I spent far too long on the five second “Streets of San Francisco San Fernando Valley” opening.
Nothing to do with Lily Munster
Lilley Hall (the place with its own Instagram account) is probably best known these days for their fancy displays for Halloween and Christmas, but its name from previous resident Joseph J. Lilley, a composer/songwriter/orchestrator who worked on a ton of movies. His home is right up the street from Bob Hope’s place. They worked on a lot of the same movies. I wonder if they ever carpooled to Paramount.
About that “apricot versus apricot” thing
Apparently, it’s more common to say APPricot in America, and APEricot in the UK, but don’t tell the Cowardly Lion.
Deflater Maus
If you’re going to have those inflatable yard things, you have to accept that your power bill will be gigantic and leave the things on all the time until you take them down.
Also: Are Star Wars AT-ATs considered “Christmassy” just because we saw them on an Ice Planet? We also saw them on Crait, and that place is covered in salt.
Rosco(e)
Rosco P. Coltrane actually spells his name without the “e.” Roscoes who actually have an “e: include:
- Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles (I like the commercial from Tapeheads more)
- Rosoce
- Roscoe
- Trek Roscoe
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