George Lucas & his American Graffiti Hometown of Modesto
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- Опубліковано 13 бер 2021
- George Lucas, the legendary movie maker, grew up in the sleepy town of Modesto, California and drew from his experiences to produce "American Graffiti" in 1973. On this episode of History Hunters, Jeff will take you on a tour of town and all things George Lucas.
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I've been living in modesto for about 14 years now and I'm always impressed with how much modesto has contributed to Hollywood and pop culture.
Have you see alien vs monsters it took place here too
modesto boy born and raised.
Same 😎
I go to the high school he went too
Ive lived here 30 years worked in the fields as a kid and still got disrespected by racist bias school staff for being a legal kid who did what others wouldn't. Lol good ol modesto pd tho and their illegal antics. Damn first order P.D
I saw American Graffiti 25 times when it came out. Modesto is a great town. Thanks for the tour!
I have also watched it more times than any other movie, I related or seen myself as Richard Dreyfuss character Curt. :)
Modesto is awful. Honestly one of the most boring/drug addict infested downtowns I've ever seen
@@fleebojenkinsyou don't get out much then.
For those who are not native Californians, you think of Los Angeles or San Francisco. It's refreshing to see the "small town" atmosphere of Modesto. Thank you for the tour.
Modesto is a smaller (for CA) community that has great values and ideals. A lot of people look down on San Francisco and Los Angeles if they're not from CA. And just because no one ever hears of Modesto, they get lumped into the negatives too.
Modesto is by no means small, it’s just not huge.
I do think of LA and San Francisco, but I also think Stockton as well. Mainly because my grandmother was from there and she seemed to start every single conversation about the past with, "I grew up in Stockton, CA." I guess that's about 30 miles from Modesto but I understand the crime rate is a lot higher.
Yes I tell people that all the time there are many small town's in California that people never heard of epeacily way up North and I'm shire in Southern California there are many small town's like Porter Ville and every thing in between.
There is Ceres an it is smaller than Modesto
Now that is a wonderful history lesson of modesto. What a different time it was. Thank you for showing the good side of a once wonderful town.🚗
It's still wonderful!
It's still wonderful and beautiful. One of the good part of cali
Fr everything now a Days is tweakers, wannabe nortes and addicts everywhere.
Love this city but I hate it
209 where you at?
@@madambutterfly7513 really? I mean it has its good points, but.... really?
I have lived in Modesto all my life, there are only a handful of us who love Modesto and appreciate it for its history and it’s devotion to preserving the Graffiti tradition.
I've just watched American Graffiti two days ago!!! Greetings from Brazil!!! Thanks for showed that beautiful city!!!
A lot of people forgot Modesto’s rich history. Good to see ppl still cherish the memories.
George Lucas: talented, creative and unique, but also seems humble and approachable. He seems to want to maintain normalcy in the midst of his fame. Very cool. Great video about Lucas and Modesto.
I so enjoyed this walk down memory lane. I asked you about this last year and here it is! I was born in Modesto City Hospital, went to John Muir and Downey High, cruised McHenry in the 60's/70s and been to almost every place you highlighted. I even worked at Web's drive-in on 10th, (although you didn't show that one). I went to my first movie in downtown Modesto, soooo many memories, thank you, thank you for this one! I always love your work, this one is special to me.
Yoooo I went to John Muir too
I graduated from Downey high in 1990..(GO KNIGHT'S)...AND I heard that george lucas even went to school at Downey high school back in the days...."he is a knight i believe"...
I want to cruise mc Henry in my 69 chevelle , we used to drive it through Sonora on our way to the Sierras from 75 till 81. Infact while camping at deadman off the 108 hyw in 75 we became goods friends with a man named Al matoza , he and his wife jo were from Modesto and their daughter lynn one time dated gorge Lucas when they were in high school together . Modesto is a cool lil town !!!!!!!!!!
My best friend and I stood in line for seven hours to see The Empire Strike Back opening day at Briggsmore theater in 1980. We were 14.
In the early 80's, I seen a lot of movies there at Briggsmore theater. I seen ET, The Dark Crystal, Raiders of the lost Ark, Modern Problems, Breaking, Gremlins...
I have small memories of my babysitter taking me to see toy story I was like 3 or 4
Hot and sunny Modesto ☀️ Back in the late 90s and early 2000’s I would visit my cousins home in Modesto. We’d skateboard to the mall in 105 degree heat during the summer! Good times. R.I.P. Sid
I miss Modesto.. back in the 2000’s we would cruise on mchenry all the way to down town, those good old days 👌🏽
I moved to Florida in October and I’ve been missing home so much. This video today brought my spirits up. Modesto will always have such a special place in my heart. Can’t wait to come back home someday.
Yeah.. i miss it too. I used to live on Coffee Rd.
It only gets more and more busy and packed here in Modesto every year but it’s still home at the end of the day and will always feel like that for people who are from Modesto.
Oh God I live in Modesto and would do literally anything to move to Florida. How can Modesto be better than paradise help me understand?
Love Modesto. My favorite town in California.
Thanks Jeff and Sara! '71 Downey grad here! My senior year, I remember hearing about a previous student(Lucas) who was filming a movie in the new B.A.R.T.(before it opened). Turned out to be THX 1138. The yellow '32 Ford's license is THX 138. 50 years have past since then. Wow!
Lots of memories there for me.
TDH class of 98 😁
TDH '72
Well done. My grandparents moved here (Modesto) in the late 20's... My family has been in this house since then. The house is close to downtown/McHenry mansion(library). My father went to school with George. In that b/w pic you showed briefly of the opening of StarWars, briggsmore 7.. my brother and I are several people back from the door.. complete with bowl haircuts, 70's flaired pants etc. That day changed my life, I was 11. I left modesto, traveled the world after high school(Thomas Downey High), lived with tribes all around the world.. all because of the different beings that were portrayed in StarWars peaked my interest. Then settled in as a professor and raised my family in my family home... Met George a few times in the past. Always gracious. I try not to fanboy at 55... still hard. Thanks again for this episode.
Nice video! Our Family moved to Modesto in 1989 where I joined a Cardiology Practice and worked in cardiology until 2005. I know a fellow physician who was married to one of George's sisters. I've never met Mr. Lucas through this physician as I was told he was a very private person. An interesting look back on the history of Modesto. Many of those old locations are now unrecognizable to me, but was still interesting trying to picture their locations in my head now!
I believe we worked together at Memorial M.C. I retired from Radiology in 2020, after 22 years.
Stay well.
I love that you opened up on car toys, that’s where Mac Dre took his G500 to get tv’s in the headrests
Jeff should do a video on Mac Dre... Head to crest side in Vallejo.
I didn’t think anybody was gonna mention that. Car toys also had a recording studio in the back. He did a feature for Modesto artist Izakane back in he day. Search it up sometime, it knocks.
It was an S500. And no one cares.
Yup and Husalah was a regular there and Talk of the Town Barbershop
@@rawchickensandwich it was a g500 lol
It’s crazy seeing my hometown in a different perspective
You forgot to mention Timothy Olyphant who also lived in modesto and is a Hollywood actor.
James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Tiffani Thiessen (Saved By The Bell), Jeremy Renner lived in Modesto.
Hell yeah
Also Macklemore’s grandma lived in Modesto
Wonder if Timothy Olyphant’s older brother is Andy Olyphant who played tennis at the Modesto Racquet Club.
The band "Grandaddy" that plays great music but is not well known is also from Modesto.
Parts of American Graffitti 2 was filmed in my home town- Fremont, CA. I can remember signing up to try and be an extra in the movie, but never got called up. Like Modesto, many of the venues not longer exist in Fremont.
I remember hearing the Drag Car's at night from the GENERAL MOTORS UNION HALL. We used to sell "HOT TAMALIES" to the auto worker's. I was a young boy at the time, but I remember hearing the Drag race's and the guy on the intercom system. This was mid 1970s. I even remember when the guy's would pull up with brand new firebird with the black shinny paint with the gold bird on the hood. A lot of muscle car's would pull up on Hot Tamaly day they would eat a dozen or two in one sitting lol 😄
Born in Fremont, live in Modesto
Fmt
WERE filmed...not WAS filmed
This is great to see! I have lived in Modesto for over 20 years. Cool to see the awesome history of a lot of places that have been a huge part of my life. Thanks so much for sharing
I miss the orchards of my youth in the Valley. Every time I come back to visit family, more have been turned into subdivisions.
I work at a new school(well, 6 years old now) completely surrounded by almond orchards in Ceres. I often think about the future here and what it will be like in 20 years. They're already building a Super Walmart around the corner on Mitchell. But for now we are secluded out here on Central and it feel like we are in ten buck two.
Yes, crops and crops of slab, styrofoam and stucco houses with zero line lots........
There's still plenty of almond and walnut orchards. There's actually more almond orchards now than before because the dairy industry is getting hit by milk prices so almonds are much more profitable.
I remember a favorite canal we loved to swim in at a Peach orchard.
Same in Oakdale ... Orchards are subdivision - graduated in 61
I graduated in 1969 and can relate. The East Bay town of Walnut Creek was the Mecca for cruising. Loved American Graffiti..
Hey Pokemon Go player from Modesto here and I have played along the cruise route for years! Always been a fan of Star Wars (my father introduced me to Lego Star Wars at a young age and I have read 200+ of the expanded universe novels). It is always great learning to read the many signs along the cruise route downtown if you have the time. I've walked by many of the locations you've highlighted hundreds if not thousands of times and it was really fun to learn a little more about the locations I did not already know about.
As for the guy who smelled like weed there are a ton of them as sadly most other cities in the state actually bus a lot of their homeless population out here. Weed is the least worrisome drug for one of them to be on. I've met a lot of them in my years of walking 18+ hours most weekend days grinding my little video game and a lot of them are actually pretty friendly given that they often don't have a very firm grasp of reality.
If your a local and you've been downtown on a weekend anytime from early 2017 to the beginning of COVID you've probably seen me walking lol. My biggest surprise was where the burger drive in was (on 9th) is right along my route to walk from MJC to the bus station! If you know anything about Pokémon Go I have gold "gym" badges on almost the entire downtown area. Cheers!
I used to pass through Modesto on the way to San Francisco from Las Vegas back in the 1960's...and yes, during the ride, I listened to Wolfman Jack thundering through the airways on the 250,000-watt "border blaster" radio station 1570 AM XERF. When I saw American Graffiti back in '73, it was like living those days all over again. Thanks for the great vlog, as usual!
Many thanks for that descriptive memory! I appreciate it! Happy to hear that you liked it!
Wolf man Jack! Haven’t heard that name in awhile! Cool!
Jeremy Renner who played Hawkeye in the Avengers also was a Modesto native.
actor Timothy Olyphant also was raised here and went to Beyer High with Jeremy (not same graduating class). Timothy played football for Beyer and was called Elephant.
I was able to watch Star Wars on the second Sat. that it was released at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. it was so awesome that I came back the following Sat. to watch it a second time a week later. :) Over the years I have watched it as well As America Graffiti dozens of times. Those were good days when movies were still decent to watch. :)
Awesome video I loved how in-depth it was. Just moved out of Modesto housing prices were getting too high. Moved to the next town east maybe you can make a video about Oakdale?
OAKDALE BUUUD!
@@JuanRodriguez-xl6mp lmao
Wife and I just watched your video. What a blast from the past that was. You hit all the spots I hung out when I was a kid. Where to start, when you walked the halls of Downey High, looks the the same as my Freshman year there. Lived over by Standiford Elementary, would ride my bike to my cousins that lived a few streets over from Ramona, from there, I would walk to Downey for school. Briggsmore Theater, how that has changed. I remember when it opened, showed Sound of Music for a long time before they showed other movies. A & W downtown, OMG, looks the same too. My parents are also at buried at Lakewood, seeing all that in one video sure brought out a lot of emotions.
Nice job as always, was fun seeing Modesto again. Want a chuckle? Last time I remember it snowing in Modesto, was 1978 or 79, where I'm at now, we had 18 inches overnight. Not exactly cruising weather, LOL
Thank you Jeff for the stroll and drive through my hometown.
On more than one occasion I have been mistaken for George Lucas back when my silver hair and beard was dark. So, when I got up today, made my morning coffee, and sat down to see what Jeff and Sarah posted, I was excited to see this video. Jeff, you never disappoint. Your quality of production plus the great history information is above par. The only down side is that I have to wait until next Sunday morning to be surprised again by another "History Hunters" video. You guys rock!! .....Russell D.
I met George while working at Disney. Very nice man.. very detailed vid, Keep up the great work.
Ah, the Good Ol Days. I have fond memories of cruising back in the early 70s. Loved the movie American Graffiti. The same stuff was going on in my youth. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 🇺🇸
I can't believe this came on today! We were just there yesterday (Saturday) for a quick look around! Had no clue about any of this history of George Lucas or Modesto. Having just moved to Manteca we were out kind of checking out the area. Been a subscriber to your channel for quite awhile and thoroughly enjoy your videos. Saw the one about Cool Hand Luke sites and want to go check out some of those locations as well. Can't thank you enough for your videos especially now that they're hitting very close to home! Keep up the great work and will look forward to your next installment! Thanks again!
Thanks very much Andre. The area has much to offer. We appreciate your enthusiasm fir our channel and love knowing you enjoy our visits to historical places!
Use to live in Manteca for a short time the people were kind to me drank a lot of beer at the 7 eleven on Center & Yosemite around the corner on the stoop.
Cool video! That picture of George in his Fiat reminds me of Anakin Skywalker and his pod racer. I bet that was inspiration for that scene. Keep up the great videos!👍😃
I didn’t realize that until you pointed it out. Good looking out. 👍🏼
Hi Jeff, I love all of your videos, but this is my FAVORITE! I fell in love with Modesto when I visited for a few hours two weeks ago and your video makes me love it even more. Wish I had known of some of these places when I was there. Sadly, my viewers did not like my video at all, but I'm glad to see your viewers seem to like yours as much as I did. Thanks for an awesome tour of such an historic little town that makes me feel like I've gone back in time!
I was hoping you would enjoy it Steve! Especially since you were here weeks ago! I guess you’d have to be a lifelong resident to have picked up on some of these other Lucas stomping ground sites. I appreciate you watching and enjoying this one!
Awesome job! American Graffiti was one of my favorite movies the first time I saw it years ago in my early teens, brings back memories when I was into the fast muscle cars, cruising around and hanging out with the guys trying to pick up girls and all.
Great job on all the history and back stories of George Lucas and his family, very interesting, well done! Thank you! Frank from Philadelphia, PA.
We would cruise main street in the 60's in Porterville, California, just like the movie.
Hello neighbor Woodlake California over here history hunters is awesome
Porter Ville looks like it's untouched that's a good thing, I didn't even know that town even existed. Until my friend move there
He invited me to his daughter birthday party.
I rented a motel and at night the people from the town was cruising all night long. This was in 1996-97 around that time it was like I was on a movie set. Compared to the bay area.
Hopefully it's still the same way.
Sunday morning, cup of Joe & History Hunters! 😁
.......and my hometown, Wooooo whooooo
Yeah, another video! We love you guys! Thank you ♥️😊
Great episode, Jeff! I saw American Graffiti while in the Marine Corps, not knowing at the time, that I would move to Modesto in 1978 and spend the next 30 years working for Pacific Telephone. In the early 80s, I was routed with a call to install service at a home on Ramona. The owner asked me if I had heard of George Lucas. I said, "sure!" He said, "well, this is the house that he grew up in." When he told me this, it triggered something in my brain and I remembered the scene from "American Graffiti" where the character with the hot rod got stuck with somebody's kid sister and he was trying to get from her where she lived, so he could take her home. She finally said, "on Ramona." Why I remembered that at the time, I have no idea. The homeowner hadn't known that and told me, "you have a good memory!"
At 9:00 - 9:40 George is describing my life at the same (teen) age. Uninterested in school, barely made passing grades, day dreaming (of muscle cars), addicted to the adrenaline of speed, wandering around, heart set on being a mechanic and a race car driver (I raced motocross). My first car at age 17 in 1975 was a 1969 Dodge Charger. At age 33 I enrolled in nursing school and have been an RN for 30 years now. I have never lost my love of classic / muscle cars and have owned several over the years. My bucket list includes owning a 32 Ford 5 window Graffiti coupe. Great video.
now how cool was this ... my home town i have only been back 1 time on the grey hound so i didn't get to see ... today i seen where my dad surely had a burger or 2 ... the building i came out in and where my aunty is resting ... what a beautiful place my home town ... thank you for this moment in time ... i never knew he was from there too.. that's even neater ....
Excellent as always. I enjoyed it 100%. Thanks for the work you do making and sharing these fantastic stories.
Glad you like them, Marco! Hope you are doing well!
Blast from the past! Knock-Out burger at Scenic Drive In- oh yum😎Modesto is not scenic, but it is home😎😎thanx for video
I've lived here all my life and I remember going to the Briggsmore theater for many movies, I remember you could go next door or nearby at Payless you could get $25 or $50 ice cream cones.
I can't believe I've live just a few blocks from Lucas's parents house most of my life, looking at the house on Google maps you can tell it's been there much longer than any other house, but its so hidden. The neighborhood was designed around it, what a cool secret property. There are other properties like this around the neighborhood, big lots among the smaller track homes, usually at least 3 times the size of land of their neighbors.
I went to Beyer High school with Jeremy Renner but I was a goofy freshman and he was a Senior. Beyer High was about 6 blocks from George Lucas's parents house.
In high school I had a teacher who went to school with Lucas. My teacher used to bring his high school year books to class for us to look at and see pictures of Lucas.
Yet another wonderful tour, and a neat piece of film history! Thank you for taking us along!
I agree
Ah, the homeless... we just can’t start a video about Modesto without capturing America’s homeless. I like to think that so many of them stay here because we are so friendly here.😂. Thanks for another great episode.
Thanks. In shooting this video I found homeless just about everywhere except at Lakewood Memorial Park. I think there are so many because of the meth that flows freely, sad to say.
@@jbenziggy Trust me, they are there too! They live under the bridge. I used to work at Lakewood. It was not unheard of to find them bathing in the waterfall in the morning time. 😂
They stay for the same reason they're usually homeless. Meth.
homeless tweakers, one of the defining characteristics of this city
My hometown too, watching this from north Modesto
Its too bad modesto turned into a crap hole. Id have loved to have grown up there back in the day and not in the 90s and 2000s like I did. I'll be there visiting in May ,maybe I'll run into you !
You never know! We run into people all the time who recognize us! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Yep. It's in the news every single day along with Stockton because of the daily the murders and shootings.
@@spacexdragonchicken I feel safe in Modesto. Well maybe not west side
I feel safer in the west side then I do out north or east.
Modesto may be a crap hole city. but its our crap hole city. greetings from crowslanding and whitmore
That little car of George’s looks dangerous. It reminded me a lot of James Dean’s wreck.
Yes with much different outcomes.
@@jbenziggy : possibly only because Modesto is so darned flat.
i have so many great memories of Modesto. i moved from grass valley and left the then dynasty of Nevada Union , thought id play for powerful Downey but was bussed to Beyer. we had a great ( for Beyer) 1986, i was offensive mvp as an all effort hard running tough to tackle 5'6" 180 lb Fullback Linebacker lol !! but i fell in love with the prettiest girl ive ever seen, she was born in that hospital u showed , but lived more in Oakdale till 1985? her aunt is the surviving teen girl of one of your excellently done videos. i used to walk from lincoln and yosemite modesto, to 6th street Oakdale just to see her ! we r still together , 36 yrars now,with 3 grown daughters and two grandsons ( 15 and 3). i will always love modesto . thank u for another great video sir
Thank you! And lucky you for finding a beautiful wife that you’re still with! God bless you guys!
THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏
I 🔥 MODESTO
Well done. Enjoyed this tour very much!!
Can you imagine how many parents said those words to their kids you will never never make it with that camera or with that guitar ect that became world famous.
Jeff you are a great biographer im sure the time you put in to this brilliant video was a lot. George Lucas himself would love this video.
Loved it my friend. Thank you.
I had always been a fan of Lucas’s films growing up and I knew I wanted to work in showbiz and even did acting as a child. I read an unauthorized biography of George Lucas back in the Esrly 90s, and visited Northern California to see where Skywalker Ranch was and Modesto. In the biography, I also learned all about his car accident that ultimately led to him being a filmmaker. He was an inspiration for me and I attended USC film school like him. I even got to know his former sound instructor and then associate Dean, Ken Miura while I was there and also was taught by and interned for Tomlinson Holman who crated the THX system for Lucas. I got to meet Lucas briefly, and intern for Lucasfilm while in school. I had wanted to work for him after school, but my career took me to other opportunities. When I became successful I was able to afford to
make a donation to the USC school of cinema-TV Ken Miura sound fund to help pay for a new sound mixing stage. All of that was inspired by the work of George Lucas.
Been living in Modesto my whole life. Great to see some history about it.
i have been living in Modesto my whole life and this is a pretty cool and a good city
I remember visiting Modesto when I was a kid in the 60s and early 70s. We would travel through there see the sights and the State Theater looked familiar; nothing else does. Parents are always so encouraging, his father didn't think he would make it in film. Sometimes you just have to do what you think is best and avoid what the parents advice was.
Thanks Jeff and Sarah for showing us Modesto today and comparing it to the Modesto of yesteryear.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.. I was born in Modesto in 1970, moved in 88 but came home in 90 to begin my law enforcement career. Moved away in 2000 and have never been back.. I hate to see so much has changed.. Don't seem like home anymore..
Brilliant insight... thanks for bringing this to us all. Hope you're both keeping well.
This is my third time watching it in a row Jeff and Sarah you out did yourself takes me back to 1971 excellent photography you are the man you are my idol! Thank you so much! Your number one fan Lou Martell
Doesn't anyone remember the Webb's Drive-In chain of Burger joints in Modesto? That where are family would go growing up in Modesto. My Pop owned "Johnny's Texaco Station in McHenry Village when Briggsmore didn't exist and wasn't more than the end of McHenry Ave. pavement in Modesto. A number of well known folks lived in 'MoTown' including Timothy Olyphant; ("Justified", "Deadwood") & Carol Channing. In fact I saw Ms. Channing sing at Mancini Bowl at Graceda Park way back when...
I worked at Webb's on 10th st. when I was 15.
@@cindykdelk7604 Yep Pop and I would go to Crescent Supply which was a treat for me.. (and that certain smell). Sometimes we'd go to Webb's (just a few blocks away) and we'd split a burger and an order of fries. Pop knew Mom would kill us both if we didn't have an dinner appetite.
This one was super cool Jeff, been waiting for it! Spent my Friday and Saturday nights cruising McHenry in high school in the early 80's!!!
Another great video sir. I enjoy the content you always seem to put into them. Thank you and blessings from Texas
Hi Jeff and Sarah! This was a nice long easy stroll through Modesto., It's nice to get to actually SEE the various parts of the city instead of 10 frame flashes of places of interest. To many "walk through" videos flash through scenic and historic areas giving no time to absorb and appreciate the information and thoughts of the videographer and subject. Thanks for another fun walk through. 'Till next time........ Have a good day! BYE!
This one has the most visits required to complete! Thanks for appreciating the effort!
I love this stuff. I've been binge watching all of your videos lately. I was particularly impressed with the video on the original Modesto Airport. I love knowing what used to be where. I've been here off and on for nearly 40 years. I was born here but I moved to several other locations in between, mostly big cities. Something always brings me back. Who knows what Modesto will be like in another 40 years. Perhaps it will have improved. You just never know. As always, thanks for the history!
Great bio of George Lucas. I never really knew too much about him. I love stories about people that are supposed to be "this", but turn out to be "that". He followed his passion and gave the world a smile. Very interesting.
Another incredible video, you guys!! You always get the greatest shots, Jeff!!Cinematographer of the year!! 👏👏And thanks for the shout out, yall!! ✌
You're awesome! Server extraordinaire. 🏆 🥓 🍳 🍳😋
Greetings from Palawan Island, Philippines. I was born and raised in Modesto and count it as my home town. I go back yearly (pre-pandemic) to visit family and friends. We use to cruise after church on Sunday nights. There are a lot of good people in Modesto. Its a good town.
What a fun video. We live in Riverbank, right next to Modesto. Fun to look back on a time that was a much simpler time. How well I remember! Cruising was the thing to do on Friday and Saturday nights where I grew up in the Bay Area
I was part of the last years of cruising in Modesto when I was young, my dad would tell me stories of them cruising down scenic to race, than back down town to cruise, so awesome thanks for the cool video!
Well, ya did it again. Another interesting part of the past. Thank you Jeff and Sarah.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼That was awesome. Thank you Jeff.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another wonderful video. Thanks guys!
I found this video on my youtube recommendations because I've been into filmmaking lately, so I got a video on my feed about george lucas and liked it, because of that, this came up! What a coincidence! It's so weird to recognize litterally everything in this video that was completely random! I live in modesto, have been in the mchenry mansion a multitude of times, was born at this hospital 19:00 , lived right next to george lucas' sister a couple years ago (mentioned at 14:08), I start Downey as a freshman on thursday! Also I was the president of Roosevelt school last year, my grandpa is currently Downey's tennis coach 8:21 , I've performed on the stage at 10:48 , Won my category at the valley talent project here at 24:01 and also had a breakdancing show there, I've busked lots of times here 23:03 ,AND my dad painted all of these murals by himself with spraypaint at 7:02 7:11 0:14 and 9:35 , so I could say I'm pretty involved in the community! I just don't like how old and worn out modesto looks from this video...
You’re on y days?
This was very interesting, Jeff. I love the matching of locations, past with present. Thankfully, in so many ways, George survived the accident.
So many places still exist in some semblance of their original forms. Thank you for your devotion to providing us with as much detail and physical background as possible, Jeff. 🤠💛👏☀️💐
Great video thank you for sharing love the detail and effort you guys put in , and thank you for keeping California shining 👍🏽
Thanks for watching!
Another great episode. Will love visit there someday. Thank you ...
what a great video jeff,it reminds me of cruzin k street in downtown sacramento back in the early 60's.your work is really appreciated.
Loved this look at Modesto history.
Very cool video. Thanks Jeff.
Great episode thank you loved it!!!
Another great video ! Thanks!
This is where I'm from. I love Modesto. All the memories. Graduate of Beyer HS '99
Very nice. My brother went to Beyer in the 1980s!
Thanks Jeff !! Living in Modesto for the last 20+ years you have given me a reason to go and look for some of these local history spots!! GREAT Video!!
Great to hear! Thank you very much! Have fun exploring!
Wow, didn't know about that horrific accident and how events could have been wayyyy different 😥.. Love American Graffiti, the music, seeing young Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul LeMat, the best !!!! And so hysterical !!! 😆🤩 and let's not forget Raiders of the Lost Ark !! And he even did The Land Before Time !! So good !!
Thanks for the info !!!
His best film was THX1138.
I was born in Modesto in 1947 every building that you are showing I have been to I lived 1 mile from Downey high Modesto was primarily a agriculture city and law and order prevailed I have many memories of Modesto 😊
Born and raised here and still live here such wonderful history, MODESTO FOREVER💜
Thank you for that. I grew up not to far from the Briggsmore movie theater and saw the the first 3 Star Wars movies there. This brings back a lot of memories.
Modesto raised and this is surreal to watch
It Makes it cooler living in Modesto born and raised !!! A lot of cool history here
Great video , love your content and have learned a lot of local history that I never knew being born and raised in Modesto. I was a graduate of Downey myself , getting to cruise Mchenry myself as a youngster this city has changed a lot . We are trying to keep the Graffiti Night feel alive thru our local 209 hot rod events family . We thank George for putting us on the map for our cruising and thank you for educating us on our local history.
TDH class of 98
So special 🐝
Thank you Jeff for your latest information.
Good luck to you and Sarah 💜🍀💐
That was a great piece of history! Thank you for the video!!
Some really lovely buildings there...Especially the old Library now a museum.
So very interesting! Loved American Graffiti! I was raised in SoCal in ‘69 and would cruise Whittier Blvd in my ‘55 Studebaker President. Good times! Thanks for jolting my memories!
Thanks for the memorable look back. Lots of fond memories for me as a kid growing up in Modesto when my family moved here in ‘66. I was 14 years old when we moved to Modesto from Sacramento. Great small town at the time.