He’ll have to sue in a higher...
He’ll have to sue in a higher court: Frank O. Gehry, L.A.’s world-famous architect, told a convention here: “A few hours after the earthquake, a New Yorker magazine reporter asked me if I was happy now that the rest of Los Angeles looked like my work.”
Gehry, whose design for the Music Center’s Disney Concert Hall has been likened to a shoe box that someone stepped on, added: “Luckily I had a reply. I said I’m very honored that God now is copying me.”
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Bringing new meaning to the phrase “sticker shock”: The auto industry, as you may have read, is under orders to begin selling electric cars in the state by 1998. L.A.-area utilities already have pledged to install home electric-charging connections for any customer buying such a jalopy. (We don’t know whether to choose a Voltswagen or a Honda Cord.)
Since the technology is still developing, we assume the initial billboard ads for electric car dealers will be restrained in tone.
Our recommendations:
* “From 0 to 8 in 60 Seconds!”
* “It Can Double as a Golf Cart!”
* “Say Goodby to Speeding Tickets!”
* “Now You Have an Excuse to Stay Off Freeways!”
And, for the fast crowd:
* “You Can’t Get Any Kinkier Than A.C.-D.C.!”
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One driver who doesn’t have to worry about tailgaters: “If you can’t stop, smile as you go under,” said the sign on the rear frame of a vehicle spotted by Harriett Porch of Dominguez Hills. A dump truck.
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The secret life of Smokey: Clinton Hare of L.A. writes with still another theory on why the real-life Smokey (the) Bear and his mate, Goldie, were incompatible (and childless) during their 12 years together in Washington.
“Every time his spouse got hot,” Hare said, “Smokey threw dirt on her.”
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The ballad of Old Dan: A story in The Times about the remains of a horse and chicken unearthed in a San Marino back yard brought a revelation from Richard Casey of Palos Verdes Estates.
“I don’t know who lives (at our old address) on 2nd Street in Manhattan Beach today,” he said. “But if they excavated the back yard they would probably find some of the remains of Old Dan. Old Dan was a horse and he pulled the plow and wagon on the family farm. . . .
“When Old Dan died about 70 years go, my dad and grandfather dug a hole in the corral and dropped his body in. Back in those days there was no Humane Society to call for help. You just did what you had to do. . . .”
We’d like to think that Old Dan at least had a happier love life than Smokey.
miscelLAny:
Glory Productions of Garden Grove took out an ad in Daily Variety announcing that it is now auditioning for its annual show, “The Glory of Christmas.” And you haven’t even finished your shopping yet!
