Friday Night out in crazy Hollywood
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
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It is Friday night in Hollywood where the weird people come out and play. I did not want to stay at home so I took my little bike out and went up and down Hollywood Boulevard to see what was going on right when you think you saw it all you see something unexpected there’s always something to see what a crazy night - Розваги
Just a Typical Night here on The Boulevard of Broken Dreams!
Jeepers! How many people does it take to bring one person under control? No wonder emergency response times are so slow
@@taralee7076 Not trying to be rude, with this comment, I'm just stating my opinion. When someone is on whatever drug that was, I'm assuming probably Flakka or whatever, they become what @germaninvenice said, "Superhuman." They become so combative that it's hard for them to control, let alone 1 cop. My husband has type 1 diabetes, and when his sugar drops low, where he shouldn't be walking, let alone alive, he sometimes, becomes "superhuman." When I can't get his sugar under control, and I have to call 911, I have to let them know he is combative. That way they know which EMTs and police officers to send. It's different every time.
It certainly is. 😢
its mental illness......Right.......that was just plain Drugs.
It's only typical because you allow it to be
Hard to believe this was once a nice place to visit.
Have been going to Hollywood since 1980's - I always had to step over homeless, needles everywhere, crime and prostitution on every corner. So I don't know when it was "nice" to go to Hollywood
@@elmono3939 1920s
@@elmono3939 1950s and before.
@@elmono3939 I went in 2002 and 2003 and didn't see any of that there. Of course, we went in the daytime.
@@DaTripper florida was prob nice in 1800s
California needs the Mental hospitals back ASAP! Former President Ronald Reagan closed them down🤦🏼♂️
Under the pressure of liberals who were complaining of forcefully housing them and getting substandard care at the city hospitals, which was not entirely true. Someone had an agenda. That led to eventually what is happening today. Very sad
The entire country needs them back, BUT they need to be heavily monitored as people aren't abused in any way
CA needs the prisons back too
That is so true
The The Mental Health Systems Act (MHSA) of 1980 was mainly responsible for the closure of mental health facilities, transferring care of mental illness to the "community" instead of hospitals. Look it up!
You really are capturing the end of Hollywood and its romantic era. I know you are loony about LA and your postitive reporting keeps us all entertained but it is really fascinating witnessing the end of a very long era. Los Angeles is hell now.
Agree
America is turning into zombieland.
I always wanted to go, seeing things like this throw me off now though 🫶🙋♀️
Depending on the day and hour you go’ Cali always remember’ night time is dangerous - daytime is peaceful times. - find the free public parking places’ Google it! Hollywood Blvd has a couple or pay to park on the street’
General safety the more you have in your group’ if no trouble makers? But go for the walk up and back on Hollywood Blvd can take a few hours if you sightseeing’ the beach 🏖 also from Venice to Santa Monica!
worst in CA.....great government here.
America has turned into the Land Of The Refugees
it was inevitable...
i believe this really began to peak with the rise of social media and the socalled 'feminist' movement....
What a shitehole California has become. I remember as a teenager always dreamed about moving there, thank God I never tried.
I'm glad that you didn't move here either.
46% of the people living in California today are non native.
That's 18,400,000 people who brought their political ideology with them.
California was once a beautiful place to live until the mid nineties when the liberal movement was brought here by people who emigrated here from the rest of the nation.
I moved to Hollywood at 23 years old in '78 from a shitty town in Pa. Best move I ever made, especially being a musician. I had the time of my life, but now LA is nothing like it was back then. I had a great run though. Moved out in '95. Now I'm looking to leave the state altogether. What's happened to CA is a atrocity.
@@18andlikeit California was bitchin' back then.
@@jeffalbillar7625 no doubt! I had a apt on the 2nd floor with balcony overlooking Sunset Strip. Big pool ect. About $390 a month! The music scene was on fire, played all the clubs. Those days are gone, although my band did play the Whisky just last Sunday. So I'm still doing it, but I'm getting older now lol.
@@18andlikeit niiice.
What is the name of your band, if you don't mind me asking?
I lived down the street from Florentine Gardens growing up. I worked near the Frolic Room. I walked home from school on Hollywood blvd. I lived in Hollywood from 6mo old to 25yrs. Then I moved to Santa Monica. I love watching your videos because I have so many memories. I have so many stories growing up there in the late 70's, 80's & 90's. I haven't been in Hollywood outside of driving through from time to time. It's not the Hollywood I remember but I appreciate seeing it today.
I still have ticket stubs from 1981. Lots of punk rock shows back then.
Pretty sure the poster meant the frolic room lol
@@ThirtyPack. noted. Thanks for noticing the misspelling 😊
@@myworldasitoccurstome5488 no worries . Back in the day that was my afterwork bar, lot of actors used to drink there.
@@TheMomselocdid you ever go to Helter Skelter or Scream?
As a mother of two young men I’m absolutely shocked how many young people are addicted like that young man they arrested so sad to see
And a total waste of resources
You're right, that's somebody's son, hopefully that young man will get help
That young man also knows no English. Hmmm
@@mindkill6362 somebody in Mexico's son. He is screaming in Espanol
@atatterson6992 they won't do anything if you did nothing wrong
California looks crazy! I don’t even think that I’d want to visit. Thanks for your videos I get to see it though.
Big state , alot to see beside LA.
It’s literally an insane asylum
They let these criminals out faster then you can say 👻 boo ! They want you prayed on and scared and won’t stop until you beg them for it all to stop. This way they can enforce their NWO
@@Comeswoopfam NYC is our other ultra progressive lunatic asylum featuring the radical left communist cultural revolutionaries making big problems for police, residents, and tourists and the Jews. Ever city is radicalizing and becoming fatally toxic in air quality and from a cultural perspective. The corporate government wants us all hemmed into socialism ensuring the transfer to communism. That's why real estate, housing, and the economy is becoming grossly over speculated and dysfunctional only setting on crime and mental health every thing crisis. Country over that was the United States. Yes, really.
@@ComeswoopfamIt "literally" is not.
I am so sad over this - I always thought I would live in CA forever. Left 3 years ago , I will never live there again.
Wherever you went I hope you’re voting Red. Blue policies killed CA, plain and simple.
German, Thanks for taking us there with you. I used to go to clubs in Hollywood 20 years ago. Times have changed and I got old.
What a nightmare some of our cities have become. We need new leadership to clean these places up and bring back good times.
No
Thats a tool to run on for office. Born yesterday?
I lived in LA in the late 80s and it was like this back then too. Has it gotten worse?...yes, but all of these elements were present back then as well. There were no good old days in Hollywood. A comparison of SF or Seattle 30 years ago and today would be more stark. Both were beautiful cities back in the day. The failures are on every level of leadership and across both parties.
@@jm7804 Agree. There were plenty of weirdos in 1970. A few in the late 60s too. I didn't see people sleeping in the streets though back then. It is far far worse over there for a long time now.
New leadership isn't going to do a thing. This is an epidemic globally
Hollywood has always been a shitshow.
nah covid ruined it, it wasnt like that before
Not always..
They atleast made better movies before.
Very true!
Its a demonic place with lucifer leading the game
covid made it a shit show
Newsom, keep up the good work 🎉🎉🎉
So very sad...City of Angels no longer...now the City of Lost Angels/Souls. 😪😪😪 GIV...love you...PLEASE stay safe while out filming on streets like these.
Crazy guy with a knife in a store....another crazy guy running down the street in his underwear..... maybe that is why the streets are empty.
@@pigdroppingsEverybody know nothing good happens at night now. Lotsa folks have been shot and murdered on Hollywood BLVD and the surrounding streets. Shits janky no cap
It's turning into Los Homeless. City of Bums.
@@awdrifter3394that’s why people should help the mentally ill and people shouldn’t move to another place and ignore the homeless people
@@awdrifter3394and half of them aren't from here.
You’re keeping it real! This is exactly what you will see walking around in Hollywood. Thanks GIV I love your videos!
No need to tell everyone your secrets! I LOVE your special words!
True..
many don’t speak any other language except their own..
It’s a bit under the stone to judge people by accents..
I used to live right there off off Hollywood Boulevard. That dude burning his shoes, burned down the park hella times! It’s been years and he is still down there. Damn!
It’s facts! I seen him too. He kept setting off fires in the park on Franklin and N Sycamore. All throughout 2022. The police would just put it out and leave. He’s still down there wow 🤯. God bless him and the homeless down there.
@@noramilton5101 He set a fire on Ivar that scorched the side of a building near Hollywood Blvd. The cops took him away and he was back the next day.
@@k2sworld yoooo! See. The police can’t do anything. Its crazy. Dude is a whole legend.
Lived in Venice in 1981 and at Hollywood and Western in '82.
Hollywood has changed as far as the type of craziness, but cra-cra has proliferated.
Was he burning them for heat or to warm them up? I wasn't sure.
Many cities in America are looking like this now, It's a shame the common people are forgotten and left to rot on the streets.
When 7-11 starts using coffinated in their ads, we’ll know where it began. Great video as always! Gracias.
😂👍
@@germaninveniceDoes "Pope-Yes" have coffinated drinks? 😉
I like your chanel German in Venice!!! You’re so wholesome and unassuming!! Youre corny and cheesy but i love it!! So refreshing!! Real talk!! Been watching for yearrrrrs!! ❤😂🎉
The amount resources utilized for this one hopped-up dude, is a clear example of the mismanagement in Los Angeles.
An illegal to boot
This. At least 2 of those cops could've tried to stop murderers & r@pists. But one tweaker in boxers...Call all units.
Absolute insanity.
We love riding with you GIV. Please stay safe we pray❤
LA is promoted all over the world as being so beautiful. The GIV is showing us that it's not what it's cracked up to be.
LA is a lie
This is the weirdest place on earth😮 So much crazy stuff occurring nighttime. Thank you for sharing this
Actually the metro is the only thing that ruins LA
Here I am shut in Decatur Il but thanks to you Mike, I'm seeing the sights of Hollywood on a Friday night. You're a modern German philosopher. Like you said. Only the time is different. Thanks GMan for bringing me along!
Nice video. I appreciate that you show it all. The good, the bad, and the crime.
Thats all there is in progressive utopia
Love your videos & channel my man! Lived in LA for 5yrs… Please make sure you take all the necessary precautions to protect your self out there with how crazy it is in LA! Your videos & overall pure vibe is what this world needs more of ❤
🤩Love when you speak German - I miss the fun days of Hollywood. It was nice to see the area again. I have not been there since before the pandemic. It was fun hanging with ya GIV. Its super windy here in the Desert today (Saturday) - See ya on the next video
It is coffinated. Tell everyone to shove it GiV. Be you. Thanks for the "boots on the ground" reporting.
No not ⚰️coffinated - ☕️coffeenated
GiV, I need a shirt... 14:38 .... something like, "Coffinated not Caffeinated" & "Pope Yes not Pop Eyes......." (holy sh*t GiV... pope yes............brilliant)
The dumbing down of America. You can't even correct people now when they make mistakes.
youtubers purposely mispronounce words to increase impressions in the comments... im sure GIV is 100% in on it
@@russiaprivjet i call it comment bait. it's been a thing for years. play dumb and get your average viewer bothered enough to interact with you about it
30 years ago, some friends and I went to a club on Hollywood Blvd. We had run into the club manager, when he had car trouble, and he had given us VIP passes. So, my friends and I decided to take a road trip. If I recall, the club was across the street from the Chinese Theater. The vibe on Hollywood Blvd was a lot different, back then.
Hollywood is interesting and bizarre at the same time. You don't want to look but still you can't stop yourself from looking. Great video. Be safe.
Watching your videos here in my little flat in London seeing those poor souls on the streets makes me appreciate what I have, Keep up the great work! 👍
Poor souls?? Those poor souls REFUSE the help they can get!!
Be careful when you leave your flat. Don't step on any brown toes
We luv it !! With the GIV on a Friday night on Hollywood Blvd !! GIV is the best !! Thank you from n.y.c.
Hollywood Blvd is so scrungy. Not nice to visit
Commifornia doom loop
@@CornPop09090 poorida doom
Haven’t been to Hollywood in a decade. My husband is disabled so I appreciate your videos we get to go on a mini-vacation and he isn’t in pain. ❤
Grew up in Hollywood in the 80's but moved away and I can not believe Skid Row spread across the entire city, even the SFV it's like this these days......Sad.
9:46 - you brake rotor is rubbing against the pads or caliper body. Loosen 2 allen screws that bolt the caliper to the fork, lightly press the brake lever and re-tightened the caliper bracket bolts
I love your word puns! Keep them coming. Pope yes was an instant classic! The video was perfect, too. Thanks!
I've only just found your channel... but pleased I did... enjoy your vids... u always give a good insight and you're a good guy! Hope ur doing good ! 🤘
Michael Always makes me smile. Thanks Michael for taking us out with you for a ride and a look at things there.
“Pope Yes”!!!! Lmao!! Brilliant!! Love you GIV
Im crying!!!😂😂😂😂
Too many Illegal Immigrates, too many criminals and too many homeless on the streets in Los Angeles,
All these problems happened in Sanctuary city and State.
Hollywood is so crazy, but it’s really strange how there are barely any people there any more! I never imagined it would get this way. My family and I Love your videos and love your channel. Keep it going like you do. You’re always so motivating with your great smile 😀You’re entertaining and you do spread joy with your silly sense of humor and positive attitude. Keep doing what you’re doing, and thank you!👍🏼😊
is this only one day of footage??? wow.... just wow....
Just from a few hours ago
i graduated from UC berkeley in june 1984. decided to take a back pack to LA for two weeks. Got a room on Hollywood Blvd, up a block off Vine, now where the metro station is. It had all kind of weird characters. The Blvd would be grid locked with traffic on weekend nights; literally no movement so packed, from a few blocks east of Vine all the way to Highland. Anyway, po po would put up road checks on the Blvd, and would tow an endless loop of cars. One night, one guy got into something with one of the cops, and he flinched at the cop, and several beat him for a couple of minutes, with the clubs. Right in public, a crowd was around and as noted it was gridlock. I remember that..they had no hesitation or worry of being in trouble. I used to get up early in jog around east hollywood, it was pretty warm in June. Within a week I got a job as a guard, easy to get, and worked outside the LA coliseum during the olympics. Then I worked at a game show in July and August and after that was a guard at Sunset Gower studios. Gene Autry had his office, or an office, there, went in after hours one night and it was pretty nice, I always was impressed by his ethic after that. By September I got a job at Unifax insurance, 7866 beverly i believe, and worked there until March 1985. I worked both jobs, guard and insurance for a couple of weeks. By this time I had a studio in Echo Park 1443 N Alvarado. I used to get off from the guard job in hollywood in the evening, and run down hollywood blvd in my guard pants and a tee shirt, holding my shirt, work shoes, etc. in a bag, all the way to Echo Park. Young and with stamina. On other nights I would jog around Echo Park at midnight, cuz in 1984 the air was so bad mid day jogging was impossible. Went to LA City College all my months there, took chinese, math, and computer. I was pretty good in chinese, not so in math and computer. Met my good friend Johnny Cho in the computer class, if johnny is out there, try to find me. Made friends with an older mexican born lady with a good safeway job and two young kids; it did not go as far as I wanted and guess it ended when I moved back to Nor Cal. Used to be magazine stands on several corners in hollywood, i was a reading nut and always liked the political magazines. I put an ad in a spanish paper for a girlfriend and think i went on one date, she spoke no english and me no spanish. I also got contacted through the ad with a mixed girl white, spanish who lived in Inglewood, i had no car so i used to bus there. Pretty crazy, waiting on a corner in Inglewood to get the bus back to H Wood. Funny, all the weird places I went, late night jogs, bus in inglewood, I never really had any fear. guess is you show fear it materializes. All for now...
WOWWWWWW! What a story that was!
Who gives a fuck?
Couldnt wait to get to California after graduating school. Lived Downtown, Wilshire area, Culver City, then finally made it to Marina del Rey. Took 10 years! I was still a kid, early 70's to late 80's. Crusin on Hollywood Blvd, Tower Records, Viper Room, Denny's at 3am and thanked the man above for making my dreams come true. I had to leave in 1986, back to NY, but I
will never forget growing up there. Thanks for bringing this Vid to us and showing how the lsndscape has changed. I am going back to stay for a month or so this Summer but not near Sunset. I want to know how all the boarded up stores and Restaurants came to be from looting!? Empty blocks, to homeless tents; less a reason as a tourist to come and visit. Sadly this video is a shock to me. Safety, the #1. New York is putting the immigrants up in crappy Hotels, but they have a roof and a Bed. Why not do the same in Hollywood with all
Diversities of people? TY for Video!😮😢❤
How? Lockdown and social distancing. LA will never recover from the Covid response
GiV, I love you & your videos, bro!! Thank you for sharing your world with us. I’m gonna drive up & meet you someday. I ❤️ Venice, too!! Keep up the great work!!
Hope you feel better Mike. Take care😊
GIV can't sleep at night! Now he is a vigilante at night. Bad boys bad boys what you going to when GIV come for you ! ❤
I remember watching you when they were removing the stars. Thankyou for taking us out with you tonight, great video as always ! Take care 😀
Kind of like a trip to the zoo. Thanks for the show GIV
Really enjoy your videos. Thank you.😊
I lived there in the 80s and met Ray Charles when he got his star. It wasn't safe after dark then. Be safe Mikey 😊.
I saw/heard Ray Charles play at a roadhouse in Seattle. It was a small crowd. I heard he liked playing at roadhouses (which I guess are now a thing of the past).
@@GoCatGo-lp5bq cool.
Hola #GermanInVenice Im fan #1 since I discovered your channel here in UA-cam.. I’m Spanish, I live in Dunwoody, GA USA 🇺🇸 & I appreciate all your tour in LA Hollywood, All Hollywood, is very interesting 🧐! MAKE SOME MORE GERMAN BOY‼️♥️☺️ BLESSED UR HEART AMIGO‼️♥️
I grew up in Venice. Graduated from Venice High School, and left Cali 25 yrs ago. Came across your u tube video bout the decline of Venice beach. WOW. Brought a tear to my eye. Looking at your video, I tell people that “ Venice Beach WAS a great place to b from”. Sad.
Mike I'm 46 and if you told me when I was a child in the 1980s- (I was a child performer and loved Hollywood) that this is what would become of society especially in Hollywood I wouldn't have believed you. What is going on in the world to have this global phenomenon of mental health, homelessness and addiction...❤
So sad to see so many young people on drugs like this they are someone’s children sad
@@daus6035 I know xx🙏❤️
@jamesof7seven and a bit of social engineering I think....x
I have always loved American films, music and "culture", but you have decapitated yourselves with your labor laws and medical care. That is really sad and now the Americans are becoming what I, as a German, have always hated about earlier German history, racists😩
I think it's a lesson to turn to God for help.
Love to the GiV from India. I literally do the exact same thing as you on Friday/ Saturday nights man. Park outside some spots in my SUV and just observe the world! Sending you this quote GiV to tell you to keep doing what makes us love you more man.
"Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe" - Lex Luthor
Love your video's Mike! Don't know what it is but I keep coming back. Greetings from Holland ( 99 km from Krefeld 😊)
Your SO Much Fun and Entertaining!!! I love it that your the Real Deal!!! Thank you for ALL you do to make these videos! You have a beautiful heart and a very Great Attitude!! Thank you for being You! Sincerely, JABF🤗👍😉
Another hello from Australia! Watched for years, mostly on the toilet. Keep it going Mike.
yeah im doing a sh1t now! in oz
You have got to be a couple of guys!! Women would never admit that!! 😂😂😂
@@Amanda-iz9vi hehehe.. we are guys. Toilet time is sacred for husbands 😁 I've visited so many places GIV reports on, and it brings back so many happy memories for me, with my then girlfriend, now my wife.. and last year, we took our 2 young girls to LA, and now they are hooked and can't wait to go back.
@@LekkerDops awww!! I was born in Anaheim but live in oklahoma now 😏 havent been to la since 2003? I think. AND instead of “penis envy” that women supposedly have…i have shitter envy! 😂😂😂 wish i could go like s man!!! 😂😂😂 tmi? Or what!! Lol!!
Reading this while on the toilet!😂
I was in Hollywood back when it was still alive. It's now a case study in insanity. I have been looking at condos In Duisburg and Krefeld! Moers also.. and am flying over to check out a couple in person this year. Ready to buy and learning German A2-B1 level. Escaping America is the plan...
I would love to be able to escape America! I'd go to Iceland or New Zealand. Beautiful countries.
There is no place that has more freedom than America. We are losing it, but nowhere else even has free speech.
sehr gut Idee, aber Deutsch ist nicht einfach.
Der, die, and das will really screw with your a$s!
I cannot recommend Neustadt an der Weinstraße enough - the whole wine region in Germany is wonderful.
@@truecrimeboozer Yes it is but I will learn it.. I refuse to give up. I have started somewhat with videos out here and I am starting to look up words to understand how to pronounce them. I have been told to learn how to talk in just one tense like present tense.. Germans will look at me funny but they will still understand me. I will correct that down the road once I feel like I am good. Ruhr is where I am looking right now.. I will look into that area for sure. I want to be near the Dutch border. But if I find a good deal I won't ignore it. Going to buy a place.. small place like an apartment.
@@jacksondrake-lost A B1 level is all you need for permanent residency in Germany, and that's pretty manageable - not too grammatical. If you're committed to it, you'll get there in a matter of months. Your plan sounds great - Germany is an awesome country and the travel opportunities in Europe are spectacular!
Another great video GIV Mike ! I haven`t had Popeyes chicken in Burbank in13 yrs. I`m glad you said it wasn`t good because I was going to go there Sunday. Thanks
I watched from Australia and love your Hollywood videos, its certainly an eye opener as all we here is the nice side of Hollywood. But we are learning now that Hollywood is now called Pedowood.
You are a national treasure , God bless. 🙏
People, please VOTE to change this!!! Save what's left of our state!!! Gavin won't!!!
I almost think the State has to collapse to save it. Like a junkie has to hit rock bottom. We're getting close.
@@k2sworld You have figured out their plan. The left is trying to destroy society on purpose so they can build their socialist utopia. Even though socialist utopias always include mass murder on an unimaginable government scale, and famine.
Wouldn't be "cool" to vote red and try and fix things,
So Hollywoke is fkkd
I sure hope he doesn't run for president. It is just plain evil what these politicians are doing to our country. Shame on them.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only hope. There is no other decisions at this point that can be made. The destructive powers of sin has done its damage to this nation. It will never recover . With highest respect and regard, please understand there will never be a fair and educated election put all your cards, your deck, your chips everything in Jesus Christ alone.
thanks GIV your enthusiasm shows how much you enjoy what your streaming, i've enjoyed the experience its been a pleasure to be ty for sharing your great at what you do
Love all your videos! I watch them on my large TV. As always stay safe :-)
Thanks for the tour GIV! So sad to see all the human suffering and tragedy amongst all the people who are lucky enough to even be able to go out and party. So sad that this is the reality of the US.
Went to UCLA late 1968 and visited Hollywood Blvd ocassionally in subsequent years . Then it was packed with people and cars（many hippies among them for sure）especially weekends. Visited again in 2000s with clients from the Asia, many shops even ones quite close to Kodak Theatre got boarded up. Now it looks like many buildings along the blvd have been demolished.
nothing was demolished
I used to live not far from there in the 80s. So sad to see this. It used to be so beautiful. 😢
Another relaxing day in Hollywood, California. Just ordered my 21" steel baton from ASP today. All is good.👍
😂😂😂
You're going to need a firearm for even a tiny chance of surviving the civil war that's not just a movie. The song there is America is Dying. Dreadful misery of the corporation.
You see the Portland video of a women who pulled a knife and stating yapping, backing the guy up, who then snapped his wrist and his long baton extended fully, turning her sorry @$s around?
Thanks for another great video! I sure enjoyed it!
It’s a good thing for me, that I understand your german just as good as your english, because I’m from the south of Denmark.. Btw. Cali is still my favorite State.. I will never forget my trip to Yosemite Natiobal park and Lake Tahoe 😍 Visited 32 States now in total.. Keep up the good work 👍🙂
Thanks for sharing you stories and inside information to the rest of the world. Greetings from out of the Netherlands. ❤
Amazing content German! New to the channel, will go back and watch previous videos!
Immer wieder schön deine Videos zu sehen, Grüße aus D-Dorf!
God Bless America. Makes me proud and sad I honorably served.
Thank you for your service.
@@GoCatGo-lp5bq 🙏
Thank you. I'm ashamed some of my relatives died, to protect... this
@@atatterson6992 🙏🏻
Thank you for the fantastic video! I spent many a night at the Frolic Room in the 80's and 90's. Now I am older and wiser. 😄
You’re the best! Love how positive you always are ❤
It's always fun to walk down Hollywood Boulevard. Only thing is, they ought to put in a ton of public restrooms to give us more staying power.
Port-o-potty’s are called “tiny homes” in Los Angeles. 😂
California... definitely the land of fruit and nuts.
Nice to hear you speak German, I been out of Germany for 70 yrs, but still speak and understand your German, it sure opend a lot of doors for me in my profession, greeting from Mexico,
Wow! That was some action packed video you got. Really fun to watch
Hollywood boulevard used to be the place to go if you were from out of town. But now it just looks ran down mostly because of all the drug addicts and drunks hanging around. Used to be fun to window shop at night. And look at all the strange people. But now it appears to be a little too dangerous.
I have been to California once in my 66 years. People are to insane for me here in the Backwoods of Montana is just right.
I am 66 also never been to California but I have been to New York and that was enough for me.i live in the south better quality of life.take care
I like watching your videos because I’m from LA but live in Orange County now. I like to check in here to see what’s going on in my old home town. Sadly, it just keeps getting worse there and everything I left there for has now followed me to OC! The traffic here is just as bad as LA now and getting worse all the time. The homeless problem is worse, businesses are closing and we have way too many people here illegally! That alone plays heavily into inflation. Our state is turning into a 3rd world hell hole. So disappointing! Thanks for all of your great videos. Stay safe and sane out there.
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We love you, GIV. Keep the adventures coming!!
Why cant the Los Angeles authorities or local councils recognize Hollywood as an enormous port for tourism and present itself well to the world, invest money in the upkeep of the environment, even just as a matter of normalcy? Squalor seems to be becoming the "new norm." There are some countries in the world that are so beautifully kept and maintained, they are a visceral pleasure to visit because of their stunning beauty and orderliness. Class in other words, pride, basic human dignity.
Am I gonna have to grab my gear and come over there to clean some sh*t?
Hi Mike! 🌴🌴🌴I hung out there all the time on Hollywood Blvd, but it was never that bad. Had dinner at the Magic Castle, went to the Pantages Theatre, Egyptian Theatre, went to Amoeba Music all the time, ate at the Popeyes numerous times. Can't believe the police are allowing all the tents on Hollywood Blvd, they never allowed that to happen before, and there were never any tents on the sidewalk. The police station is just right up the street.🌴🌴🌴
Yes, the tents are a relatively recent phenomenon, but the homeless population is not. When I arrived in L.A. in 1984 I lived a couple of miles from central Hollywood in an extremely beautiful and trouble free neighborhood where I still live today. I worked downtown and spent many nights strolling down Hollywood Blvd. and other parts of Hollywood. The homeless, both in Hollywood and downtown were sprawled along the sidewalks in their own squalor with no shelter or privacy. There was no such thing as crack or fentanyl or meth being a street drug. Cocaine was too expensive for them. The most common addiction among the homeless who fell into substance abuse were the cheap fortified wines. Empty bottles of Richard's Wild Irish Rose everywhere. A few blocks of Hollywood Blvd. would load up during the day with clueless tourists who thought there was something to see, but mostly it was only a bunch of footprints and stars along the sidewalk, crap museums which are still there,, and crap souvenir stores and virtually nothing else - no clubs, a small handful of venerable restaurants like Musso & Frank plus crap pizza and burger stands, not a single decent retail store, and lines of pickup trucks converted into multi-passenger tourist wagons to ferry visitors into the Hills to view the alleged homes if the stars. Every building, including the Roosevelt and Knickerbocker Hotels were in a state of deterioration. At night the place was dark and dead - even on weekends, other than the old movie theaters and the legit theaters such as the Pantages and Fonda that were outside the main boundaries of where most daytime tourists strolled.
The reality is that Hollywood has been largely reconstructed since the 1980's and there are many more tourists and locals around than there were before lounging in numerous clubs (that are mostly along the side streets), and restaurants and bar and grills that are comfortable and lively gathering places. The 2 old hotels are restored, the Highland and Hollywood shopping and entertainment complex has become the hub of the activity. Countless brand new high rise mixed use apartment/condo towers have been developed. The communities east of downtown Hollywood that were once thick with gang warfare and violent crime (East Hollywood, Silver Lake, and Echo Park) are now largely gentrified hipster neighborhoods crowded with restaurants, boutiques and art galleries. East Hollywood was a shooting gallery for gangs but they are gone gone gone and replaced by extremely peaceful Thai immigrants who must share the neighborhood with homeless to an extent, and the Blvd. is lined with great Thai restaurants and markets.
I am not here to say that the central stretch of Hollywood Blvd. between Vine and LaBrea are in any way attractive or worth visiting for tourists, but the whole look at how Hollywood has crumbled and become infested with the dregs of society is pure ignorance. The reality is that it was more broken and desperate years before I arrived 40 years ago going back into the 70's at least. What we see there now is actually a major improvement from what I initially experienced there when I got planted in this place.
Mike, this video was absolutely A W E S O M E ! ! ! ! I loved going around Hollywood. You brought back so many memories for me. As young guys then, my friend and I would up and down the boulevard EVERY night, for 8 years! They called us " Boulevard Rats". In this video, i saw so many things that haven't changed. I also remembered the way many things were back then.
Mike, listen to me. People pay tons of money to see what you're showing us. You and I got to see them and experience them for free. We always saw interesting things when we walked the boulevard every night. In the early 60's you could see tons of famous people. Mid 60's hippies. Late 60's gays. Early 70's drunks. The first openly gay establishment was on Hollywood and Las Palmas. Just down from the Egyptian. It was called The Gold Cup coffee shop. Boy could I tell you stories from old Hollywood of 60 years ago. I've enjoyed all your videos since the beginning. Hope to see more of crazy Hollywood! Thanks again for all your hard work and dedication. AUSGEZEICHNET!!!
Thanks for the travels!
Newsom's Paradise! ENJOY! I left in the 80's and will never go back. "What, we worry?" - Alfred E. Newsom
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I live in St. Louis Missouri. Red state. Republican governer. How do you think it is here Mr. democrap?
@@SuperEmpathOneRino Governor. A Dem pretending to be. Republican. That’s what the majority of republicans in office are.
I grew up there in the 60s but it started to spiral downhill in the 70s.
Los Angeles has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s. 😂
Two words..
1. Newsom 2. Pelosi
She is his aunt if I'm not mistaken.
And BIDEN! 👎🤦
And Garcetti, Bass, and Gascon
3rd - drugs.
@@surfrescue3232 4th - Schiff. Hollywood is his district.
You are awesome Mike. Watch all your videos from up here near Niagara Falls Canada.... Especially like your Vegas hotel suite video. Keep safe out there buddy!
Haha, coffenated - love it! Your videos are always THE BEST - ALWAYS interesting and/or entertaining. I hope you feel better tomorrow. I know how you feel - somedays you don't feel good and don't know why, and other days the opposite. Let's hope for better days. Take care of yourself.
We Love you GIV!!!
Are used to live in Venice when I went to college in the downtown barkers furniture building. Merchandising, fashion. So glad I didn’t end up there. I did end up Christian and this is just fascinating history. I love the history before during and pretty sad after. Never that bad but I’m not surprised. Praying for the people. 🙏
Thank you GIV, another great video. I totally get why you say coffinated! It’s kind of funny, lots don’t get it. I love love your accent and you are very well spoken. Sending love from B. C. Canada 🍁 🇨🇦
Just as crazy in Canada Mike!! All the best!
The illusion is coming down. Stay safe, you're an awesome dude!!!
Been to LA many times.. why anyone stays there, San Fran or NYC is beyond me. They are all swirling around the drain.. get out while you can.
I am glad I don't live in either.i am in the south.better life
@@pursedelighted We all hope this garbage doesnt spread.. but sure seems like it is spreading across the US.