tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post8905032306524512678..comments2024-03-29T02:30:53.003-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Vintage Travel Decals, Yo!Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-52365450016740971742010-01-24T20:42:14.853-08:002010-01-24T20:42:14.853-08:00Gotta agree w/Nancy. :)
That isn't innuendo o...Gotta agree w/Nancy. :)<br /><br />That isn't innuendo on the Alpine Village sticker... lady bug, mushroom, girl, boy, looking at each other... all righty I'll go wash me brain with soap LOLChiana_Chathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18329208224763179478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-2098045191856457722010-01-24T03:35:52.336-08:002010-01-24T03:35:52.336-08:00Visited the Pike once as a kid in the late sixties...Visited the Pike once as a kid in the late sixties. It was already shopworn. The roller coaster was of course, one of the rickety old wooden ones that was a really rough ride. Our neighbor (SoCal native) warned all of us kids that riding in the last car was like "surviving a car wreck". Urban legend around Anaheim/Garden Grove was that a sailor was decapitated on it once, further enhancing it's notorious reputation with the denizens of the schoolyards.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610261130964823635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-8051314118186034502010-01-23T14:38:52.969-08:002010-01-23T14:38:52.969-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610261130964823635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-23089105675506563762010-01-22T15:03:29.719-08:002010-01-22T15:03:29.719-08:00These are really great. Have never seen the top Un...These are really great. Have never seen the top Universal Studios decal. Nice!outsidethebermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272382432824523809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-22941628265822134582010-01-22T09:05:29.570-08:002010-01-22T09:05:29.570-08:00TokyoMagic!, yes I had heard that story before. If...TokyoMagic!, yes I had heard that story before. If it didn't really happen, it would sound like a dumb TV show plot!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-156164157849358582010-01-21T20:25:51.358-08:002010-01-21T20:25:51.358-08:00My grandparents took my brother and me to the Pike...My grandparents took my brother and me to the Pike in '76. We never went again. Yep, it was rundown but I agree with VDT...it just had a certain vibe. Very unique. Very vintage.<br /><br />Remember when they found a real mummified body in the "Laff In The Dark" ride? It happened while filming an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man. I remember the news reporting on this as a kid and thinking it was pretty freaky:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdyTokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-67632638911267941742010-01-21T19:43:27.384-08:002010-01-21T19:43:27.384-08:00these are gorgeous, and love the fun stories! :D...these are gorgeous, and love the fun stories! :DNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-26370071911449878102010-01-21T13:27:58.350-08:002010-01-21T13:27:58.350-08:00I was at the Pike in '62 and '64. It was ...I was at the Pike in '62 and '64. It was all you said and more. There was a string of shops behind it on the backside of buildings. I saw my first nekkid post card in one, and about that time my dad walked in. Oops! And even then, there were sailors everywhere. And even at ten, I knew those women were, well, real pros.Tom Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-51884969541387723732010-01-21T08:32:44.824-08:002010-01-21T08:32:44.824-08:00Great post, these decals look to have held up well...Great post, these decals look to have held up well, I have some that are brittle and yellow!<br /><br />Saw the Pike in 1978, yes it was run down & sleazy, but had a certain vibe to it, great (fast) bumper cars & a super funky fun house!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />p.s. to Viewliner, I loved Canon, always wanted his Lincoln!Vintage Disneyland Ticketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790755040005517146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-19161428597417874502010-01-21T08:24:38.652-08:002010-01-21T08:24:38.652-08:00The Pike was an amusement park like no other. At l...The Pike was an amusement park like no other. At least for me anyway. I remember it being kind of like the amusement park in Pinocchio and much more like the park in the AI (Artificial Intelligence) movie.<br /><br />I remember a lot of sailors and a lot of cute girls. Humm! I wonder what the girls were doing? (No seriously, they were cute) OK, some were cute. OK!!! There was one really cute girl. LOL<br /><br />Anyway, I had some friends who worked for the Quinn Martin Company, so I went there a few times in the early 70' to watch them film the TV show, Cannon starring William Conrad. Nice guy by the way.<br /><br />No matter how sleazy or crummy the place looked, it had character man, again like no other I had ever seen. Great post Major!The Viewliner Limitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730924067419581447noreply@blogger.com