World in 80 Turns was an unusual combination of travelogue and thrill ride. Tub-like ride vehicles whipped sharply to the right and left to show travel scenes from around the world.

The attraction was closed in the middle of the park’s second season due to complaints of nausea and neck and back pain.

Safari Dark Ride was an interactive children’s ride in which riders in miniature Jeeps used an electronic rifle to “hunt” animals in the African jungle.

Mystery Island Banana Train Ride Considered by many to Pacific Ocean Park’s best ride, passengers were treated to a trip aboard a tropical banana plantation train complete with a

simulated volcano and simulated earthquakes.

Sea Serpent Roller Coaster was a wooden, 1926 Hi-Boy roller coaster from the original pier.

Mahi Mahi was a massive tower with long arms that were turning around and people sat in something resembling a jet It sat 8 passengers.

Whirl Pool was a centrifuge that pinned riders to the walls as the floor slowly lowered beneath them.

Mr. Dolphin was another original pier attraction.

Flying Fish was a miniature roller coaster. It was the first steel mouse coaster design in the USA.

Carousel was the 1926-vintage carousel from the original pier.

Fisherman’s Cove and the International Promenade were shopping, dining and souvenir areas which featured a number of good, international restaurants.

King Neptunes Courtyard A beautiful walk under the ocean to view King Neptunes’ lair.

Mrs.Squid also known as “The Ahuna Thrill Ride” was a Dual Tub Octopus ride with a squid decor in the center. The ride had a total of 16 tubs each able to carry 2 adult passengers.

Brie interjects:

[I don’t remember P.O.P. being that nice! I remember it as being rather shabby and run-down, but still enjoyable!]

No mention of the Sea Tub ride!? James and I riding the sea tub in the dark.

referred to the ride as “the pee tub.” At school James pointed out this rather plain looking tall girl,

saying he did it with her. He just had to obtain a condom from a gas station vending machine, and she would let him do it. He said she was sexy. I could see that.

The end [of P.O.P.]

Wikipedia again:

Santa Monica began its Ocean Park urban renewal project. Buildings in the surrounding area were demolished and streets leading to the park were closed. As a result, visitors simply

couldn’t reach the park and attendance plummeted.

The park’s creditors and the City of Santa Monica filed suit to take control of the property because of back taxes and back rent owed by the park’s new owner. Pacific Ocean Park closed.

The park’s dilapidated buildings and pier structure remained until several suspicious fires occurred and it was finally demolished in the winter of 1974-75.

The final episode of the ABC television series “The Fugitive” was shot at Pacific Ocean Park. Filmed on location just prior to the park’s closure in the fall of 1967, the park’s “Mahi, Mahi”

ride tower was the setting for the dramatic face off between Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen) and the fictional one-armed man. The episode, broadcast on August 29 1967, was one of the highest rated in television history.

The episode of the Twilight Zone series titled “In Praise of Pip,” starring Jack Klugman and Billy Mumy, was also filmed there.

An episode of the series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was also filmed in the park.

The park was the setting of an episode of the television series Route 66 (Season 2, Episode 29 “Between Hello and Goodbye”) which aired May 11, 1962. Martin Milner’s character Tod is shown working at King Neptune’s Courtyard, and guest star Susan Oliver is depicted riding the Ocean Skyway.

flash forward years later in silicone valley at a company picnic in the park, where a gal

“The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum field is the place where two Summer Olympics were staged, and John F. Kennedy accepted the Democratic presidential nomination [–convention at the sports arena I believe.]
It was also a location for “The Gangbang Girl #32,