tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post4390105289003334885..comments2024-03-29T04:48:01.038-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Vintage Postcards - Universal StudiosMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-2926974630437083852017-06-29T18:34:04.396-07:002017-06-29T18:34:04.396-07:00Sorry I missed the 4000th post party yesterday. B...Sorry I missed the 4000th post party yesterday. But wanted to add my congratulations and many thanks for all your work on this site. Your anniversary scans were top shelf. I did miss one - the kid who climbed the tree on Tom Sawyer Island!Sunday Nightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-34806711795363387632017-06-29T15:54:22.672-07:002017-06-29T15:54:22.672-07:00@Ken, my grandfather had a small farm and orchard ...@Ken, my grandfather had a small farm and orchard of fruit trees in the Lankershim area. He sold that and moved the family out of state around 1924-26. If he had hung on to the land, it would be fantastically valuable today, but at that time, the whole area was rural farmland with plenty more further north.<br /><br />Feeding time for the Universal lions was early AM, my Dad would be up working on their farm, and sound carries a long way in that quiet morning air. That was back before you could see the air in LA.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-73072174509674172772017-06-29T15:06:41.497-07:002017-06-29T15:06:41.497-07:00Ken, I have not shared that photo yet, mainly beca...Ken, I have not shared that photo yet, mainly because it isn't scanned yet. My parents live a couple of Midwest states away, and I don't get to visit as often as I'd like (even less now that I'm working again and have no vacation time built up). Maybe next trip...Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-37223158533981487012017-06-29T13:53:40.318-07:002017-06-29T13:53:40.318-07:00Chuck, I was into the Universal Monsters heavily a...Chuck, I was into the Universal Monsters heavily as a child because my dad was a film buff and exposed me to every kind of movie there was when I was growing up. I'd love to see that photo of your sister with Frankie. Have you already shared it here on GDB?<br /><br />Scott Lane, it was very possibly a peak thing or I just never had the luck to run into them or wasn't paying close enough attention. Of course I ran into Frankenstein and Mr. Hyde at home around Halloween since my father would dress up as those characters.<br /><br />JG, you were strangled my Frankenstein? If only I had such luck when visiting Universal! That's a great story about your dad living near Universal and hearing the morning roars of the animals being fed. Sounds like a great memory.<br /><br />TokyoMagic! I remember Alfre Woodward's son in the basement, but I don't remember Shirley n the Munster's house. Again, you're a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Southern California theme parks.<br /><br />Nanook, your tour guide didn't know about "Citizen Kane"? Yikes! And I consider that film one the basics of film history. It reminds me of this YouTuber who gives video tours of WDW and said "Why are they serving pizza at "Pinocchio's Village Haus"? Pinocchio's not Italian."K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-16506474256035589282017-06-29T12:25:45.210-07:002017-06-29T12:25:45.210-07:00@ JG-
Yes, it's hard to forget the Ironside &...@ JG-<br /><br />Yes, it's hard to forget the <i>Ironside</i> "set", as it was a part of the tour when Universal was taking credit for just about everything Hollywood ever turned-out. They were particularly-proud of the fact many <i>Ironside</i> sets used ceilings - implying this was the first. I mentioned to the tour guide there was another infamous film that beat <i>Ironside</i> to the punch by just a <i>few</i> decades: <i>Citizen Kane</i>. He remarked something along the lines of, "Well, I'm unfamiliar with the film the gentleman is referring..." Uh Huh-! <br /><br />Gotta love those days of the tour. But Let's not be too hard on them, they had yet to win their third Academy Awrard for Best Picture (and one of those films [<i>Hamlet</i>], they merely distributed).Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-17820490647882474452017-06-29T10:28:37.124-07:002017-06-29T10:28:37.124-07:00Major and Ken, these are fun postcards. I only vis...Major and Ken, these are fun postcards. I only visited Universal Studios once, but vivid memories remain. <br /><br />My Dad lived in Lankershim for a while, which was right below the studios on the flat land in San Fernando Valley. It was a little town that later was swallowed up by North Hollywood or some other sprawl. He had memories of hearing the studio zoo animals roaring in the morning when they were fed. That was a long time ago.<br /><br />We toured the set for "Ironsides", the Raymond Burr detective program, which was currently on the air. That brackets the time of my visit to 67-75, but I'm guessing it was around 1970.<br /><br />Also, I was strangled by Frankenstein (I got better).<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-53149124214064869612017-06-29T04:13:06.060-07:002017-06-29T04:13:06.060-07:00P.S. I remember seeing Frankenstein on a couple vi...P.S. I remember seeing Frankenstein on a couple visits to Universal. I also remember seeing the Phantom of the Opera and Woody Woodpecker!<br /><br />Grandpa Munster's basement laboratory was on display (complete with a Herman Munster figure) in a separate location at Universal.....separate from the house exterior, I mean. Major, you posted a photo of it way back in 2007:<br /><br /><a href="http://gorillasdontblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/munsterama.html" rel="nofollow">Herman Munster</a><br /><br />And does anyone remember when Shirley Jones lived in the Munster House, in her short-lived (1979-80) TV series titled, "Shirley"?TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-39553370997319138462017-06-29T03:58:13.335-07:002017-06-29T03:58:13.335-07:00Alfre Woodard kept her son locked in the basement ...Alfre Woodard kept her son locked in the basement of that house!<br /><br />I believe that last postcard shows the very first location of the Wild West Stunt Show.....from the 1960's. The show moved in 1970 and the look of the sets also changed at that time.<br /><br />Thanks Ken and Major, for sharing these!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-62253843621782716732017-06-29T03:28:49.439-07:002017-06-29T03:28:49.439-07:00As always, thanks for sharing guys. In all our vis...As always, thanks for sharing guys. In all our visits to Universal I never saw any costumed characters either. Maybe it was a peak/summer thing?<br /><br />Chuck: there were seats (benches) as of 1974 on our first visit. Can't say if there always were.Scott Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225636456858440089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-42631572770216556202017-06-29T02:54:00.058-07:002017-06-29T02:54:00.058-07:00I remember running into both Frankenstein and the ...I remember running into both Frankenstein and the Phantom of the Opera at Universal as a kid, and both completely freaked me out (I didn't develop an appreciation for the classic monster movies until I was in college, although I always loved <i>The Munsters</i>). My parents have a photo of Frankie holding my little sister at age 4, with a big, sly grin on her face. Pretty sure I was cowering behind my mom's leg.<br /><br />Note how the stunt show audience is standing up. I wonder if that was normal at the time or if there were actually seats and the photographer had everyone stand because he/she thought it looked better.<br /><br />Thanks again, ken, for sharing more of your postcard collection!Chucknoreply@blogger.com