Wow, first time I've seen a movie with POP in it I was lucky enough to live in this area of the country when this park was thriving. I was only out there for 3 years and went to not only POP, but Knotts Berry Farm and for my 7th birthday Disneyland! Thanks for posting a movie I'm sure I've seen but have forgotten about.
We lived in Venice when POP opened. I was about your age when we first went. Some of my best most innocent memories were of that place at that time. It was a magical place for a little boy. You could go in a booth and make a record of your voices which was cool.
The real thing was heavenly before they let go down and upkeep Am so grateful to live by POP every day♥️❣⚘🌹 👍🤗👍😆❣⚘🌹The good old days, we thought they'd never end. Bob Nelson if your out there....👍🌹⚘❣♥️👍
I loved POP, my dad scared me so bad at 8 or 9 years old. The roller coaster 🎢 there was huge and went next to or over the ocean 🌊, my dad got the roller coaster attendant to let us go a second time around, because the 1st time scared me so bad, I was terrified, but then I calmed down and became a roller coaster enthusiast.❤
That should be "long defunct," not "now defunct." Pacific Ocean Park was shut down in 1967, after being in operation for nine years(1958); it simply couldn't compete with Disneyland, which was the huge money-maker in Southern California since 1955, the year Disneyland opened.
They had plenty of business , it was located in downtown Santa Monica, which led to street crimes and drug sells overflowing into the park. Long Beach Pike would remain open for 12 more years after this place closed down. And it thrived even with Disneyland and Knott's Berry farm and Magic Mountain close by. Beach carnivals have a much different vibe than the mega theme parks and they still do good today. The Santa Cruz Boardwalk is still going strong decades later and they still pack them in even during the Covid era.
It actually had higher attendance records than Disneyland, and that wasn't the reason it shut down. It was due to the land around it getting developed into housing and the roads leading to the park getting blocked off, which in turn caused a huge drop in attendance. Low attendance caused the owners to go into debt, which in turn caused them to be unable to afford the upkeep, and it was a downward spiral from there.
(showing my age here ) OMG, that totally looks like Marion Ross in the back seat of the roller coaster (Richies Mom on Happy Days). I really think it is her. Wow. (and I didn't spoil anything, see how nice I am?) :)
I have the vinyl LP- never saw it. I remember there was a " film" compiling The Beatles and Hermans Hermits and others titled Go Go Mania in the 60s- repeated on US TV early 70s . Is the film " Hold On" cause Peter is riding the roller coaster lol?
It was a nice park at one time. Excellent dark rides with clever designs when it first opened but it all went into disrepair quickly. Dark rides became dysfunctional dark rooms.
wait, this guy had his lap bar on like the other people, how did he do that?? there is lap bars, and how the girl not fly off to since is lap bar was opened??
It's hard to believe that this is what the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk looked like back in 1966. Or is this a different California coastal amusement park I'm wondering? It's hard to tell if you didn't know very much of what was going on during the year 1966. That's how I was during the time when the Batman TV series was on the ABC TV airwaves. Also when Gilligan's Island was still on the CBS TV airwaves. I Dream of Jeanie was still going on strong. Did you notice that I also never knew Hocus-Pocus/Carl Hansen back then in 1966? 🤔 😳 😏 😉 😬 👀 🤔
This is Pacific Ocean Park in SANTA MONICA, which is now defunct, not Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk which still operates till this day. Do some reading up on Pacific Ocean Park. In its heyday, it had higher attendance records than Disneyland.
This movie was never even nominated for an academy award . Why I shall never know .
Wow, first time I've seen a movie with POP in it I was lucky enough to live in this area of the country when this park was thriving. I was only out there for 3 years and went to not only POP, but Knotts Berry Farm and for my 7th birthday Disneyland! Thanks for posting a movie I'm sure I've seen but have forgotten about.
We lived in Venice when POP opened. I was about your age when we first went. Some of my best most innocent memories were of that place at that time. It was a magical place for a little boy. You could go in a booth and make a record of your voices which was cool.
One of the last episodes of The Fugitive was filmed here , also I think The Invaders was done here , also .
The real thing was heavenly before they let go down and upkeep
Am so grateful to live by POP every day♥️❣⚘🌹 👍🤗👍😆❣⚘🌹The good old days, we thought they'd never end. Bob Nelson if your out there....👍🌹⚘❣♥️👍
Awesome special effects
Like you could really take an ice cream cone on a roller coaster, LOL!
Mr Mitchell from Dennis the menace
Yes, that is Herbert Anderson. Also Bernard Fox, "Dr. Bombay" from "Bewitched".
Used to go to P.O.P as a kid! Almost as fun as Disneyland. It was really fun riding the coaster out over the ocean!
I have heard (and read) about this park (it shut down before I was old enough to remember it); looks like fun.
I loved POP, my dad scared me so bad at 8 or 9 years old. The roller coaster 🎢 there was huge and went next to or over the ocean 🌊, my dad got the roller coaster attendant to let us go a second time around, because the 1st time scared me so bad, I was terrified, but then I calmed down and became a roller coaster enthusiast.❤
Love this scene from Hold On it cracks me up.
Dennis the menace's father looks like he enjoyed himself lol.
I suppose all that fabulous modern architecture is gone now.
Gone like it never existed.
That should be "long defunct," not "now defunct." Pacific Ocean Park was shut down in 1967, after being in operation for nine years(1958); it simply couldn't compete with Disneyland, which was the huge money-maker in Southern California since 1955, the year Disneyland opened.
They had plenty of business , it was located in downtown Santa Monica, which led to street crimes and drug sells overflowing into the park. Long Beach Pike would remain open for 12 more years after this place closed down. And it thrived even with Disneyland and Knott's Berry farm and Magic Mountain close by. Beach carnivals have a much different vibe than the mega theme parks and they still do good today. The Santa Cruz Boardwalk is still going strong decades later and they still pack them in even during the Covid era.
It actually had higher attendance records than Disneyland, and that wasn't the reason it shut down. It was due to the land around it getting developed into housing and the roads leading to the park getting blocked off, which in turn caused a huge drop in attendance. Low attendance caused the owners to go into debt, which in turn caused them to be unable to afford the upkeep, and it was a downward spiral from there.
Yeah, okay. Looking at the other responses to your ill informed comment, it's pretty easy to determine that you're uninformed.
(showing my age here ) OMG, that totally looks like Marion Ross in the back seat of the roller coaster (Richies Mom on Happy Days). I really think it is her. Wow. (and I didn't spoil anything, see how nice I am?) :)
haaaa....you might be right.
I googled her and 1966, and now I have doubts. Oh well, feeling relieved that another old guy gets and understands me. :)
Either way, happy days are found in the back seat of a Miller
You must still be addicted to LSD if you think that! Stupid Baby Boomer moron! 😠
Stupenda
I got my mom on that rollercoaster , I couldn't get her to take me on it again.
I have the vinyl LP- never saw it. I remember there was a " film" compiling The Beatles and Hermans Hermits and others titled Go Go Mania in the 60s- repeated on US TV early 70s . Is the film " Hold On" cause Peter is riding the roller coaster lol?
How come she’s worn a suit it must be 80° out I won’t wear a suit
No not really we were shorts or a moo moo🌿⚘🤗⚘🌿
His hat must be on real tight lol
Damn That Walt Disney
2:35 Just a thought here. Shelley Fabares is one hot hottie and I am wondering what she is doing at the park all by herself?
It was a nice park at one time. Excellent dark rides with clever designs when it first opened but it all went into disrepair quickly. Dark rides became dysfunctional dark rooms.
It's funny how the guys in the band are wearing suits at an amusement park!
@Teremi Nándor 66
"A Hard Day's Night" it wasnt.
It isn't?
also what's with the screams??
wait, this guy had his lap bar on like the other people, how did he do that?? there is lap bars, and how the girl not fly off to since is lap bar was opened??
It's hard to believe that this is what the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk looked like back in 1966. Or is this a different California coastal amusement park I'm wondering? It's hard to tell if you didn't know very much of what was going on during the year 1966. That's how I was during the time when the Batman TV series was on the ABC TV airwaves. Also when Gilligan's Island was still on the CBS TV airwaves. I Dream of Jeanie was still going on strong. Did you notice that I also never knew Hocus-Pocus/Carl Hansen back then in 1966? 🤔 😳 😏 😉 😬 👀 🤔
This is Pacific Ocean Park in SANTA MONICA, which is now defunct, not Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk which still operates till this day. Do some reading up on Pacific Ocean Park. In its heyday, it had higher attendance records than Disneyland.
Noo/ no good but love the group.
What an awful movie