Picked up the rental and leaving the airport…Our first impression of LA was that it was a little dirty and old. But I guess all areas around the Airport and Downtown aren’t in the best shape.
Headed for Hollywood…
First thing on the agenda, a Warner Brothers Backlot tour…
George Clooney’s Apartment in ER…
Annie’s orphanage in the 1st movie…
I watched this movie so many times as a kid…I can see her singing right off this balcony…
This is the orphanage in the Annie remake and also was Jim Carey apartment in the Mask where he falls out of the building and says the line, “Look Mom, I’m road kill.”"
The two building where side by side…
Where the upside down kiss was filmed for Spiderman…
Stage 16 – The largest stage on the lot…
Underneath the stage there was a 2.3 million gallon tank of water. One of the things that they filmed here was the movie Perfect Storm.
The car from Get Smart…
The Gran Torino – Clint Eastwood actually owns this car and has loaned it to the lot. They said he comes and gets it when he wants to take it for a drive.
The General Lee – They had to rebuild the car after every episode.
The Car from the Hangover…I am glad that it was fixed.
Scooby Doo…
The Bat Mobile from the one with Val Kilmer…
Harry Potter…
My favorite part of the tour…The set of FRIENDS!!!
They bought this coffee machine for the set and forgot to hire someone to run it. Gunther was only supposed to be an extra for the day, but since he was the only one on set that knew how to work the machine, they kept him on and made a character out of him. We were told that every minute somewhere in the world a Friends episode is playing. Gunther now brings home 1/2 million dollars a year all because he knew how to work the barista machine!
I was so giddy knowing that I was touching all the things that the cast of Friends have touched in the past! The show is on Nick at Night and that makes me feel so old.
We went through the prop storage area and this stand up chandelier was pointed out. Only ten of these where made and only 4 are left. The studio has 2 of them and they are valued at 3 million dollars a piece. The studio no longer rents them out once they had them appraised.
Griffith Observatory…
Views from Griffith Park…
Doug had me take a picture of this bill board. He says the last time that he checked California was part of the US. AND WE SPEAK ENGLISH!!!!
Views from Mulholland Drive…
Really cool trees that we found in Beverly Hills…
Just driving through Beverly Hills…
Finally made it to our hotel…
Views from our room…
We saw a lot of LA and a lot of really expensive cars. No celebrity sightings…just a lot of people running red lights…apparently red is the new yellow.
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