Cobra Kai - The Filming Locations of Seasons One Thru Three Around Los Angeles / Netflix Series
The Los Angeles Cobra Kai Season 1-3 Filming Locations
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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the sun is starting to rise greater los
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angeles area
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is home to many filming locations movies
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television shows
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there is one that i watched all three
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seasons
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in less than 36 hours i put it off for a
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while
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cobra kai i really enjoyed it
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and after researching where
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you know where it took place where they
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filmed
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the different scenes most of it i would
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say
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75 percent maybe more
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is in atlanta greater atlanta
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georgia areas however i do have
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quite an accumulation here i got some
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screen grabs and
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all the addresses for what is in
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la they pulled the wool over our
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eyes making us think
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it was all in the valley and surrounding
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areas southern california it is not
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that will probably not be the only
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spoiler so if you have not seen the show
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and feel like you need to pause this
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go through it at a rapid pace like i did
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and then come back
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i'm not going to give any major plot
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points away but because i have to you
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know when i get to the spots just to
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kind of show and explain what happened
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that might leak out a little information
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that you might
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not want to know so i want to give that
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heads up starting here in
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norwalk and golf and stuff
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and a couple places were in the original
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so you might recognize i'm not going to
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focus on the original series
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only on cobra kai but there will be
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peppered in some spots that they revisit
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so
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inviting you to join me oh yeah i'm
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excited about this
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join me shall you the and stuff family
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fun center signage that circulates
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is still up there however
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golfing stuff proper from the show
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was not the one here
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contrary to opinion
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did not take place in the continuation
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series
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now on netflix nothing was recorded here
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with the exception
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of the signage which after after looking
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at it
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over and over and over watching that
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scene i'm realizing that they just
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kind of cgi'd and took
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took a frame from the first film
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and put it into into the episode
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interesting out of everything here the
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foliage the buildings
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it's all georgia with the exception
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of that and you'll see these little
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notches here
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those notches are on this old school
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signage that is being utilized kind of
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to block the sunrise
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it's interesting at first i thought
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maybe they moved this to a different
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state
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to get that at the at the other location
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however
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you know it's in this in this time time
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frame
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it can do a lot of a lot of movie magic
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to make it appear
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as if it's here at norwalk when it's not
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just a sign
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just a sign side note in the first film
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and the new series
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you'll see kind of a busted part there
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at the s
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exactly precisely the same and over time
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they have replaced that broken part in
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the s
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which kind of just gives away that they
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used just the same footage
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yeah that broken s is undeniable
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that it's the same the same signage from
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you know 30 something years later also
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should point out these will be
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quite a bit out of sequence i have more
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than a dozen
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different spots to go to and in order to
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get it all done
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in one day it's
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it'll be out of sequence
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it's all boarded up still at least this
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building is
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be covering a lot of ground what's that
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big the foot
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you think you could have blocked the the
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crane kick
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in the tournament i don't know
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that's a pretty good maneuver right off
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of melrose ave
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is where johnny
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is taking his social media photographs
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and it looks as if the angel wings are
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still over here now i do believe it has
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been
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repainted over and touched up just a
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little bit
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but notice the feather down here and the
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artist
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whose name is colette
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that is her logo there and these
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are the angel wings you know obviously
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it's probably spray painted over
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they're tagged up so it has to be
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touched up on occasion but
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very very similar and there is colette
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miller's
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feather down there this was painted in
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2015 so
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nice what's that
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you don't think the crane should have
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got all the glory
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there should be something called a
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pigeon kick
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i don't know if that would work as well
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oh yeah while waiting at this for this
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light to change
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check out the billboard up there
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just zipping along the edge here and the
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autry
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overlook i'm just gonna pull over
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where johnny lost his job
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he's right up here got the phone call
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from his boss which were some of the
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events
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leading to him restarting the dojo or
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starting the dojo and
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becoming a sensai
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right here in this little this little
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patch of
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dirt very visible is that signage
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as well as this signage
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and some of the the buildings off in the
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distance there
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and the the formation of the hills
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as as shown there
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there's those two signs i was referring
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to i'm standing
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pretty much where his car was the next
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two places are spots that were mentioned
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the addresses were mentioned
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but i don't believe well until i get
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there i don't believe that anything
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really happened at those places here in
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l.i
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i guess i'll find out when i get there
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look at that view that view is the best
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around you like that song too don't you
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dig the foot
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are you a speed wagon yeah that's a
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that's like
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i don't want to give too much away but
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yeah oreo speedwagon is another good one
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5 a.m tomorrow morning corner of fulton
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and raymer you don't show and you're off
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the team
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that's a line of dialogue i was quoting
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it was said immediately after the
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snake do joke which i don't want to give
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that away
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and there is no cement plant here
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but the interesting thing is there is
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one
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about 100 yards right down there very
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interesting
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yeah that is really fascinating there
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really is
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a cement factory here on the corner of
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fulton and ramer was not expecting it to
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be a
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real thing slightly dangerous that he
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he put his students made the students go
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inside
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you know the inner workings of one of
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those trucks i don't want to give too
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much away but
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when i watched that episode i was like
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dang what the heck
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it's not safe just crossed over into van
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nuys
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which is where the fictional dojo would
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have been once again filming locations
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of that in atlanta but if you look at
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the
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address when he hired the sign spinner
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it was van nuys victory boulevard i'm
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heading over to a skate park
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johnny oh that's before the new paint
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job
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whoa this is like a throwback from the
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first film looks like they might be
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some cobra tie members over there
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practicing could be had they might be
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heading down to the beach later to see
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see daniel down there maybe even alley
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yeah they're
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they're getting their getting their
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skills up to par on those cycles
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this is right next to the parking lot
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right next to the skate park
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it was right over there where robbie was
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practicing the
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the one-handed stand
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so we could do the the two footed kick
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right over there in one of those bowls
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i'm realizing at this time frame that it
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is technically closed there are a lot of
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skaters over there
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and they have gained access i've seen
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quite a few
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going in and out you know the gates
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closed but
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this bar has been bent back and
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yeah they just traverse through pretty
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ingenious
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to go over there i should be able to
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zoom in and get the angle i need
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i don't know if i want to take a chance
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with going through there but this
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is this is the the frame i'm referring
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to i'm going to look for that awning
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and some of the concrete to kind of
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match up see if i can get it from here
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with a little zoom lens
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if you look closely you can see you can
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see that awning and that building that
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robbie kind of skates past it's about as
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close as i'm going to be able to get for
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now
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during these times not everything is
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officially opened
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i do kind of like the the nature of
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how many people are are over there
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utilizing the facilities even though
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even though you can't get in this
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parking lot well
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those on the cycles down there also
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somehow got in but i believe they're in
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adjacent property
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yeah that's it you can see it there's
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the awning and
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see if i can see where the the pool was
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cool part was
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where he was standing on one hand it's
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kind of on the edge of that pool
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which is kind of on the far end over
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there i'll zoom in and get a
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little closer angle just picture him
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doing the handstand kind of where that
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they were cones where that cone is
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more or less you get the idea
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kind of feel like robbie would have been
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one of the rebellious types
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that would have that would have had it
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in there
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as well well maybe not he could have
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oh all right heading on to the next spot
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end route to another very familiar
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location
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a lot of callbacks in this series and i
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one of the things i really like about it
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driving around together daniel in the
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passenger seat johnny driving
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johnny pulls his car up right here in
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front of the south sea
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still looks the same even johnny brings
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up
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in jest talking about how he beat up
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daniel right over here and
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daniel's response was pretty amazing
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pretty good response
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also miyagi's little spot was there
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under that garage
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obviously calling back you know miyagi
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was not it was just a memory
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in the new series right here is where
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they parked
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walked over the top of that and you can
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see that that house in the distance
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there
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very unique homestead
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as seen here you see daniel definitely
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bringing back some memories
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johnny's apartment is only a little over
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three miles down the way
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and is looks very similar to this one
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my head over there now the interiors
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of his home and the parking lot around
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the back all that and the courtyard
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was on a sound stage but the exteriors
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right here where he's pulling out well
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the first car
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that he had pulls out of the parking lot
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really quickly
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zips down the road you can still see
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kind of the paint markings where it says
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the the apartment name on the side
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address 18555
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can be seen there but also it says
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resida
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you see the discoloration
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still remains up there so that's how
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fresh it was you know just in the last
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couple years very recent
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they might even use it for season four
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perhaps they could be back to the spot
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i am looking forward to season four but
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it might not happen for quite a while
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season three just came out less than a
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month ago
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i powered through that i think i think
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all of us did
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around the back here you can see it
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looks very similar to how they
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they built the set and johnny would have
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been parked right about there
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but it is there are some slight
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differences including the concrete wall
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does not really exist in in real life
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that would have been
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along here fictionally he would have
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pulled out right here
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each time kind of backed up and then
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took off down this alley and then out
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around the corner
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however the direction that he's driving
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as he pulls out of here
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just a couple blocks up is where he sees
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the first billboard
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and gets very aggravated
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so that correlates perfectly cross
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streets of ventura
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and burbank
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and up on the top of that roof was where
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the larusso
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billboard was
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kind of just turns over that way and
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sees it he wasn't happy
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as with a couple others i'm going to
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show momentarily
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i believe this was computer generated
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they had it in the studio and then they
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just digitally place it up there
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on top of the roof there you can see it
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really
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no billboard up there
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panning back out this is where he kind
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of peeled out of the light
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and took off and then the across the
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words of the show
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across the screen right here as shown
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here i'm right here at this very cross
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street
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pretty cool they really did a heck of a
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you know using some of these exteriors
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and you know
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filming in georgia to make it all seem
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like it was in the valley
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very clever hollywood
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the section of miracle mile at
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encino commons
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it's where he was placing the flyers on
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the tree
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for the dojo factory to place a flyer
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right about there
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and then standing in this little little
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section here
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pretty simple to line up because it was
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only you know a couple years ago when
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they did this
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see the the walls the same a little
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banner has changed
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obviously with a new business but
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right there there's also an angle
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here where you see this little parking
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meter
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and so people walk past them from this
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perspective
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hence that gentleman a flyer the guy
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just ends up throwing it on the ground
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right there here he was not interested
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at all very disappointing
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it was here where he was flirting with
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the woman you can see the
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car's backing up you can see the rock
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formations there that's where she's
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standing in front
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of those rocks right over there in fact
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notice the cigar
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lounge riding on those windows
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right there so she would have been doing
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her exercises right here over
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this little manhole
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very distinct rocks here pretty easy to
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figure that one out
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to be even more precise get the exact
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angle here
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looking up where he pulled up this car
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she was disgusted she had she wanted
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nothing to do with him
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competition for larusso's auto company
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their billboard was right over there see
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the palm trees there the three palm
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trees
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once again that was not a real billboard
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it was computer generated
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oh is that one of the cobra kai going
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down to the beach
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quite possibly pretty neat how they
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because there is no billboard there
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they would have to construct a huge real
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billboard much easier to do a computer
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generator in this day and age
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johnny not really a big fan of the
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larusso billboards
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walking through here very drunk and eyed
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another computer rated computer computer
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a computer generated billboard
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right up there next to that futon shop
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above the where that sushi
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place is and as he walked along here he
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noticed a
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graffiti artist right here you can see
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the do not enter sign into this alley
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and the guy was spray painting
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with some cans he said i'll trade some
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of my cans his beer cans
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for this guy's spray paint cans and
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ended up
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kind of desecrating daniel's otto
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larusso billboard that was right over
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you just got to see the episode know
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what i'm talking about do not enter sign
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and
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so i'm just kind of giving you a little
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some bearings on what i'm referring to
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at the moment
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right down this alley he had he got his
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idea of how he could
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he could start a fight again now if you
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watch the episode or look it up yourself
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i'm not gonna i'm not gonna put the
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screen grab in here
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for obvious reasons but where the sushi
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sign is remove
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that and that's where the spray painted
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sign would be
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right there in that dip in the building
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oh check it out as i'm leaving this spot
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i'm heading right by the same
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perspective that johnny had
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also located just off ventura check this
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out there's a nice little throwback
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sweep the leg the all valley karate
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championship that is
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that's a good one oh look it up there
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there's the cobra up top
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that is great highly approved
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this was done by never he does a lot of
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really good retro
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kind of 80s stuff around la
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everything he's done is pretty fantastic
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look at this
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it's great also in this general area is
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where the
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reo speedwagon driving scene took place
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on the same road kind of just behind me
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a couple blocks a couple years ago there
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was a place right here where this
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building at 18444 called the swap shop
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and it's a little disappointing that
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they have removed this mural used to be
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underneath that billboard
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right there a lot of billboards
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mentioning a lot of billboards
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in this video but yeah that's kind of a
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bummer that they have painted over that
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because
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the swap shop has closed it'd have been
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really neat to see
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yet another another mural here relating
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to the subject matter
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dang another call back to the original
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only shown for a brief moment at the
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start of one of the episodes
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here's the residence of allie mills she
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was returning to
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visit with her mom
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gonna have to do a little hiking the
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closest i could park was down there
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but it's all barricaded off i have to go
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up this hill to the mountain park it
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says 0.8
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miles and you can see it way up there
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this is where miguel
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was training way up there
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up on that platform that's elevated
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above the mountain range
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i could use the exercise even from this
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angle this view
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pretty good view down there look at him
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up here so far and still
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quite a ways to go wow it's impressive
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gotta go up around that bend there but
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i'm carrying on
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and noticing from here you can see
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downtown los
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angeles way off in the distance downtown
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l.a
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the cityscape under the haze there
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blanket of haze
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whoo a mile straight up at this
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elevation really
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makes you realize how out of shape you
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are perhaps i should
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one day join a dojo successfully made it
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to the pinnacle
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and there's where miguel would have ran
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past
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that little closed gate and
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was jogging while running quickly up
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this incline
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and he went to the top of that little
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little plateau there
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over at encino commons they call that
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miracle mile but i think the real
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miracle is the fact that i made it all
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the way up the top of this mountain
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a full mile that's the real true miracle
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mile for me
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doesn't really resonate when you're
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watching the tv show just how
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steep this is you can see the little
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little holes there yeah this is
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this is quite a ways up so what i've so
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much tripped over that rock there look
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almost took a tumble
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going up to the top same pathway he took
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except he was going at a much
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brisker pace
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there it is i made it same stairwell
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that he was heading up you could just
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pretend that my shadow
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is someone else in training i'm just
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going to pretend my shadow's doing all
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the work
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seems like it's much easier and a very
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low down
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angle where you're kind of like this
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where he was doing the shadow boxing
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right along there also i think when he
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first runs up
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they didn't even need to rent while i
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say crane because the crane kicked but
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another crane
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to get it from this angle but i think
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they placed the camera up here
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as he runs in down that dirt road and up
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where this
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gentleman on the bicycle is scooting
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down very quickly
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and they probably use some sort of a
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drone or helicopter
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angle going over the top as he's doing
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the push-ups but notice the dirt road
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off to the side so we've been doing the
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push-ups right in here
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and there's that dirt road kind of from
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the high up angle as
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as either the copter or the or the drone
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went by
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there's some serious elevation up here
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would be a good place to train
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i had to get acclimated to the elevation
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though that's a real thing
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then again i'm not doing 100 push-ups on
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my knuckles it was a 50
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camera which either way i probably could
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do like five on my knuckles
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oh very bumpy very bumpy this is the
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parking situation up here
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even before you start having to do the
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hike bumpy road
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very bumpy road
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oh we got this
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back over in a residential neighborhood
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now corner of
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radcliffe ave and radcliffe ave the two
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avenues are across street and that's
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where
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johnny and miguel cruise through very
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quickly
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in johnny's sports car before turning
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that way
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listening to ac dc well that was the
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song that was playing well the band
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was playing the song during that montage
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here's the reverse angle
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and just about a half a mile away well a
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mile away mile away
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is another spot
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and i did not realize there was an
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incredible ocean view
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from that scene you don't really see it
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because the camera is kind of pointing
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that way right at the
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threshold of fringe street
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and they stopped right about here
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next to this finch or
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fence not a fence a finch is a bird
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underneath this palm tree there were two
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vehicles
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there johnny's and
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the woman and her daughter you see
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that's a
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the opening sequence there is they drove
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off
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and they were right there the
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fascinating thing about this in reality
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is they sped off they would have sped
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off very quickly here
27:21
just taking off down this road however
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if they would have continued straight it
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would have been very awkward when they
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realized
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this is not a through street
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so they would have they would have kind
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of quickly zoomed this way
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and thought i thought they were being
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cool when they were in reality
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you know in the show it was a through
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but here in real it's life
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currently i'm standing probably about 10
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or 15 yards behind
27:53
where the car was the car would have
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gone off that way and let me just
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reiterate to say if they would have just
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panned the camera over
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could have got that they probably
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couldn't make it work for what they
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needed
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that is beautiful
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ah the crescendo right here at the
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garage
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motor club this mural
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pretty dang awesome
28:33
also by never 1959 as well
28:33
and we got miyagi doe over here dimitri
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sam robbie
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there's daniel crease there in the
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middle which
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increases i guess you could say crease
28:47
is probably it's there's a lot of
28:49
controversy back and forth on who the
28:50
real villain is
28:52
is it daniel i say yeah there's a
28:55
there's a viral video that went around
28:58
and kind of maybe even kind of spawned
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the fact that the new show even exists
29:07
johnny let's see the villain i'm going
29:07
to say it's probably crease
29:09
and a little teaser for four we're gonna
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be bringing in another character
29:14
i don't want to give too much away then
29:16
we got the the cobra kai over here we
29:18
got hawk
29:25
he flipped the script script is what he
29:25
he flipped the script is the way he
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likes to describe it
29:28
and change his nickname from lip to hawk
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tori miguel oh you know what
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i'm going off of memory but they have
29:39
them right here i haven't written right
29:41
here you got hawk
29:42
you got tori you got
29:46
miguel this is an awesome little
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sunburst there
29:53
you never want to make make fun of this
29:53
gentleman's tattoo
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that happened and did not end well i see
29:59
over here
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they do not have their names on there
30:04
they call it a karate ghee
30:08
so you have to you have to go off of
30:09
memory
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