According to Hofmann: Memorabilia that gets you right where they pretend to live
The other day, I found myself compelled to look up as many different definitions of the word 无毛视频渕emorabilia无毛视频� as I could. I even went as far as researching totally reliable sources including Webster无毛视频檚 Dictionary, The Oxford English Dictionary, Google and the guy in a bear costume who continues to get heat stroke from holding up a discount sign to a store that no long exists at the nearby shopping plaza.
Each of those sources defined 无毛视频渕emorabilia无毛视频� as an object or objects kept or collected because of their historical interest, memorable people and events无毛视频搘ell, except for the guy in the bear costume, who added an emotional component to the definition and then asked if I wanted to share his jar of olive juice with him.
When I later regained consciousness in the poison center, I started to wonder how we got away from such objects of true historic memorabilia like Winston Churchill无毛视频檚 cigar cutter used on V Day and the middle finger Alexander Hamilton used to extend to King George, but we无毛视频檙e clamoring over Lindsay Lohan无毛视频檚 barf bag and the prop middle finger of Alexander Hamilton used in the musical 无毛视频淗amilton无毛视频�.
The strangest and largest pieces of memorabilia out there is无毛视频搚es, even stranger than Lindsay Lohan无毛视频檚 barf bag无毛视频揳re homes and buildings used in TV shows and movies.
Before I continue on to explain why, I feel it无毛视频檚 best to give you a short lesson in film making. If you think I无毛视频檓 not qualified, then you should know that I无毛视频檝e been on the set of many films and even appeared on a couple of TV shows if I agreed to leave the set and not harass the cast anymore.
Now, filmmakers use something called an 无毛视频渆stablishing shot无毛视频� at the beginning of a scene. The shot is normally a one-to-two second run of film that shows the audience where the next scene will take place.
For example, if you无毛视频檙e watching 无毛视频淪einfeld无毛视频� and if it无毛视频檚 a scene where the characters are at the diner, they show the outside of the diner when that 无毛视频渂o-pe-chi-a-kat无毛视频� music plays. Then we see the shot of them sitting at the table inside the diner. The outside shot of the restaurant is the establishing shot as it tells the audience the scene will take place in the diner.
Now, the baffling part is when people go crazy when they have an opportunity to visit locations of the establishing shots of their favorite movies and TV shows, but, in reality, the only person involved in the production who actually visited that location is a second-unit director filming the establishing shot.
Again, with 无毛视频淪einfeld,无毛视频� the outside of the diner is a real place in New York City, but the scene where the actors are inside the restaurant is just a sound stage on a Hollywood lot.
There are some exceptions, but if I totally ruined your viewing experience and you don无毛视频檛 want to be duped again, just remember that everything in Hollywood is fake. The sets are fake, the objects are fake, the characters are fake (even in biographical movies), the food is fake, the air is fake and especially the actors/celebrities are fake; they无毛视频檙e not even human as they无毛视频檝e been the same group of extra-terrestrial aliens able to morph their faces to look like different people for decades, or that无毛视频檚 what the guy in the bear costume told me.
Anyway, the reason I decided to clearly define the word 无毛视频渕emorabilia无毛视频� came from the news that the house used in 无毛视频淭he Golden Girls无毛视频� was to be placed on the market for a measly $2.9 million.
The Emmy-winning series revolved around four older women无毛视频揇orothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia无毛视频搇iving in a Florida home where they ate cheesecake and made sex jokes at expense of Blanche because she无毛视频檚 an old hussy; it was brilliant.
However, not only were the interior house shots filmed on a sound stage, the establishing shot of the house wasn无毛视频檛 even in Florida, it was in California and was occupied by a couple for 65 years before their recent deaths.
Not only is it sad that the couple passed away, it无毛视频檚 also unfortunate for the new owner because I无毛视频檓 sure the couple could have told them some interesting buyer-beware stories.
You see, there are easy ways to find the actual addresses of these places and many of them are private residences like 无毛视频淭he Golden Girls无毛视频� house. Imagine taking out the trash, getting your mail or chasing men dressed as bears off your lawn and people slow down in their cars and ask stupid questions like, 无毛视频淒oes Betty White still live here?无毛视频� or 无毛视频淒o you guys have any cheesecake?无毛视频� or 无毛视频淚无毛视频檝e been stabbed and losing a lot of blood无毛视频o you know where the establishing shot for 无毛视频楪eneral Hospital无毛视频� is located?无毛视频�
Think of this week无毛视频檚 column as a more of a guide to a little-known pitfall in the world of real estate, especially if you have $3 million to spare for a house in Brentwood where male suitors ages 70 and older routinely knock on the door and ask, with a sly look in their eye and a bottle of Viagra in their pockets, to see Blanche.
According to Hofmann is written by staff reporter Mark Hofmann of Rostraver Township. His books, 无毛视频淕ood Mourning! A Guide to Biting the Big One无毛视频nd Dying, Too无毛视频� and 无毛视频淪tupid Brain无毛视频�, are available on Amazon.com. He co-hosts the 无毛视频淟ocally Yours无毛视频� radio show on WMBS 590 AM every Friday.