Cornering the inevitability market: Nelson Hernandez of...
Cornering the inevitability market: Nelson Hernandez of Montebello spotted one dual business in East L.A. that deals with the only things certain in life.
“Presumably this guy does your taxes before you need the tombstone,” Hernandez said. “Or maybe you need the tombstone because of your taxes.”
The new Hollywood: So where do you think a rap group would hold a press conference to announce the release of its song, “Trigger-Happy Police”? Why, Simi Valley, of course--outside the courtroom where the Rodney King beating case is being tried.
Whatever-Happened-to-That-Invention? Dept.: Westways magazine reprised this snippet, which ran in the Auto Club publication 75 years ago: “Undoubtedly, one of the most efficient automobile locks that have been placed on the Southern California market is the Perry. . . . By means of the Perry, the auto thief is foiled since the steering wheel remains loose, so it spins like a top and the car cannot be steered.”
I sing L.A.: The latest candidate to become L.A.’s official song--”City of the Angels” by Sterling Radcliffe--will be performed by Gretchen Christopher of the Fleetwoods at an L.A. Press Club luncheon today at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City.
While L.A.’s hunt continues, numerous other local cities and towns already have official and unofficial anthems, including:
* “Let’s Sing to Glorious Glendora” by Henry Scott Rubel (“Where trees in bloom/ Waft their perfume”).
* “When Veronica Plays Her Harmonica Down on the Pier at Santa Monica” by Kay Kyser.
* “Culver City, I Love You” by Marilyn Clark.
* “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena” by Roger Christian and Don Altfeld (“Go granny, go granny, go granny go!”)
* “Reseda” by Susan Dubow (“You won’t find a city with rent-a-cheapa.”)
* “Redondo Beach for a Day or a Lifetime” by Peter Hume.
* “City of Industry” (instrumental) by Arlon Ober.
* “My Simi Valley” by Deana Hardin Merrifield (unlikely to be replaced by “Trigger-Happy Police”).
* “Christmas in Malibu” by Joe Klein (“St. Nick and his elves/ Wet suits off the shelves”).
Well, somewhere in the U.S.A.: The demonstrator who disrupted former President Ronald Reagan’s speech Monday was identified as a resident of Arcadia on Page One of USA Today, as well as in some initial wire and broadcast dispatches. No doubt some editors figured the guy must be a Southern Californian. However, as The Times reported, he is from Arcata , north of San Francisco--a long way from Arcadia, or glorious Glendora, for that matter.
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The expression, “Little Old Lady From Pasadena,” is believed to have originated on comedian Jack Benny’s radio program a half-century ago.
