Hollywood Sign
About Hollywood Sign
The Hollywood Sign is an American landmark and cultural icon overlooking Hollywood, Los Angeles. Originally the Hollywoodland Sign, it is situated on Mount Lee, above Beachwood Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains. Spelling out the word "HOLLYWOODLAND" in 50-foot-tall (15.2 m) white uppercase letters and 450 feet long, it was originally erected in 1923 as a temporary advertisement for a local real estate development. Due to increasing recognition, the sign was left up, with the last four letters "LAND" removed in 1949. The sign was entirely replaced in 1978 with a more durable all-steel 45-foot-tall (13.7 m) structure and concrete footings.
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It's someone I know went to South Korea and they stood at the border of South Korea and North Korea and apparently what you see when you're at the South, looking at the North, is a huge cardboard cutout of a city that North Korea has put up to give the impression that they're a huge metropolis from South Korea. Absolutely. Oh, okay, they're called Potemkin towns, don't they? Yeah, but it's just, it's like literally like, imagine the Hollywood sign, but done as a ginormous looking city. That's what you see when you look at North Korea. What happens when it rains?
from 2: No Such Thing As Death By Aardvark, 2014-03-14 at 00:08:21 · read transcript
Other times Hollywood Sign came up
Remember a few weeks ago when we had serapasco on we talked about the guy Who invented pringles being buried in a pringles? Yes tube tube Okay, so where is orson wells buried? In a film canister, a film canister in the hollywood hills. Very good. He's in the hollywood sign. They poured him in Into the hollywood hill. Oh, yeah, yeah, all the three guys. In a well.
476: No Such Thing As Othello's Casio, 2023-04-28 · listen
Remember a few weeks ago when we had Sarah Pascoe on, we talked about the guy who invented Pringles being buried in a Pringles. Tube. Once you pop, you can't stop. Where is Awesome Wells buries? In a film canister. A film can't. In the Hollywood Hills. Very good. He's in the Hollywood sign. They poured him in. Into the O. Oh, yeah, yeah. The three. Ourson Wells is a Nile. In a well. Awesome Wells is a Nile.
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