A Weird Day On Hollywood Blvd - Eating At Mel’s Drive In & Wax Museum Walk Thru / Favorite Overlooks
Hollywood Blvd July 2024
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as a
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recording of This is Monday July 29th
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2024 today is going to be a Hollywood
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day starting off at the Universal
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City Hollywood Overlook also going to be
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heading down to Hollywood
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Boulevard Hollywood Highland area
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possibly a little later pop into
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Universal Studios
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Hollywood last 3 days have been at
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Midsummer scream friend Kevin and I were
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staying here at the Universal Hilton we
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were driving Community back to Long
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Beach was a little inconvenient
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but worked out pretty well with traffic
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on some
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days we're ending our last day our
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fourth day here in
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town a Hollywood day I'm inviting you to
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join me good to have you
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here shall you this Overlook has opened
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during daylight hours 9 to 6
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the mle Halland Scenic
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Overlook Kevin's getting his first Peak
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here that's a view what do you think
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that's a view yeah you see everything
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like you see the archway for Universal
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right over there you know a lot about
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Universal so what are what are some of
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the landmarks down there that you notice
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all well we got to Overlord the minion
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on the parking garage right over there
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right so right right next to the hotel
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and then you're going to have
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Transformers as you can see a little bit
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parking garage wizzing world can you
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imagine watching Water World the
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fireworks shoot off from up here yeah
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it'd be cool it's a ways down there and
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then behind it you got Disney Studios
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you got Warner Brother
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Studios and you got all the
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valley and then the Hollywood side what
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was that is right over there we're
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actually going to get a better view when
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we go down Mall Holland did you read any
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any the information right here no oh it
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tells you what's
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yeah oh look at that this is how it used
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to look dude there's nothing there oh my
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gosh the old dice that's
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1921 I wish I said whose house this was
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look at that
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house it's right
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there what do you think the rent on
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something like that would be probably
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more than $1,000 a month yeah just a
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little bit a little over a thousand I'm
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sure they actually changed this it used
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to be a different placard here a lot
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more of the movie history now it's just
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kind of a vague Carl limy Universal City
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started back in 1915 the chicken
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ranch so next year will be the 110th
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anniversary have you ever been up here
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have you like HED I have been up there I
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think some of these is where Donnie
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Darko was filmed I think Justin Scar and
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I went up there one time way up
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there National
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Forest un Universal City Overlook
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Universal is actually a city has its own
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ZIP code own fire department the whole
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shebang this is actually a really good
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time to be up here as well there was
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plenty of parking during the day this
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parking violation $500 if you park in a
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spot you're not supposed to park at or
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if you're parked here when you're not
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supposed to be here not sure have they
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enforce that completely but yeah there's
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also a sign right over here with a
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little bit of information on it as well
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flip this around right over here is the
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original placard so if you just continue
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walking this way you can see this
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here constructed by the Santa Monica
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Mountains
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conservation there's another one but
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this has been replaced
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also San Fernando Valley before 1940
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this Broad Valley was filmed with
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commercial Orchards
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oranges things like that snow boy picked
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for flavor is sound like West Coast
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orange bird West Coast orange bird yep
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right there should get a snow boy shirt
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and wear it to Magic
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Kingdom he looks like he's wearing a
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little like what ear muffs little ear
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muffs but it's so hot here in California
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so it doesn't make
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sense it's way hotter in Florida
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yeah look at this though isn't that
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wild like that is that
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taking the air you always got the Tour
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Vans coming by here all the Hollywood
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Tours that's the big bus
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hello don't believe anything the GU
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saying it's most likely not true he just
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said Adam the W was over here you didn't
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hear him say that that's why he just
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told everybody that's why he got a wave
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lies M Hall and drop D
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Overlook iconic Hollywood side right
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there now when you're coming up from the
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universal
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area they put these little stanions in
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the middle of the road keep people from
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taking a left turn so if you're coming
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up this way you got to go up the way do
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a
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U-turn here on mul
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Halland and cut around I really
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sometimes it's really difficult to find
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a parking spot in here but I did my
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rental car there's only four or five
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parking spots here with this Overlook
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but this time of the day lucked out this
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is the mall and Scenic Corridor did you
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bring the quarters I didn't bring any
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quarters look down there there it is
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downtown LA a Hollywood
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Bowl so many artists have play at the
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Hollywood Bowl and then you got downtown
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LA off in the distance now where's the
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Hollywood Sign Hollywood sign is
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directly behind us we going to walk over
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there and see it
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I'll get your
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reaction yeah you see here there's only
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like three or four spots up here you
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know all the years I lived here I never
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realized that moholland drive was named
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after William mohh Halland the chief
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engineer of Los Angeles back in
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1913 he promoted the concept of a Scenic
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Highway to make the mountains accessible
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to the people of La there he is old bill
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molland
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yeah I love that view of the Hollywood
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Bowl everybody's played
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there first time I ever saw it on film
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was B Midler and
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beaches love
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beaches sign in the city of course
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originally was called Hollywood Land
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There It Is
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Wow have you ever seen the Hollywood
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slime before in person far away far far
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away
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German and Venice going in like touching
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it I know so jealous you got to do
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that I'd say probably in the past two
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three or more years I haven't been able
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to pull into the parking spot here at
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the mall Hall and Overlook it's usually
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just so congested with people but for
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whatever reason not too bad today here
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on this
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Monday it's exactly noon right now on
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this Monday that I'm filming this the
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29th what is the exact reasoning behind
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the 541 just round it up what if you
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only have
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$519 will they accept that if you're
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like all I got
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$598 and change would that be okay to
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get you off the hook I like the stories
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of the guys who like bring pennies to
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pay off their like tolls parking permit
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like to parking uh tickets bringing the
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pennies it's valid
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currency now for a couple of years I'm
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not sure why they had this fence this is
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the property line for Universal Studios
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Hollywood way up at the top of dwit
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Drive in Blair where DT and Blair meet
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but they had like kind of tarps over
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this for a few years and they have
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removed the tarps and you can peek down
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into the back
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lot and also the blue wall down there
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that was used in The Truman Show and you
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can see the baits
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motel and from another angle be able to
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see the disaster scene down there with
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the
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plane there a better angle than this but
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yeah I'm kind of glad they they got rid
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of the the tarps over them you can see
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again okay there's the the fake
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Hollywood
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Sign set up for the 60th anniversary of
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the tram tour by Universal Studios
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Hollywood so we're going to be doing the
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tram tour a little bit later there's the
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baates motel and there there goes the
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tram look glamour tram coming by right
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now
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what do you think of this view dude you
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can't beat that right the glamour tram
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the psycho house right
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there war the worlds you see the nope
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set too off to the
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left that big green building is Fast and
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the Furious yeah that's something I but
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that's what that is that's what that is
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though no I'm not I'm not I'm not into
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it either glamber tram going by the the
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base Motel down
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there it's
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great there's our hotel off in the
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distance and so you look past the hotel
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up on the side of that Hill that's where
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we were at the universal Overlook over
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there we got here pretty quick it feels
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like it should take like farther like an
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hour but you're here in like 20
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minutes so if you look over here you can
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see stound Sound Stage 30 they have The
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Voice logo on it there you can also see
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part of Hill Valley from Back to the
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Future you got the Metro sets down below
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you got that Golf Course behind it there
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all right over on level P3 of the
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Hollywood and Highland Center directly
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underneath well kind of underneath say
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underneath I'm close proximity to being
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underneath the Chinese Theater I was uh
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trying not to find street parking cuz
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I've kind of have been down that rabbit
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hole before and it's very difficult so I
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just pay a few dollars to park in the
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structure off of orange and Hollywood
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Boulevard I usually park on P2 or
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P3 I'm going to head up and see some
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Hollywood and Highland
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Shenanigans all up to this level here at
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the Dolby where they have the Academy
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Awards going to walk down to the
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boulevard here down the staircas
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speaking of Academy Awards they have all
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the best pictures posted on the side
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right here so you got no country from
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old
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men7 to get the Departed
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2006 I guess while we were driving there
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was a 5.2 on the RoR scale earthquake
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that
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happened I didn't feel it of course we
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were also
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driving your first earthquake and you
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didn't even you didn't even get to
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really fully experience I remember
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having one in Maryland I was working at
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a restaurant and everything started
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shaking like what is happening you don't
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really think of earthquakes in Maryland
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that's
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interesting yeah it's quite the feeling
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I've been through a couple of them but
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we didn't feel this one there's the uh
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there's the LA fire department going by
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right there oh check it out there's the
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there's the Maxine tour wait what I had
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heard about this online they do a tour
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that they take you around to the Maxine
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spot or maybe they don't do it anymore
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maybe this should promotion that promote
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movie but I think for a while they were
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they're trying to decide if they want to
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do the tour I think for a while they
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were trying to they were doing an actual
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tour of the Maxine
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spots where the Maxine
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alley and her apartment are down that
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way 11 celebrity home 11 oh no this is
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just the celebrity homes this is not for
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Maxine okay never mind for a small fee
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you could take aot here you get your
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name on the Walk of Fame next to sorsi
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down here or Charlie's thone right there
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pay a little money you can hold the
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director megaphone you can have the
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little camera what do you think the
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stains are on this uh Star right there
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little little pee little poo I don't
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like to think about I don't think like
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to think about bodily functions in
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Hollywood they don't exist to me here I
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just pretend they don't exist got the
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sightseeing tour bus over there
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it's got all
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the hand prints feet prints here you got
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George Clooney so Kevin and I are on the
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same wavelink with La La Land we both
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love La La Land not everyone loves La La
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Land but we both enjoy La La Land is
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that Gosling or is that Emma uh Gosling
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Gosling Gosling same hand size Hello
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Mickey Mickey Mickey
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we just want Mickey oh yeah yeah but
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Mickey after after after after after
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what oh wait yeah yeah yeah I just we
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just want a photo of Mickey is this for
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us yes we want a photo with Mickey I
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wanted to meet Mickey for so long on
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Hollywood bu there you go Spider-Man you
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mind taking a photo of us with Mickey Mi
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we appreciate it thank you thanks guys
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we didn't know that for us yeah yeah
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know 100% there you go take that let's
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get in
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here ke get on the other side my hero
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boys do a selfie yeah take a selfie
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there Perfect all right guys thanks
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Spider-Man thanks been fighting any
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crime out here sometimes all right see
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you bud thanks Mickey Mickey what do you
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think what do Mickey what do you think
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of Iger what do you think of Bob
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Iger yeah that's that's everybody's
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thought
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Mickey man you got to meet dirty Mickey
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oh my gosh right who wants go to Disney
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World or Disneyland come here Hollywood
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Boulevard and meet Mickey Mouse for
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$3 to $300 for a
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ticket got Kuba Gooding right there Gary
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Marshall so also in front of the El
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capan years ago I made the statement cuz
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I always assumed that you weren't
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allowed to have any of the Disney
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charact the Disney knockoff characters
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in front of the CH in front of the El
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Capitan Disney theater however take a
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look Mickey that we got the photo with
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is on the Capitan property right here
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which means yes indeed Mickey again that
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is the real hello again Mickey okay
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Spider-Man is now in cahoots with the
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other Mickey or look at this it's like
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we got two Mickey and we got Spider-Man
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staring right at me look they're like
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Mak an eye cont we're going to go over
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to Mel's Diner right next to Ripley's
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and the Hollywood
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museum over this direction you got
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Buster up top right up there Buster the
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dinosaur I love that everyone you can
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just cross across the road at like an X
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you think that Mickey has ever seen
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Fantasmic I don't know he called you a
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boss so I didn't I don't think he
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realized that he's the boss of everyone
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so probably not it's amazing what $3
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would get you on the boulevard I wonder
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what four gets you
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yeah oh yeah they're definitely closed
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they have the metal door down right here
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see the metal door right
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here just that guy does not like
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the guy does not like uh these scooters
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just knocking them over John
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Ritter look at that he does not like
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those
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scooters John rder went to high school
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there Judy
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Garland but look at this they got an AR
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no shorten Egger that's right come on
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have the impossible burrito here come on
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a high protein breakfast just the way I
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like it come on do it come on you think
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he's ever eaten here I think he might
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have sat in that Booth right there and
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hypothetically I feel like you should be
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running one of those uh Studio tours
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that that's right oh yeah some someone
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famous that right there they lived right
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there which sir Adam which side was it
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this one or was it that one he sat in
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both of them together both time possibly
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the greatest $3 ever spent for this
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photo right here and Spider-Man even got
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into the act by doing a little selfie
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right there he didn't even charge a
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Spider-Man is the real hero of the day
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by not charging an
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extra disne uh lightning Lane fee what
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do they call it great power comes great
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responsibility and he took
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responsibility taking a good photo so
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major shout out to mels for using the
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old epic non-biodegradable plastic
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straws which do not disintegrate in your
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mouth when drinking
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a shake you don't see those too often
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not something I would see in California
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is a is a plastic straw I'm team they
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gave us an extra one just to be a souer
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for you Adam take that to Universal and
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use that when you I might need
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to yeah you don't really see how odd is
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it to it's like seeing a payo seeing a
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plastic yeah I love some good old diner
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food I went with the Omelette right over
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here this is called the Elvis special
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the Elvis omelet I'm not sure why it's
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called the Elvis special not seeing any
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peanut butter or anything in there but I
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also got some grilled potatoes yeah they
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do in fact have payones here as well
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except out of order do not Insert Coins
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so do not Insert Coins in the payones CU
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they are no longer in operation right
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there out of order all right we are now
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stopping over in the Hollywood Wax
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Museum what kind of interesting when you
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walk through here they actually have a
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chamber of horror so we're going to walk
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through the chamber of as we just
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got done with Midsummer stream Halloween
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Haunt we might as well Halloween H
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convention we might as well step it up
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and continue on Hollywood Boulevard we
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got Bella leosia over here Dracula all
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right I have Dawn this coat got a little
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prop going on right here that's right
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come on give me your clothes your boots
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and your motorcycle I'm looking for
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Sakana look at they head this right here
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that's right come on come on I'm here
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come on I got the jacket here come on
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come on John come I'm looking I'm
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looking for S I was told she was
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here can I see her please that's right
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that's right I like that he had the I
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used the prop station accordingly and uh
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I don't think anybody has worn this ever
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so the first person to wear this right
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since they washed it I think a lot of
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the props are just so hidden you don't
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even know that's that's right come on
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come on Anie oh what is he got oh he's
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got his uh his weapon there that's right
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come
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on come
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on I think I need to get a leather
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jacket
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head oh we got a little saw down here
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maybe we're basically W walking through
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hhm oh Six Flags Six
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Flag let's focus him
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Kevin
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Frankenstein
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parking yeah Frankenstein parking is the
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Lesser used parking I think it might
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technically be team
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member parking as well definitely
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popping in a little later it's 4:42 p.m.
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walking in they had a full day and now
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got to end it with
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uni wearing
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scar I am hoping I it's been not been
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the best percentage of me going into
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Hill Valley but I'm hoping today can go
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in to Hill
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Valley called St medical we're going
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back as we turn the corner and
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officially
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make back as around the corner folks I
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don't need I don't think we'll need to
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get this baby up got to be kidding me
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finally taking me like five trips here
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to see
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this where's doc the back wall of
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Courthouse Square if you take a very far
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look over to your left hand side that is
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original to the back of the future
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trilogy but the building itself has
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changed several times over the years
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this major change that we now see was
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from the 2008 TV series Ghost Whisper
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starring Jennifer Love he where the CBS
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production team came in and changed the
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look of this building so it doesn't
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stick out like a sore thumb in the
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background of your new favorite TV show
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like the Ted TV series you can actually
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catch our Courthouse Square as a 1990s
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version of Boston in the T Series now
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streaming skate scene newer truck was
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right here comes around this way tries
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to slam there to be ready to film at
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moment this is an
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earthqu hello
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holy cow look at
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that crack the be
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wait what tit
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way heck
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yeah great seat for that great seat
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SE oh you're ready aler says 100% chance
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of R so trust aler
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Thunder what ties us together is the
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water we have sprinklers on the building
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surrounding us to give us the
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sprinklings of Rin but it wouldn't be a
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flash flood without more water than this
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so at the top of this hill to your left
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tank and it holds thousands thousands of
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gallons of water that are
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all of a back it up
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oh all I can think of is a Lady Gaga
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music video she was like standing right
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there and also Fletch lies where they're
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running down
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this you can't outrun the wolf kid right
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Nightfall has reared its head the shroud
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of Nightfall is now upon us
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leaving Universal Studios
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Hollywood and heading back over to the
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hotel