tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post3378262990741258121..comments2024-03-18T18:11:05.471-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: The Clock of the World, 1956Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-79602077468553440842012-07-22T06:36:37.217-07:002012-07-22T06:36:37.217-07:00Was there any plaque or something there to explain...Was there any plaque or something there to explain how to read this clock?<br /><br />Such a Tomorrowland icon should still be there!! Its so sci-fi looking and it should make some cool spaceship sounds or something...<br /><br />I love it!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-11177206824773463532012-07-20T16:09:27.432-07:002012-07-20T16:09:27.432-07:00Time Spectator, that's classic Kodachrome for ...Time Spectator, that's classic Kodachrome for you! I really wish that "Tour of the West" film would appear. Imagine seeing those locations as they looked 57 years ago.<br /><br />Viewliner; they are pretty nice! I have one or two other great ones coming too, including a night shot.<br /><br />Debbie V., it's funny to me to hear you say good things about the Santa Ana winds, which I have always regarded as a pain in the a**! Your impressions are much more poetic and positive, which is nice.<br /><br />Anon, I DO like the way the winds sweep the smog away. But I also associated brush fires with them. Maybe I'm a "the glass is half empty" guy?!<br /><br />Melissa and TokyoMagic!, is it possible that one of those cocktail jiggers actually wound up being the inspiration for the final shape of the Clock? It certainly is unlike any other clock I've ever seen.<br /><br />K. Martinez, you are so right, and the funny thing is that the flags served the same purpose - to add a bit of color and movement for as little money as possible!<br /><br />Alonzo, mmmmm, milk shakes! I don't know where you are, but it is almost 100 degrees where I am today.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-51116690276619797412012-07-20T15:07:23.543-07:002012-07-20T15:07:23.543-07:00I thought it looked like a milk shake mixer with o...I thought it looked like a milk shake mixer with one of Marlin and Dory's ocean mines attached to the top.Alonzo P Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529651580262634489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-64536433531510082392012-07-20T12:20:11.654-07:002012-07-20T12:20:11.654-07:00Seeing the sign Cir"CAR"ama and then the...Seeing the sign Cir"CAR"ama and then the flags behind it reminds me of an old auto dealership.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-57168910245467684942012-07-20T12:08:36.224-07:002012-07-20T12:08:36.224-07:00Hey, Melissa hit the nail on the head! I never no...Hey, Melissa hit the nail on the head! I never noticed that before, but it does look like the hourglass-shaped jiggers. Especially since one end is longer than the other.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-61620434909645636612012-07-20T11:39:19.454-07:002012-07-20T11:39:19.454-07:00The Clock of the World always looks like a bartend...The Clock of the World always looks like a bartender's jigger to me. Must be telling me it's time for a drink.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-19495411891734075212012-07-20T10:40:20.258-07:002012-07-20T10:40:20.258-07:00I agree with Debbie. The winter days with the San...I agree with Debbie. The winter days with the Santa Anas were great to work. But they could be either cool or we'd hit 90 or so....for an hour maybe two in the afternoon at least...and then rapidly cool off in the evening. The Park seemed to sparkle then. Miss those times.<br /><br />We get similar winds here in Portland, mostly in the fall. When they come I always think of those days in SoCal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-78127691801555885282012-07-20T10:07:33.361-07:002012-07-20T10:07:33.361-07:00I remember living in SoCal and getting one of thos...I remember living in SoCal and getting one of those beautiful ly windy and cold days - air from the mountains. Maybe this was on of those days. <br />I have to admit that one of the things I miss a lot here in the Heartland is the Santa Ana winds - those were so I'm going to say it "sensual" in that it changed the air in a way you could feel and smell the CA desert.Debbie V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04318603077035734786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-82210274062435233972012-07-20T09:27:14.231-07:002012-07-20T09:27:14.231-07:00My World Clock... how great are these pics? There ...My World Clock... how great are these pics? There are no finer! What memories. Thanks Major.The Viewliner Limitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730924067419581447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-26426913301381890352012-07-20T00:37:30.677-07:002012-07-20T00:37:30.677-07:00Beautiful skies in beautiful colour. I have always...Beautiful skies in beautiful colour. I have always held a fascination for that Clock, being so symbolic of the optimistic broadening of the horizons much of the west saw at the time. I too would love to see that film today if it exists.Time Spectatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16959120838408503531noreply@blogger.com