I worked 4 years in the security department at Universal (mid-1990s) and spent most of that time roaming that entire lot during the graveyard shift. Virtually all those sets on NY Street are relatively new (a huge fire burned much of it to the ground in 2008). I also noticed they've put up more modern-looking facades. As for the Psycho House: I was the only one who'd go up there on dark, rainy nights. Oh, such fun. As for the inside of Psycho House, it's pretty much just a shell, looking much like an empty garage. But a fun video and thanks for bringing back great memories for me!
I worked for a popular TV show from 1995 to 2001 and our offices were on the Universal lot. I would drive around the lot on my golf cart all the time, and look inside everything. I even got to walk inside sound stages to watch filming of big films. It was a great time.
It's awesome, huh!!! My friend worked on a popular tv show also, was bout 2 name that show but then again, might not be the smartest move, edit button hit... he would get us guest passes after hours around midnight, a couple of golf carts, backpack full of beers & other stuff, like the stuff some people might put on a pizza, haaaaa, yes, I'm serious... we ran around the back lot like a playground all night long!!! Those were some of the best nights my friends & i had, pretty hard 2 top!!! Jumping off 2nd stories on2 stunt bags in the western town, walking through the psycho house & crashed airplane, we climbed a fire escape 2 get in2 the Pirates of the Caribbean sound stage that was set to look like a thailand pirate village with caves & a lagoon, man, 2 this day those are some of my fondest memories, those Universal nights... I am eternally grateful I got 2 experience that!!!
Now with all the retro style channels... I'm amazed at how often the houses were shared by different fictional families ! 😏. Adams Family, Donna Reed Show, Dennis the Menace, the Partridge Family, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, Fathers Knows best, Marcus Welby, Andy Griffith, Leave it Beaver, Gidget, My three Sons, Adam 12, Dragnet, and the list goes on and on. 😓 And I love those huge painted back drop murals.
I was a VIP tour guide at Universal from 1976 to 79-the lot was much bigger then and things were more in the original areas-Spartacus square and Europe burned down in one of the several fires that have happened since then-The showboat is gone as is the tower of London and the original 6 points Texas-The lot evolves as films are made and many sets have been placed just for the tour-Beavers house was next to Marcus Welby and colonial drive had many places including yhe HARVEY house, Munsters, Animal House etc-it was nice to hear you sound excited about visiting the lot-on the VIP tour we could take our guests off the little trolly and let them do what you did-get up close and personal and take pictures on Beavers Porch or the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew houses etc-That lot was at one time the largest in the world and taking people through it was a privilege since movie history was made there-Frankenstien, Dracula The Mummy and the Wolfman -the original Phantom of the Opera stage I think may also be gone-that had a full sized opera house set with seats and boxes that was used in many films-its sad that Universal has basically reduced their studio to an amusement park but it also serves to keep the history of Hollywood alive-glad you had fun-Warners also has a tour and some of the Hello Dolly set still exists at 20th-the tram tour isn't what it was when they opened in 1965-we had lots more to show people in those days and the tram tour took 4 1/2 hours or more.
Hey...Colonial St. use to be in a entirely different location. Universal needs to get rid of the Who Ville that no one gives a crap about and the Plan crash scene..Universal is waaaay behind the times. We were zipped around the back lot like we were a inconvenience ...Universal Tour isn't what it use to be.
Anthony Richard You are totally correct-its no longer a tour its an extension of the amusement park-they don't have room to expand like Florida here in California-its sad to me since I remember a truly historic 420 acres in 1976-79 when I was a VIP guide-now its a sad artifact and frankly embarrassing with what they present as "film sets"
The Wisteria Lane part blew my mind. I just binge-watched Desperate Housewives and never would have made some of those connections from previous filming...
You are the Mr. Roger's of traveling the US for adults. That's a compliment. I loved watching him as a kid when he would take us to factories where things were made. You take us to Universal Studios where movies were made and make it fun to learn stuff we may otherwise never consider or see. Thanks!
Oh my God, thank you SO much for sharing this. You have thus far gone through two of my favorite places- one being the old Fairmount High School in Indiana, and the second being Mayfield Pl from The 'Burbs, my favorite movie!
I remember going to universal in California when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with war of the worlds. I went on a tour on a bus and we drove right past that place on 5:43. It's so cool that you got to see that on foot.
I love your vids. You and I are the same age and I love it when you do the 80's movie locations. We're going on a cross country trip in June from fort mill sc to los Angeles and your videos are going to constantly be used as reference points. Keep it up and keep the 80's alive.
Find your roots and stay with it Adam this was amazing! Minimum acceptance from the TH-cam and other social media platforms. Maximum effort and content on your part! Love you bro keep up the great work! from Kenosha! NC
Yes. That was that car that was in that film. I do believe that exactly same car was used in another film. You know that one film with that actor with that face? You are freaking hilarious! GREAT videos. Please do not stop.
The Animal house was only used in the tv series “Delta house”, which only lasted one seson, the original Animal house is in Eugene Oragon. I was on the tram tour a couple of weeks ago and I cant wait to go back. Is the walking tour available with a vip pass?
Thanks for the tour. I was there in September 2014 and thoroughly enjoyed it but was stuck on one of those tour trains that rush you around way too fast. All I wanted to do was tell them to stop for a second so I could take it all in. If I make it back there, I'm definitely doing the walking tour. Wayne from Australia.
Bewitched house is in W.Bros studio www.google.com.au/maps/place/Warner+Bros.+Ranch+Blondie+Street/@34.1578367,-118.3438781,94m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2bfd24667e095:0xcae895c05394a0e4!8m2!3d34.157658!4d-118.3436421
I went to S. Cal to visit my cousin back in 82.Went on the Universal City tour.Back then they still had Gilligans Island. It was amazing seeing where they filmed everything.Saw The Beavers house too....
Really enjoyed this video Adam. I took the tour in '97 and loved it. Been wanting to go back. When I was there King Kong was still running and they had the Backdraft experience as well as the Back to the Future ride. They had to shut the ride down because some Japanese tourists were video taping it They asked them to leave so the rest of us could experience the ride. Of course I didn't get to see as much of the back lot that you did but it sure did bring back some lovely memories. Thanks!
I am new to your videos (years late sorry), but I do enjoy your commentary and the interesting places you visit. Thanks for sharing this video...….how cool you lucky lucky lucky lucky luck boy!
The plane wreckage is from War of the Worlds. I recognized it even before you said it was from a popular Tom Cruise movie, I've seen it like a hundred times. :D
When I walked around that same prop house in the early 90's I came across Doc Browns thought reading gear setting next to some hover boards. I climbed the clock tower and enjoyed the Burbs street.
Back in 1971 on my Universal Studios Tour the Leave it to Beaver house had a sign out front that read "Marcus Welby, MD" because that house was used in that series.
Just subscribed! I love this kind of stuff...I'm a big movie/war history buff and have always wanted to do battlefield or set and filming tour locations. You are living my dream, great video!
I want to walk around the Universal back lot by myself!!!! Great video!!!!! You filmed certain locations that I haven't seen before (or never seen up close). Yes I remember Coach! LOL
I believe the sarcophagus @11:45 was used in Nancy Drew, "A Haunting We Will Go", and the hollow statue @11:56, and the Bates house, were used in the Hardy Boys pilot, "The Mystery of the Haunted House".
@@ToyotaGuy1971 I only learned about the series lately. It didn't do well. It was during this time that they also added the second window on the ground floor, (front face of the house) I'm designing a shed as a mini replica of the house, and have had to do some intense photo research, as the studio blueprints aren't very accurate when compared to the house they actually built.
@@ToyotaGuy1971 Further research has led me to a bit of a mystery. The house in "Captains and The Kings" had the same porch extensions as "Hardy Boys" but had the second window, as mentioned earlier. There's a photo of the house with the extensions, but unpainted, (no window) with the tower roof removed. I believe that this is when the original facade was totally replaced. (second window added) in prep for the series being filmed Mystery... There's no second window, and unpainted in the Hardy Boys pilot (77). That would mean it was filmed BEFORE "Captains"(76), but sat on the shelf for a bit???? That would also give Hardy Boys the distinction of being the original facade's last film appearance.
But last time I checked, 20th century fox made home alone. I don't think 20th century fox can use another Studios set for a movie? I mean it looks accurate, but still.
Tony Chavez yourusacityguide.com/ultimate-home-alone-2-filming-locations-how-to-find-all-the-new-york-film-locations a simple google would have shown i was right lol but there is the information i don’t know why they filmed on that lot but they did
8:18 Red Mazda RX-7 and Yellow Toyota Supra from the opening race of 2Fast2Furious, and behind it Romans Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder. Looks like Doms 69 Charger in the back, but can't be sure. Probably stunt cars.
You are a very lucky man. I would love to wander around the backlot. Great video by the way. Your commentary was very entertaining. How were you able to do this? Thanks for posting this.
You don't simply to get to walk around wherever you want like Adam in this video by paying the $300 VIP ticket. Adam was obviously invited by someone from Universal to do this. Very cool nonetheless.
The V.I.P. tour takes you to ALL these spots. And you can walk around just like Adam did. The current cost is around $389. Check out the Universal Studios Hollywood website for more info.
The studio tour is the best part of Universal Studios. It's really awesome you got to walk around. I've always wanted to do that. I'm glad you gave the older history of the sets too. Unless you get a really awesome guide on your tram, they only talk about what the sets were most recently used for and the tour guide lets the tv's do all the work and I hate it. I like the tour guides who know their stuff and give you an enriching experience. The tours were better before they made videos for the trams.
Elfie, I couldn't agree more. The Backlot Tour is not what it used to be. I've probably been on that attraction about a dozen times, since the early 80s. The last time I was there, our tour guide admitted that he was an actor and that the tour guide gig was a side job to pay the bills. He didn't say it in a "this job sucks" sort of way, but after hearing that it made sense why he wasn't into it for the sake of being a movie buff. I'd much rather have an average Joe off the street as a tour guide, if he's a huge movie buff or better yet, a film historian, than someone who just knows how to perform for an audience.
I was back there in the 70s and 80s several times. Had some friends that worked there. Was very interesting and very exciting. It is an extreme shame almost all of it is gone now... I remember allot of that stuff. The Munsters house changed appearances so many times. I saw it when it was used as a haunted house in Leave it to Beaver. You are correct on the Cleaver house. Right down the street was also Dr. Marcus Welby's house. I have pictures of Jaws on the trailers and Amityville. Pictures of truck loads of New York and LA. police cars being brought on the sets also. The Psycho house was up on a hill top at the time I was there.
Our thoughts exactly. Fortunately, nearly six years later and Mr.A.T.Woo has lost that annoying and distracting camp voice and now provides narration using his "normal" albeit occasionally lisp voice caused by a hunk of metal imbedded in his tongue.
at 1:00, I know I've seen that Theater once or twice in a TV Show or movie (couldn't narrow down, though) 2:01, Yep, That's Hill Valley/Kingston Falls from BTTF/Gremlins, respectively 2:43, Isn't that the Shopping Cart from the Jackass posters? 5:05 I'm Genuinely surprised that the Whoville set was erected almost smack-dab on top of the Bates Motel set 5:31 It's the War of the Worlds set, You know, from that Tom Cruise movie 8:41 now I KNOW I've seen that... If I'm not Mistaken it was used in Scream 3 11:19 I swear that gong was used in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's opening scene at the club in Shanghai
That giant shopping cart was used in "The Incredible Shrinking Women" with Lily Tomlin so she could appear to be smaller. Not sure if it's been used in other productions since then.. Here's a link to a pic. media.aintitcool.com/coolproduction/ckeditor_assets/pictures/5283/original/isw01.jpg?1327867370
Was that the giant shopping cart used in one of the Jackass movies? A bunch of the guys were piled in there, wearing superhero costumes maybe? And explosions were going off around them.
The gong from Indy, where they hide behind it while getting shot at, was about 6-8 feet diameter and had dragons and a mountain on the face. That gong does look familiar though.
FYI - that is NOT the original Psycho House. The house you see now is scaled down model that purportedly was built for the Bud Court Bates Motel series. It's been moved a few times. When I worked on the lower Lot, my wife, who worked on the upper Lot told me that the fake Bates House was a "make-out & more" spot for merchandise employees who were on break from their night-time shifts in the Merch Warehouse which is very close by. 9/10ths of what they tell you on the Tram tour is utter BS. The Backlot has had numerous serious fires and so very little of what you saw in 2014 is "original" anything. Still, you do get to see how often things get turned over and re-used for surprisingly different projects and themes. Get an actual employee or long-time director to take you around on a golfcart or watch the underground short "It's UCS for me!" (sound it out) It was made with the collusion of many big star actors & directors during the Seagrams Era, which was an hysterically funny time to be on the backlot.
yeah, the fires were a real bummer. taking away the real sets. i remember going thru courthouse square when they were filming back to the future II. wish i had a camera then. i still prefer the old kong to the new one. lol
Yes, Daverat, you're probably the only one commenting on these Universal backlot videos that knows the score about how many buildings and sets there have been moved, rebuilt, or even destroyed. One example would be the original vast soundstage from the 1925 classic Phantom of the Opera, demolished in 2014. Hitchcock shot the interiors of the Psycho house there, with the extreme high angle shot above the staircase looking down. In 1990 a disgruntled, disturbed security guard there torched some of the most legendary buildings and sets, including the street of houses and buildings from To Kill a Mockingbird. I first went to Universal Studios with my family in the late 60's when I was about 13, wanting to see where Psycho was filmed. I do remember that even though it was the original Psycho house, it was too far to get a good look at it from the tram. In '87 I took my own "private tour" there with my girlfriend, just as filmmaker Steven Spielberg did when he was about 16. We deliberately took the final tram tour of the day, patiently loitering there till we could sneak past security, then we hiked down a steep hill and across fields till we could see the Bates Motel in the distance and then the Psycho house on the hill next to it, at sunset. It was thrilling to explore around the motel and then go up the hill to that house and even open the front door (with caution). This was so much better than any patronizing, pricey "VIP" Tour I've seen on any of these YT videos. Of course I now know that the original Psycho house was moved from near the original Singapore Lake location in 1980. But at least the second location wasn't compromised like it is now in it's third location, with the Grinch movie set surrounding and even dwarfing the "Bates Motel" set while the tour tram continues on a street, right past the front porch of the latest "Psycho house" model. To further compromise this classic Hitchcock set, Steven Spielberg's massive set of plane wreckage and destroyed cars and houses from The War of the World's remake is directly next door! In retrospect, our biggest regret on that furtive private tour was that we didn't continue on to the street built especially to represent the town of Maycomb where To Kill a Mockingbird was filmed around 1961, not long after Harper Lee's book won The Nobel Prize for Fiction. To walk down that street and view the Boo Radley house, the tree where Boo put the gifts for Jem and Scout, the Finch house of Atticus, Jem and Scout, and other houses and buildings from that legendary film, 3 years before it was to be destroyed by that security guard sociopath.
Daverat I think Mel Brooks missed out on a sight gag. I woukd have loved to see a knife wielding psycho run out of the Bates house, only to be forced to stop to let a tramload of tourists go by on the access drive at the circumference of the plateau before continuing his pursuit of his prey down the steps.
I worked 4 years in the security department at Universal (mid-1990s) and spent most of that time roaming that entire lot during the graveyard shift. Virtually all those sets on NY Street are relatively new (a huge fire burned much of it to the ground in 2008). I also noticed they've put up more modern-looking facades. As for the Psycho House: I was the only one who'd go up there on dark, rainy nights. Oh, such fun. As for the inside of Psycho House, it's pretty much just a shell, looking much like an empty garage. But a fun video and thanks for bringing back great memories for me!
I worked for a popular TV show from 1995 to 2001 and our offices were on the Universal lot. I would drive around the lot on my golf cart all the time, and look inside everything. I even got to walk inside sound stages to watch filming of big films. It was a great time.
MrUndeadEd what show did you work on?
Maybe Mr Ed
that's so cool.
MrUndeadEd lucky
It's awesome, huh!!! My friend worked on a popular tv show also, was bout 2 name that show but then again, might not be the smartest move, edit button hit... he would get us guest passes after hours around midnight, a couple of golf carts, backpack full of beers & other stuff, like the stuff some people might put on a pizza, haaaaa, yes, I'm serious... we ran around the back lot like a playground all night long!!! Those were some of the best nights my friends & i had, pretty hard 2 top!!! Jumping off 2nd stories on2 stunt bags in the western town, walking through the psycho house & crashed airplane, we climbed a fire escape 2 get in2 the Pirates of the Caribbean sound stage that was set to look like a thailand pirate village with caves & a lagoon, man, 2 this day those are some of my fondest memories, those Universal nights... I am eternally grateful I got 2 experience that!!!
A lot of those egyptian things were from Night at the museum
Now with all the retro style channels... I'm amazed at how often the houses were shared by different fictional families ! 😏. Adams Family, Donna Reed Show, Dennis the Menace, the Partridge Family, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, Fathers Knows best, Marcus Welby, Andy Griffith, Leave it Beaver, Gidget, My three Sons, Adam 12, Dragnet, and the list goes on and on. 😓 And I love those huge painted back drop murals.
I was a VIP tour guide at Universal from 1976 to 79-the lot was much bigger then and things were more in the original areas-Spartacus square and Europe burned down in one of the several fires that have happened since then-The showboat is gone as is the tower of London and the original 6 points Texas-The lot evolves as films are made and many sets have been placed just for the tour-Beavers house was next to Marcus Welby and colonial drive had many places including yhe HARVEY house, Munsters, Animal House etc-it was nice to hear you sound excited about visiting the lot-on the VIP tour we could take our guests off the little trolly and let them do what you did-get up close and personal and take pictures on Beavers Porch or the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew houses etc-That lot was at one time the largest in the world and taking people through it was a privilege since movie history was made there-Frankenstien, Dracula The Mummy and the Wolfman -the original Phantom of the Opera stage I think may also be gone-that had a full sized opera house set with seats and boxes that was used in many films-its sad that Universal has basically reduced their studio to an amusement park but it also serves to keep the history of Hollywood alive-glad you had fun-Warners also has a tour and some of the Hello Dolly set still exists at 20th-the tram tour isn't what it was when they opened in 1965-we had lots more to show people in those days and the tram tour took 4 1/2 hours or more.
Hey...Colonial St. use to be in a entirely different location. Universal needs to get rid of the Who Ville that no one gives a crap about and the Plan crash scene..Universal is waaaay behind the times. We were zipped around the back lot like we were a inconvenience ...Universal Tour isn't what it use to be.
Anthony Richard You are totally correct-its no longer a tour its an extension of the amusement park-they don't have room to expand like Florida here in California-its sad to me since I remember a truly historic 420 acres in 1976-79 when I was a VIP guide-now its a sad artifact and frankly embarrassing with what they present as "film sets"
original back to the future clock tower burnt down too , that one is a rebuild. why do so many things burn down there?
Yep, it used to be a lot of fun, now, they make you feel like you are a pain in their butt.
@@magiccheeseball, are you talking about in the 2008 fire? the clock tower did not burn down. that block was spared from the fire, actually.
The Wisteria Lane part blew my mind. I just binge-watched Desperate Housewives and never would have made some of those connections from previous filming...
You are the Mr. Roger's of traveling the US for adults. That's a compliment. I loved watching him as a kid when he would take us to factories where things were made. You take us to Universal Studios where movies were made and make it fun to learn stuff we may otherwise never consider or see. Thanks!
Oh my God, thank you SO much for sharing this. You have thus far gone through two of my favorite places- one being the old Fairmount High School in Indiana, and the second being Mayfield Pl from The 'Burbs, my favorite movie!
I remember going to universal in California when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with war of the worlds. I went on a tour on a bus and we drove right past that place on 5:43. It's so cool that you got to see that on foot.
Hit me up
That movie theater looks like the one that would end up being used in Once Upon a time in Hollywood
Yeah I was thinking the same thing lol
Purple rain too
Thank you, I really enjoyed this and the way you presented it.
I enjoy all of your video's Adam the Woo !!! Thank you for posting them ❤
I don't know if anyone mentioned this but the houses shown from 3:00 - 3:37, is Wisteria Lane from desperate housewives.
Yes!
Yep..recognized them right away. :)
Amanda Wilber its so true
Yep!
Well gosh, why didn't he say so?
I love your vids. You and I are the same age and I love it when you do the 80's movie locations. We're going on a cross country trip in June from fort mill sc to los Angeles and your videos are going to constantly be used as reference points. Keep it up and keep the 80's alive.
Wow! Just woooow!!! It's so surreal and amazing looking at the places where all our favourite films were made 😮
Great visit - we went last year and had a fun time. Thanks a bunch!
Just FYI... the plane wreck is from War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise...
I wish there was a law that would shut people up that think they have to express their opinion on everything they see or hear. How about that?
IMPORTANT INFORMATION 🤦🏽♀️
@Ganda Gandara good point
I've seen the Hollywood backlot through your eyes and enjoyed the running monologue.
Another bucket list item, gone.Thanks Woo
Find your roots and stay with it Adam this was amazing! Minimum acceptance from the TH-cam and other social media platforms. Maximum effort and content on your part! Love you bro keep up the great work! from Kenosha! NC
HELLO FROM 2022! youtube auto played this video ! Such a fun time to go back and watch a old video from Adam
0:40 that looks like the ghostbusters garage :P
Wow, this looks like such an amazing opportunity. I would have absolutely loved to be able to experience this in person.
Just astounding !
Can't believe you found the famous paperclip that Sarah Conner used to escape in Terminator 2, amazing!
One time when I was there I saw Travis Barker from Blink-182 just casually walking around in the old west area haha
awesome, i freaking love the Burbs!
Art your house is on fire..............and your wifes home.
MY WIFE IS HOME!
Lol
I got to do the vip backlot tour a couple years ago, probably my favorite park experience of all time.I need to go back soon, Awesome video!
Incredible work gone into that set.
Yes. That was that car that was in that film. I do believe that exactly same car was used in another film. You know that one film with that actor with that face?
You are freaking hilarious! GREAT videos. Please do not stop.
3:00, that's the Colonial Street where Tom Hanks "The 'Burbs" where filmed. Awesome!
i thought the same
It’s not like he straight up says it in the video or anything...
"Hey Ray... Sleep tight"
@@josemonje780 great movie..... watch it at least once a year
@@vikkinicholson2300 Its very good and underrated
I do recognize those lots. I appreciate these tours of places not all can have access to.
I will definitely look into taking this tour!
Thanks for the great video!!
Back to the Future, my love.
Viewing this in the year of the 30th anniversary of BTTF. 👍
+kelseymorgan94 Today is October 21st 2015. The date they traveled to in the future.
He will later ban for life by Universal studio
Universal Back Lots , Wooooooow ! This is really something , great !
Cool behind the scenes look. Thanks for sharing.
1:07 everybody hates Chris stairs?!
that was really cool Adam..
The Animal house was only used in the tv series “Delta house”, which only lasted one seson, the original Animal house is in Eugene Oragon. I was on the tram tour a couple of weeks ago and I cant wait to go back. Is the walking tour available with a vip pass?
Excellent tour, thank you, very entertaining..
Thanks for the tour. I was there in September 2014 and thoroughly enjoyed it but was stuck on one of those tour trains that rush you around way too fast. All I wanted to do was tell them to stop for a second so I could take it all in. If I make it back there, I'm definitely doing the walking tour. Wayne from Australia.
neat stuff seeing the Bewitched House, Beavers House aka Marcus Welby's house...all the same...and 13 13 Mockingbird lane....Cool!
GasserGlass I didn't see the Bewitched house.
Bewitched house is in W.Bros studio www.google.com.au/maps/place/Warner+Bros.+Ranch+Blondie+Street/@34.1578367,-118.3438781,94m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2bfd24667e095:0xcae895c05394a0e4!8m2!3d34.157658!4d-118.3436421
Amazing...still looks like Wisteria Lane....oh, and that blue house was NEVER in Animal House-it was in Delta House, the spinoff TV show
The Burbs! It's Walter's house! :O
OMG ITS YOU!
Suck off jellish sucker.
I went to S. Cal to visit my cousin back in 82.Went on the Universal City tour.Back then they still had Gilligans Island. It was amazing seeing where they filmed everything.Saw The Beavers house too....
Many of the buildings I have seen on TV shows! That was so cool!
2:44 Big shopping cart had me laughing uncontrollably. I guess it was the way it was said.
im pretty sure its the one used in jackass
Really enjoyed this video Adam. I took the tour in '97 and loved it. Been wanting to go back. When I was there King Kong was still running and they had the Backdraft experience as well as the Back to the Future ride. They had to shut the ride down because some Japanese tourists were video taping it They asked them to leave so the rest of us could experience the ride. Of course I didn't get to see as much of the back lot that you did but it sure did bring back some lovely memories. Thanks!
Nora Dennis Go back the next chance you get Nora! Life is short, go have some fun this summer :)
I intend to take my niece and nephew who live in Bakersfield the next time I go. :)
I now want to go there too. And not stuck on tour tram but free to explore like you did. Fun video.
I loved your video.....thank you so much for sharing!
3:00 so glad to see Wisteria lane from Desperate Housewives ❤❤
That was the Leave it to Beaver house... They used to identify it as such 20
years ago but not now...
I am new to your videos (years late sorry), but I do enjoy your commentary and the interesting places you visit. Thanks for sharing this video...….how cool you lucky lucky lucky lucky luck boy!
Great job , and tour,😎👍🍻
The plane wreckage is from War of the Worlds. I recognized it even before you said it was from a popular Tom Cruise movie, I've seen it like a hundred times. :D
Same lol
I wish they hadn't torn down the Psycho house & hotel at Universal in Orlando. I know they were remakes, but it was still cool to see them.
***** They did replace it with the new Harry Potter section, which looks cool
jenisedai Not as cool as Jaws
Drac39 Agree to disagree? Inside The Magic did a series of videos giving an inside peek at the new section, and it looks pretty cool.
Thessarabian I was just at Hollywood universal studios. I loved the back lots. very interesting.
Wow. They tore down 'Pyscho' house? It was a remake?
My favorite Woo video to date !
When I walked around that same prop house in the early 90's I came across Doc Browns thought reading gear setting next to some hover boards. I climbed the clock tower and enjoyed the Burbs street.
this guy is doing my head in i had to turn down the sound on my laptop
I could swear the shopping trolley at 2:46 is from Jackass the Movie.. if so, very cool!
even the black eye peas and lmfao videos
That's what I thought
Back in 1971 on my Universal Studios Tour the Leave it to Beaver house had a sign out front that read "Marcus Welby, MD" because that house was used in that series.
Just subscribed! I love this kind of stuff...I'm a big movie/war history buff and have always wanted to do battlefield or set and filming tour locations. You are living my dream, great video!
At 6:33 Sits the Chevy Monte Carlo from The Fast & The Furious Tokyo Drift.
I watch Parenthood. I can't believe you were able to walk around the set like that unsupervised. By the way that crashed plane was super creepy.
When i did the VIP tour, a security guard was here when we visit STAGE44 (Parenthood).
57LorN Same here. It was such an amazing experience
This was a really great video Adam. I have a lot of the movies with a lot of those props in them.
Pretty cool, love it!
You should do the lost boys filming location
YES!! Omg! I hope he does!
your videos are brilliant!!
I enjoyed seeing the Universal Studios Backlot. 😄❤👍
I want to walk around the Universal back lot by myself!!!! Great video!!!!! You filmed certain locations that I haven't seen before (or never seen up close). Yes I remember Coach! LOL
Love your videos man! how did u get access to all this stuff?
I believe the sarcophagus @11:45 was used in Nancy Drew, "A Haunting We Will Go", and the hollow statue @11:56, and the Bates house, were used in the Hardy Boys pilot, "The Mystery of the Haunted House".
Yes. The Bates house still had the porch extensions that were added for the mini series "Captains and the Kings" (1976)
@@kurtbarlow9402 Cool, I didn't know about that.
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I only learned about the series lately. It didn't do well. It was during this time that they also added the second window on the ground floor, (front face of the house)
I'm designing a shed as a mini replica of the house, and have had to do some intense photo research, as the studio blueprints aren't very accurate when compared to the house they actually built.
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Further research has led me to a bit of a mystery.
The house in "Captains and The Kings" had the same porch extensions as "Hardy
Boys" but had the second window, as mentioned earlier.
There's a photo of the house with the extensions, but unpainted, (no window) with the tower roof removed.
I believe that this is when the original facade was totally replaced. (second window added) in prep for the series being filmed
Mystery...
There's no second window, and unpainted in the Hardy Boys pilot (77). That would mean it was filmed BEFORE "Captains"(76), but sat on the shelf for a bit????
That would also give Hardy Boys the distinction of being the original facade's last film appearance.
@@kurtbarlow9402 That *is* a mystery. Well, could it be it was still in post production and editing during that time? Seem plausible?
Very interesting video ! What a privilege visit these sets !
Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
1:03 home alone trapped in new york ya ya classic thats where his aunt and uncles house was where he layed the traps out
But last time I checked, 20th century fox made home alone. I don't think 20th century fox can use another Studios set for a movie? I mean it looks accurate, but still.
Tony Chavez yourusacityguide.com/ultimate-home-alone-2-filming-locations-how-to-find-all-the-new-york-film-locations a simple google would have shown i was right lol but there is the information i don’t know why they filmed on that lot but they did
Abandoned with Bizzy its not the house of Bruce Almighty?
@@olivivita lol good call im sure its also used as that too !!
6:30 I think that was from Spiel Bergs war of the worlds
Adam makes this really fun !
Your walking tour is great, thank you so much for doing it the tour.
8:18 Red Mazda RX-7 and Yellow Toyota Supra from the opening race of 2Fast2Furious, and behind it Romans Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder. Looks like Doms 69 Charger in the back, but can't be sure. Probably stunt cars.
i was tryin to get a good look at the cars but adam cut filming 10 secs too soon
That's not doms charger. That's bandits trans am
classiccarguy97 How in the hell could you spot that? Have you been there? Impressive.
behind each car was a poster of what movie it was in, so yes you were right
It was doms charger
man I felt sick by the end of this video...so much camera movement and out of focus stuff
Your narrations made me laugh! Thank you !!!!
My favorite lot to work on.
You are a very lucky man. I would love to wander around the backlot. Great video by the way. Your commentary was very entertaining. How were you able to do this? Thanks for posting this.
Yeah, how did he get back there ???
+Alison Dawson buy the $300 universals ticket, we walk around there all the time
he's a 'back-lot' guy...
You don't simply to get to walk around wherever you want like Adam in this video by paying the $300 VIP ticket. Adam was obviously invited by someone from Universal to do this. Very cool nonetheless.
The V.I.P. tour takes you to ALL these spots. And you can walk around just like Adam did. The current cost is around $389. Check out the Universal Studios Hollywood website for more info.
The studio tour is the best part of Universal Studios. It's really awesome you got to walk around. I've always wanted to do that. I'm glad you gave the older history of the sets too. Unless you get a really awesome guide on your tram, they only talk about what the sets were most recently used for and the tour guide lets the tv's do all the work and I hate it. I like the tour guides who know their stuff and give you an enriching experience. The tours were better before they made videos for the trams.
Elfie, I couldn't agree more. The Backlot Tour is not what it used to be. I've probably been on that attraction about a dozen times, since the early 80s. The last time I was there, our tour guide admitted that he was an actor and that the tour guide gig was a side job to pay the bills. He didn't say it in a "this job sucks" sort of way, but after hearing that it made sense why he wasn't into it for the sake of being a movie buff. I'd much rather have an average Joe off the street as a tour guide, if he's a huge movie buff or better yet, a film historian, than someone who just knows how to perform for an audience.
I first went on their tour in the late 60's. then it was Universal, no theme park then
A lot of fun there the great blog the backlot thank you Adam the woo p
This is really amazing...i wish to wander to studios like that
i like his narration ! He actually says out loud what I'm thinking inside...
some of the houses showed was used in an episode of twd. haha
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I was back there in the 70s and 80s several times. Had some friends that worked there. Was very interesting and very exciting. It is an extreme shame almost all of it is gone now... I remember allot of that stuff. The Munsters house changed appearances so many times. I saw it when it was used as a haunted house in Leave it to Beaver. You are correct on the Cleaver house. Right down the street was also Dr. Marcus Welby's house. I have pictures of Jaws on the trailers and Amityville. Pictures of truck loads of New York and LA. police cars being brought on the sets also. The Psycho house was up on a hill top at the time I was there.
GREAT WALKING AROUND THE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD BACKLOT !!
Omg he's on wisteria Lane😲😲😲🍎♥️
Id do anything if 40 Acres lot was still up and had all the old Andy Griffith Show sets :(
One of my favorite shows EVER!
Same :) My folks had me watching it growing up.
QueenCersei Lannister mine too!!!!!!!!!! now I watch it on my own with no regrets.. lol
Yes. I even have a Facebook tribute page with 11,000+ members haha
What's the name of the facebook page? Or please provide a link. I'd like to check it out. Thanks!
"I'm just rambling incoherently" LOL Love it...
My Great uncle worked in Hollywood building sets in the 50's-60's...one day I'll find the pics and send them to you...so cool to look at.
The camp voice affectations grated on me and spoiled an otherwise interesting video.
Amen. So obnoxious.
yucking it up. yuck
Our thoughts exactly. Fortunately, nearly six years later and Mr.A.T.Woo has lost that annoying and distracting camp voice and now provides narration using his "normal" albeit occasionally lisp voice caused by a hunk of metal imbedded in his tongue.
Ya. No matter how interested I am in his subject, I had to mute him halfway through to finish watching the video
Geez...... the goofy antics.... couldn’t finish something I was really interested in watching.
at 1:00, I know I've seen that Theater once or twice in a TV Show or movie (couldn't narrow down, though)
2:01, Yep, That's Hill Valley/Kingston Falls from BTTF/Gremlins, respectively
2:43, Isn't that the Shopping Cart from the Jackass posters?
5:05 I'm Genuinely surprised that the Whoville set was erected almost smack-dab on top of the Bates Motel set
5:31 It's the War of the Worlds set, You know, from that Tom Cruise movie
8:41 now I KNOW I've seen that... If I'm not Mistaken it was used in Scream 3
11:19 I swear that gong was used in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's opening scene at the club in Shanghai
That giant shopping cart was used in "The Incredible Shrinking Women" with Lily Tomlin so she could appear to be smaller. Not sure if it's been used in other productions since then.. Here's a link to a pic. media.aintitcool.com/coolproduction/ckeditor_assets/pictures/5283/original/isw01.jpg?1327867370
Was that the giant shopping cart used in one of the Jackass movies? A bunch of the guys were piled in there, wearing superhero costumes maybe? And explosions were going off around them.
Yes that is the cart from jackass
The gong from Indy, where they hide behind it while getting shot at, was about 6-8 feet diameter and had dragons and a mountain on the face.
That gong does look familiar though.
I knew it was from Gremlins!!
the soundstage of parenthood looks just like the stage of the originals here in Georgia when I was a extra.its sooooo cool.
Thank you. A very interesting video record of somewhere ordinary people are usually never allowed in.
FYI - that is NOT the original Psycho House. The house you see now is scaled down model that purportedly was built for the Bud Court Bates Motel series. It's been moved a few times. When I worked on the lower Lot, my wife, who worked on the upper Lot told me that the fake Bates House was a "make-out & more" spot for merchandise employees who were on break from their night-time shifts in the Merch Warehouse which is very close by. 9/10ths of what they tell you on the Tram tour is utter BS. The Backlot has had numerous serious fires and so very little of what you saw in 2014 is "original" anything. Still, you do get to see how often things get turned over and re-used for surprisingly different projects and themes. Get an actual employee or long-time director to take you around on a golfcart or watch the underground short "It's UCS for me!" (sound it out) It was made with the collusion of many big star actors & directors during the Seagrams Era, which was an hysterically funny time to be on the backlot.
yeah, the fires were a real bummer. taking away the real sets. i remember going thru courthouse square when they were filming back to the future II. wish i had a camera then. i still prefer the old kong to the new one. lol
Yes, Daverat, you're probably the only one commenting on these Universal backlot videos that knows the score about how many buildings and sets there have been moved, rebuilt, or even destroyed. One example would be the original vast soundstage from the 1925 classic Phantom of the Opera, demolished in 2014. Hitchcock shot the interiors of the Psycho house there, with the extreme high angle shot above the staircase looking down. In 1990 a disgruntled, disturbed security guard there torched some of the most legendary buildings and sets, including the street of houses and buildings from To Kill a Mockingbird. I first went to Universal Studios with my family in the late 60's when I was about 13, wanting to see where Psycho was filmed. I do remember that even though it was the original Psycho house, it was too far to get a good look at it from the tram. In '87 I took my own "private tour" there with my girlfriend, just as filmmaker Steven Spielberg did when he was about 16. We deliberately took the final tram tour of the day, patiently loitering there till we could sneak past security, then we hiked down a steep hill and across fields till we could see the Bates Motel in the distance and then the Psycho house on the hill next to it, at sunset. It was thrilling to explore around the motel and then go up the hill to that house and even open the front door (with caution). This was so much better than any patronizing, pricey "VIP" Tour I've seen on any of these YT videos. Of course I now know that the original Psycho house was moved from near the original Singapore Lake location in 1980. But at least the second location wasn't compromised like it is now in it's third location, with the Grinch movie set surrounding and even dwarfing the "Bates Motel" set while the tour tram continues on a street, right past the front porch of the latest "Psycho house" model. To further compromise this classic Hitchcock set, Steven Spielberg's massive set of plane wreckage and destroyed cars and houses from The War of the World's remake is directly next door! In retrospect, our biggest regret on that furtive private tour was that we didn't continue on to the street built especially to represent the town of Maycomb where To Kill a Mockingbird was filmed around 1961, not long after Harper Lee's book won The Nobel Prize for Fiction. To walk down that street and view the Boo Radley house, the tree where Boo put the gifts for Jem and Scout, the Finch house of Atticus, Jem and Scout, and other houses and buildings from that legendary film, 3 years before it was to be destroyed by that security guard sociopath.
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I think Mel Brooks missed out on a sight gag. I woukd have loved to see a knife wielding psycho run out of the Bates house, only to be forced to stop to let a tramload of tourists go by on the access drive at the circumference of the plateau before continuing his pursuit of his prey down the steps.
Thanks for your back lot History lesson/
I'm sure the buildings in 1:01 to 1:06 are from one of the home alone movies.
I think that was really cool that you picked up that paper clip safety pin thing and that you didn't know why. Thanks for showing that!
I would love to see this someday. My love for the movies...this would be a dream.