Part 1 Last Look at the Warner Bros Ranch Before Demolition starts, exclusive Historic Backlot tour

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024

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  • @johnrpizzaguy
    @johnrpizzaguy Год назад +98

    I was fortunate enough to grow up in Calabasas in the 60s,70s and 80s with a Mom and a Grandfather who were both in the behind the scenes work, I can’t tell you how many incredible stories I got to hear growing up. They both worked on those lots often and I miss them both but time marches on and change is inevitable. GIV thank you again for another great video.

  • @dacechasinghawk3910
    @dacechasinghawk3910 Год назад +7

    Memories keep them alive, memories will never die.

  • @georgemallory401
    @georgemallory401 Год назад +39

    Not only is the facade you tour in Lethal Weapon movie, but in the 1960’s it was the house from the TV series, “Hazel” and for one season of “Gidget” Starring Sally Fields. Also seen in The Monkees TV show and many other Screen Gems Productions.

    • @F60528
      @F60528 Год назад +2

      "hey Riggs"

    • @1954shadow
      @1954shadow Год назад +1

      I watched all those shows as a kid.

    • @brendawhisenhunt8444
      @brendawhisenhunt8444 Год назад

      Christmas vacation is my favorite movie! It's sad to hear that these movie sets will be torned down..

    • @amh313
      @amh313 Год назад +1

      Wow, Monkees!

    • @kimeddy4743
      @kimeddy4743 Год назад

      That house is also used for I dream of jeannie as well as hazel And gidget

  • @fig1954
    @fig1954 Год назад +27

    Mike, the way you vlog makes me feel like I'm there. Your slow pace and not talking constantly make it feel as though a person was there by themselves. I agree with you. I could just sit for hours and just smile and enjoy. You should try to get back there when they are bulldozing everything!!!! Great job!!!!!!! THANK YOU MIKE!!!!! Looking forward for part 2,3,4, etc. This kind of stuff we feed on. We could never get there. We would never see this. That's one of the great things we love about you. Hollywood made this video for you. So happy you enjoyed yourself! Thanks again.

  • @regand7830
    @regand7830 Год назад +12

    I know that backlot SO well. I've worked on that lot in various shows over many years. I'll miss the part they are tearing down. Thanks GIV!

  • @2000Cowboys
    @2000Cowboys Год назад +15

    Amazing...Thank you 🇩🇪 in Venice.

  • @1SeanBond
    @1SeanBond Год назад +22

    Appreciate seeing this before it will be taken down ! Luv&Peace GIV. Cheers to continued success friend 🙂✌🏼💫

  • @charlesbronson5235
    @charlesbronson5235 Год назад +28

    Thanks Mike 👍🏻💪🏻✌🏻👏🏻 GIV always bringing great memories content.

  • @MrIslandman59
    @MrIslandman59 Год назад +28

    Mike, you really out did yourself! Your use of the inserts for various scene location match ups was well done! Looking forward to part two!

  • @edwardthayer9386
    @edwardthayer9386 Год назад +3

    I can only imagine that feeling!🤯 i use to think they were all filmed in neighborhoods!!!

  • @notbuster126
    @notbuster126 Год назад +5

    I know how you feel! Recently went to see the Hollywood sign, and the Adam West Batman cave, and then Hollywood Forever Cemetery. You get a very interesting feeling being in these places close to the people and places in cinema history.

  • @Cat-qn1yw
    @Cat-qn1yw Год назад +4

    Thanks for the tour Mike!

  • @laurentscholtes8770
    @laurentscholtes8770 Год назад +11

    This should be preserved 😢 this is literally movie history 😮 thanks GIV for sharing ❤ and preserving somehow 🙌😎

    • @markc3258
      @markc3258 Год назад +1

      Totally agree .
      After the MGM sale in the early 70s
      I thought that wouldn’t happen again 😢
      Sadly I was wrong

  • @NickP
    @NickP Год назад +7

    It is very cool you were able to visit and document that iconic location before its destruction. That will be a sad day in the world of classic movie lovers.
    Amazing video buddy..
    A🙌ESOME STUFF.

  • @Cindy7777777
    @Cindy7777777 Год назад

    OMG, just, OMG!
    It almost makes you want to cry, very emotional!!!
    Thanks Mike, wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

  • @angelarowe3472
    @angelarowe3472 Год назад +5

    One thing I think is truly amazing is how they can use a house set like that and make it look one way for a movie and then completely change it to another look and reuse it over and over again it’s just amazing to me and along with that, this is a part of the movie history that’s never gonna be duplicated again, ☹️ because everything is going to CGI just a shame in a way i’m happy to say that you were able to do this Venice and you take care of yourself Mike be safe❤️🤠

  • @donaldduncan7095
    @donaldduncan7095 Год назад +7

    The Bewitched house is the most iconic, it should be dismantled and moved to a location where it could be seen on a studio tour. Thanks for GiV'ng. 😎👍👍

  • @Charlotte_2648
    @Charlotte_2648 Год назад +11

    I've always wondered on which lot they filmed The Middle. That was a funny show and I still look for it on Hulu from time to time. Thanks for the tour!

    • @kimsinclair9100
      @kimsinclair9100 Год назад +1

      I love The Middle but everyone that tours this lot seems to skip it. I’m hoping it’s in part 2.

    • @anniem.4204
      @anniem.4204 6 месяцев назад

      23:32 !!! They show the house and mention it is the house from The Middle!!

  • @DragonSlyr1
    @DragonSlyr1 Год назад +8

    Just strated part 1 but can't wait for part 2 already lol Thanks GiV.

  • @MaryGray-zb3xi
    @MaryGray-zb3xi Год назад +12

    GIV always brings it

  • @mikedutton4146
    @mikedutton4146 Год назад +6

    I've lived in the U.S. my whole life and I didnt even know this really still existed! Being a movie fan, I can only imagine how cool that was. Thank you for showing us GIV! I would haven't never see it otherwise! Great video! 👍👍

  • @oskarwilde81
    @oskarwilde81 Год назад +4

    Man I’m so glad you paid tribute to Lethal Weapon house. So so sad it will be torn down:((( They are not making movies like this anymore.. God Bless America❤️ Big fan of you and your channel!
    Oskar from Slovakia.

  • @aproudamerican2692
    @aproudamerican2692 11 месяцев назад +1

    *RIP Warner Brothers Ranch.*
    It took a year but it's all gone as of Oct 2023.

  • @rehousethehomeless1925
    @rehousethehomeless1925 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you *SO* much for being the FIRST person to truly give us what we all really wanted...to SEE the *behind* the scenes *magic* shots of what we don't see and what it really looks like behind the facade! This was an amazing tour. Funny, how it took a visiting foreigner to give us what we wanted😇

  • @MrJearley6
    @MrJearley6 Год назад +3

    Thank you for this video. GIV. Yes, I’ve been there myself my cousin used to work there at the studio. I don’t remember what she did but she gave my family and I a tour and we had a Lotta fun and to go to the houses that you’re showing us but thank you this is your subscriber on the West Coast Los Angeles.

  • @galaxiedance3135
    @galaxiedance3135 Год назад +10

    I am glad I came across your channel. Always a surprise what you will show. Even your simplest videos are a pleasure to watch. :)

  • @bonniebonbon8575
    @bonniebonbon8575 Год назад +8

    Thank you GIV for another amazing video. Brings back memories for me seeing this, ROCK ON!!!!!!😊💕

  • @stevedyoutube
    @stevedyoutube Год назад +8

    Can't wait for Part 2. I hope you show the Bewitched house, since you kept talking about it. That's the only house I really want to see

    • @germaninvenice
      @germaninvenice  Год назад +5

      Yes

    • @richardpiva3892
      @richardpiva3892 Год назад +1

      TheDailyWoo also went through that lot and showed the Bewitched set inside and out. It’s on his RUclips channel. Both tours very interesting.

    • @stevedyoutube
      @stevedyoutube Год назад

      @@richardpiva3892 Thank you. I'll check it out. I only know about that channel because of Mike.

    • @rp4254
      @rp4254 Год назад +1

      I hope you went inside the I Dream of Jeannie house in Part 2. Everyone who has been to the WB ranch forgets to cover it. We want to see inside & the backyard!

  • @memories511
    @memories511 Год назад +7

    So happy for you Mike that you got to see those homes. You really deserve that. I also hope that someone from Universal will contact you to have your wish come true !!!!!

  • @davidnowicki4024
    @davidnowicki4024 Год назад

    Love the honoring of the history and what a privilege. Thanks for sharing, it's a gem.

  • @stevenkatz679
    @stevenkatz679 Год назад +4

    This is the most interesting thing I have seen on the internet in many years , it's a little overwhelming with all of the memories this is bringing out , great job and thank you .

  • @jermar1979
    @jermar1979 Год назад +2

    So very sad. Lots of history on that lot. 😢 I would love to have a piece of “The Middle” house. Thanks for the video.

  • @proconsumersafety
    @proconsumersafety Год назад +7

    Thank you so much for this. Even after growing up in California and being on sets with my work (even though I am in sciences now), it's always great to see these. When my dad started working in architectural design, he used to build some of the studio structures. Always fascinating. Christmas Vacation is my all-time favorite Christmas movie. And yes it does snow in California. We have some of the highest mountains in the United States with ski resorts and it snows seasonally. Not always in Los Angeles but Hollywood seems to make California and its beaches look like warm water, warm weather and it's not the case. It is a cool feeling to be there, and I am sure it is for you. It is somewhat sad to see that all to be destroyed. But it is Hollywood movie sets. Thank you again so much for sharing this first part.

  • @derek7920
    @derek7920 Год назад +5

    Love it Mike..... as always 👍 Thanks for taking us on the journey.

  • @MikeyGaming
    @MikeyGaming Год назад

    I bet you would love WandaVision, the set design is the best, give it a shot!

  • @Cheekylory
    @Cheekylory Год назад +2

    You know Mike, you remind me so much of me as I was growing up in Hollywood. I was totally into movie stars, rock’n’roll stars, like Elvis, Ricky Nelson and so many others. My father was totally disillusioned with me😂. I love your enthusiasm and you remind me of a kid in a candy store. Never stop filming. Thank you❣️

  • @JuniorJr_23
    @JuniorJr_23 Год назад +6

    Like always the GIV did it again with another amazing video. Thanks for showing and letting us know History will be demolished.

  • @buzzcrushtrendkill
    @buzzcrushtrendkill 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks so much for the context of the scenes that were filmed at these locations, matching up the pictures. And your friends giving the detailed info is great.

  • @PhilippinesFarmLife
    @PhilippinesFarmLife 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you. Watching from the Philippines. Great memories for me.

  • @nickwebberdjceeskee
    @nickwebberdjceeskee Год назад +3

    GIV super cool! We appreciate you sharing this with us before the demolition👍🏾

  • @christopherrasmussen8718
    @christopherrasmussen8718 Год назад

    I’m old enough to remember all these. Time is tough

  • @chrisstephens5310
    @chrisstephens5310 Год назад +1

    thank you Michael I all ways learn so much from you your friend from east of the ATL

  • @SAFETYHOOD
    @SAFETYHOOD Год назад

    When I lived in Chicago back in the 90's was an Extra in Home Alone 2, Hoffa and Denis the Menace ( met the actors and experienced the joy of Hollywood ) - Life is what you make it.

  • @karenlynn6860
    @karenlynn6860 Год назад +4

    You are the best!! Love how much enjoyment you get out of everything. It actually comes thru. Thank you for all you do.

  • @bonniewilkins3419
    @bonniewilkins3419 Год назад +1

    The magic of Hollywood ~ long live the magic! Thanks, GIV ~ ✌🏻❤️

  • @judydenver5362
    @judydenver5362 Год назад

    Dear Mike, I LOVE your style and way of presenting, and touring us, so that we are going to these places with a good friend! It's just enough speech and information, and then time to look and reflect~!!!!! Thank you so much!!! I LOVE this Lot!! It's where I "spent my childhood", so to speak, watching The Partridge Family and Bewitched, etc. And by the way, So Sadly, the house that was demolished and torn down there, with the green cloth fence around it, that recently had been the Sheldons house, IS, THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY HOUSE!!! We are all sickened by what they did to that house, as alot of us were rallying to save The Partridge Family House, and the whole backlot.
    Actually Amazon, and Netflix were trying to buy it from the new owners, to save it as an historical landmark, as they are the ones who have been recently continuously filming there, on a regular basis. They even offered another piece of Real Estate as a trade, I found out. But the Investment Company hired to develop this land, so Warner Brothers could some day lease it back, they were just ruthless and unyielding.

  • @kimmckillop3334
    @kimmckillop3334 Год назад +3

    Great video! Thanks for taking us along😊

  • @koda158
    @koda158 Год назад +2

    Thank you for sharing! Nostalgic all the way- Griswold love ❤️

  • @yvonnesheehan9079
    @yvonnesheehan9079 Год назад +1

    Know the feeling from my time visiting Graceland ❤❤❤ Yvonne ☘️🇮🇪☘️

  • @FreddieFarkle
    @FreddieFarkle Год назад +6

    Just an awesome job on your vlog

  • @ashenjoseph3056
    @ashenjoseph3056 Год назад

    Very Nice... ❤🥂Happy to see these places..Sad those all gonna be demolished😢
    Thank you Mike for visiting..

  • @greeneyedldy50
    @greeneyedldy50 Год назад +1

    I Love that movie Christmas vacation

  • @davekobyleski3981
    @davekobyleski3981 Год назад

    Giv always Brings it !!!!! Thank you Mike

  • @GettingthruLife
    @GettingthruLife Год назад +1

    I get it mike. Love the movie world. I was born in 1970 and was glued to the tv and movie screen.

    • @studioshitaketakashita7093
      @studioshitaketakashita7093 Год назад

      I should have read more books as a kid - I have ADHD - I watched sooo much tv in the seventies growing up I didn't watch anything regularly after say I dunno early 90's - even tv in the eighties was getting too woke on the big networks - now with internet we can watch when/what/how much we want...but to your point too: we didn't have internet. So you'd ride your bike, play baseball come home and play board (Bored? lol) games and play Atari later on... and watch tv.
      I feel I know script/screenplay formula so well, I can predict what will happen on a Netflix show way in advance and my wife gets mad. I can hardly sit thru a movie - The Flash was actually good - but now more than ever I try to study and learn and make up for the missed learning of my youth.

  • @jeffs8614
    @jeffs8614 Год назад +1

    more amazing can't miss stuff by the GIV. Hope you get to tour Universal. thanks for sharing.

  • @1Chickita79
    @1Chickita79 Год назад +2

    This was great! Looking forward to Part 2.

  • @jimoncken6936
    @jimoncken6936 Год назад +2

    I feel the same way you do. I love this stuff. Hoping you get into Universal!!

  • @sonjastajdohar9163
    @sonjastajdohar9163 Год назад

    You're right....we love the stuff like this....

  • @shellyott5898
    @shellyott5898 Год назад

    That’s so cool! Just watched a crazy Suzanne Planchette movie “rage to live” 1965 noticed it was filmed next the lethal weapon house

  • @gregbelot2802
    @gregbelot2802 Год назад

    Hey mike, I can’t believe they are tearing it all down, another sad moment, Christmas vacation and lethal weapon are 2 of my favorite movies and reminds me of my youth, I watch them every time they are on, thanks for sharing 😊

  • @KnobVein
    @KnobVein Год назад +3

    Memories mean a lot! Keep em coming GIV 🙌

  • @Maggies87
    @Maggies87 Год назад +2

    Looking forward to Part 2. It was always good fun to get to go to a studio lot with my dad for various reasons. The best was a prop sale at Paramount. Thought it was normal 😂

  • @arlenehaber5841
    @arlenehaber5841 Год назад +1

    I appreciate all that you photo for California/American history. Thank you!,

  • @petej.8676
    @petej.8676 Год назад +1

    Wow..Alot of history there..lifetime of memories

  • @joelfrombethlehem
    @joelfrombethlehem Год назад +1

    Thank you very much for yet another great video. This video brought me joy, tears of sadness, and good memories of movies and television shows I have watched over the years.

  • @alexandria8255
    @alexandria8255 Год назад +1

    Ohhh the house of the 'gebratene Katze' lol the fried cat! That was so funny 😂😂 Great video Michael viel danke! And thank you to the guys who invited you along to tour this.

  • @gi169
    @gi169 Год назад +1

    Thank you GIV, that was awesome 👍👍👍

  • @donnytucker
    @donnytucker Год назад +4

    Great tour GIV. I would have loved to see the ranch in person myself. Maybe you can get a small piece of the griswold house after it's torn down.

  • @Ichy-Sphincta
    @Ichy-Sphincta Год назад +2

    the set builders are incredible at what they do and its awsome too see these houses and love too your mum mike hope she is well

  • @derekcox6531
    @derekcox6531 Год назад

    Thank you GIV! What a great episode! I remember all of those great shows and movies! So great!

  • @jurgenfreiberger6593
    @jurgenfreiberger6593 Год назад +1

    Thanks

    • @germaninvenice
      @germaninvenice  Год назад +2

      Thank you very much for your generous donation. I really appreciate it.

  • @JohnsonWhat28
    @JohnsonWhat28 Год назад +1

    Great video which brings back lots of memories! I think we got a glimpse of the I Dream of Jeannie house! Thanks!

  • @Aktor2
    @Aktor2 Год назад

    Happy for your G.I. V. Seemed like you were almost tearing up at times. I know you love this stuff. Next time I’m in LA I have to come do a video with you.

  • @Blueskys1972
    @Blueskys1972 Год назад

    All I can think about when I see the Warner ranch is all the old shows I grew up watching, like Bewitched, I dream of Jeannie, The Partridge family, Gidget, just to name a few ❤ lucky you, that you got to tour Warner ranch ❤

  • @GorGob
    @GorGob 4 месяца назад

    So American Beauty Lesters room is upper floor of the leathal weapon house and Spacey got treated in national lampoon house garage. Awesome vid!

  • @fitnessclubeisenerzgeraldw4798
    @fitnessclubeisenerzgeraldw4798 Месяц назад

    Vielen Dank für dieses coole historische Video. Unglaublich das sie das abreißen.

  • @joeblow3939
    @joeblow3939 Год назад

    The first house looked like it was from Uncle Buck. 😎 thanks for sharing.

  • @bigmagbs8141
    @bigmagbs8141 Год назад +1

    WOW ... Danke, Danke, Danke !!! Alles Filme meiner Kindheit und Jugend ... Richtig guter Beitrag, Abseits der normalen Studio Tour ... genau so mag ich es ! Sehr gut gefilmt und erklärt !!! Ich freu mich schon auf den zweiten Teil ... Bitte mehr davon !!! Danke

  • @Alanoffer
    @Alanoffer Год назад +1

    I really like the fact that the GIV is a huge film fan and USA fan , also like your videos , because you look on the bright side

  • @stephenlo8103
    @stephenlo8103 Год назад

    I am glad that I paid visit there last year.

  • @tod3msn
    @tod3msn Год назад +7

    A lot of the interior shots for Lampoon were on soundstages. The gentleman on the tour was right it would seem much of the interior was filmed on a soundstage. The crew and equipment would make it impossible to have used the house for a lot of the interiors.

  • @HotMessExpress4.0
    @HotMessExpress4.0 Год назад +7

    ahhh really feels like the end of an era😢 love ya channel❤ I know that its not exactly probably as structrually sound as home home but ya think with the massive homeless issue they would figure out some way to recycle them or repurpose them or something like reusing materials in someway instead of just demolishing a roof that could really benefit so many in some way😢 instead of tearing it down maybe recycle materials or some thing ya know lol

    • @eily_b
      @eily_b Год назад +1

      Those are fake materials and plywood. Not suitable for an actual house and much too expensive to repurpose

  • @wisheduknew294
    @wisheduknew294 Год назад +1

    I am a big bewitched fan, so I came here to see if you included the bewitched house. Thank you for doing that. This might be the last time I ever get to see that house again live that is. I cannot believe they’re actually tearing office down, it really is horrible. The two executives in the company responsible for this obviously have no feelings for nostalgia or what everybody else thinks of stuff like this. All they care about is the bottom dollar and should be ashamed of themselves.

  • @bobdobb9017
    @bobdobb9017 Год назад

    GIV’s photos matchup is awesome!

  • @IFIXCASTLES
    @IFIXCASTLES Год назад +2

    Very cool Mike. I understand your emotion. Me and my family watch Christmas Vacation every year. We drink eggnog from our moose mugs when cousin Eddie has his😊😊😊😊😊. Everyone has their own mug which my wife bought from official website. Sad they are going to knock it down but I guess it's bound to happen at some point. Might as well be witness to the event.

  • @AprilRaine60
    @AprilRaine60 11 месяцев назад

    This is also "Father Knows Best" house but redressed with a white picket fence and flowered vines up the posts.

  • @yvonneschonberger197
    @yvonneschonberger197 Год назад

    Almost 50 years ago I loved watching this TV Shows like the Watons,Patrich Family,Brady Bunch and Be Witched😊

    • @reneeg4817
      @reneeg4817 Год назад

      the Walton's house was also In Gilmore girls The Dragon Fly Inn.

  • @RobBenjaminMusic
    @RobBenjaminMusic Год назад

    GIV-aka Mike ❤ you friend. Thanks for sharing

  • @danoldduck5835
    @danoldduck5835 Год назад +1

    This is crazy that they would tear down these houses. This is iconic stuff

    • @wadewatson2751
      @wadewatson2751 Год назад

      Yes, just one small indicator that this country had lost it's soul, esp. California.

  • @peterstone9316
    @peterstone9316 Год назад +1

    "Everything has an end,
    except a sausage,
    as that has two ends!" - G.I.V

  • @BABYLONSDONE777
    @BABYLONSDONE777 Год назад +2

    THIS MAN DESERVES TO BE IN THE MOVIES
    can't wait to see him in some comedy or action film
    GO G.I.V.

  • @monicabarr1498
    @monicabarr1498 Год назад

    Thanks for sharing😊I didn’t know this going to b demolitioned❤

  • @ronaldmiller2740
    @ronaldmiller2740 Год назад +1

    LOOKS LIKE FILMING HOUSES,..YES!!! I LOVE THESE HOUSES BUT WHEN GROWING UP I REMEMBER BEWITCHED I WISH YOU WOULD OF GONE IN ,, BUT YOU GAVE US ALOT OF GREAT SHOTS,, SAD THERE GOING TO TAKE THEM DOWN ,, HISTORY.. THANKS!!

  • @Edsthemeparks
    @Edsthemeparks Год назад +2

    Awesome The GIV is Awesome thanks for all your videos

  • @matthewfarmer2520
    @matthewfarmer2520 Год назад +1

    Hi Mike, Adam the woo has been here to document it as well, it's sad to see it go 😢 but time changes everything, thanks for sharing for us to see that can't be there. I do appreciate it. You have friends with you in the video lol. Thanks again.📸✌️😎

    • @Jennifermcintyre
      @Jennifermcintyre Год назад +2

      I saw his video too!! He’s a good guy and does some interesting videos!! I’m so disappointed to know they are bulldozing movie and television history!

  • @niamhryan2973
    @niamhryan2973 Год назад

    Ah I love seeing you so happy Mike. 😊

  • @amh313
    @amh313 Год назад

    Nice find. Didn't know such place existed. Super cool Hollywood stuff.

  • @jtatum1112
    @jtatum1112 Год назад

    Nice. I was a Stsnd-In on Projcect X. ALWAYS got lost on the way out

  • @sphjr1
    @sphjr1 Год назад

    Thank you

  • @gridley
    @gridley Год назад +6

    *Bewitched was one of the classic TV shows of the 1960s. I believe that sitcom did a lot of outdoor scenes too. So that part of the backlot was used in a lot of shots. Not sure why WB (or the new owner) wants to rip out a backlot & replace it with soundstages (or offices?). Such structures worldwide (in Atlanta, NYC, Vancouver, London, etc) are a dime a dozen. As for WB, their new "The Flash" movie is reportedly a financial disaster. Same is supposedly the case with the new Indiana Jones movie. Yikes. Maybe that backlot in the not-distant future will be needed for tract homes, not movies or TV shows*

    • @regand7830
      @regand7830 Год назад +3

      Developers did buy that area and are building condos and I think business towers. A LOT of Burbank is like that anyway.
      Don't count on anything low income being built around THERE. It's PRIME real estate near any of the studios.