My view of LA definitely comes from Sunset Boulevard. And, to a lesser extent, Rebel Without a Cause.
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Oct 19, 2008 5:15:35 pm PDT #5398 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ginger - Oct 19, 2008 5:18:47 pm PDT #5399 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
New York - Roller Skates, The Saturdays
Paris - Madeline
London - Mary Poppins, E. Nesbit's The Story of the Treasure Seekers, A Little Princess, Sherlock Holmes
Los Angeles - Dragnet
Tokyo - Godzilla
Berlin - Cabaret
SF - Summer of Love news coverage, "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair," McMillan & Wife (Anyone remember Rock Hudson pursuing a suspect over SF hills on a bicycle?)
Sue - Oct 19, 2008 5:20:28 pm PDT #5400 of 10001
hip deep in pie
LA - Also: Emergency, CHiPs, and The Day of the Locust.
tommyrot - Oct 19, 2008 5:24:27 pm PDT #5401 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I watched a lot of cop shows in the '70s. So I guess NY and LA got covered. And I loved Emergency and liked CHiPs.
Happy Days taught me very little about Milwaukee. (Or was that in a suburb of Milwaukee?) Neither did Lavern and Shirley, but I was annoyed when they moved to LA.
And my impressions of Fantasy Island were largely informed by the TV show of the same name.
Oh, and Hawaii Five-O for Hawaii.
Steph L. - Oct 19, 2008 5:31:25 pm PDT #5402 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
That's the danger of not being subbed to every thread. I'm invariably behind somewhere.
You're a bad board citizen!
GAZEBO!!!
tommyrot - Oct 19, 2008 5:40:38 pm PDT #5403 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
msbelle - Oct 19, 2008 5:51:37 pm PDT #5404 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
New York - Saturday Night Fever, The Warriors, Interview (magazine), and The Rise and Fall of a Teenage Wacko
msbelle - Oct 19, 2008 5:57:45 pm PDT #5405 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
New York - I forgot - Family Affair (TV)
Paris - maybe Funny Face - can't recall where it's set
London - Mary Poppins
LA - no idea
Toyko - none
Rome - Roman Holiday
Berlin - none
beth b - Oct 19, 2008 6:05:02 pm PDT #5406 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I think there was a gidget movie set in Rome
Roman holiday I saw after I had been there
Pix - Oct 19, 2008 6:13:57 pm PDT #5407 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
New York- Huh. I grew up just a couple of hours away, so I'm not sure if my first images of NYC came from a movie or television show. I think the first book I read that featured NYC was A Cricket in Times Square, though.
Paris- Aristocats, American in Paris, Gigi
London- Mary Poppins, Peter Pan (Disney cartoon version), Bedknobs and Broomsticks, A Little Princess (the Shirley Temple version)
LA- Singing in the Rain, LA Story
Rome- The Italian Job, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Much Ado About Nothing, The Wings of the Dove
Berlin- Cabaret, The Bourne Supremacy
Tokyo- Lost in Translation, without a doubt, and Godzilla
Australia- Crocodile Dundee (sorry, billytea!)