I lived in Burbank and have been working in film for 30+ years. Thank you for doing this. I moved just before they announced the ranch was being leveled. Thank you for documenting the final moments of what should have been designated a cultural and historic landmark. I’m crying watching this. So many memories are now just memories.
It’s sad to see the progress that isn’t really progress take away not only our memories but also the incredible quality work that used to be put into the film and television industry. Those of us who are older know that CGI can’t replace actual facades that resemble real buildings or real people so soon will only be watching classic films and television series.
I loved the movie about going to White Castle in New Jersey. South Jersey more specific and there is mountains all around. And Honey it’s all flat ground around here. Part of the name of the movie was “” “” and kumar go to White Castle” cult movie. Had to laugh seeing the mountains 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤❤❤
The fact that the Griswold house is being torn down drives homes the sadness of this demolition for me. Christmas Vacation is one of my favorite films and I picture that house in my head like it's somewhere I grew up. Thanks for the last look, Adam.
It's a real shame, though judging by the condition of the roof it would cost an absolute fortune to fix it and make it at all usable (if you wanted to move it, past tense of course)
Funny how we become emotionally attached to what we watched on TV and in the movies. For most of us it represents a time in our lives when we felt happiness and comfort. I know it does for me. Thank you for this. Good memories flowing through 😊
Your right. We all have warm memories of watching for example, the National Lampoons Xmas movie with family. I know I do. My elderly parents absolutely love that movie, so to hear that the sets are being destroyed almost provokes a feeling that the Warner Bros execs are attacking happy personal memories of my own! They aren’t of course, but I feel close to the artistic works that were created on those sets. Like I cant believe the Groswald house is next door to Murtagh’s house in Lethal Weapon! So that lawn next door is where Riggs and Mr Joshua had their final MuyThai fight! Incredible.
I used to work as a security officer for Warner Bros and had many great experiences on the Warner Ranch and main studio lot. If they are indeed tearing this all down, it’s a tragic loss of film and television history. Thanks for posting this video and bringing back some great memories!
That is so cool! The swimming pool still looks good > probably some of the crew are using it ;-) I'm sure they'll save certain memory item's, but a lot of those building's are falling apart, etc., and it would be awesome if they also built high tech movie building's! I think I saw a shadow in one of the window's, too!? a bit spooky...
@@SunLightFawn I wouldn’t be surprised if the pool gets some “extracurricular” use. When I worked there, it always looked clean and camera-ready. I agree, the place definitely could use some updated facilities. It was looking a little worse for wear, even back during my time there. No doubt, they’ll keep some special items in the archives. As for potential ghost sightings? The place does have some stories! I’ve got a couple of my own I could tell! Maybe in a future podcast one day! 😉
@@sandrasanders706 back in the early days of the studio, most definitely. The only issue I ever noticed was with raccoons on the backlot. There were plenty of feral studio cats (descendants of those demanded by James Cagney) to keep the smaller pests at bay.
@@IncredibleMrWrite Thanks for that comment about James Cagney. I'm a huge fan and have read his autobiography but never heard that little tidbit. I just looked it up and found the rescue group Cats at the Studios who have been taking care of those cats and many more over the years. Really interesting history.
Things like this really bring home the fact that we're witnessing the ending of all the things that made up the 20th century. In this case, it's the the way entertainment was once filmed, and it brings to mind the things that happened every day on sets like this, and the life that filled its streets. The stories that were told here, and the memories that brought us all together. If whatever follows turns out to be better, most of us will never know, but as these memories recede it's hard to see any improvements appearing on the horizon.
I did some work in Hollywood for a Post Production studio in the 80s, they did Playboy at Night there, the first state of the art green screen synced to the cameras , it's gone way beyond that and now everything is the stupid reality tv style, people are really brain dead now
Thanks so much for this video. I worked on that block for the movie "Pleasantville" in 1997. I was the paint Gang boss and was charge of anything shot on that block. I had the best time on that show. If things got too crazy, Id head over to the Bewitched house, sit on the front porch and say" Sam, get me a drink. Is your mother here?...make it a double"
You are not alone in your fascination with film houses, sets, props, cars and locations! Film is bigger than life! It preserves a scene , a line of dialogue, an actor for generations. The wow factor is definitely not lost on me, for one, Adam! As long as you have the ability and means, keep them coming! We appreciate you!
The art of film includes locations. Thus, are not the locations art? .... (I check out the flood of deals in Malibu before setting in the bulldozers for more over priced housing, if I were the studio and it isn't too late.) ... LA can always use more things to occupy tourists and locals babysitting their tourists.
I remember a post on the Warner Brothers studios The brick was made of Styrofoam, chicken wire and plaster The reason they didn't use real brick was because it would be too heavy to build and if they had to tear it down They also painted from the left for a light source usually on scenic backdrops with buildings Thanks for this terriffic post Adam So sad these classic shells are being razed
Truly breaks my heart to hear that the WB Ranch Backlot (old Columbia) will be gone. TV shows like "Father Knows Best", "Hazel", "The Donna Reed Show" and others....I can still visualize the houses used in these shows. Another piece of my childhood gone with the wind. Great video.
I am a background actor and had a fitting at the Ranch a couple of years ago, and before I left the lot, I walked everywhere you are filming. I feel exactly the way you do about how special it all is and was. It was a dream of a lifetime of mine to walk those streets. Thank you for filming this. I can't believe it will all be gone. Should be an historical landmark. Universal did the same thing.
I think this episode might go down as one of the best on the channel. YEARS from now people will search for this video on youtube to see what the WB ranch once looked like. SO AWESOME that you got to do this.
@@TheDailyWooThis is an iconic video .. Your best so far and will be viewed forever.. You videoed history . It’s the equivalent of the MGM 1972 auction video on yt .. back lot history Thanks 🙏
1164 Morning Glory Circle (the Bewitched house) was like a second home to me. I know it was just a façade, but still heartbreaking to see all this entertainment history be wiped away. Thanks Adam, for returning to Warner Bros Ranch again and giving us one last look at our favorite place from the movies and TV. I'm grateful to have the full Bewitched series on DVD so I can still go "home" whenever I want, but still hard to imagine all those wonderful old buildings just being destroyed. ☹
I am sad because I wanted to see it ,feel bad when I flew to Cal to see Johnny Carson and his show was cancelled . The Bewitched House is reverse copy of a home in L.A. ,so if it's any consolation , you can still see the original .
I remember in one episode of Bewitched Daren went running outside for some reason. In that scene you get a great overview of the lot with that mountain in the background. Unmistakable.
@@terryw7683 , the realistic mountains of New York. In another scene, Darrin’s parents are driving in a convertible and you can see palm trees behind them. LOL.
I worked for years on the WB ranch filming Living Single, The Wayans Bros., & various feature films & commercials. It breaks my heart that they're tearing all this history down. It's just like when MGM tore down Lot 2 & sold it off to build crappy houses. I grew up across the street from MGM & used to play on Lot 2 with my friends, mainly 'hide & seek' from security. Just a damn shame.
Thanks for the tour, I worked at Warner Brothers security from 1985 to 1998 and spent many hours at the ranch driving around in the security golf cart bicycles and on foot. Not too much is changed but it was certainly nice seeing it from another person’s viewpoint. I worked there when lethal weapon was films and used to receive calls at 2 o’clock in the morning because the helicopters were flying around for the fight scene at the house. As well as one Christmas vacation was shot there and we got calls from as far as 3 miles away complaining about the bright lights. They were coming off the top of the Griswold house.
I was a Burbank Police Officer who actually wrote the “disturbing the peace” complaint over the Lethal Weapon late night filming! It was surreal as the ground was soaking wet from the staged fire hydrant shooting up in the air, the helicopters flying low with the night sun illuminating everything, actors in cop uniforms, and a soaking wet Gary Busy. It was all resolved when the studios put the night sun on a tall crane instead of using actual helicopters. I do remember the neighbors in the area were pissed!
@@retrounderground1 Which was helpful to me. What was incorrect? I was left wishing for a more comprehensive list of show per building, howevererer. Like the green house lookd like the 1st house used in Leave it to Beaver, but dunno if that was filmed @ WB.
Well done, Adam, for doing this and your previous visit to the Warner Bros. Burbank Ranch. Like you I am a location fanatic (mostly westerns), but English living in England. This is another kick in the gut. Laramie Street on the Warner Studio backlot was torn down in 2003, the Western Street destroyed by fire, 1983. Paramount Studios backlot Western Street bulldozed 1979, their Ranch, fire 2018. And now this. Although as far as I’m concerned, is really the second and final stage of destruction. Columbia purchased the land in 1934. There were 2 Western Streets over by Pass Avenue that lasted until 1993. Small section maybe, but that was the heart taken out of it. So think Charles Starrett and ‘High Noon’. Great crane shot of Cooper - with Warner stages in the background. Visiting Southern California for a week in 1995, I did get a lot in. Mostly gleaned from books as this was before the internet proper. Iverson, Lone Ranger rock, Chatsworth etc., but no studio visits. Lone Pine, Vasquez and best of all Melody Ranch, Newhall. Impromptu visit, but the Veluzat brothers very kindly showed me round. No photos, though. I could have been a spy. Hooray for them and Uncle Carl of Universal. He loved his westerns - and the street's still there. Managed a reasonable shot of the Disney Ranch western town from the road. Now also gone. Watching so many westerns as a kid, it felt like I grew up around here. Oh, and Old Tuscon burned down a few months before my visit. Also love your back roads, small towns and ghost towns videos. All the very best. 🤠
A heartbreaking tragic loss....as a kid I was glued to the TV watching The Partridge family and Bewitched...in the later 70s it was Fridays and The Dukes of Hazzard which I didn't see anything that looked familiar from that show. Over filming a soon to be demo site...not a chance...thanks so very much for doing this!! It really is a shame some of those huge old trees can't be worked into their new vision. I bet they could sell some parts of the sets to fans of the various productions too if they wanted.
@@trebillis7399 Nah, it happens everywhere in Australia, too. Our governments (whichever's in power) allow beautiful old historic mansions & homes to be sold to foreign investors, who then flatten the ground & build apartments & shopping areas. Capitalism & over-population...
Some of my work during🎉 over three decades in the motion picture industry, was working as a location scout. It’s gotten to where more and more things were not shot on location they were shot in backlots. Now the fact that this is being torn down and they will be building soundstages… what that tells me is that they will be doing a lot more green-screen and then they will just use virtual locations. That way they can re-create any city or small town backdrop for a movie or TV show. Simply fill in the foreground with a little bit of set dressing and a bunch of props and a few picture cars and potted trees and they have saved a huge amount of money by not having to go outside to do it. Beyond location scouting I did a lot of work in the camera department, sound, grip & lighting, special effects etc. I always preferred working on location and available time on soundstages. But I could see over the years that more and more things were moving to controlled sets, less problems with sound issues, easier to control the lighting, easier to control the budget by having people basically just show up and work a 10 hour shift like they’re at a factory. A lot of the soul is missing from the process but for most people it’s about the money. For me it was always much more career than it was employment, big difference. I was part of a small group of people who only worked in film production but most of us had a real passion for going to the cinema and we spend a lot of our free time going to film festivals to see a new commercial films, independent films, documentaries etc. it is, indeed hard for me to see so many cinemas closing so many back lots and the shift towards digitally produced backgrounds, and in the end just a cheaper version of the entertainment product. Sadly it’s always much more the business of filmmaking rather than the art of filmmaking. Rather sad actually.
Thank you for your insights because when he said the sets were being replaced with sound stages, I was like “why would they need sound stages?” You explained it and it makes sense.
OK, you well explained why they are gonna mow this down. Bully to you for documenting this before they "Toro-ize" it. I could not imagine the alternative of shooting residential neighborhood scenes "on location" and all that would entail (permits, security, etc.) or even renting backlots from competing studios. I guess their beancounters figured out they could make more $$$ from those new sound stages than turning that old backlot into a tourist attraction, while still using it as a controlled space studio backlot.
I know I’m being slightly dramatic, but man some of these houses/facades are part of my history too, not just the suits that are making the decision to get rid of them. Bewitched & Partridge Family…man that was my childhood! And then the Middle!! I loved that show so much! Thank you so much for taking the time to film these places! It was amazing to get a behind the scenes glimpse at things most of us would never be able to see!!
Thank you for the tour! I grew up watching Bewitched, The Partridge Family, Andy Griffith, I Dream of Jeannie, so sad that these wonderful icons are going away. The programs/movies made me feel like I actually lived there! I’ve never been to Hollywood, but if I did, things like this would be on my bucket list! Again, thank you!😊
I am glad you are documenting this - I hope there are more being done! It is absolutely criminal that this only with history is being destroyed. I realize of course it’s a huge amount of land to leave undeveloped, but it still drives me crazy.
It would make a great interactive museum. Considering their present-day movies aren't doing so well maybe they can look for money in a different way, like investing in a massive museum.
@@baylorsailorMovies these days are crap. So many remakes that aren’t even close to being as good as the original. TV series are mostly garbage also. I watch the old movies and TV series. Even Disney has gone to crap.
I’ve been an employee of Warner Brothers for 12 years, thank you documenting the Ranch. I have many great memories from working there. I thought they would move the facades and preserve movie history. But I guess that’s not going to happen. It’s sad 😢
This hurts my heart. I’m so glad you were granted another visit and able to share with us Adam. I just watched this vlog twice back to back and I’m just so sad that this is all going to be gone soon.😢
This hurts me too. So many TV shows, films..filmed at this lot. History means nothing to these owners. I only hope that the artifacts were saved somehow. I really hate this is happening. Why more soundstages??? Hollywood film industry is losing money.😒🙄
As someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s, I recognized⅚ almost every single movie, television show, and building that you featured in this video. I would like to thank you for taking the time to film this and point out all the history. It is very sad to see the place where so many dreams, wonderful childhood memories, and adult nostalgia were created and divined out of the ether and forged into a perceived reality. It gives me mixed feelings to see all these places, that until now were reality in my mind. Now, seeing their true nature in reality and not through the camera's eye puts into perspective the temporary nature of our existence. Seeing this world of illusion as it really is makes me feel proud to have been a part of that time, but it also gives me a feeling of loss, as the illusion of its reality is exposed. Last but not least, it deeply saddens me to learn that this piece of history that represents the unique time that it came from will soon be erased and disposed of like a worn-out old shoe... but as George Harrison said, "All things must pass." Sad, but true. Thank you again for taking the time to document this complex piece of our collective lives and time.
Ah yes. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and I watched the shows there that were filmed in the 50s and 60s. Thanks to a little old thing called cable TV. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network channels played all the classic shows. It's so sad that they just don't fix the studio neighborhood and make it a museum. I'd fly to California and take a tour 💯 %.
I grew up in the 50s, 60s, 70s and am glad I got to see this before they're gone. I loved Hazel and Gidget and Bewitched and Partridge Family (wish I saw the house before they started tearing it down) and The Flying Nun - still have my Flying Nun bubble gum cards and my Monkeys cards too. All the TV shows and movies. Loved seeing where the toilet in Lethal Weapon exploded. Loved seeing where the Gidget Beach scenes were. Batman and Wild Wild West and Waltons and Gremlins and Griswalds and the animation studios, all so special. Some of todays movies and TV shows I'm not familiar with, so I can't relate to them, but all the ones from the 80s and before I lknow of, not so much after that. Friends in the 90s I know. So sad that they aren't keeping all this history. They could even gives tours, like the other studios. It would mean so much to so many people. It's nostalgia, a very important part of our American entertainment history. Should be preserved.
@@C.M.30337I would watch the Monkees every single day since I was watching it as a rerun but I was obsessed and I was obsessed with Davy. My mom and dad that are both gone now would make fun of me even when the songs would come on the radio later in life.
I am from Redding in Northern California and started in construction. These sets were well built it appears and maintained to stand the test of time. Thanks for the ride.
I worked for the Warner Bros. security department many moons ago and spent a number of weekend shifts at the ranch location. It was the graveyard shift, so I had the entire place to myself much of the time (though I worked with one other security officer). The coolest thing--at least for me--was seeing the house used in THE OMEGA MAN. But the place certainly has a fine history. Sad to see it go.
jim ~ Did you ever encounter trouble on your shift? Like people sneaking in to steal pieces of memorabilia or perhaps to vandalize? Or was it nice and quiet most of the time?
I was a security guard at Universal Studios in the 1980's. I guarded so many sets including, "Psycho II", "Doctor Detroit", and "Scarface". It was an incredible experience for me, a big movie buff.
Hollywood is the worst in preserving its own history! Just heartbreaking! Thanks from the bottom of Hollywood lovers’ hearts to you, Adam, and other RUclips vloggers who seem to be the only historians interested in documenting this timeless history that will be lost forever! Ironic this is happening after WB’s 100 year anniversary!
That’s true. They have been terrible about preserving their own history. I have a HS friend who’s dad was the local TV news movie reviewer when we were kids. He had an enormous collection of old film reels in his basement (like early 20th century). Idk what happened to them when he passed, but I know he was saving them because nobody else was. So sad!
Saw one story of how someone is painstakingly preserving all the backdrops found rotting in some storage facility, ready to be destroyed. And yet this guy is walking through actual film history and they are going to tear it down like nothing.
I started working in the industry in the early 2000s and my first gig was an office production assistant for several WB Television shows. Our offices and sound stages were located on the ranch. We filmed several episodes on Blondie Street and also the main lot. We filmed at the Lethal Weapon, Small Soldiers and The Waltons house. We also filmed at the gas station. The food at the grill was actually pretty good. I use to order food from there a lot because it saved time. Our offices were located near the transportation grid. They were the brown buildings in the parking lot area behind the Partridge family house. The pool was also used too film a few scenes of Collateral Damage. I remember because I walked on the set. Granted I was not on this production, but I really wanted to see Arnold. It was awesome. So many wonderful memories on the ranch. It really hurts to see it go.
This is an awesome video. Thanks for sharing, Adam. You mention something about how not everyone is as into movie sets/filming locations- but I'm right there with you and love them. I'm glad this was created by someone like you who truly appreciates it.
This really hurts. Had a few lumps in my throat watching this. The Bewitched house was my favorite. I grew up wanting to move to 1164 Morning Glory Circle. I had hope they could have maybe removed the Bewitched house (facade) and taken it to a museum. An era now bulldozed and will soon be forgotten. Did you notice if the address numbers were still on the Bewitched house? Thank you so much for doing this video. Means a lot in so many ways. You were extremely fortunate to get to film this video.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT THE BEWITCHED HOUSE T____________________________________T 1164 Morning Glory Circle walked so 2800 Sherwood Drive could run, dude ;__________:
This is such a shame. The ranch should not be torn down. Too bad they couldn't keep it as a museum. So much Hollywood history! Thanks for taking us along, Adam!
The amount of work and money that would need to be done to make the property usable wouldn’t be worth it,it’s being replaced with newer production facilities
@@thomasschreiber9559 it used to be very usable. But now it can be more usable with new digital sound stages that can create backgrounds that look just as realistic as the real things but changed on a whim. These facades have outlived their usefulness....it's sad but from a money standpoint it doesn't work anymore...
Thank you Adam for returning to this location. The Warner Ranch is the holy grail of locations for a lot of people and I'm glad you got in there and "overfilmed" as you called it. All the raw footage of this place, the nails holding it together, it's all a part of history. Thank you very much for visiting it and recording for us.😊
I can really appreciate this kind of thing because I really miss the old hollywood and really think its such a shame when places like this go away.The MGM Backlot comes to mind so places like this,it is just fantastic that you can document what it looks like for future generations.
Thanks to you Adam, I've discovered a passion i didnt know I had. My wife and I have done all sorts of movie studio and backlot tours. It's been so much fun, to see things related to the movies, I know and love. We tipped a private tour driver a good amount and were able to really get to see what was left of Hill Valley, and that was something off my bucket list. Great video as always Adam.
When I was working on various crews in the '80's and '90's, I had the pleasure of working on that location for several shoots. We shot the pilot for the kid's show "Eerie Indiana" for a week, and was on Blondie street most of the time. I toured all of those houses back then when we were in between takes. Such a blast to work there since it was a close location for most of us who lived in the area. Thank for posting this. Great memories.
I loved how Hazel leaves her house in Mr B's car, and as she gets in, you can see the Bewitched house next door. Then off Hazel goes to the hospital, and she's driving, and gets pulled over by the cops as she was speeding, I think, and you can see the Bewitched house again. LOL. Even though she's 'heading to the hospital', you can see she just drove around the park.
You didn't over film. This is exactly the kind of content that makes RUclips great 🙏🏼 Never seen your channel this video randomly popped up in my feed. I'm glad it did, it was a treat.
The Partridge family house is the grandma’s house in Young Sheldon. In the season finale, there was a tornado and it destroyed her house. I was able to match up with the house to the left and the trees in the background. 😊 Thank you!
I'm assuming the dead tree near the remains of Meemaw's house is really still alive and was stripped of its leaves for the tornado aftermath scene of Young Sheldon which recently aired in May 2023. That house was just razed in April 2023 and you saw the back of it was still standing. Adam didn't seem to be aware of any of this.
10:36 Utterly fascinating! Christmas Vacation (uncensored version) is my all time Christmas movie. And the Lindsey House. As a side note, Davy Jones of the Monkees was born up the road from me in Manchester, England in a town called Openshaw. He's still well regarded here in Manchester, he still has distant family members dotted around and in the 1980s he'd occasionally come home for a walk around his teenage stomping ground. I met him once, circa 1980 when he turned up at his childhood street and he was absolutely friendly and chatting away. Nice to see the places he worked when making the Monkees. Thanks for doing this video.
Very interesting! You can tell you're younger (than me) as you highlight some of the movies that were filmed at the houses, but lots of TV history even older than those movies. For example the house to the right of the Griswold house was also the house where Hazel and Gidget were filmed (exterior) and the house to the right of the Patridge house was the house not only for the original Blondie movies, but also the house for Father Knows Best, Mr. Wilson i nDennis the Menace and where Jeanie lived in I Dream of Jeanie. To the right of it was where Dennis the Menace lived. Lots of changes since the 60's when those TV shows were filmed as many of the homes you identified from movies didn't even exist on that street in the 60's, i.e. The Griswold house. Again, very interesting. Sad it's all going away.
This is so cool I’ve really enjoyed watching this and it’s brought back so many memories of the good old days when television and movies were great . Thank you for sharing this with us kind Sir .
The Heck House location originally had a church. It was removed and the current house built in its place. They then built the church you went into. That same area used to have the Convent Santanco from The Flying Nun. The large area behind the Partridge / Jeannie houses held two parallel western streets where they shot High Noon. The beach area was actually farther back where the neighboring shopping center is now. That same spot was where the Shangri-La set for Lost Horizon. Where you parked used to have several New York streets. The Waltons/Animal Kingdom house had sets for Here Come the Brides, Apple's Way and a copy of the Arbortorium building used in Fantasy Island. With so much Hollywood history already gone, it's so sad to see more fall under the bulldozers. Thanks Adam!
Having worked in the set construction part of movie making for twenty years, I worked on a lot of the sound stages and at the Warner back lot that you just filmed. It was sort of nostalgic, but I'm very glad I'm retired now! People don't realize how much work it takes to make a movie!
Adam, thank you so much for bringing us all on the tour. Really great to see everything. Brings back memories from films. Very good video. Much appreciated.
Thank you, Mr. Woo. And no, you are not over filming. You are recording a very nice piece of television and movie history that I and all your viewers will never be able to see. You do such great videos and enjoy each and every one.
Sad: The American entertainment industry, which is mostly unimaginative these days, destroys such treasures. It's not only sad, it's also tragic. The film fans in Germany mourn with you! 😢😢😢 Thank you very much for this great video!
Adam, Thanks so much for this video! I went to Warner Ranch once as a kid for an event for Betty White's Actors and Other for animals, an organization which is still in operation. I also worked for the IT department at Warner Bros. about 15 years ago and went to the ranch a couple times to install computers in the offices there. Really appreciate you documenting this history!
Can't express enough how thankful I am for this content.. I love backlot stuff and BTS stuff so this just scratches my itch! Thanks Adam for gifting us with this amazing tour one last time!
I lived across the street for three years. Very sad, but at least it remains a studio. They need the sound-stages-- they shoot on location now, so these type of sets are not used enough to be viable. I don't know if you're aware, but the shopping center that abuts the studio was all part of the original ranch facility. They sold off part of the land when the studio was having financial trouble. The city would never allow them or any other studio to develop their land for commercial uses today. Universal tried to develop their backlot into thousands of condos and the people who live in Toluca Lake went crazy-- the city was forced to say no. Universal is now developing that part of the backlot off Cahuenga that was used for all of the Frankenstein, Dracula and Werewolf horror films into massive state of the art sound-stages.
Really appreciate you videotaping film lot history here. Incredibly sad it's being torn down. All those majestic mature trees etc😢 You'd think WB could at the very least make a docu showing scenes from famous tv shows movies to actual sets still standing before they tear it all down. Cheers from Canada🇨🇦
It's hard to know so many iconic places will no longer be around to enjoy. I know they are facades, but so many memories were made there for so many of us. It's a shame they can't save many of those buildings. I'd love to have one of those sets, if I had the place to put it and the money to buy and move it. Of all the movie plaques on those studios, I'd have loved to have gotten Demolition Man. All that said, thank you for taking the time to explore and share all of these wonderful places, bringing back so much to mind and heart. Loved it!!
Incredible walk around the ranch, man!! Loved seeing inside of the houses. Must be surreal to enter the Christmas Vacation house. Good eye with the explosion in Lethal Weapon 2 😮
The torn up house was used in the last episode of young Sheldon when they come home to a pile of rubble. The window on the house next door is a dead giveaway
I've been so incredibly sad knowing all this history will soon be gone. And I'm incredibly jealous that you were able to get on the Ranch again (but in a good way!). I tried everything I could think of, contacted every person I knew that could possibly make my dream of having my photo taken in front of the Griswold house happen on my recent LA trip, since I share your passion, and I was denied at every turn. I exhausted every resource to no avail. However, I am happy you got to visit again, and thankful you recorded what may be the last video documenting its place in history. Thank you for that Adam.
Adam, this is such a wonderful video! It will especially be a real treasure when it's all gone. I'm sad to see it go but thanks to you the memories will remain for all eternity! That's priceless, so thank you!!
Thank you for showing the places before they are gone. Christmas Vacation, Bewitched, the Monkees, I Dream of Jeannie. Four of my favorites. I remember the Waltons too. My parents and my grandmother loved that show. We went and meet most of the cast and Earl Hammer, Jr. for the opening of the Waltons Museum in Schuyler, Va. back in the early 90s (I think it was). Sad to see all of this movie and TV history destroyed.
Thanks very much for taking the time to film and share this tour. I, too, am fascinated by the process of film making and the interesting history left behind in both locations and props. A true shame it is all being erased.
It is so sad they are putting soundstage in place of all this history! I wish I could have had an opportunity to do this. I'm glad you filmed and shared! this is super fascinating.
That’s a shame they are getting rid of all of that instead of fixing it up and re-using it. So much history being knocked down. I really loved seeing the Bewitched house. Thanks for showing that. I always thought someday I’d go there and see it in person but I know that will never happen now. Thank you for the great video.
What an amazing Vlog! Probably one of the coolest experiences, you’ve ever done. To have free unobstructed access to all those buildings, just blows my mind! The history that’s there, is mind boggling. Wow! Who would have thought you’d be doing this, compared to sneaking into closed areas of Universal Studios, and Epcot. So jealous!!
What a great look into WB history! I particularly enjoyed seeing Miss Mamie and Miss Emily Baldwin's house from The Waltons. They really got the historical Virginia architecture right on that! Thanks for taking us on a tour of this iconic place!
Thank You. So glad that you were able to capture the lot one last time. I can imagine Elizabeth Montgomery standing in the front yard looking for her mother in law that Serena turned into a cat. I'm glad we finally got to see the Columbia Ranch commissary which was across the street from the one building that you went into that had the order here and pick up windows. I remember it being used as an Orphanage in the first season Christmas Bewitched episode, in which Gladys and Abner go to.
Adam, Thanks for this. I was shocked to see the "Animal Kingdom" house was not only not a real house but also built where the Walton house was. Two family shows....Lol.
I was looking at a fire evacuation map and zoomed into that neighborhood because my daughter lives like a block away from the ranch. Noticed its an empty lot now. I sent her the video, thanks for filming this! Everyone, try to keep safe from the fires out there.
i remember you and Scott on Tape went to the warner Bros ranch It's sad to see this getting demolished . A lot of Hollywood history is getting demolished . unfortunately as we get older everything changes .. I am glad you captured this an can look back on it
This brings back memories. My father was a carpenter/prop maker there in the '60s, before going to work at Universal. In '68 when I was 5 I was there for the yearly Columbia picnic for family members of employees. Elizabeth Montgomery and Sally Field were there mixing with us and signing autographs. Still have the home movis and pics my dad took that day. I have hazy memories of being there.
hello again Adam , thank you so much for showing us before its all knocked down , i really enjoyed this and the fact you could go inside some places was cool , that was so interesting , love the bewitched house , really well done 😊
Thank you for this! Living in the UK I'm never going to get to visit here, and it's unlikely I'll get to any other lots any time soon! So sad that it is going to be demolished, but great to see none the less! 💕
This must have been an awesome experience being able walk through here. Thanks for taking us with you, I'm a big fan of seeing filming locations. Very sad to hear that these historical places will be getting demolished.
Thank you, Adam, for doing your part in preserving this historic place. I'm sad that it going away, but at the same time I understand. Time to move forward and let go a bit of the past. I really enjoy when you have guests with you when you film, Scott on Tape is my favorite! I have to say, this was perfect it just being filmed alone, just you. It made a statement, and I heard it. 👍👍
I went to WB on a tour around 2008 or 2009 where they drove tourists around in a mega golf cart. I distinctly recall the WB guide driving us off the main lot and taking us over to the Ranch to point out the famous houses and sets. It’s very sad to see this go. I wonder where they will keep filming scenes that require such structures. Renting actual locations is super expensive. I have to imagine they aren’t really doing it due to the cost of maintenance for these structures (which is likely cheaper than renting locations overall), but because they need more space for modern soundstages. I wish they would certify and sell pieces of these structures for fans to keep and/or let local artists use the raw materials for artistic purposes - like it would be cool to build models of these structures out of the real buildings.
Thanks for documenting Adam! As a fan of all of the 80's flicks filmed on the lot it was one of the few things on my bucket list to witness in person. At least it will live in infamy on video
Even back in 2004 when I visited I was kind of surprised they hadn't torn it down yet. I'm sure that's super valuable real estate...not surprised they want to use the land for something else. Lots of great memories on that back lot though. Appreciate you taking the time to film it for posterity.
Thank you so much for filming and posting this. I also love this sort of thing, and at one point had done a deep dive into the history of the Columbia/Warner Ranch as one of my all time favorite films, "1776" was partially shot there. With the removal of the fountain I suspect there is almost nothing that remains from that production. Also, how cool was it to see Bruce Timm's parking spot? My understanding is that he still supervises a lot of the DC animation productions, so I wonder how recent that stencil was?
This was best Warner Ranch tour so far. Absolutely amazing. Thanks GiV Also I liked AdM the Woo and Scott on Tape as well but your was #1 my friend. From all of us here @ Escobar Entertainment Llc…
That was really cool, especially to just be driving down the street of all of our favorite childhood shows. Sucks that it's going away, but thank you for taking us there before it's gone forever
I thoroughly enjoyed your video! I, like yourself, really enjoy movie backlots, facades, sets, props, movie cars, etc. I guess I'm a geek that way, but I find all of that stuff fascinating as well. Thank you for capturing all of the Warner Ranch and facades before they began tearing them down. It's gut wrenching, but like you said, it's in lieu of progress. I was an extra on The Middle in Sept 2012 for a couple nights and we were corralled into the interior of the Griswold House in between takes. It was pretty surreal to be inside there. Our check in area was inside the Small Soldiers House. It all looked pretty much the same as it did in 2012, only a little more run down in your video. I was also in a scene of a football game on the grass where the Friends Fountain was (when it was till there). I only wish you had gotten a better look at the Animal Kingdom house, but it was cool to see as much of it as you were able to. Big fan of that show. I'm bummed all of the facades and lot will be gone soon, if not already, but at least we still have a lot of historic movie sets over at Universal. Thanks again for capturing all of it before it was gone.
Thanks for sharing. I've been watching your videos for close to a year. It has been a great comfort when I watch one of your videos when you do them by yourself. You are a great vlogger. I like the content that you put out. I mostly watch the ones when you are alone or with another vlogger that I enjoy.
What a great episode. When I was a young man in the 60's, my uncle was the head of the prop department at Fox. I would spend my summers with him on the lot of many studios. I got to meet so many stars of the time. great memories...
This is such a treat! So much nostalgia 😊 I’m in my mid 40’s & grew up watching what was new & old film’s & new & old television shows & still do to this day lol, it’s a honor & joy & fascinating to see the behind the scenes! Thank you for sharing with us! 😀🤗 Also watching this I think about how that place was hopping with so many people at once there through the years & it’s sad that is so empty & quiet now. It will be interesting to see what comes next there! 😀 And to think everywhere you were walking how many famous people were walking there as well! 😀
P.S. Now a days so many movie sets are made in real locations around the country & world we don’t know what is a set or real lol. I would think that remote movie sets would be expensive! WB probably saved a ton of money reusing the sets there on the lot & the sound stages were right there too for convenience 😊
I lived in Burbank and have been working in film for 30+ years. Thank you for doing this. I moved just before they announced the ranch was being leveled. Thank you for documenting the final moments of what should have been designated a cultural and historic landmark. I’m crying watching this. So many memories are now just memories.
It’s sad to see the progress that isn’t really progress take away not only our memories but also the incredible quality work that used to be put into the film and television industry. Those of us who are older know that CGI can’t replace actual facades that resemble real buildings or real people so soon will only be watching classic films and television series.
What made them decide to level it
Yeah landmark. What are they putting there now?
I loved the movie about going to White Castle in New Jersey. South Jersey more specific and there is mountains all around. And Honey it’s all flat ground around here. Part of the name of the movie was “” “” and kumar go to White Castle” cult movie. Had to laugh seeing the mountains 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤❤❤
Sad are they going to donate fixtures cupboards lots of stuff can be repurposed
The fact that the Griswold house is being torn down drives homes the sadness of this demolition for me. Christmas Vacation is one of my favorite films and I picture that house in my head like it's somewhere I grew up. Thanks for the last look, Adam.
It's now all just a memory...nothing but dirt fills the spots...RIP..
It's a real shame, though judging by the condition of the roof it would cost an absolute fortune to fix it and make it at all usable (if you wanted to move it, past tense of course)
the "house" was sets that were demolished or recycled long before the movie even came out.
@@alex0589 interior shots, yes..the exterior house is in the video..what makes you think it's not the house in the video?????
@@alex0589 The exterior still played a big role in the movie, like when Clark was decorating the house.
Funny how we become emotionally attached to what we watched on TV and in the movies. For most of us it represents a time in our lives when we felt happiness and comfort. I know it does for me. Thank you for this. Good memories flowing through 😊
It's called mind control. ;)
Your right. We all have warm memories of watching for example, the National Lampoons Xmas movie with family. I know I do. My elderly parents absolutely love that movie, so to hear that the sets are being destroyed almost provokes a feeling that the Warner Bros execs are attacking happy personal memories of my own! They aren’t of course, but I feel close to the artistic works that were created on those sets.
Like I cant believe the Groswald house is next door to Murtagh’s house in Lethal Weapon! So that lawn next door is where Riggs and Mr Joshua had their final MuyThai fight! Incredible.
I used to work as a security officer for Warner Bros and had many great experiences on the Warner Ranch and main studio lot. If they are indeed tearing this all down, it’s a tragic loss of film and television history. Thanks for posting this video and bringing back some great memories!
That is so cool! The swimming pool still looks good > probably some of the crew are using it ;-)
I'm sure they'll save certain memory item's, but a lot of those building's are falling apart, etc.,
and it would be awesome if they also built high tech movie building's! I think I saw a shadow in one
of the window's, too!? a bit spooky...
@@SunLightFawn I wouldn’t be surprised if the pool gets some “extracurricular” use. When I worked there, it always looked clean and camera-ready. I agree, the place definitely could use some updated facilities. It was looking a little worse for wear, even back during my time there. No doubt, they’ll keep some special items in the archives. As for potential ghost sightings? The place does have some stories! I’ve got a couple of my own I could tell! Maybe in a future podcast one day! 😉
I've heard that WB lot and soundstages have a massive vermon problem?? How true is that?
@@sandrasanders706 back in the early days of the studio, most definitely. The only issue I ever noticed was with raccoons on the backlot. There were plenty of feral studio cats (descendants of those demanded by James Cagney) to keep the smaller pests at bay.
@@IncredibleMrWrite Thanks for that comment about James Cagney. I'm a huge fan and have read his autobiography but never heard that little tidbit. I just looked it up and found the rescue group Cats at the Studios who have been taking care of those cats and many more over the years. Really interesting history.
Things like this really bring home the fact that we're witnessing the ending of all the things that made up the 20th century. In this case, it's the the way entertainment was once filmed, and it brings to mind the things that happened every day on sets like this, and the life that filled its streets. The stories that were told here, and the memories that brought us all together. If whatever follows turns out to be better, most of us will never know, but as these memories recede it's hard to see any improvements appearing on the horizon.
NOTHING that "follows" will be better. The horizon only has remakes and redos of the Greatness that once was-in all aspects of art (and most of Life).
@@leonardothefabulous3490how do you know? Every generation seems to thinks theirs is the best. What a narrow way of thinking.
@@gottasay4766 How's it narrow if, "every generation" does it? That seems pretty "wide"???
Including humanity
I did some work in Hollywood for a Post Production studio in the 80s, they did Playboy at Night there, the first state of the art green screen synced to the cameras , it's gone way beyond that and now everything is the stupid reality tv style, people are really brain dead now
Thanks so much for this video. I worked on that block for the movie "Pleasantville" in 1997. I was the paint Gang boss and was charge of anything shot on that block. I had the best time on that show. If things got too crazy, Id head over to the Bewitched house, sit on the front porch and say" Sam, get me a drink. Is your mother here?...make it a double"
That’s cool
You are not alone in your fascination with film houses, sets, props, cars and locations! Film is bigger than life! It preserves a scene , a line of dialogue, an actor for generations.
The wow factor is definitely not lost on me, for one, Adam! As long as you have the ability and means, keep them coming! We appreciate you!
Bigger than life???? Great thing but bigger than life? No NOT bigger than life
The art of film includes locations. Thus, are not the locations art? .... (I check out the flood of deals in Malibu before setting in the bulldozers for more over priced housing, if I were the studio and it isn't too late.) ... LA can always use more things to occupy tourists and locals babysitting their tourists.
You keep talking about Wandavision. I have no idea what that is.
I remember a post on the Warner Brothers studios The brick was made of Styrofoam, chicken wire and plaster The reason they didn't use real brick was because it would be too heavy to build and if they had to tear it down They also painted from the left for a light source usually on scenic backdrops with buildings Thanks for this terriffic post Adam So sad these classic shells are being razed
Truly breaks my heart to hear that the WB Ranch Backlot (old Columbia) will be gone. TV shows like "Father Knows Best", "Hazel", "The Donna Reed Show" and others....I can still visualize the houses used in these shows. Another piece of my childhood gone with the wind. Great video.
Used to come home from school, turn on the B&W TV and watch Hazel and The beav
I am a background actor and had a fitting at the Ranch a couple of years ago, and before I left the lot, I walked everywhere you are filming. I feel exactly the way you do about how special it all is and was. It was a dream of a lifetime of mine to walk those streets. Thank you for filming this. I can't believe it will all be gone. Should be an historical landmark. Universal did the same thing.
I think this episode might go down as one of the best on the channel. YEARS from now people will search for this video on youtube to see what the WB ranch once looked like. SO AWESOME that you got to do this.
I hope so . Glad I was able to document it
Believe this IS one of his best. Really enjoyable to watch
@@TheDailyWooThis is an iconic video ..
Your best so far and will be viewed forever..
You videoed history .
It’s the equivalent of the MGM 1972 auction video on yt ..
back lot history
Thanks 🙏
Google Maps also has this archived for street view I would assume.
@@TheDailyWoo Hello, I have read that the Gidget movies were filmed on real beaches, so why would they fill a movie lot with water? Thankyou x
1164 Morning Glory Circle (the Bewitched house) was like a second home to me. I know it was just a façade, but still heartbreaking to see all this entertainment history be wiped away. Thanks Adam, for returning to Warner Bros Ranch again and giving us one last look at our favorite place from the movies and TV. I'm grateful to have the full Bewitched series on DVD so I can still go "home" whenever I want, but still hard to imagine all those wonderful old buildings just being destroyed. ☹
I am sad because I wanted to see it ,feel bad when I flew to Cal to see Johnny Carson and his show was cancelled . The Bewitched House is reverse copy of a home in L.A. ,so if it's any consolation , you can still see the original .
I remember in one episode of Bewitched Daren went running outside for some reason. In that scene you get a great overview of the lot with that mountain in the background. Unmistakable.
@@terryw7683 , the realistic mountains of New York. In another scene, Darrin’s parents are driving in a convertible and you can see palm trees behind them. LOL.
I worked for years on the WB ranch filming Living Single, The Wayans Bros., & various feature films & commercials. It breaks my heart that they're tearing all this history down. It's just like when MGM tore down Lot 2 & sold it off to build crappy houses. I grew up across the street from MGM & used to play on Lot 2 with my friends, mainly 'hide & seek' from security. Just a damn shame.
If you really worked there for years you should understand why they need to come down now....
Love that memory! Kind of reminds me of a book or something.
That was also as the park Samantha walked Tabitha.
It was used on Bewitched too. The pool.
Doves
Thanks for the tour, I worked at Warner Brothers security from 1985 to 1998 and spent many hours at the ranch driving around in the security golf cart bicycles and on foot. Not too much is changed but it was certainly nice seeing it from another person’s viewpoint. I worked there when lethal weapon was films and used to receive calls at 2 o’clock in the morning because the helicopters were flying around for the fight scene at the house. As well as one Christmas vacation was shot there and we got calls from as far as 3 miles away complaining about the bright lights. They were coming off the top of the Griswold house.
Great memory.
Locals complaining about the Griswold house lights means everything to me. 😂
BEST COMMENT EVER!!! Thank you for sharing this with us 😂
I was a Burbank Police Officer who actually wrote the “disturbing the peace” complaint over the Lethal Weapon late night filming! It was surreal as the ground was soaking wet from the staged fire hydrant shooting up in the air, the helicopters flying low with the night sun illuminating everything, actors in cop uniforms, and a soaking wet Gary Busy. It was all resolved when the studios put the night sun on a tall crane instead of using actual helicopters. I do remember the neighbors in the area were pissed!
Sad to see historical places demolished.Adam is a great tour guide with his knowledge of what was filmed where.Great job!
not really, he's pretty misinformed actually. A lot of what he's saying is incorrect
@@gerrydooley951 like what? I’m curious
He was reading it off a map!
@@retrounderground1 Which was helpful to me. What was incorrect? I was left wishing for a more comprehensive list of show per building, howevererer.
Like the green house lookd like the 1st house used in Leave it to Beaver, but dunno if that was filmed @ WB.
@@gerrydooley951 Yeah like what? He knew a helluva lot more than I do about it all, that's for sure.
Well done, Adam, for doing this and your previous visit to the Warner Bros. Burbank Ranch. Like you I am a location fanatic (mostly westerns), but English living in England.
This is another kick in the gut. Laramie Street on the Warner Studio backlot was torn down in 2003, the Western Street destroyed by fire, 1983. Paramount Studios backlot Western Street bulldozed 1979, their Ranch, fire 2018. And now this. Although as far as I’m concerned, is really the second and final stage of destruction. Columbia purchased the land in 1934. There were 2 Western Streets over by Pass Avenue that lasted until 1993. Small section maybe, but that was the heart taken out of it. So think Charles Starrett and ‘High Noon’. Great crane shot of Cooper - with Warner stages in the background.
Visiting Southern California for a week in 1995, I did get a lot in. Mostly gleaned from books as this was before the internet proper. Iverson, Lone Ranger rock, Chatsworth etc., but no studio visits. Lone Pine, Vasquez and best of all Melody Ranch, Newhall. Impromptu visit, but the Veluzat brothers very kindly showed me round. No photos, though. I could have been a spy. Hooray for them and Uncle Carl of Universal. He loved his westerns - and the street's still there. Managed a reasonable shot of the Disney Ranch western town from the road. Now also gone. Watching so many westerns as a kid, it felt like I grew up around here.
Oh, and Old Tuscon burned down a few months before my visit.
Also love your back roads, small towns and ghost towns videos.
All the very best. 🤠
A heartbreaking tragic loss....as a kid I was glued to the TV watching The Partridge family and Bewitched...in the later 70s it was Fridays and The Dukes of Hazzard which I didn't see anything that looked familiar from that show.
Over filming a soon to be demo site...not a chance...thanks so very much for doing this!!
It really is a shame some of those huge old trees can't be worked into their new vision.
I bet they could sell some parts of the sets to fans of the various productions too if they wanted.
It’s amazing how these back lots are used over and over in different films, but I have never noticed, all the streets see unique in each film.
The book case in the fake burdens basement scene has been used in other fake scenes.
I hate the loss of history. It's happening everywhere it seems. Thanks for one of the last looks.
It's all gone now....RIP
you are SO right!!!!!! It seems that this happens all over the world. They want to destroy the past
Other counties make fun of us for this.
Everything from movies is temporary
@@trebillis7399 Nah, it happens everywhere in Australia, too. Our governments (whichever's in power) allow beautiful old historic mansions & homes to be sold to foreign investors, who then flatten the ground & build apartments & shopping areas. Capitalism & over-population...
Some of my work during🎉 over three decades in the motion picture industry, was working as a location scout. It’s gotten to where more and more things were not shot on location they were shot in backlots.
Now the fact that this is being torn down and they will be building soundstages…
what that tells me is that they will be doing a lot more green-screen and then they will just use virtual locations. That way they can re-create any city or small town backdrop for a movie or TV show. Simply fill in the foreground with a little bit of set dressing and a bunch of props and a few picture cars and potted trees and they have saved a huge amount of money by not having to go outside to do it. Beyond location scouting I did a lot of work in the camera department, sound, grip & lighting, special effects etc. I always preferred working on location and available time on soundstages. But I could see over the years that more and more things were moving to controlled sets, less problems with sound issues, easier to control the lighting, easier to control the budget by having people basically just show up and work a 10 hour shift like they’re at a factory. A lot of the soul is missing from the process but for most people it’s about the money. For me it was always much more career than it was employment, big difference. I was part of a small group of people who only worked in film production but most of us had a real passion for going to the cinema and we spend a lot of our free time going to film festivals to see a new commercial films, independent films, documentaries etc. it is, indeed hard for me to see so many cinemas closing so many back lots and the shift towards digitally produced backgrounds, and in the end just a cheaper version of the entertainment product. Sadly it’s always much more the business of filmmaking rather than the art of filmmaking. Rather sad actually.
Video killed the radio star and computers killed Films. I'm with you on this brother.
Thank you for your insights because when he said the sets were being replaced with sound stages, I was like “why would they need sound stages?” You explained it and it makes sense.
OK, you well explained why they are gonna mow this down. Bully to you for documenting this before they "Toro-ize" it. I could not imagine the alternative of shooting residential neighborhood scenes "on location" and all that would entail (permits, security, etc.) or even renting backlots from competing studios. I guess their beancounters figured out they could make more $$$ from those new sound stages than turning that old backlot into a tourist attraction, while still using it as a controlled space studio backlot.
And now that extreme and constant shallow depth of field has been normalized it's easier to blur fake backgrounds and look quote unquote pro.
@@jonathansabinvarietyfilms GREAT to hear a younger person aware of that!!
I know I’m being slightly dramatic, but man some of these houses/facades are part of my history too, not just the suits that are making the decision to get rid of them. Bewitched & Partridge Family…man that was my childhood! And then the Middle!! I loved that show so much!
Thank you so much for taking the time to film these places! It was amazing to get a behind the scenes glimpse at things most of us would never be able to see!!
Thank you for the tour! I grew up watching Bewitched, The Partridge Family, Andy Griffith, I Dream of Jeannie, so sad that these wonderful icons are going away. The programs/movies made me feel like I actually lived there! I’ve never been to Hollywood, but if I did, things like this would be on my bucket list! Again, thank you!😊
I am glad you are documenting this - I hope there are more being done! It is absolutely criminal that this only with history is being destroyed. I realize of course it’s a huge amount of land to leave undeveloped, but it still drives me crazy.
It would make a great interactive museum. Considering their present-day movies aren't doing so well maybe they can look for money in a different way, like investing in a massive museum.
America doesn't seem to care about history. Cray really.
@@baylorsailorMovies these days are crap. So many remakes that aren’t even close to being as good as the original. TV series are mostly garbage also. I watch the old movies and TV series. Even Disney has gone to crap.
I’ve been an employee of Warner Brothers for 12 years, thank you documenting the Ranch. I have many great memories from working there. I thought they would move the facades and preserve movie history. But I guess that’s not going to happen. It’s sad 😢
What about the old houses from 1800 ? Big companies destroyed them in 1950
Everything that represents tradition, is being erased.
How does one get a job there? Is it connections or?
This hurts my heart. I’m so glad you were granted another visit and able to share with us Adam. I just watched this vlog twice back to back and I’m just so sad that this is all going to be gone soon.😢
Also- if you haven’t watched the show Animal Kingdom, it was a fantastic series!
This hurts me too. So many TV shows, films..filmed at this lot. History means nothing to these owners. I only hope that the artifacts were saved somehow. I really hate this is happening. Why more soundstages??? Hollywood film industry is losing money.😒🙄
As someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s, I recognized⅚ almost every single movie, television show, and building that you featured in this video. I would like to thank you for taking the time to film this and point out all the history. It is very sad to see the place where so many dreams, wonderful childhood memories, and adult nostalgia were created and divined out of the ether and forged into a perceived reality. It gives me mixed feelings to see all these places, that until now were reality in my mind. Now, seeing their true nature in reality and not through the camera's eye puts into perspective the temporary nature of our existence. Seeing this world of illusion as it really is makes me feel proud to have been a part of that time, but it also gives me a feeling of loss, as the illusion of its reality is exposed. Last but not least, it deeply saddens me to learn that this piece of history that represents the unique time that it came from will soon be erased and disposed of like a worn-out old shoe... but as George Harrison said, "All things must pass."
Sad, but true.
Thank you again for taking the time to document this complex piece of our collective lives and time.
Ah yes. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and I watched the shows there that were filmed in the 50s and 60s. Thanks to a little old thing called cable TV. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network channels played all the classic shows. It's so sad that they just don't fix the studio neighborhood and make it a museum. I'd fly to California and take a tour 💯 %.
I grew up in the 50s, 60s, 70s and am glad I got to see this before they're gone. I loved Hazel and Gidget and Bewitched and Partridge Family (wish I saw the house before they started tearing it down) and The Flying Nun - still have my Flying Nun bubble gum cards and my Monkeys cards too. All the TV shows and movies. Loved seeing where the toilet in Lethal Weapon exploded. Loved seeing where the Gidget Beach scenes were. Batman and Wild Wild West and Waltons and Gremlins and Griswalds and the animation studios, all so special. Some of todays movies and TV shows I'm not familiar with, so I can't relate to them, but all the ones from the 80s and before I lknow of, not so much after that. Friends in the 90s I know. So sad that they aren't keeping all this history. They could even gives tours, like the other studios. It would mean so much to so many people. It's nostalgia, a very important part of our American entertainment history. Should be preserved.
@@C.M.30337I would watch the Monkees every single day since I was watching it as a rerun but I was obsessed and I was obsessed with Davy. My mom and dad that are both gone now would make fun of me even when the songs would come on the radio later in life.
You write beautifully. Which - not incidentally - indicates that you’ve read a great deal. Cheers!
So many uses for these buildings
I am from Redding in Northern California and started in construction. These sets were well built it appears and maintained to stand the test of time. Thanks for the ride.
I worked for the Warner Bros. security department many moons ago and spent a number of weekend shifts at the ranch location. It was the graveyard shift, so I had the entire place to myself much of the time (though I worked with one other security officer). The coolest thing--at least for me--was seeing the house used in THE OMEGA MAN. But the place certainly has a fine history. Sad to see it go.
What a great experience that must have been!
What a great movie.
jim ~ Did you ever encounter trouble on your shift? Like people sneaking in to steal pieces of memorabilia or perhaps to vandalize? Or was it nice and quiet most of the time?
@@CPMest81 Oh yes, definitely!
I was a security guard at Universal Studios in the 1980's. I guarded so many sets including, "Psycho II", "Doctor Detroit", and "Scarface". It was an incredible experience for me, a big movie buff.
Hollywood is the worst in preserving its own history! Just heartbreaking! Thanks from the bottom of Hollywood lovers’ hearts to you, Adam, and other RUclips vloggers who seem to be the only historians interested in documenting this timeless history that will be lost forever! Ironic this is happening after WB’s 100 year anniversary!
That’s true. They have been terrible about preserving their own history. I have a HS friend who’s dad was the local TV news movie reviewer when we were kids. He had an enormous collection of old film reels in his basement (like early 20th century). Idk what happened to them when he passed, but I know he was saving them because nobody else was. So sad!
Saw one story of how someone is painstakingly preserving all the backdrops found rotting in some storage facility, ready to be destroyed.
And yet this guy is walking through actual film history and they are going to tear it down like nothing.
You had me at "Worst"
Hollywood is the worst ( for predictive programming and social engineering.)
@@ltldxy71 probably in the same location as the directions on how to get to the Moon ( Stanley Kubrick)
Isn’t Hollywood’s legacy all preserved in celluloid?
i went to the Warner brothers set and saw them in production of Gilmore girls , and the last samurai and a few others. thanks for documenting this.
I started working in the industry in the early 2000s and my first gig was an office production assistant for several WB Television shows. Our offices and sound stages were located on the ranch. We filmed several episodes on Blondie Street and also the main lot. We filmed at the Lethal Weapon, Small Soldiers and The Waltons house. We also filmed at the gas station. The food at the grill was actually pretty good. I use to order food from there a lot because it saved time. Our offices were located near the transportation grid. They were the brown buildings in the parking lot area behind the Partridge family house. The pool was also used too film a few scenes of Collateral Damage. I remember because I walked on the set. Granted I was not on this production, but I really wanted to see Arnold. It was awesome. So many wonderful memories on the ranch. It really hurts to see it go.
I hate how so many big corporations don't care about preserving history and will just erase it like that.
It’s alll about money.
Land in L.A. is so precious now. The only backlots left now are in the northwest valley. The Walt Disney backlot is still there.
It was built to be used and discarded.. it's literally fulfilling its destiny.
I agree with you ATalkingBadger, So much of history is being lost to money.
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Business, nothing more or less.
This is an awesome video. Thanks for sharing, Adam. You mention something about how not everyone is as into movie sets/filming locations- but I'm right there with you and love them. I'm glad this was created by someone like you who truly appreciates it.
This really hurts. Had a few lumps in my throat watching this. The Bewitched house was my favorite. I grew up wanting to move to 1164 Morning Glory Circle. I had hope they could have maybe removed the Bewitched house (facade) and taken it to a museum. An era now bulldozed and will soon be forgotten. Did you notice if the address numbers were still on the Bewitched house? Thank you so much for doing this video. Means a lot in so many ways. You were extremely fortunate to get to film this video.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT THE BEWITCHED HOUSE T____________________________________T
1164 Morning Glory Circle walked so 2800 Sherwood Drive could run, dude ;__________:
It’s not just the Bewitched House. It is also Clark Griswold’s childhood home when he watches old home movies in the attic.😢
So great that you documented this piece of history before it's gone. Thanks for your work!
Very interesting and sad. However, life moves on. Thanks for sharing this, Adam!
This is such a shame. The ranch should not be torn down. Too bad they couldn't keep it as a museum. So much Hollywood history! Thanks for taking us along, Adam!
Seems like they would want to keep using it, proven so useful.
The amount of work and money that would need to be done to make the property usable wouldn’t be worth it,it’s being replaced with newer production facilities
movies will be all CGI and a.i. now so they don't need actual buildings
no history grow up
@@thomasschreiber9559 it used to be very usable. But now it can be more usable with new digital sound stages that can create backgrounds that look just as realistic as the real things but changed on a whim. These facades have outlived their usefulness....it's sad but from a money standpoint it doesn't work anymore...
Thank you Adam for returning to this location. The Warner Ranch is the holy grail of locations for a lot of people and I'm glad you got in there and "overfilmed" as you called it. All the raw footage of this place, the nails holding it together, it's all a part of history. Thank you very much for visiting it and recording for us.😊
Digitizing the whole thing would be best aside from buying and moving the buildings.
I can really appreciate this kind of thing because I really miss the old hollywood and really think its such a shame when places like this go away.The MGM Backlot comes to mind so places like this,it is just fantastic that you can document what it looks like for future generations.
Thanks to you Adam, I've discovered a passion i didnt know I had. My wife and I have done all sorts of movie studio and backlot tours. It's been so much fun, to see things related to the movies, I know and love. We tipped a private tour driver a good amount and were able to really get to see what was left of Hill Valley, and that was something off my bucket list. Great video as always Adam.
When I was working on various crews in the '80's and '90's, I had the pleasure of working on that location for several shoots. We shot the pilot for the kid's show "Eerie Indiana" for a week, and was on Blondie street most of the time. I toured all of those houses back then when we were in between takes. Such a blast to work there since it was a close location for most of us who lived in the area. Thank for posting this. Great memories.
That's so cool
I loved how Hazel leaves her house in Mr B's car, and as she gets in, you can see the Bewitched house next door. Then off Hazel goes to the hospital, and she's driving, and gets pulled over by the cops as she was speeding, I think, and you can see the Bewitched house again. LOL. Even though she's 'heading to the hospital', you can see she just drove around the park.
Gotta take care of "Mr.B.!"
You didn't over film. This is exactly the kind of content that makes RUclips great 🙏🏼
Never seen your channel this video randomly popped up in my feed. I'm glad it did, it was a treat.
OMG! HIS ARCHIVE IS AMAZING!!!
The Partridge family house is the grandma’s house in Young Sheldon. In the season finale, there was a tornado and it destroyed her house. I was able to match up with the house to the left and the trees in the background. 😊 Thank you!
I saw the church in the background.
I'm assuming the dead tree near the remains of Meemaw's house is really still alive and was stripped of its leaves for the tornado aftermath scene of Young Sheldon which recently aired in May 2023. That house was just razed in April 2023 and you saw the back of it was still standing. Adam didn't seem to be aware of any of this.
Also I think it was the first house on Leave it to Beaver , before they moved to The Marcus Welby House .
10:36 Utterly fascinating! Christmas Vacation (uncensored version) is my all time Christmas movie. And the Lindsey House. As a side note, Davy Jones of the Monkees was born up the road from me in Manchester, England in a town called Openshaw. He's still well regarded here in Manchester, he still has distant family members dotted around and in the 1980s he'd occasionally come home for a walk around his teenage stomping ground. I met him once, circa 1980 when he turned up at his childhood street and he was absolutely friendly and chatting away. Nice to see the places he worked when making the Monkees. Thanks for doing this video.
Very interesting! You can tell you're younger (than me) as you highlight some of the movies that were filmed at the houses, but lots of TV history even older than those movies. For example the house to the right of the Griswold house was also the house where Hazel and Gidget were filmed (exterior) and the house to the right of the Patridge house was the house not only for the original Blondie movies, but also the house for Father Knows Best, Mr. Wilson i nDennis the Menace and where Jeanie lived in I Dream of Jeanie. To the right of it was where Dennis the Menace lived. Lots of changes since the 60's when those TV shows were filmed as many of the homes you identified from movies didn't even exist on that street in the 60's, i.e. The Griswold house. Again, very interesting. Sad it's all going away.
This is one of the best vlogs Adam has done. Congratulations. Is like disappearing a museum. I am always nostalgic about Bewitched.
This is so cool I’ve really enjoyed watching this and it’s brought back so many memories of the good old days when television and movies were great . Thank you for sharing this with us kind Sir .
The Heck House location originally had a church. It was removed and the current house built in its place. They then built the church you went into. That same area used to have the Convent Santanco from The Flying Nun. The large area behind the Partridge / Jeannie houses held two parallel western streets where they shot High Noon.
The beach area was actually farther back where the neighboring shopping center is now. That same spot was where the Shangri-La set for Lost Horizon.
Where you parked used to have several New York streets.
The Waltons/Animal Kingdom house had sets for Here Come the Brides, Apple's Way and a copy of the Arbortorium building used in Fantasy Island.
With so much Hollywood history already gone, it's so sad to see more fall under the bulldozers.
Thanks Adam!
Having worked in the set construction part of movie making for twenty years, I worked on a lot of the sound stages and at the Warner back lot that you just filmed. It was sort of nostalgic, but I'm very glad I'm retired now! People don't realize how much work it takes to make a movie!
apparently not for long. Just slap up a green screen, remove any humanity and realness. How bleak the future of film will be
I believe you. I work on commercial photography. Lotta fakery.
AI is going to change the industry.
Adam, thank you so much for bringing us all on the tour. Really great to see everything. Brings back memories from films. Very good video. Much appreciated.
Thank you, Mr. Woo. And no, you are not over filming. You are recording a very nice piece of television and movie history that I and all your viewers will never be able to see. You do such great videos and enjoy each and every one.
Sad: The American entertainment industry, which is mostly unimaginative these days, destroys such treasures. It's not only sad, it's also tragic. The film fans in Germany mourn with you! 😢😢😢 Thank you very much for this great video!
Sadly, it’s all about appealing to the broadest audience possible, and tiptoeing around people’s “sensitivities”.
This happened in 1960 they destroyed old stuff from 1800
Adam, Thanks so much for this video! I went to Warner Ranch once as a kid for an event for Betty White's Actors and Other for animals, an organization which is still in operation. I also worked for the IT department at Warner Bros. about 15 years ago and went to the ranch a couple times to install computers in the offices there. Really appreciate you documenting this history!
Can't express enough how thankful I am for this content.. I love backlot stuff and BTS stuff so this just scratches my itch! Thanks Adam for gifting us with this amazing tour one last time!
Grew up with so many of those shows. Partridge Family was a favorite, so many to remember. Thanks Adam for recording the memories of these locations.🥰
I lived across the street for three years. Very sad, but at least it remains a studio. They need the sound-stages-- they shoot on location now, so these type of sets are not used enough to be viable. I don't know if you're aware, but the shopping center that abuts the studio was all part of the original ranch facility. They sold off part of the land when the studio was having financial trouble. The city would never allow them or any other studio to develop their land for commercial uses today. Universal tried to develop their backlot into thousands of condos and the people who live in Toluca Lake went crazy-- the city was forced to say no. Universal is now developing that part of the backlot off Cahuenga that was used for all of the Frankenstein, Dracula and Werewolf horror films into massive state of the art sound-stages.
Really appreciate you videotaping film lot history here. Incredibly sad it's being torn down. All those majestic mature trees etc😢 You'd think WB could at the very least make a docu showing scenes from famous tv shows movies to actual sets still standing before they tear it all down. Cheers from Canada🇨🇦
Thanks for taking us along Adam. Watching your vlogs is ALWAYS so entertaining and fun. I wouldn't be able to see these sights without your channel.
Well done. Reminiscent of a recent trip through many of the old Route 66 “ghost towns” in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma ant Texas. Memories gone.
Sad to see all of this disappear. So glad you documented so much. Love how long and detailed this video is.
A huge thank you for sharing this gem of film history with us before it's gone.
Thanks for your hard work Adam.For this old geezer, a lot of memories. The whole property is for me, truly a surreal backdrop.
It's hard to know so many iconic places will no longer be around to enjoy. I know they are facades, but so many memories were made there for so many of us. It's a shame they can't save many of those buildings. I'd love to have one of those sets, if I had the place to put it and the money to buy and move it. Of all the movie plaques on those studios, I'd have loved to have gotten Demolition Man. All that said, thank you for taking the time to explore and share all of these wonderful places, bringing back so much to mind and heart. Loved it!!
Incredible walk around the ranch, man!! Loved seeing inside of the houses. Must be surreal to enter the Christmas Vacation house. Good eye with the explosion in Lethal Weapon 2 😮
The torn up house was used in the last episode of young Sheldon when they come home to a pile of rubble. The window on the house next door is a dead giveaway
I've been so incredibly sad knowing all this history will soon be gone. And I'm incredibly jealous that you were able to get on the Ranch again (but in a good way!). I tried everything I could think of, contacted every person I knew that could possibly make my dream of having my photo taken in front of the Griswold house happen on my recent LA trip, since I share your passion, and I was denied at every turn. I exhausted every resource to no avail. However, I am happy you got to visit again, and thankful you recorded what may be the last video documenting its place in history. Thank you for that Adam.
Should petition Warner to put the set pieces up for sale so they could be preserved in some form instead of all of it being destroyed.
@@SethMethCS agreed. They could make a profit and we could get a piece of history. Win-win.
Adam, this is such a wonderful video! It will especially be a real treasure when it's all gone. I'm sad to see it go but thanks to you the memories will remain for all eternity! That's priceless, so thank you!!
Thanks for showing the Bewitched house. I learned about your channel from Mike GiV.
Thank you for showing the places before they are gone. Christmas Vacation, Bewitched, the Monkees, I Dream of Jeannie. Four of my favorites. I remember the Waltons too. My parents and my grandmother loved that show. We went and meet most of the cast and Earl Hammer, Jr. for the opening of the Waltons Museum in Schuyler, Va. back in the early 90s (I think it was). Sad to see all of this movie and TV history destroyed.
He didn't show the I Dream of Jeannie house!🙄
Thanks very much for taking the time to film and share this tour. I, too, am fascinated by the process of film making and the interesting history left behind in both locations and props. A true shame it is all being erased.
It is so sad they are putting soundstage in place of all this history! I wish I could have had an opportunity to do this. I'm glad you filmed and shared! this is super fascinating.
That’s a shame they are getting rid of all of that instead of fixing it up and re-using it. So much history being knocked down. I really loved seeing the Bewitched house. Thanks for showing that. I always thought someday I’d go there and see it in person but I know that will never happen now. Thank you for the great video.
What an amazing Vlog! Probably one of the coolest experiences, you’ve ever done. To have free unobstructed access to all those buildings, just blows my mind! The history that’s there, is mind boggling. Wow! Who would have thought you’d be doing this, compared to sneaking into closed areas of Universal Studios, and Epcot. So jealous!!
What a great look into WB history! I particularly enjoyed seeing Miss Mamie and Miss Emily Baldwin's house from The Waltons. They really got the historical Virginia architecture right on that! Thanks for taking us on a tour of this iconic place!
Thank You. So glad that you were able to capture the lot one last time. I can imagine Elizabeth Montgomery standing in the front yard looking for her mother in law that Serena turned into a cat. I'm glad we finally got to see the Columbia Ranch commissary which was across the street from the one building that you went into that had the order here and pick up windows. I remember it being used as an Orphanage in the first season Christmas Bewitched episode, in which Gladys and Abner go to.
Adam, Thanks for this. I was shocked to see the "Animal Kingdom" house was not only not a real house but also built where the Walton house was. Two family shows....Lol.
I was looking at a fire evacuation map and zoomed into that neighborhood because my daughter lives like a block away from the ranch. Noticed its an empty lot now. I sent her the video, thanks for filming this! Everyone, try to keep safe from the fires out there.
i remember you and Scott on Tape went to the warner Bros ranch
It's sad to see this getting demolished . A lot of Hollywood history is getting demolished . unfortunately as we get older everything changes .. I am glad you captured this an can look back on it
Thank you for sharing this with us! This holds so many memories
This brings back memories. My father was a carpenter/prop maker there in the '60s, before going to work at Universal. In '68 when I was 5 I was there for the yearly Columbia picnic for family members of employees. Elizabeth Montgomery and Sally Field were there mixing with us and signing autographs. Still have the home movis and pics my dad took that day. I have hazy memories of being there.
Sally Field seems super down to earth. Cool that you got to meet her.
wow! That's amazing! You should share the home movies of that. Incredible history!
I would have had a hard time not hitting on Elizabeth Montgomery (insert wolf whistle here!)
Although, in 1968 I was only 9 years old, LOL!
hello again Adam , thank you so much for showing us before its all knocked down , i really enjoyed this and the fact you could go inside some places was cool , that was so interesting , love the bewitched house , really well done 😊
Awesome tour, thanks for sharing. 😊🌻💗
Thank you for this! Living in the UK I'm never going to get to visit here, and it's unlikely I'll get to any other lots any time soon! So sad that it is going to be demolished, but great to see none the less! 💕
This must have been an awesome experience being able walk through here. Thanks for taking us with you, I'm a big fan of seeing filming locations. Very sad to hear that these historical places will be getting demolished.
Thank you very much for the visit to some of my favorite movies and TV shows.
Thank you, Adam, for doing your part in preserving this historic place. I'm sad that it going away, but at the same time I understand. Time to move forward and let go a bit of the past.
I really enjoy when you have guests with you when you film, Scott on Tape is my favorite! I have to say, this was perfect it just being filmed alone, just you. It made a statement, and I heard it.
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I wish they could turn this into a tourist tour. So much history. Every board should be put in the Oscar museum!
I went to WB on a tour around 2008 or 2009 where they drove tourists around in a mega golf cart. I distinctly recall the WB guide driving us off the main lot and taking us over to the Ranch to point out the famous houses and sets. It’s very sad to see this go. I wonder where they will keep filming scenes that require such structures. Renting actual locations is super expensive. I have to imagine they aren’t really doing it due to the cost of maintenance for these structures (which is likely cheaper than renting locations overall), but because they need more space for modern soundstages.
I wish they would certify and sell pieces of these structures for fans to keep and/or let local artists use the raw materials for artistic purposes - like it would be cool to build models of these structures out of the real buildings.
All CGI and a.i. from now on lol
Who in god’s name would go to an Oscar museum?
@@MondoMiami Movie fans.
Thanks for documenting Adam! As a fan of all of the 80's flicks filmed on the lot it was one of the few things on my bucket list to witness in person. At least it will live in infamy on video
Even back in 2004 when I visited I was kind of surprised they hadn't torn it down yet. I'm sure that's super valuable real estate...not surprised they want to use the land for something else. Lots of great memories on that back lot though. Appreciate you taking the time to film it for posterity.
Thank you so much for filming and posting this. I also love this sort of thing, and at one point had done a deep dive into the history of the Columbia/Warner Ranch as one of my all time favorite films, "1776" was partially shot there. With the removal of the fountain I suspect there is almost nothing that remains from that production.
Also, how cool was it to see Bruce Timm's parking spot? My understanding is that he still supervises a lot of the DC animation productions, so I wonder how recent that stencil was?
This was best Warner Ranch tour so far. Absolutely amazing. Thanks GiV Also I liked AdM the Woo and Scott on Tape as well but your was #1 my friend. From all of us here @ Escobar Entertainment Llc…
So glad you were able to catch this again. Thank you so much, great memories and thanks for sharing!
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That was really cool, especially to just be driving down the street of all of our favorite childhood shows.
Sucks that it's going away, but thank you for taking us there before it's gone forever
I thoroughly enjoyed your video! I, like yourself, really enjoy movie backlots, facades, sets, props, movie cars, etc. I guess I'm a geek that way, but I find all of that stuff fascinating as well. Thank you for capturing all of the Warner Ranch and facades before they began tearing them down. It's gut wrenching, but like you said, it's in lieu of progress. I was an extra on The Middle in Sept 2012 for a couple nights and we were corralled into the interior of the Griswold House in between takes. It was pretty surreal to be inside there. Our check in area was inside the Small Soldiers House. It all looked pretty much the same as it did in 2012, only a little more run down in your video. I was also in a scene of a football game on the grass where the Friends Fountain was (when it was till there). I only wish you had gotten a better look at the Animal Kingdom house, but it was cool to see as much of it as you were able to. Big fan of that show. I'm bummed all of the facades and lot will be gone soon, if not already, but at least we still have a lot of historic movie sets over at Universal. Thanks again for capturing all of it before it was gone.
What an amazing week you are having! Thanks for taking us along!
Thanks for sharing. I've been watching your videos for close to a year. It has been a great comfort when I watch one of your videos when you do them by yourself. You are a great vlogger. I like the content that you put out. I mostly watch the ones when you are alone or with another vlogger that I enjoy.
What a great episode. When I was a young man in the 60's, my uncle was the head of the prop department at Fox. I would spend my summers with him on the lot of many studios. I got to meet so many stars of the time. great memories...
This is such a treat! So much nostalgia 😊 I’m in my mid 40’s & grew up watching what was new & old film’s & new & old television shows & still do to this day lol, it’s a honor & joy & fascinating to see the behind the scenes! Thank you for sharing with us! 😀🤗 Also watching this I think about how that place was hopping with so many people at once there through the years & it’s sad that is so empty & quiet now. It will be interesting to see what comes next there! 😀 And to think everywhere you were walking how many famous people were walking there as well! 😀
P.S. Now a days so many movie sets are made in real locations around the country & world we don’t know what is a set or real lol. I would think that remote movie sets would be expensive! WB probably saved a ton of money reusing the sets there on the lot & the sound stages were right there too for convenience 😊
I am glad you got to go there one more time. I love looking at where they made movies and tv shows. Thank you for filming this so we could see it.
I'm so glad you got to document this one last time. All those iconic sets/facades will be missed. That's awesome you got to drive on the street !!!