Here’s a Shocker: Those Defibrillators at Disneyland May Be Just the Ticket

Did you see where the Disney folks plan to install defibrillators at Disneyland?

I hope they install them at the entrance for people with weak hearts who are shocked by the price of admission.

Unreal estate: Marjorie Sorenson came upon an ad for residents who don’t know what to do with their garage (see accompanying).

Municipal invites: Some long-ago slogans of local destinations in the colorful new book “California Calls You--The Art of Promoting the Golden State (1870-1940)” by KD and Gary Kurutz:

* Whittier: “Close to Things Worthwhile”

* Los Angeles: “The Wonder City”

* Long Beach: “Where Your Ship Comes In”

* Montebello: “Just 8 Miles From the Heart of L.A.”

* Thermalito Colony (now Oroville): “The Pasadena of Central California”

* Riverside: “A paradise on earth where life is luxury every day in the year”

L.A.--it’s everywhere! I found a postcard with two images of L.A. (see photo), although one of them is a different L.A.--Lake Arrowhead.

I’ll let you guess which one is the L.A. closest to Montebello.

How big are toilets in the Big Sky country? That’s what Fred Merrill of Inglewood wanted to know after he came across a warning from the city of Cheyenne, Wyo., on the Internet (see accompanying). They flush bed sheets there?

Atten-SHUN! He’s not governor yet but ex-L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan does have a new title--at least in the latest issue of Southern California Quarterly. Historian Ralph Shaffer inadvertently identified him as “Major” Riordan in an article on the L.A. Department of Water and Power.

Come to think of it, Riordan did sort of treat the City Council members as though they were buck privates.

Initial confusion: An Eastern newspaper’s reference to USC as the “University of Southern California at Los Angeles” reminded Leonard Wines of another time the school was mixed up with its cross-town rival.

A will under probate specified a bequest to “the University of Southern California, commonly known as UCLA.”

“Those were the exact words,” said Wines, a retired associate vice president: “To the dismay of those of us who bleed Cardinal and Gold, it turned out that the donor’s intent was to enrich the Bruins.”

miscelLAny: Actor David Leisure, who has begun making public address announcements urging people to prepare for emergencies, told the L.A. Daily News that the 1994 Northridge earthquake reduced his Sherman Oaks home to “total rubble.”

Leisure, you may recall, gained fame playing the part of Joe Isuzu in commercials--the sleazy car salesman who pitched his product while the words “He’s lying” flashed across the TV screen.

So I was thinking . . . can you imagine the thoughts that passed through the mind of the claims adjuster in 1994 when he realized he had received a damage estimate from Joe Isuzu?

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