tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post5316857713672805436..comments2024-03-29T02:30:53.003-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Ella Goes to Hollywood! Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-27265627943307974382018-05-06T14:41:47.209-07:002018-05-06T14:41:47.209-07:00Major, thanks for posting these. Not only are the...Major, thanks for posting these. Not only are they interesting to show this lady's travels, but these are important historic documents proving that air travel was once a genteel and comfortable experience, so different from the cattle car, spam-in-a-can today.<br /><br />A great picture of the LAX Theme Building, designed by Paul Williams, one of LA's brilliant modern architects. <br /><br />https://www.laconservancy.org/architects/paul-r-williams<br /><br />I had the great good fortune to update one of his residential designs in Santa Monica, years ago. I hope we handled it with a delicate touch.<br /><br />Excellent post, please bring more of the same.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-84496215997500032862018-05-05T19:07:08.122-07:002018-05-05T19:07:08.122-07:00@Patrick, my favorite scene in Cool Hand Luggage i...@Patrick, my favorite scene in Cool Hand Luggage is where they try to stuff 100 boiled eggs into the bag.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-82371160376466421112018-05-05T13:44:37.838-07:002018-05-05T13:44:37.838-07:00More Ella please!More Ella please!Famous Monster of Mplshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03568541265680360801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-91174089642120765072018-05-05T13:23:24.211-07:002018-05-05T13:23:24.211-07:00Nanook, Ella knows that the yin/yang symbols are a...Nanook, Ella knows that the yin/yang symbols are ancient. Either that or she is just a hippie!<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, so funny about your grandmother. I can’t imagine going up to a famous person and singing a line from their song! Maybe I should have done that when I saw Madonna at a flea market in Burbank, I could have writhed around on the ground and sung “Like a Virgin”. Sadly, Ella did not visit Disneyland or Knott’s, though that would have been amazing…<br /><br />Scott Lane, oh man, she looks MUCH older than 60 to me. I’m thinking she looks like my grandma when she was 85, so I took 10 years off.<br /><br />Irene, well, that’s two against one…<br /><br />Melissa, yeah, I think of my own grandmother, born in 1905, and all of the changes she saw in her 93 year life. Horses and buggies to moon landings and personal computers. <br /><br />Patrick Devlin, ouch…<br /><br />Warren Nielsen, I noticed how huge those windows seemed also. They look gigantic compared to the little versions I’m used to. Yes, at some point Ella must have had a layover and switched planes.<br /><br />K. Martinez, I just composed a post for Ella - part 2!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-89843406009778215772018-05-05T13:18:36.728-07:002018-05-05T13:18:36.728-07:00You gotta love a woman her age who jumps on a jet ...You gotta love a woman her age who jumps on a jet when jet air travel was less than two years old. More Ella would be great. Thanks Major.JC Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266914255406912159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-79159136604327596452018-05-05T10:55:40.309-07:002018-05-05T10:55:40.309-07:00Agree with the others. More Ella, please. Thanks...Agree with the others. More Ella, please. Thanks, Major.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-17872131897033050972018-05-05T10:30:00.065-07:002018-05-05T10:30:00.065-07:00Major,
Yes, more Ella, please. There's somet...Major, <br /><br />Yes, more Ella, please. There's something about black and white photos that just evoke history and a simpler, more adventurous time.<br /><br />I notice the size of the windows on that plane. Their size has shrunk along with the amount of leg room.<br /><br />Photo #4 shows Ella walking away from a Delta Airlines plane. She must have had to change planes at some point. I wonder where Delta and Northeast Airlines intersected.<br /><br />WNWarren Nielsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-15855384310208590872018-05-05T08:57:29.739-07:002018-05-05T08:57:29.739-07:00Oh Melissa Cool Hand Luggage! I loved that movie!Oh <b>Melissa</b> Cool Hand Luggage! I loved that movie!Patrick Devlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-36282103450312928442018-05-05T08:28:22.444-07:002018-05-05T08:28:22.444-07:00Every time I think of the revolutionary technologi...Every time I think of the revolutionary technological and social changes Ella's and my great-grandmother's generation saw, it's hard to wrap my mind around it. Ella was a teenager when the first airplane was invented, and now here she is taking a jet to a major international airport like it's NBD. Heck, I remember the first time *I* saw LAX from the sky, and it felt amazing and futuristic to *me!*<br /><br />At least she didn't have to get those heeled oxfords off and on for airport security. That grip is way cool hand luggage, though.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-15969725176619379672018-05-05T07:55:45.598-07:002018-05-05T07:55:45.598-07:00O yes - more of these please! I also think she...O yes - more of these please! I also think she's somewhere in her 60's.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02286032807894115704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-73280932229577635482018-05-05T04:14:21.398-07:002018-05-05T04:14:21.398-07:00Oh yes, more Ella. Although 75 is a bit much, I be...Oh yes, more Ella. Although 75 is a bit much, I be she's not more than 60.Scott Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225636456858440089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-4852293177484495072018-05-05T01:47:32.844-07:002018-05-05T01:47:32.844-07:00I wonder if the flight attendants told Ella, "...I wonder if the flight attendants told Ella, "We're going to need a separate locker/overhead bin for that hat!"<br /><br />Major, my grandmother ran into Phil Harris at her local "Lucky" grocery store in Palm Desert, California. She said that she sneaked up behind him and sang a line from one of his old songs and apparently he was flattered. And let's us not forget that he was also the voice of Thomas O'Malley in <i>The Aristocats</i> and Little John in the animated version of <i>Robin Hood</i>.<br /><br />I would definitely like to see more of "Ella in L.A." Gee, I wonder if she will end up at Disneyland or Knott's Berry Farm? I certainly hope she doesn't try to steal John Wayne's footprints from the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-32343524919081682122018-05-05T00:20:27.229-07:002018-05-05T00:20:27.229-07:00Major-
'Ol Ella is quite on the cutting edge:...Major-<br /><br />'Ol Ella is quite on the cutting edge: Do I spy yin yang earrings-??!! Or are they merely part of the 'ensemble' that goes with that wild hat-? She may be the fashion plate, but being wise, she's traveling with sensible shoes. And then she "runs into" Phil Harris right there at "our new jet airport"-! (I hope Ella asked Phil to sing a chorus from his #1 Billboard hit <i>The Thing</i>). What memories she must have had.<br /><br />Looking forward to more of Ella. Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com