I had some hawker just put a pamphlet in my hand.. so I took it and walked off. He tried to say "you gotta pay for that" And I just walked on and said "no thanks" kept it, and then said "if there's a problem, then the cops can help us sort this out".
Guy: You gotta pay for that pamphlet. Me: You mean MY pamphlet? Why would I pay you for my pamphlet? It's already mine. Guy: I stuck it in your hand. If you're going to be that way I want it back. Me: I stuffed a 20 dollar bill in your pocket earlier. If you're going to be that way I want it back.
The dancing Diane was the best part and the montage at the end just put it all over the top! All those people must be fans since they are 'keeping it weird' for you, and hope you enjoyed the trip, minus the pee smell... :)
History of the Chinese Theater... Back in the 20s, theaters were built with themes. Before the Chinese Theater was built, there was another theater that was built with an Egyptian theme to it. With the success of having themed theaters, they built more to entice patrons. As for the hand and shoe prints on the cement, it all started as an accident. The theater’s builder Sid Grauman accidentally stepped on some soft cement and gave him the idea of having movie stars to the same thing and sign their names on the soft cement. The Chinese Theater got so popular that they made it to be the spot to premiere the new movies coming out back in the golden age of hollywood. Hollywood is definitely a weird place...and I live here in LA lol...but we accept its weirdness because it’s just unique. A lot of us here take it for granted tho. We see all these tourists flocking to Hollywood, Venice Beach, Disneyland, etc etc...probably saved up the money they used for a long time to go on these vacation trips and we’re here like “meh...there’s Hollywood Blvd...there’s Disneyland...there’s the Hollywood Sign...etc etc” as we pass them by in our cars or whatever form of transportation we’re on. As for you dancing in front of the Chinese Theater, that...was...awesome!!! I vote for more Diane dancing footage
I know what you mean about people saving their money for a "meh" style trip. I grew up outside of D.C. and would hang at Georgetown U. when my older sibs. were students there. The Smithsonian is a revolving tourist trap, although with a little panache, courtesy of it's kitschy gift shops and overpriced cafe's. The rest is : here's the Capital where they rip us off and go home with a clear conscious, etc., etc. Meh indeed.
Just a heads up: Noah Beery, Jr. was an actor who was in a lot of westerns in the 50s and 60s. I don't know if you've ever seen the show "The Rockford Files" but he played the father in that. He was also in the 1960 classic "Inherit the Wind"
Well doesn't Disney own Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean and Mickey Mouse? So cannonically they are all in the Disney Universe. So now that riddle is solved. Do I win a cookie? 😀
So I live in San Diego and I visited Hollywood for the first time in 2012. One thing that surprised us about Hollywood was how dirty it was and how on TV it was made to look So Glamorous yet in real life you're like ughh, I would not want to Vacation here.
As Oscar Levant once said : "Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you find the real tinsel". Practically the entire industry is put together like a giant Potemkin village. If you ever get a backstage tour of TV network, you'd be amazed at how much of those great looking sets are just knocked together 2x4s with a fancy side facing the camera.
So true, Daniel. It's still an interesting place to visit (once or twice). I live in the Bay Area and have made several trips to visit family in SoCal. I'd rather visit San Diego any day. In fact, I'd rather visit Big Sur, Shasta, Yosemite (in the off-season) or Lake Tahoe.
Well Hollywood blvd is one of the worst parts of Los Angeles. If you want to see nice places go to Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Silver Lake, Larchmont, Studio City. All have great strips of shops and restaurants and they're much cleaner.
They are real pennies Diane! I used to collect them. The machines take 2 quarters AND 1 penny. So unless YOU are putting fake pennies in them they ARE real. I even flattened quarters TOO. 🤪😜😝
Why are Californians getting so many bent coins? Not only have I never seen a machine like that in my state, I've almost never seen a bent coin in my state, at least not enough to have coin straighteners as commonplace.
I couldn't understand why people like to collect those flattened coins that seem to be at every tourist destination. Then some girl I know told me she likes to make charm bracelets with them.
you might be able to land a part in the next Godzilla Movie for your ability to make groups of asians flee @9:03 😂 i personally was enchanted by your dancing 😊
You realize of course they will return to China and tell their friends of the crazy Americans dressed as Spider-man, Superman, expecting them to pay for papers they don't want, and that weird girl dancing in the middle of the sidewalk for no apparent reason.
I hope Chewie is okay. This is the MOST chill I ever have seen him; crashed out on the bed behind you the whole time. We never saw him walking around, getting your attention at your feet, nothing. He must either be hot or just plain worn out. Luv ya Diane and Chewie...you too Editor Diane. Keep up the great work.
I actually stayed with the Hare Krishna in Italy for a month (kinda long story) and they're actually super low-key about recruitment, and, no, it isn't against any of their beliefs to videotape them.
Oh Diane, that little family to your left that skidaddled when you started dancing cracked me up. I made my whole family watch and they were so tickled! Thanks for the good laugh😂😂😂😂!
The pressed pennies are a Huge touristy thing (all over the United States). I think every tourist attraction I've been to has them, especially if there is a train or trolley nearby. It used to be a thing to put a penny on a rail (railroad or for trolleys) and wait for your penny to be squished. I don't know why, though. 🤷
@@reesestevenson5492 , Stevenson is Irish (but is my step father's name - he was Loftus & Stevenson (I think it was originally Stephen, and was changed upon arriving in America around 1908?) ). My biological father is Scottish from the Sloan clan; however, Sloans were found on both Islands... All I know is I definitely feel that Viking blood, if you know what I mean. 😉
LOL love you Diane hollyweird I've been calling it that for years and years and years 😂😂 out in la la land.. nobody lives there it's all the state of mind
Happy Monday to you Diane. Very interesting video that you have managed to showcase while you were on vacation in California. What a way to document your trip. I enjoyed your editing as well. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for the upload in general. Always a pleasure to see you on here. Have a great week and be well dear. 😊😎🌷🌹
Your comedic touch still comes through. Loved it when you did the schtick of puttying your hand in the Lion's mouth and removing it quickly .. lol. Two shows nightly, try the veal.
Sher's so good I don't have a problem with people insisting on calling her a "vocalist" instead of a singer. She really has such a golden voice. Here are two of her videos. You decide. th-cam.com/video/5Y9DYGiDL1o/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/rUSddpvB4X0/w-d-xo.html
You chased those people off. They were in awe of your talented dance moves and knew they were beaten. No talent scout would choose them while you were there with all of your talent on display.
Hey Diane: I had a terrible long, frustrating day. But i came home watched your video, smiled, laughed, and chuckled quite a bit. I needed that. So Thanks.
@@DianeJennings I feel sad. hahaha. Anita Baker, one of the great female R&B singers that go back to the 1980s. Mary Steenburgen, a long standing noted actress who was once married to actor Malcolm McDowell and now married to Ted Danson of Cheers fame.
Hi, Diane, lovely to see you! I Lived in Hollywood, worked in Beverly Hills for four or five years, in the mid seventies. Lived two blocks from the theater(theatre?). OH BOY...you had to have been there...........
It's so great that you came down to Los Angeles. I don't know all the places you went to, but next time you may want to head over to Pink's, The Whiskey A GoGo, the J Paul Getty Museum, Plaza Olvera, Chinatown, San Antonio Winery, Dodger Stadium, Canter's Deli, and Phillippe's, to start. There's also the Queen Mary in Long Beach, and, if you're daring, going to Avalon on Catalina Island. You may want to look up these places online before going. Most Angelenos know these places pretty well. Love your channel. Keep up the good work. :)
Good points, Diane. I learned an important lesson on Hollywood Blvd. My nephew and niece wanted to take a picture next to the guy dressed up like Batman. I knew that these cosplay entertainers (and living statues) will get angry if you take a picture of them without paying them. So, I walked up first with my nephew and placed $30 (a $20 bill and a $10 bill) into his tip container (an empty guitar case). He gladly took a photo with my nephew. Next, my niece stood next to him. He then began to yell at me about paying him again. I told him that I already tipped him $30. He yelled even louder. In an almost threatening tone, he told me, "You better not take that picture." Needless to say, my niece didn't get a pic with Batman. Ironically, the other people (before and after us) were tipping him with $1 bills.
Not only is there is there a Chinese theater on Hollywood Blvd. but there used to be an Egyptian theater right next to it. I think it's the whole "Hollywood is a dream factory and we can make movies pretending we are any damn place we want to be in the whole wide world" thingie. And yeah, you made a good call going to California rather than the Carolinas, it's been too damn hot here of late, highs hovering around 35 C last few weeks, do NOT come to the American South in the summer dear, you will burst into flame. Also, been meaning to tell you, I KNEW you would have a great trip, just before you left suddenly on the shelf of my local grocery store they started stocking Kerry Gold Irish butter, and it was on SALE> I took it as a sign and bought some in your honor, as a good luck token for your trip. Ta!
Hi Diane, some comments from good old la-la-land. Firstly, the Chinese Theatre: it went up during a period when it was fashionable to construct theatres in "foreign" styles. In fact, you could have walked ten minutes east on Hollywood Boulevard and located the Egyptian Theatre, home to the American Cinematheque. There were many more theatres built in downtown L.A. that are now being resurrected after years of neglect. The pee smell: yes, sadly that is omnipresent in many parts of L.A.--a symptom of the enormous homeless problem we have here. And regarding selfies at the Hollywood sign: this was actually a big issue for the locals who live in the hills near the sign--the places where the tourists were going up in droves to take their sign-selfies. It came to a head a few years ago, and now the tourists are pretty much not welcome up there any more. A bit sad, but understandable.
Laughing so hard at “It smells like pee”. I live less then five miles from there, I never go there it’s a dump! I hope you got to visit some of the really nice places around here.
I lived in Hollywood in 1968-for a week. It was trashy and plastic back then. After the conclusion of that sortie, I high-tailed it back to the Haight in San Francisco-which was a little less trashy (from a delusional perspective, I guess) and eventually ended up in Far Northern California, feeling a bit nauseous and burnt out with knowing that I’d been duped into spending any quality time in either of those cities.
Another fun video :-) I am glad you had a good time in Hollywood. Most everyone I have known who has visited there had no plans of ever going back. Who was the star you were dancing on? As far as the Walk of Fame goes, those celebs have to pay $30,000 USD to get their name there.
Hello Diane! I've enjoyed your videos for a couple weeks now. I watch TH-cam on my 'smart' TV. So I got my tablet and subscribed, liked and shared. I love Chewie because I have a 'Chewie' too!
Just remember, the theatre opened in 1927. Practically everything you see around it today, simply wasn't there back then. There were some other buildings nearby, but for the most part, it stood there on its own, basking in its own glory. :)
Anita baker= Famous Singer, Mary Steenburgen = Actress and Ted Dansons wife. I had to google Noah. Hes a character actor that was famous way before both our times.
Even before I saw the dance clip remix at the end I was thinking, "That would make a pretty good GIF." Happy to see you're not afraid to be weird in public!😃
Anita Baker is a singer, and Noah Beery Jr played James Garner's dad Rocky on the Rockford Files he was also a character actor in many Tv shows and movies, He stared in his first movie at 7 years old and he was co-stared with his dad. The movie was called the Mark of Zorro
I don't think I've ever driven on it longer than two blocks, even just crossing it is a nightmare. Take Fountain or Franklin and then cut up or down when you absolutely have to.
That actually is the best place to get a picture of The Hollywood Sign. You should have gone to the 4th Floor walk way. It's illegal to walk up to the sign on Mt. Lee., The mountain the sign is on.
Anita Baker and Mary Steenburgen are pretty darn famous. Anita has been making albums and touring regularly since the early 80s. Mary is an Oscar winning actress married to Ted Danson, has over 100 IMDB credits and been in things like Back to the Future 3, Elf, Curb Your Enthusiasm Justified and Orange is the New Black.
People standing around with their heads down are, like, everywhere. Good luck trying to get them to pick their heads up. Some of them are even watching you (the smart ones). Every time a new person becomes a patron, a unicorn is reborn.
Honestly I think the reason you can use a true penny is a legal think and how petty some legal stuff is. And those are static, the owner probably checks once a month, grabs 20 bucks or what not and has 50 of them :) Great video. Chicago next?
Most of what you call coin flatteners you put in 3 coins (2 quarters and 1 penny). It squashes the penny with a design on it and keeps the quarters so the machine owner makes 50 cents for each. Really good return on investment since there is almost no maintenance to do and the person has to actually do the work of turning the handle themselves. Just like everywhere else in the world, all tourist stuff is an enormous rip off.
I was riding the bus in San Francisco and overheard a conversation between a college student and his visiting from out of town friend: "There are a lot of donut shops in this neighborhood, and they're not chains. They're all independent. Tiny little donut shops full of Asians."
Ok Game on Hehe! In Return of the Jedi Lando Calrissian calls Hon Solo a pirate; the quote is " will get going you old pirate! Also Hon and Chew Chubaca, work together so pirates and Chubaca go together. hehe :P
Was there a comic con going on nearby? I believe there was an anime convention going on in LA at the time, which would explain why there were so many folks in costume in the area. They do it to “freak out the mundanes” - fannish slang for people who aren’t part of their scene.
Sweet Love🎶🎶🎶. Anita Baker is a singer from back in the 1980’s. But hey, we can’t expect everyone in the world to know ALL of our famous singers & actors.
Since I live in LA, when ever I have out-of-towners visit, they want to see the Chinese Theater among other land mark tourist attractions, and I rarely see hand and foot prints belonging to people I do not know. Even the ones you pointed out I knew. That may be because I am a lot older than you? And I like old movies.
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"No canonical universe"
Are you sure? Well, let me introduce you to Disney Infinity.....
Diane as someone who grew up around Hollywood is it weird that I find none of that weird?
I had some hawker just put a pamphlet in my hand.. so I took it and walked off. He tried to say "you gotta pay for that"
And I just walked on and said "no thanks" kept it, and then said "if there's a problem, then the cops can help us sort this out".
Guy: You gotta pay for that pamphlet.
Me: You mean MY pamphlet? Why would I pay you for my pamphlet? It's already mine.
Guy: I stuck it in your hand. If you're going to be that way I want it back.
Me: I stuffed a 20 dollar bill in your pocket earlier. If you're going to be that way I want it back.
Mary Steenburgen played Clara, who fell in love with Doc Brown in Back to the Future Part III.
flinx Is she still Mrs. Ted Danson?
She also played the mom in Elf.
@@karlmortoniv2951 Yes
Among a whole lot of other roles, for pete sakes
@@lizetteolsen3218 I took the objective here to he to call her to mind with a prominent role or two, not list her Wikipedia entry.
The dancing Diane was the best part and the montage at the end just put it all over the top! All those people must be fans since they are 'keeping it weird' for you, and hope you enjoyed the trip, minus the pee smell... :)
LOL! That scene of those people leaving the scene of your dancing is classic! You'll want to hang on to that clip. :-)
History of the Chinese Theater...
Back in the 20s, theaters were built with themes. Before the Chinese Theater was built, there was another theater that was built with an Egyptian theme to it. With the success of having themed theaters, they built more to entice patrons. As for the hand and shoe prints on the cement, it all started as an accident. The theater’s builder Sid Grauman accidentally stepped on some soft cement and gave him the idea of having movie stars to the same thing and sign their names on the soft cement. The Chinese Theater got so popular that they made it to be the spot to premiere the new movies coming out back in the golden age of hollywood.
Hollywood is definitely a weird place...and I live here in LA lol...but we accept its weirdness because it’s just unique. A lot of us here take it for granted tho. We see all these tourists flocking to Hollywood, Venice Beach, Disneyland, etc etc...probably saved up the money they used for a long time to go on these vacation trips and we’re here like “meh...there’s Hollywood Blvd...there’s Disneyland...there’s the Hollywood Sign...etc etc” as we pass them by in our cars or whatever form of transportation we’re on.
As for you dancing in front of the Chinese Theater, that...was...awesome!!!
I vote for more Diane dancing footage
I know what you mean about people saving their money for a "meh" style trip. I grew up outside of D.C. and would hang at Georgetown U. when my older sibs. were students there. The Smithsonian is a revolving tourist trap, although with a little panache, courtesy of it's kitschy gift shops and overpriced cafe's. The rest is : here's the Capital where they rip us off and go home with a clear conscious, etc., etc. Meh indeed.
I feel bad for those people. The place is so hyped up in movies and such. The real thing is just “meh”.
Just a heads up: Noah Beery, Jr. was an actor who was in a lot of westerns in the 50s and 60s. I don't know if you've ever seen the show "The Rockford Files" but he played the father in that. He was also in the 1960 classic "Inherit the Wind"
Oh, man, shame on me for not knowing Rockford's dad!
Loved Rockford Files
Well doesn't Disney own Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean and Mickey Mouse? So cannonically they are all in the Disney Universe. So now that riddle is solved. Do I win a cookie? 😀
🍪
You got the cookie but... no
Marvel too
Ah, but then how does Superman fit in? Unless he's participating in a recreation of the 90s DC/Marvel crossover.
Not a cookie, a biscuit.
Laughed like crazy at the "smells like pee" comment because it is 100% accurate and I think the same thing every time I go there! 😆
Of course, it's LA. The homeless take over after midnight.
Sad but true. SF installed public pay toilets because of the smell.
Hollywood is dirty
They steam clean the sidewalks every night.
Also it rarely rains in LA so there's filth everywhere that never gets washed away.
You didn’t make them leave because if a weird thing, you just overwhelmed they with your raw awesomeness.
So I live in San Diego and I visited Hollywood for the first time in 2012. One thing that surprised us about Hollywood was how dirty it was and how on TV it was made to look So Glamorous yet in real life you're like ughh, I would not want to Vacation here.
As Oscar Levant once said : "Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you find the real tinsel". Practically the entire industry is put together like a giant Potemkin village. If you ever get a backstage tour of TV network, you'd be amazed at how much of those great looking sets are just knocked together 2x4s with a fancy side facing the camera.
So true, Daniel. It's still an interesting place to visit (once or twice). I live in the Bay Area and have made several trips to visit family in SoCal. I'd rather visit San Diego any day. In fact, I'd rather visit Big Sur, Shasta, Yosemite (in the off-season) or Lake Tahoe.
Well Hollywood blvd is one of the worst parts of Los Angeles. If you want to see nice places go to Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Silver Lake, Larchmont, Studio City. All have great strips of shops and restaurants and they're much cleaner.
@@andrewthezeppo Some really sad people down there--and sadder stories as well. The urine smell--makes a statement
They are real pennies Diane! I used to collect them. The machines take 2 quarters AND 1 penny. So unless YOU are putting fake pennies in them they ARE real. I even flattened quarters TOO. 🤪😜😝
I think some have changed to include just circular copper pieces instead of making you use a penny
Why are Californians getting so many bent coins? Not only have I never seen a machine like that in my state, I've almost never seen a bent coin in my state, at least not enough to have coin straighteners as commonplace.
I couldn't understand why people like to collect those flattened coins that seem to be at every tourist destination. Then some girl I know told me she likes to make charm bracelets with them.
@@Ewong251 Because it's technically a felony to destroy a penny, so liability reasons.
@@IPlayOneOnT.V. I've seen those coin things almost everywhere I've ever been in all parts of the country. They are often at zoos and tourist sites.
Wow, that lady does give you a nasty look before she pushes her family away, Haha!
Thanks for another good laugh Diane!
How about that blonde girl doing the silly dance? 🤪 What a weirdo.
The Asians behind her seemed weirded out.
@@Gonzo614 Definitely so..wonder whose block she was on?
@@martasloane8081, you'll have to ask Diane.
It's the Diane! It's slated to be the next "Dougie"!
As for Pennywise getting around so quickly they used the sewer system :)
😂So good!
Just like the turtles.
From the 1920s during the Exotic Revival architecture. When you ad Moorish, Egyptian and Chinese style architecture.
Precisely. That explains my grandmother's desk lamp of a camel resting, but with all its regalia
Built by immigrants from the common border of Morocco, Egypt, and China. They wanted to make it look like home.
It's OK, Hollywood is weird to the rest of America too.
Hollywood is weird to the rest of California, and that's saying something!
And the rest of America at that lolol
Yes. Yes, it is. LOL
Lets Face it, the whole left coast is messed up beyond hope...Even the Oakland Raiders are leaving for Las Vegas.🏈🏈 🏈
@@derrickmcadoo3804 ;Ashamed to admit I'm a Socal Zuma beach native..Let it slide into the Ocean.
you might be able to land a part in the next Godzilla Movie for your ability to make groups of asians flee @9:03 😂 i personally was enchanted by your dancing 😊
I think you're right..those tourists Chinese saw you ..and made a run for it
You realize of course they will return to China and tell their friends of the crazy Americans dressed as Spider-man, Superman, expecting them to pay for papers they don't want, and that weird girl dancing in the middle of the sidewalk for no apparent reason.
I hope Chewie is okay. This is the MOST chill I ever have seen him; crashed out on the bed behind you the whole time. We never saw him walking around, getting your attention at your feet, nothing.
He must either be hot or just plain worn out.
Luv ya Diane and Chewie...you too Editor Diane.
Keep up the great work.
I hope you come to Chicago sometime, I think you'll really enjoy it, especially the food.
You’re almost at 100k subscribers, Miss Diane! Be planning on a 100k subscriber blowout!
Please god 🤞
Maybe a “best of” retrospective, a taste of things to come on the channel, or even... Lenny finally getting his steak! And loaded baked potato! :D
Editor Diane will do a video at 100k subscribers. :)
How can Diane not have 100k+ subscribers?!
I like the video clip of Diane dancing. I can't help but smile!! #positiveEnergy
I actually stayed with the Hare Krishna in Italy for a month (kinda long story) and they're actually super low-key about recruitment, and, no, it isn't against any of their beliefs to videotape them.
Oh Diane, that little family to your left that skidaddled when you started dancing cracked me up. I made my whole family watch and they were so tickled! Thanks for the good laugh😂😂😂😂!
No way! 😂
@@DianeJennings Way!!
It’s Hollywood. It’s ALL BLOODY WEIRD
Loveing your little dance, you should do a video on your talents 👍
Ha!
The pressed pennies are a Huge touristy thing (all over the United States). I think every tourist attraction I've been to has them, especially if there is a train or trolley nearby. It used to be a thing to put a penny on a rail (railroad or for trolleys) and wait for your penny to be squished. I don't know why, though. 🤷
Tamarra Stevenson ayyyyyyye we have the same last name. Now I wonder where you’re from haha I’m from OOOOOHIIIOOOO.
@@reesestevenson5492 , Stevenson is Irish (but is my step father's name - he was Loftus & Stevenson (I think it was originally Stephen, and was changed upon arriving in America around 1908?) ).
My biological father is Scottish from the Sloan clan; however, Sloans were found on both Islands... All I know is I definitely feel that Viking blood, if you know what I mean. 😉
Tamarra Stevenson interesting. Well we will never know. Where do you live? Ireland I’m guessing
@@reesestevenson5492 I wish I did! No, I live in the US. I love history and researching my family's roots.
Tamarra Stevenson I love history too. Do you ever watch mysteries at the museum? It’s on travel channel, but I watch it off my fire tv.
The real way to see the Hollywood sign is to hike up to it.
LOL love you Diane hollyweird I've been calling it that for years and years and years 😂😂 out in la la land..
nobody lives there it's all the state of mind
Happy Monday to you Diane. Very interesting video that you have managed to showcase while you were on vacation in California. What a way to document your trip. I enjoyed your editing as well. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for the upload in general. Always a pleasure to see you on here. Have a great week and be well dear. 😊😎🌷🌹
Your comedic touch still comes through. Loved it when you did the schtick of puttying your hand in the Lion's mouth and removing it quickly .. lol. Two shows nightly, try the veal.
Sees Anita Baker star...... Who is that lol..... She's a legendary singer she sings soul music
Sher's so good I don't have a problem with people insisting on calling her a "vocalist" instead of a singer. She really has such a golden voice.
Here are two of her videos. You decide.
th-cam.com/video/5Y9DYGiDL1o/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/rUSddpvB4X0/w-d-xo.html
Loved that little dance. Thanks for throwing it in again, and again, and again ❤️👍
You chased those people off. They were in awe of your talented dance moves and knew they were beaten. No talent scout would choose them while you were there with all of your talent on display.
1:24 Because of fights between the characters and sometimes the public, yes they do have to register.
Hey Diane:
I had a terrible long, frustrating day. But i came home watched your video, smiled, laughed, and chuckled quite a bit.
I needed that. So Thanks.
So much of this is common knowledge that I couldn't help thinking "No wonder Diane didn't know that raisins are shrivelled up grapes."
You don't know Anita Baker or May Steenburgen? How dare you!
BagoPorkRinds 🤷🏼♀️ Soz
Dana says- RIGHT?! LOL
@@DianeJennings I feel sad. hahaha.
Anita Baker, one of the great female R&B singers that go back to the 1980s. Mary Steenburgen, a long standing noted actress who was once married to actor Malcolm McDowell and now married to Ted Danson of Cheers fame.
BagoPorkRinds ....wanna say that again in English ? 😂
@@ciaram2866 Eh?
Talent is filled to the brim with Diane!
Noah Beery & Wallace Beery related, but Wallace more famous.
But Noah was sweet and kind and Wallace not so much.
Hi, Diane, lovely to see you! I Lived in Hollywood, worked in Beverly Hills for four or five years, in the mid seventies. Lived two blocks from the theater(theatre?). OH BOY...you had to have been there...........
And just think.. Hollywood blvd is super tame compared to what it used to be when hung out down there in the 80’s and 90’s as teens 😂😂😂
BTW the theater was there first and the rest of the nonsense sprung up around it.
You can look down for stars in Palm Springs too.
It's so great that you came down to Los Angeles. I don't know all the places you went to, but next time you may want to head over to Pink's, The Whiskey A GoGo, the J Paul Getty Museum, Plaza Olvera, Chinatown, San Antonio Winery, Dodger Stadium, Canter's Deli, and Phillippe's, to start. There's also the Queen Mary in Long Beach, and, if you're daring, going to Avalon on Catalina Island. You may want to look up these places online before going. Most Angelenos know these places pretty well. Love your channel. Keep up the good work. :)
I knew who all the people were that you showed on Hollywood Boulevard.
You'll never miss the oddest thing anyplace you are.
Good points, Diane. I learned an important lesson on Hollywood Blvd. My nephew and niece wanted to take a picture next to the guy dressed up like Batman. I knew that these cosplay entertainers (and living statues) will get angry if you take a picture of them without paying them. So, I walked up first with my nephew and placed $30 (a $20 bill and a $10 bill) into his tip container (an empty guitar case). He gladly took a photo with my nephew. Next, my niece stood next to him. He then began to yell at me about paying him again. I told him that I already tipped him $30. He yelled even louder. In an almost threatening tone, he told me, "You better not take that picture." Needless to say, my niece didn't get a pic with Batman. Ironically, the other people (before and after us) were tipping him with $1 bills.
Not only is there is there a Chinese theater on Hollywood Blvd. but there used to be an Egyptian theater right next to it. I think it's the whole "Hollywood is a dream factory and we can make movies pretending we are any damn place we want to be in the whole wide world" thingie. And yeah, you made a good call going to California rather than the Carolinas, it's been too damn hot here of late, highs hovering around 35 C last few weeks, do NOT come to the American South in the summer dear, you will burst into flame. Also, been meaning to tell you, I KNEW you would have a great trip, just before you left suddenly on the shelf of my local grocery store they started stocking Kerry Gold Irish butter, and it was on SALE> I took it as a sign and bought some in your honor, as a good luck token for your trip. Ta!
Oh I hope you LOVED it James
@@DianeJennings yup, damn good butter, is my go-to butter now.
Ummm....You don't know who Mary Steenburgen is?? Back to the Future III? Step Brothers? Married to Ted Danson (Cheers, The Good Place)...
Oh cool!
In another words, just a kook who plays pretend for a living.
Hi Diane, some comments from good old la-la-land. Firstly, the Chinese Theatre: it went up during a period when it was fashionable to construct theatres in "foreign" styles. In fact, you could have walked ten minutes east on Hollywood Boulevard and located the Egyptian Theatre, home to the American Cinematheque. There were many more theatres built in downtown L.A. that are now being resurrected after years of neglect. The pee smell: yes, sadly that is omnipresent in many parts of L.A.--a symptom of the enormous homeless problem we have here. And regarding selfies at the Hollywood sign: this was actually a big issue for the locals who live in the hills near the sign--the places where the tourists were going up in droves to take their sign-selfies. It came to a head a few years ago, and now the tourists are pretty much not welcome up there any more. A bit sad, but understandable.
If you can't notice seven weird things per minute in Hollywood, you're either horribly oblivious or unconscious.
Laughing so hard at “It smells like pee”. I live less then five miles from there, I never go there it’s a dump! I hope you got to visit some of the really nice places around here.
I lived in Hollywood in 1968-for a week. It was trashy and plastic back then. After the conclusion of that sortie, I high-tailed it back to the Haight in San Francisco-which was a little less trashy (from a delusional perspective, I guess) and eventually ended up in Far Northern California, feeling a bit nauseous and burnt out with knowing that I’d been duped into spending any quality time in either of those cities.
That dance at the theater is adorable
The mullet in front of Graumann's was epic.
Another fun video :-) I am glad you had a good time in Hollywood. Most everyone I have known who has visited there had no plans of ever going back. Who was the star you were dancing on? As far as the Walk of Fame goes, those celebs have to pay $30,000 USD to get their name there.
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Hello Diane!
I've enjoyed your videos for a couple weeks now. I watch TH-cam on my 'smart' TV. So I got my tablet and subscribed, liked and shared.
I love Chewie because I have a 'Chewie' too!
Just remember, the theatre opened in 1927. Practically everything you see around it today, simply wasn't there back then. There were some other buildings nearby, but for the most part, it stood there on its own, basking in its own glory. :)
Diane, a famous person once said that "Hollywood is like a bowl of granola, what ain't fruits and nuts is flakes"
Hey, Diane. Great video! You have plans for coming to Washington, DC ever?
Canonical and Hollywood used in the same context is gold.
Anita baker= Famous Singer, Mary Steenburgen = Actress and Ted Dansons wife. I had to google Noah. Hes a character actor that was famous way before both our times.
FYI, there's a spot on Mulholland that you can get a good shot of the Hollyweird sign. It's just off of Cahuenga and overlooks the Bowl as well.
Even before I saw the dance clip remix at the end I was thinking, "That would make a pretty good GIF." Happy to see you're not afraid to be weird in public!😃
Anita Baker is a singer, and Noah Beery Jr played James Garner's dad Rocky on the Rockford Files he was also a character actor in many Tv shows and movies, He stared in his first movie at 7 years old and he was co-stared with his dad. The movie was called the Mark of Zorro
Might not be weird, but the most annoying is the Traffic.. have to go there about once in 3 months or so and my Gawd Hollywood Blvd!!
Oh yeaaaah! The traffic is nuts!!
I don't think I've ever driven on it longer than two blocks, even just crossing it is a nightmare. Take Fountain or Franklin and then cut up or down when you absolutely have to.
The superman gets dressed behind a dumpster on skid row!😂
As always watching your videos are a lot of fun. You are talented to make these videos.
THE SMELL IS THE MAIN REASON PEOPLE LOOK DOWN IN MANY BIG CITIES IN CALIFORNIA!!!
I'm subscribed and I bumped my funny bone today... Your targeting needs recalibration 😑
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That actually is the best place to get a picture of The Hollywood Sign. You should have gone to the 4th Floor walk way. It's illegal to walk up to the sign on Mt. Lee., The mountain the sign is on.
Anita Baker and Mary Steenburgen are pretty darn famous. Anita has been making albums and touring regularly since the early 80s. Mary is an Oscar winning actress married to Ted Danson, has over 100 IMDB credits and been in things like Back to the Future 3, Elf, Curb Your Enthusiasm Justified and Orange is the New Black.
I love your videos so much ❤️
Aww thank you!
I don't want your soul, I'd settle for your heart 😉
Damn, that didn't sound as creepy in my head. ☘💚🇮🇪
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in the US, if your in a public place, you are allowed to be filmed. doesn't matter what the person being filmed thinks, your allowed to do it.
Our trolleys will flatten your coins for free. It does tend to annoy the driver though.
As an actor, did you have any time to do some professional contacts/exploring? LOVE the idea of another shoot there to explore people's talents.
Uh, Diane.. There is no clown when you play this on You Tube...
Just teasing!! LOL
People standing around with their heads down are, like, everywhere. Good luck trying to get them to pick their heads up.
Some of them are even watching you (the smart ones).
Every time a new person becomes a patron, a unicorn is reborn.
Should have went to the Griffith Observatory to see the Hollywood sign .. Thats where i went when i was in la ... :)
Wait, the Penny Crusher doesn't give you actual Pennys!!????? My whole world just got crushed...
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There are a few of the older ones left that sell you a blank but if you use your own...
NOW SEE YOU COULDA DONE COME TO RHE HOME OF THE SIMPSONS HERE IN SPRINGFIELD OREGON!!
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don't you put that evil on me Diane Jennings! Don't you put that on us! We will not hit out funnybones!
Hollywood: Glitz, glamor and celebrities
Hollyweird: the weird, crazy and strange
Hollyhood: the seedy element
Hollyweed: the cannabis subculture
Honestly I think the reason you can use a true penny is a legal think and how petty some legal stuff is. And those are static, the owner probably checks once a month, grabs 20 bucks or what not and has 50 of them :) Great video. Chicago next?
It is a get together of fans of certain characters in the DC universe, There is a HOLLYWOOD sign in County Down.
There's a reason it's called Hollyweird in Flyover country :)
the penny flattener that I have used at my local amusement park used real pennies, I have one were I can see Lincoln's face and the memorial on it.
Most of what you call coin flatteners you put in 3 coins (2 quarters and 1 penny). It squashes the penny with a design on it and keeps the quarters so the machine owner makes 50 cents for each. Really good return on investment since there is almost no maintenance to do and the person has to actually do the work of turning the handle themselves.
Just like everywhere else in the world, all tourist stuff is an enormous rip off.
The dancing was my favorite part
Homesick. I spent so many years on the walk of fame from childhood to adulthood. Worked there, studied there, ate there, danced there.
Even took the Scientology test at 16. Didn't follow that route past a thing to do on an afternoon.
It's called Hollyweird for a reason lol. You are super funny. Thank you for you.
Thank YOU!
Diane dancing is life! :)
You forgot one thing that's also everywhere that's a huge shock to outsiders: DOUGHNUT SHOPS!
I was riding the bus in San Francisco and overheard a conversation between a college student and his visiting from out of town friend:
"There are a lot of donut shops in this neighborhood, and they're not chains. They're all independent. Tiny little donut shops full of Asians."
Ok Game on Hehe! In Return of the Jedi Lando Calrissian calls Hon Solo a pirate; the quote is " will get going you old pirate! Also Hon and Chew Chubaca, work together so pirates and Chubaca go together. hehe :P
Was there a comic con going on nearby? I believe there was an anime convention going on in LA at the time, which would explain why there were so many folks in costume in the area. They do it to “freak out the mundanes” - fannish slang for people who aren’t part of their scene.
Sweet Love🎶🎶🎶. Anita Baker is a singer from back in the 1980’s. But hey, we can’t expect everyone in the world to know ALL of our famous singers & actors.
Glad you made it out alive. As a SoCali native I don't go near LA. It's nasty. Long Beach is where I stop and go around to Santa Barbara,
Since I live in LA, when ever I have out-of-towners visit, they want to see the Chinese Theater among other land mark tourist attractions, and I rarely see hand and foot prints belonging to people I do not know. Even the ones you pointed out I knew. That may be because I am a lot older than you? And I like old movies.