The Monster Squad (1987) Filming Locations Then & Now - Los Angeles and Inside Warner Bros Backlot
Filming Locations of The Monster Squad 1987
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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today's adventure i will be covering the
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1987
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the monster squad one of my personal
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favorites
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for those who have never seen it do
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yourself a favor check it out if you
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enjoy
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the goonies think of that film mixed
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with
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battling of creatures of the night like
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dracula frankenstein
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wolf man it's a mummy among others
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it's a good one and some of the spots
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are rather
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difficult to get into because it was
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filmed at a variety of hollywood
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back lots as well as some real
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neighborhoods i'm gonna try to check out
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as many
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as i can throughout the course of the
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day i'm inviting you
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to join me shall you
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and with all filming locations that i do
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i always like to bring along some
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screen captures makes it a little easier
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when matching things up
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off i go i'm right there with you big
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the foot
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would have been fun to be part of that
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clubhouse crew
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going after the ghoulish evildoers
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first stop will be santa monica close to
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the beach
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a little bit away from it you can't see
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the shoreline from
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the spot but pretty close quite a bit
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takes place
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near the cross streets of georgina
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avenue
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and 12th street just in this
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general vicinity including the corner
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right up here where the the guys are
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walking in
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phoebe meets up with them turning around
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the
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corner over there very beautiful with
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the palm trees
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and they're not the only the only trees
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or foliage that
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can be matched up this hedge here has
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grown up
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quite a bit in fact it wasn't even there
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back in the mid to late 80s
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nor is the the first split tree
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on the corner that has also been removed
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over time however the ones in the
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distance
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still remain including that one the
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second one back is very very
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noticeable as they trek along here
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not really seeing any sort of root
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system here
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for that very a very unique one would
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have been planted
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could have decomposed been torn out
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be a variety of reasons but as i get a
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little bit closer
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up to this one notice the pattern of
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the way it forks there that is
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this one here
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quite a bit of time grows a little
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that's a interesting thing
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the scary german guy as they referred to
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him his house
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is down there just a few homesteads away
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but the way they're walking
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is that way a little out of order
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from reality the way it's perceived they
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are heading
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is along this sidewalk there
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there's also another there are two trees
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that kind of fork
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into one there
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as shown here
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blocked by that hedge you can see it
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kind of subtly through the little hole
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there
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so in reality trudging along this way
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it would make you think that scary
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german guy as they referred to
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his house was down there but nope
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it's down this way not a lot looks the
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same in fact a lot of these homes have
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been
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restored and redone even looking towards
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the other angle
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across from from where his house would
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have been
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chain link fence has gone but even these
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houses
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over decades have been replaced
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thankfully a couple of the neighbors
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homes
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and the root system and where the
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branches were
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from the tree can help us match up
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accordingly which means
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this fence there
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is where the house is or was there's
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still a house there but it's been it's
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been replaced
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but that's where the chain link fence
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was now
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a different fence and if you look
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closely
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roof line right there next door
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still the same even though the original
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house
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featured in the movie is gone with a
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much newer
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less creepy version
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that's kind of the angle right about
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pay attention to the sidewalk leading
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from the house to the road
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and in the distance are some very
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interesting formations in the bark
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and the way that one kind of twists up
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that twisty one is still there
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even so some of some of the others have
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been uprooted
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the twisty one still remains stepped a
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little bit closer up
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not only to the the screen capture
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but also in real life
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from the house when they return here
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they're all three standing
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in this spot as well
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and horus utters that that now famous
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quote
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three words scary
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german guy
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progress does not stop
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thankfully there are a few key points
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even looking this direction
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amazing how how all of these
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all of these homes have changed the one
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clue here
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is the formation and the way the
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branches there
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go up that's still this particular one
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here
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as they ran off yet another has been
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removed
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taken up from the base there but a new
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one has been planted
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and the reason i'm showing this is where
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rudy pulled up
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in his very stylish fashion on his
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bicycle
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right between these two points
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shown here
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i think we all wanted to be rudy in a
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way
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very very unique
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a little knots on it going up
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he had a bmx bike you could recreate
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that
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that scene right there
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see even the even the house in the back
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as stated
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i'm reiterating myself but yeah
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totally different now even though they
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don't say it and designate it so
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the alley they're walking down is
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directly behind
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that road right behind the house right
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behind these houses
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right back here wide angle camera setup
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was from down there
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looking this way and you know still used
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for trash cans and whatnot through here
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but this fence is
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that fence there next to this
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old shed and they continue on past this
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now there's also been
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a little buffer here place and some more
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hedges
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but they continue going this way
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camera would have been right about there
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as they just walked right past
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to give a little reference
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trash trucks coming down the alley now
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got about five miles or so
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of a drive over to the next spot not not
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too far
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cross streets of coolidge ave and
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richland
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avenue where the first
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present day scene took place
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on the other end of this building
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when i say present day i mean present
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day from the movie
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at the start not present day 2020
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present day in the film 1987. it's very
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confusing i know
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a little has been done to the the
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entrance point
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you can see the windows there and the
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box above the door
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gives it a frame of reference
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it has there has been some structural
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modifications not many but a few can
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even faintly see the address number
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in the frame
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and the office are just to the right of
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those doors is where they were
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being sat down and scolded i believe
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around back in the courtyard area is
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where ej
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was bullying horus with the candy bar
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and the foot imprint on there
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kind of all escalated around the back
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over that way i can't get the exact
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perspective from where i'm standing this
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is as close as i can get but
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right over there where it took place
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see that tree is still there and the
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windows behind it match up
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or the little little overhang it's also
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back there
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as well in the distance and yes that is
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the older brother from the wonder years
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he's always seemed to be cast in kind of
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obnoxious roles
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playing a meanie also in peewee's big
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adventure he had a little bit of an
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attitude as well for the brief moment he
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was in that
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there he was over there standing against
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base of that foliage
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to the next approximately uh 11 miles
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or so
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11 mile commute to the next one
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made it over to exposition boulevard
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and even though the museums are closed
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you can walk down this path
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to get a view probably about
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a quarter of a mile eighth of a mile
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down this road there is no parking along
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this stretch so i had to find
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i had to find some on the street back
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there otherwise
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just kind of hoof it now there were some
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interiors
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that took place inside there but during
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these times
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can't get in but up here is where the
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mummy escaped
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band-aid breath he was referred to as
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there he is entering from from that side
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bypassing this angle
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and then continues to walk that way
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down this path
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oh yeah in fact the roof line there
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and the fence still the same as well
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they had a lot of haze and a lot of mist
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to lock out
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well now there's a building back there
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in the far distance the smaller one here
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was there
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back in 87. this is slightly different
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as well modern day
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looking that way over here to this side
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is this
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this
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that was random
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there they go they're all perching up
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top
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stephen king rules but a hitchcock
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would be proud i always wanted one of
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those
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t-shirts he was wearing king went i mean
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right along the pathway he would have
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taken
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it would have went by this very
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beautiful rose garden
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standing atop one of the universal
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studios hollywood
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overlooks and down there
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you can see the back lot and if you were
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to kind of go around the edge
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of the hill there would have been
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this structure it has been torn down
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at the end of colonial street is one of
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two at least two spots that no longer
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exist
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from the monster squad that were down
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there they didn't do a whole lot at
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universal
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most of it as far as backlots go was
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that warner brothers but wanted to swing
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by here and just
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kind of show this perspective just to
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mention it
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and totally unrelated but still in the
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same genre
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kinda sorta even though where dracula
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resided in what i am
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mentioning we got norman's
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place still down there
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i wonder if mother's home before moving
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on one last little
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not really bird's eye but kind of high
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up view of the back lot
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a universal okay
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over to warner ranch now that's right
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big the foot gonna end with the studios
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but first got to go by the other warner
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property
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yep they have two with backlot areas
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at the corner of oak street and
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hollywood way
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gate number 12.
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the wb a few things took place right
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behind here including
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the home where dracula pulled the car up
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got out after exploding the
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police vehicle in the front yard
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turned into a bat the mom came out of
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the front door
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realizing that something peculiar was
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going on you see the shadow on the side
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of the wall i also have documentation
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here of what
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it looked like then and since i can't
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get in i have
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google street view which surprisingly
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shows up inside there to see what it
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looks like now
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1987 there and
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more current see it pretty much still
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looks the same
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more or less they did a little bit of a
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little bit of changes but
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all in all you could tell that's it also
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with lights flashing pull up into the
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yard
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and then modern day
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same perspective
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with the background buildings the same
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oh that's pretty neat
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you can kind of see the back side there
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by walking over
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to gate 11 what i was just
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pointing at would be
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be those there let me get more in the in
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the shade
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so i would be over here looking that way
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cannot gain access though
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also inside was the diner the restaurant
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where they were they were eating on the
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side the little picnic table on the
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outside that's used for a number
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of different things through the years
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other tv shows and productions that's
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kind of tucked away
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in the corner and i've heard that this
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premises is being either
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sold or renovated or changed and they're
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going to be
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getting rid a lot of the facades and
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artifacts from
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from productions past i don't know if
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that's true if it is
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it's going to be a shame to get rid of a
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lot of a lot of history inside there i
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would love
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to gain access and and do a lot of
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you know documentation of a lot of
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things that took place
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in there don't know if that'll happen
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but definitely a bucket list would be to
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just peruse around in there
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at will and have and have access
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and i really hope it doesn't go away but
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the rumor mill is strong
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it's even tough to peek in if you tried
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to do so you got some real retro signage
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there including this one
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up top take a look at that beauty that's
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that's seen some years
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the blue dot is where i'm standing and
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monster squad house is in this far
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corner
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now in correlation just to show this
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here right there is the lethal weapon
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and this is the house from christmas
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vacation
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where all the lights are being portrayed
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i am just
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right there in fact the lethal weapon
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house you can see
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in monster squad during
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one of the scenes where the camera goes
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back
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you can see it it's right there so
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lethal weapon house
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and that is the backside no not of water
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but that's the back side of the
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christmas vacation house true story i
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don't want to tease too much i know
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that's a little bit of a disappointment
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here i cannot get into however
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i'm able to get into studios warner
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brothers studios so the crescendo
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the town circle town square if you want
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to call it church all that
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i'm going to be seeing it oh yeah
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i saved the best for last that water
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tower is like a beacon
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hello wb i've been patient for this and
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now it's happening
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it's happening the entrance to the one
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hour photo store
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really has not changed that much just
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the paint job but you can see it's the
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same
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woodwork with these little notches
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that he walked out of gosh even the
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brickwork and
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the glass still looks the same as well
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pretty cool the clock was about 20
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minutes to midnight give or take
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and it was placed up there at the
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pinnacle
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of the courthouse you zoom in just a
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little bit
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kind of where that light that lamp
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shining down is is where
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the prop clock was now when they arrived
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at the church they were a little
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unlucky because the door was locked
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now the the black hole vortex type thing
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was just to the right of it
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and also frankenstein was right over
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there kind of where that
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wooden box is next to the curb and got
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dragged off into it little girl was
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trying to hold on
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the car came right across the town
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square this gazebo was removed and a
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statue
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was put in its place but the car would
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have been barreling right towards
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where i'm at watch out there he comes in
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bat form
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flying in he's attacking
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well i guess maybe the tip of it wasn't
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part of the cross but it definitely
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jabbed him through the heart and he laid
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right about here give or take
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prior to that he could be seen trouncing
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across the road away from this
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facade more technically it looks as if
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it was
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kind of near where the fireplace chimney
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is
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right about there because you can see
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the windows on either side have to kind
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of have a keen eye
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and that's the spot and that lamp post
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was right there on that corner on the
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left
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you know give or take approximately
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definitely shows over time how much a
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tree can grow
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this one here that was being held onto
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is a lot thicker and taller than it was
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in the 80s
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dressed as a burger king the banshees
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the three of them
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we're heading this way
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right about in that section the bk
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on the far right the on that awning well
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on the
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on the wood piece as here's another
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angle a close-up version
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whoa instead of banshees it's an
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automobile
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okay it turned off whew i want to have
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to drive a stake through that car's
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heart
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out of the left of the screen she's
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approaching but he's got a
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a bow and arrow as he stands right here
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it's about to go down flying into that
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set of windows the one on the left
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sporting good sign would have been
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mounted up there as well so
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basically right here in the middle of
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those two windows the one on the left
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is where the bat went in wolfman got
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pushed out the side of the wall and
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exploded
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and i am happy to say that is the spot
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right there it exists
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serious showdown
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kind of frightening to be honest my
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shadow's a little bit in the way my
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shadow's
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kinda where the wolf man was
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creepy now i cannot confirm if there
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really was a manhole cover here at one
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time a sewage area
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or if they dug a hole and just made it
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appear as if but burger king would have
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been on the left
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and the newspaper stand on the right and
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where i
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am is where the creature popped out of
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the road
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and there he laid after he shot him the
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bullies come out to praise horus
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but he wanted nothing to do with them
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look at the brick pillar there on the
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left it's still the same
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and the creature was laying more or less
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right about
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here remember when the dog's trying to
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be pulled in through the air
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and he's kind of just being like sucked
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into the vortex
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this is this is that tree it's grown
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quite a bit but the background's the
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same and this little knot
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up there still remains you know decades
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later
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it's a little taller and wider but you
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can see the knot
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