Walk of Fargo:When several stars’ plaques on...

Walk of Fargo:

When several stars’ plaques on the Hollywood Walk of Fame were put into storage to make room for Metro Rail construction, Mike Stevens volunteered to display them outside his North Dakota business--in the Fargo Walk of Fame.

His offer was rejected. But, in the meantime, Fargo has seen its eight-year-old sidewalk attraction grow to include the footprints of 94 celebrities (none in Bruno Magli shoes, by the way). And the city has attracted more attention through the Oscar-nominated movie “Fargo.”

Talk about overshadowing L.A. What’s next? Is Fargo going to land the Dodgers?

Actually, what Stevens would like to land is one of the stars of “Fargo,” but so far none has visited.

The Eagles, however, did stop by, and the reunited band members agreed to leave their imprints--but only in a private ceremony. That wasn’t the only unusual condition.

Don Henley, Glenn Frey and the gang, you’ll recall, split up for 14 years because of various feuds. “They don’t always get along so well now, evidently,” said Stevens. The Eagles’ handlers told him delicately that “things would run smoother” if the members of the group came out one at a time for the honor.

Hey--Fargo even throws out some pretty good gossip!

EVERY STORY HAS A DRIVING ANGLE IN L.A.: President Clinton’s daughter, as The Times reported, is mulling over a list of prominent universities to attend. Coincidentally, Chelsea Road in Arcadia is near Oxford Drive, Harvard Drive, Cambridge Drive and Stanford Drive.

AT LEAST THEY’RE NOT VULTURES: C.K. Work of Santa Monica sent us a Valentine’s Day ad from the Rose Cafe in Venice, which is evidently planning a live bird show (see accompanying).

BRINGING DOWN L.A.: We previously mentioned how we enjoyed “Absolute Disaster--Fiction from Los Angeles.” But we’re sorry that the book wasn’t large enough to include excerpts from some of our favorite Southland doomsday novels, including:

* “The End of the Age” by televangelist Pat Robertson: L.A. is under 5,000 feet of water after a meteor plops into the ocean in 2000. The only survivors are a Channel 11 engineer and his family on Mt. Wilson (we’re serious).

* “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler: A fuel shortage and other calamities in 2025 spur a mass migration by Angelenos to the Northwest (you think it’s bad now, Seattle . . .)

* “Dr. Adder” by K.W. Jeter: Riots sweep 21st century L.A., also known as Rattown.

* “They Thirst” by Robert McCammon: Vampires “descend upon the canyons of Los Angeles.” (If they showed up at a party in the canyons, would anyone notice?)

* “The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California” by Curt Gentry: Phoenix becomes beach-side property.

* “Blade Runner 2,” by K.W. Jeter: More quake problems for L.A. in 2020.

No, we didn’t include the original “Blade Runner” by Philip Dick because the novel was not set in L.A., as the movie was. That vision of 21st-century desolation was set in undeservedly smug San Francisco.

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There’s just no end to the Valentine’s Day specials. A company called Direct Casket, which sells coffins at wholesale prices to mourners, is offering a 20% discount in February for purchases made “in advance of need.”