tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post1215661988948947718..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: We killed a theater AND a bowling alleyBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77062416110899118432015-09-10T15:37:49.931-07:002015-09-10T15:37:49.931-07:00Doug R. said "Its spelled "Picwood"...Doug R. said "Its spelled "Picwood" and was a cross between Pico and Westwood which was the intersection it was near." <br /><br />yes, and there was the Picfair (at Pico and Fairfax. I'd be interested in knowing the names of other Portmanteau theaters in Los Angeles... Anybody have a list of now defunct theaters from the golden years?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182736556498709641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9847369745528884882015-04-06T08:59:22.413-07:002015-04-06T08:59:22.413-07:00Its spelled "Picwood" and was a cross be...Its spelled "Picwood" and was a cross between Pico and Westwood which was the intersection it was near.Doug Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79062881982055105532008-11-30T17:46:00.000-08:002008-11-30T17:46:00.000-08:00Oh, Lord, the Picwood. What a great theater. GIANT...Oh, Lord, the Picwood. What a great theater. GIANT screen, 20 feet off the ground, so you don't get that nasty keystoning from down projection. Exquisite sound. High=back chairs, deep foam padding, and they rocked.<BR/><BR/>Pacific used to park the oddball films there. I remember seeing "Brewster McCloud" there and a 70mm roadshow print of "Apocalypse Now" -- the ultra-spiffy one with no credits, just a copyright at the end in the lower-right corner after the fade-to-black.<BR/><BR/>You should be proud to be a part of that place's history.<BR/><BR/>I worked for Landmark Theaters for a few years, at the Sherman in Sherman Oaks, and I have no comment about them due to libel laws.<BR/><BR/>--tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88114740810144554982008-11-30T12:51:00.000-08:002008-11-30T12:51:00.000-08:00BTW, I'm not going to knock bowling. In the early ...BTW, I'm not going to knock bowling. In the early 1980s, I was in a league at an alley in Bethesda, Md., and one of the members was former Carter press secretary Jody Powell and his wife. Nice people.<BR/><BR/>Verification word: "legiciaz." Living in the Washington area, I presume that's a person who has something to do with legislation, although with that final syllable, I'm not sure I want to find out <I>exactly</I> what.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33600208451670775652008-11-30T01:16:00.000-08:002008-11-30T01:16:00.000-08:00Ooh, by the new Landmark is SOOO swanky! And ther...Ooh, by the new Landmark is SOOO swanky! And there's still the bowling alley on Venice - Mar Vista Bowl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59811945155251588382008-11-29T20:15:00.000-08:002008-11-29T20:15:00.000-08:00"jbryant said... d, you're lucky. Most bowling all..."jbryant said... <BR/>d, you're lucky. Most bowling alley conceptions end in back alley abortions."<BR/><BR/>I wasn't CONCEIVED in a bowling alley for Heaven's sake. I was born 54 weeks after my parent's wedding. I knew those two repressed souls, and they waited for the wedding. And the wedding was in a church in Westchester, not the El Segundo Bowling alley where they met. And under no conceivable circumstances would my mother ever have had an abortion. Boy oh boy was she opposed to abortion. She was very much a "Life begons at conception" person.<BR/><BR/>I know you were just making a joke, but my late parents would have been most offended by it.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, they never went bowling again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8714876531278669602008-11-29T19:28:00.000-08:002008-11-29T19:28:00.000-08:00You may have heard on Barbara Walters special that...You may have heard on Barbara Walters special that Barack Obama is sparing (no pun intended) the White House bowling alley.<BR/><BR/>Our national nightmare is over.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81834927234790529942008-11-29T19:11:00.000-08:002008-11-29T19:11:00.000-08:00d, you're lucky. Most bowling alley conceptions e...d, you're lucky. Most bowling alley conceptions end in back alley abortions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90479808144218866552008-11-29T18:39:00.000-08:002008-11-29T18:39:00.000-08:00Ken, it might be verification words like mine -- "...Ken, it might be verification words like mine -- "graphos" -- that earned you that porn rating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2296273258033924392008-11-29T13:32:00.000-08:002008-11-29T13:32:00.000-08:00"oe said... Yeah, but, c'mon...we're talking about..."oe said... <BR/>Yeah, but, c'mon...we're talking about bowlers."<BR/><BR/>HEY! I owe my life to bowling. No kidding! My parents met on a bowling team.<BR/><BR/>Think of all the people Ken killed by closing that bowling ally, and thus preventing those potential parent bowlers from meeting.<BR/><BR/>Oh the potential humanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43367285393444219762008-11-29T12:44:00.000-08:002008-11-29T12:44:00.000-08:00Regardless of the shutdown bowling alley, I always...Regardless of the shutdown bowling alley, I always enjoyed "Voluteers" and quoted it often when I was living in Russia teaching English in the mid-nighties. The most quoted line: "It's not that I can't help these people, it's just that I don't want to".Anea Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603932595677559011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48933613059075566752008-11-29T08:20:00.000-08:002008-11-29T08:20:00.000-08:00I normally don't comment on verification words by ...I normally don't comment on verification words by themselves, but the one that just came up on this screen demanded my attention: "guestorm." Is it a storm of gues, whatever they may be? A guest orm, whatever it is? Or is it simply an abbreviated way of saying "guest storm," as if the climate had its own guest star (or "guest villain," <I>a la</I> the '60s "Batman" TV series).<BR/><BR/>This will hang on my mind for a little bit. Then I'll move on to something substantive.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14507943365538649772008-11-29T08:04:00.000-08:002008-11-29T08:04:00.000-08:00If I ever get a film made, I will plead with my di...If I ever get a film made, I will plead with my distributors <I>not</I> to run it at that Landmark theaterplex. With the bad vibes that resonate from "Volunteers" and that site, I am taking no chances.<BR/><BR/>Verification word: "drontler." Once I figure out how one dronts, I'll make an inane joke out of it.<BR/><BR/>Second verification word: "reangste." How a <I>really</I> pretentious person spells a second attack of angst.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33503278957181939562008-11-29T06:34:00.000-08:002008-11-29T06:34:00.000-08:00Ken although the movie isn't on my top ten lists, ...Ken although the movie isn't on my top ten lists, I have to say I don't regret seeing it at a theater. 90% of the movies out there are not worth the trip let alone the price.But DAM you closed a bowling alley! At that time bowling was a big draw so you are responsible for its fall. What talent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41158580411821494782008-11-29T02:06:00.000-08:002008-11-29T02:06:00.000-08:00I first saw Volunteers on HBO in '87, and thought ...I first saw <I>Volunteers</I> on HBO in '87, and thought it was very funny; I've seen it two or three times since and always enjoyed it. I don't know why you mock yourself about it.<BR/><BR/>Now that I think about it, I'll buy a DVD copy of it as part of my next anniversary present for my wife, as it was one of the first movies we ever watched together.<BR/><BR/>Did you have conflicts with director Nicolas Meyer which spoil your feelings about the film?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12255318087220023342008-11-29T01:53:00.000-08:002008-11-29T01:53:00.000-08:00Yeah, but, c'mon...we're talking about bowlers.-J....Yeah, but, c'mon...we're talking about <I>bowlers</I>.<BR/><BR/>-J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com