Memories of the San Fernando valley Part 1 80slife exploring the valley, Reseda country club & more
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2020
- In this video I cruise around the San Fernando valley and take a trip down memory lane. I talk about my memories of growing up in the valley in the 80s, point out cool landmarks and movie locations. this is part one.
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I’m watching this from Uruguay 🇺🇾, I grew up watching movies from SF Valley, and all I can say is that I’m in love with that place, I never been there but I feel like is part of my childhood. One of my dreams are to be there with my wife and daughters some holidays.
That's so awesome. I really hope you make it here one day.
Uhh I live in the Valley and it's alright. This is where I grew up and know all my friends so there is a sentimental attachment to the place.
I grew up watching movies from the SF valley too, like the terminator movie, or pulp fiction. I’m from there as well, I’m away at the moment up by Oregon because of the rise in crime. But soon in the next coming months I will return and create new memories once again! I hope you achieve your dream of going there or possibly living there one day with your family! Love from San Fernando Valley!
I live part time in Argentina right across the river from Uruguay!
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, and I visited your absolutely beautiful country of Uruguay in late 2008. I drove through 15 of the 19 departments there, spent 3 days at the termas in Dayman, a night in Colonia de Sacramento, a night in Nueva Helvetcia. I took pictures of many of the classic cars there. On my wall in my office now, I have an article hanging up that one of your papers did in 2005 of "uruguayan descendientes de polacos judios se reunen con su familia tras casi un siglo". That article was about a fellow classmate that I went to school with in the San Fernando Valley in 1970, and 71, and finding his family members there. Slaudos de los ee.uu. de america!
Must have been really cool being in the THE VALLEY in the 80s.
It was! I wouldn't trade it for anything
I lived in Burbank, in the 80's...it was awesome.
It was the raddest, up until the 90's it was still rad. Now not so much, too many people, too much traffic, too many homeless. No more culture. But the culture is coming back slowly.
I can’t even describe how amazing it was. I was born in ‘68 and had the best childhood growing up in the SFV
The punk rock hair salon was called Antennae!! I got my hair cut there several times
The whole area looks run down and dirty. Was this area always like this or was it nicer and cleaner back in the 70's and 80's?
I lived in West Hills (formaly Canoga Park) from 1957 to 1979 and in that time frame I saw a lot of changes like the corn fields and citrus farms which were gone by the late 70's. I live in Phoenix right now and I sometimes miss the valley.
It continues to change. Thank you for watching
I grew up in North Hollywood myself. Now I live in Lake Havasu.
Born and raised in The Valley. I miss it.
I'm not from California and have never been there but I enjoyed watching your trip down memory lane. You must be saddened what the city has become today
Thank you so much for watching
I think it is funny/cute that a handful of people who have never been to LA love watching this.there was someone from the Netherlands watching.
Yes very saddened looks horrible in alot of places and I'm not talking about the Homeless
Lived in LA for many years, there is plenty of good and bad, just like any other metropolitan area. The media just loves to overhype all the terrible things about it.
Biff's Coffee Shop was used in that Boogie Nights scene across the street from the Church. And right next door to Biff's Coffee Shop was Licorice Pizza where I bought a lot of Records ands Tapes as a kid, and the Miss Donuts in the Vons Sopping Center was originally a Winchell's Donuts. Good Times Man
I remember Biff's, what a great place. Our family would visit there often. Today it's a dirt lot.
Just getting around to a marathon of this playlist. Seriously top tier channel all around.
Thank you so much!
Omg! I spent so much of my late teen to early 20s watching so many bands play at the country club back in the mid to late 80s! Saw so many many bands that you mentioned, like Poison, Dokken, Warrant, Motley Crue, Slayer, and Metallica and Megadeath among others I loved when bands would play under the radar and have a surprise performance like UFO! I used to help my friend pass out flyers for Doreen and other bands. wish that place was still open as a concert place instead if a church so I could take my kids and show where so many bands got there start!! Thanks for the memories!!! 😀👍 love your videos!! And that punk rock hair salon you mentioned i got my hair cut and styled for my prom, it was a total 80s hair do but hey it was the 80's and they had a great reputation lol!! thought It was called glam rock salon but I could be wrong. 🤔😄
So much fun there. I'm sure we ran into each other!!
enjoying this series. I grew up in the SFV, lived there from birth to age 38. This really brings back the memories.
I've learned a few things from your videos. Anyone remember Foster's Freeze on Sherman, where the Wherehouse used to be. Or the Fedco on Raymer where Target is now.
That's awesome. Thank you
I was born in the valley. Went to school in Van Nuys and Sun Valley. My dad bought cars from Galpin Ford and I hung out at Northridge mall, Malibu Grand Prix and the Reseda and Northridge roller skating rink. I lived in the valley through the 70's and 80's. Early 90's I moved to Santa Clarita and settled in Castaic until I moved to Australia in 2001. LOVE the drive through memory lane :)
I saw “Let It Be”@ the Reseda Theater when it first debuted.
Incredible
I lived there from 1984 till 2021. We moved to Northern California. But I love watching this to reminisce. I feel like I grew up in the valley. I lived there so long. I lived everywhere from North Hollywood to Reseda to North Hills to Porter Ranch, and a few other cities in between. Thank you for this video. 🙏🏻🥰
I don’t know if you know about the scene they filmed from Alpha Dog, the movie, at the corner of Nordhoff and Woodley. It was the papers ceiling, and they filmed it outside that bar in that strip mall. I lived about a mile from there in North Hills for 30 years. We moved there right after it changed from Sepulveda. By the time we left, Northridge was expanding into North Hills. They once filmed a scene up at the VA hospital for Grey’s Anatomy where there was an explosion and they had to put something on our door to let us know. I went and took pictures while they did it. I miss the valley. I’m going to watch all your videos. I love that you have saved all these other things. Your wife was smart to tell you to do this❣️
You know what's crazy that my 818 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY for some reason or another it's in people's hearts it sure is in mines how i can remember alot & many people places & things vividly just as you explain your growing up from childhood to teaneger etc ... I remember allll my childhood teaneger years in details from Woodley Park & Balboa Park being owned by my sister's Godmother Margarita Ceasneros Brothers who cultivated yellow 🌽 corn 🌽🌽🌽 Back in the 80s & way back before I was even Born 1975 etc ... Which my uncle's worked for that farm on Balboa & Victory Blvd the Ceasneros Brother's who became my parents Compadres & my sister's Godparents I have lots of Beautiful memories of all over the 818 SF Valley TO THE BUSH GARDENS On Roscoe & Hazkel across the street from Tommy's burgers at the Budweiser Bushgardens there was an amusement park with rides and many other things & down the way heading west towards Balboa & right on Balboa & Havenhurst on the airport side there was the bumper cars lil speed way
Hi im from belize central america i love the valley i spend 15 years in the valley north hills i know a lot from the valley my boss is a white guy that grew up in the valley he told me everything about the valley he show me all the cool places in valley i really miss the valley
Awesome!! Thank you for watching
I used to bartend at Chuck Landis' Country Club in the mid 80's. I remember applying for the job in person and leaving an application. 3 days later a fellow by the name of Tim Landis knocked on my apartment door and hired me on the spot. When I asked him why he didn't just call me he said, "You didn't leave a phone number on your application". Still one of the most memorable jobs I ever had.
Ha. Must have been an amazing job. What were some of the best shows you worked at?
@@80sLife The Rhamones and Social Distortion were the 2 most memorable shows I worked at. The Batman-a-go-go was another place I applied at but never heard back from them.
-Thank you so much for sharing these videos! Goose bumps all up n down my arms seeing my old stomping grounds.
Naugle's, Pup n' Taco, Giamellas Subs, El Indio, Flooky's, El Torito, Mission Burrito! Gimme gimme gimme!!!! :))
And CAN'T forget The Burrito Factory (52 different kinds) up on Sherman way and Reseda I believe? Met the lead singer from P.I.L. (John Lydon) in there back in '85. The S.F.V. back then was an AMAZING place to grow up. Wish I could be riding in that car along side of ya. Cheers from Denver!
Lived here my whole life, and I am only twenty. Hearing all the cool stuff that happened in my hometown is sick. Can't believe the grocery store plaza was in Boogie Nights. Same feeling with all the bands having their gigs at the nearby joint. Great vid.
Awesome! Lots more stories on the way. Thank you for watching!
I am in Northridge and I love seeing our area on film
I appreciate the fact that your family took so many pictures of your childhood
Yes, I am grateful for that. Thank you
I saw "Creature from the Blue Lagoon" at the Reseda theater in the late '50's. There was an old unused piano on the stage for years- never explained.
around 1989 i got too see Bad Manners, Donkey Show and Potato 5 play at Chuck's Reseda Country Club. just turned 50 last week.
Awesome!!
Great video. I was born in the Valley and spent my first two years there before moving to the west side, like Marina Del Rey and mostly Santa Monica, WLA, etc. But I still have family in the Valley and did movie back and forth in the 90s and early 2000s, either for college or just a change of pace. The Valley gets unfairly knocked by pretentious west siders and I never got that. The Valley has some really cool things about it. For one, you don't have anywhere near the traffic congestion because the roads are a lot wider. The Valley is dominated by a suburban vibe, but you do have all the urban amenities you could possibly want. My grandfather called Ventura Blvd "Restaurant Row" because of the incredible variety of restaurants. You could eat at a different place every night and never go to the same place twice if you didn't want to. The westside has NOTHING on the Valley so far as restaurants go. Also, the place is just not as pretentious. It's got more regular, down to earth people. The valley used to be thought of as a transitional place, where a couple would buy their starter home before selling it and moving to the west side. While that may have been the case for some the Valley is also a preferred destination for some. Yes, the Valley gets very hot. I was in Woodland Hills today and it was 110. But there's a new invention called air conditioning that helps you get through the day. Not such a bad place.
Everything you said is true
@@80sLife These vids are fantastic. They give a good idea of what it was like to live in the Valley and the things that are special about the place. Very different vibe than the very trendy, kinetic west side. More down to earth and family oriented.
You’re like me. Sentimental. When I go back to my hometown to visit family/friends, I always go to the neighborhood I grew up.
OK, glad I'm not the only one
I totally forgot about Mervyn’s! I worked there for a seasonal job during Christmas when I was 18 and it was completely packed! I wasn’t born in the valley but I moved to Reseda from the Bay Area when I turned 18. I moved in with some older cousins that were in a Heavy metal band all 4 of us living in a tiny studio surviving on microwave food. I had my first girlfriend there too. I had a lot of great memories in the valley. I was sad when I had to move to LA. Literally in tears because I knew my valley days were over. This was definitely a trip down memory lane for me thank you for sharing.
Awesome. Glad I could help bring back some of the good memories. Thanks for watching
I too remember the Wherehouse record store at Sepulveda and Sherman Way. I lived on Sepulveda a couple blocks north from Sherman Way in the early to mid 80s.
Also @6:35 on the corner of Sherman Way and Lindley that Orthopedic Medical Center used to be a Jack Lalanne's Gym that I used to go to. Thanks for the memories.
First came across your videos back in October of 2021 when I was struck by the rona. Saw all of them while in bed and took me back...I grew up in the Valley, left and lived in the San Gabriel Valley for 8 years, then the OC for another 4 years and have been back since '18. Thanks for posting these vids.
I would do anything to go back in time have the Valley be the way it was then!
It was a great place to grow up.......really sad what has become of most of it now.
I use to live by Nordhoff and Sepulveda as a little kid back in the 90's, I have so much memories of that area and ones and a while I still go back, I live in Las Vegas now but I like to visit the valley when ever I can with my family, thanks for making these video i enjoyed it 👍
My pleasure thank you for watching
all valley kids went on a field trip to the Van Nuys airport in elementary 😂
Ok good.. I thought it was just my weird school. Ha. Thanks so much for watching
your beautiful j
Lucky!
Facts 😂
Not me. They took us to LAX.
Hi, Grant high school ( van Nuys) class of '82. So happy to find your channel! I miss those days. Dupars, Hollywood and cruising around the hills going to keg parties. Skating pools, and eating late at night at Bob's.
I love that you sneak filming locations into these SFV tours , I love anything nostalgic....
"Gotta get home Soaps gonna start" lmao
Love the video. Brings back lots of great memories. I grew up in North Hollywood & have been to most of these places. The Chuck-E-Cheese was a favorite of mine. I would later take my kids there. I still live in the Valley & drive past these places all the time.
Awesome. I'm really glad I was able to help with getting the good memories flowing. Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciate it.
Man you are my new fav on youtube. I am 44 and have all the same interests. Skating, bmx, chasing down garbage pail kids lol. That was me. I am from ohio. Every time we come to Los Angeles, I have a long list of filming locations. I will set aside 2 to 3 days to just track down filming locations. From sun up to sun down. Thanks for the amazing videos, keep em coming.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. So rad that you can connect with what I'm doing. Thanks for watching... much more on the way.
I moved to Claremont in 1985 and graduated there in 87. I love videos like this.
Thank you
I saw SO many punk shows at the Country Club in the 80’s!!! I’m so loving your videos
Thank you so much!
Wow, the Reseda theater brings back great memories. I think around 1968 I saw my first movie there, The Great Race. That's when I developed a crush on Natalie Wood. Many more movies to follow while I was in junior high school. My friend and I would go to Sav-On (later the Country Club) and load up on candy then go to the theater. What a blast we had! In 1972 our family watched the Poseidon Adventure at the Reseda theater. Strange, but that was the last time I saw a movie there. Later, before the theater closed, they began showing B-grade spanish language movies. Sure wish it would re-open.
More stories please
cool channel bro glad I found it. I loved growing up in the 80's and 90's so much that I get in my feeling when I think about it sometimes. The best times ever. stomping through creeks catching crawdads riding bikes across town swimming in every body of water near by ect...
Yeah they were definitely amazing times, nothing like today. Thank for watching.
About stuff shown in this video: I saw Molly Hatchet, Rory Gallagher at the Country Club. Across the street, a bit to the North on Canby was a music store called Valley Arts. That is where I bought my Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar. Its a boarded up building now. I paid $400 for the guitar, circa 1974. There was also a record store next door. This is where I bought my first vinyl with my own earned money from working at the Jolly Roger at the Sherman Oaks mall you show in another video. It was something called HARVEST by Neil Young. You may have heard of it. HAHA. I worked at the Von's on Sherman Way, behind the seafood counter around 1986-87. If you shopped there, I may have waited on you. Also, there used to be a Newberry's in that center. My high school buddy was the meat manager at that Von's for quite some time. When I was high school age, the Reseda Theatre was open. That is where I saw many, many movies including the Jimi Hendrix film and I am certain GIMME SHELTER. Also in the neighborhood was a Lindberg Nutrition store. Remember the pink decor? That store on the southwest corner of Reseda and Sherman Way used to be a discount jeans store. There is a rather big parking lot that runs behind all those stores on Sherman Way. I was very familiar with that lot. It was where we would park when shopping in Reseda. It was a more vibrant community in the Seventies.
Thanks man. It was nice watching and listening to you. I lived in Blackhawk street Chatsworth, and every day i went through Reseda on my way to CSUN. It is something very special about the Valley, i plan to come back soon.
I loved that you shared your memories with us, most just drive around and say nothing, urgh! I lived there with my man,I am originally from Echo Park, he passed away in 2012, and I moved to San Bernardino valley, yep valley girl one way or another!
I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words.
I love your videos. As a Phoenician who used to cruise Van Nuys Blvd. in the later 70s (it was only 7 and a half hours from my house in Phoenix), it brings back a lot of memories.
Im from Arizona but these videos are great, the bands in that area at those times are legendary
So cool!! I was so jealous of kids that grew up there in the 80s. I tried to learn everything I could through magazines about your great culture, while I was stuck in PA.
One super windy night the tire guys head blew off and ended up in the middle of Sherman Way. They had to crane it back on him.
Before the music store, it was a Buster Brown's shoe store ( I am older than you). It is where I bought my first/only pair of wallabies shoes.
I have worked in the NoHo area for.many years.
12:14 el rey del mar used to be a chinese restaurant. the owner was super cool. he had a sign right at the door where he wrote about his favorite japanese robot shows, and his other interests. he always had a nice smile and his food was great. if you go up reseda that is going north of sherman way, there used to be an arcade where i would play video games on 5 dollars of quarters.
I finally moved out to LA in the early 80s. Back then the Valley was where you could live cheap and still have access to LA. Not anymore. Great vids.
Definitely not. Thank you!!
Kurt, great set of videos about SFV. I've watched them all and now I'm commenting on them one by one with what's relevant to my experience growing up there. I lived in Encino from '74-'84 (ages 4 to 14) and my family still lives there.
1. My stomping grounds was more around Ventura Blvd. from Woodland Hills to Sherman Oaks (anywhere my RTD bus pass could take me but not too far from home), so I don't recognize the places you mentioned in this video, except the roller rink which I remember passing from time to time and wanting to go in, but never did.
2. I thought that Miss Donuts place looked familiar. Had you not said so, I'd have tortured myself wondering where I'd seen it before.
3. You used to frequent a liquor store to get Garbage Pail Kids. Oh, those were the days! I used to beg my mother to stop at a pharmacy that used to be on Ventura/Woodley to get me a couple packs of baseball cards because I'd blown my money with the ice cream man that parked outside our elementary school buying Wacky Packages cards, which at the time were 35 cents a pack.
4. Yes, I remember Mervyn's. Great store - better than Kohl's.
Awesome video! I'm moving on to part 2.
Right next to the Reseda theater, on the corner of Reseda & Sherman way was a taco stand and Big Donut Drive-thru. The donut stand had one of those giant donuts displayed (very much like Randy's Donuts near LAX). After watching a movie my friends and I would grab a taco and donut. Both places were torn down and replaced with a gas station, sometime in the early 1970s I think.
hey. great video. i have always wanted to visit the san fernando valley.hopefully get there one day. best regards from bonnie scotland.
Wow, thank you so much for watching. I hope you make it over here one day. I'll be doing more videos on the valley, probably in November. Thanks again for watching. I really appreciate it!
Luv your vid, im from New Zealand and spent time visiting the valley in the 80s, never lived there as was in the bay area mostly. Some cool movies and people came out of the valley and then there was Van Nuys cruzing.....great car culture.
I grew up in the 60''s and early 70's in Canoga Park. Great freaky memories of the people in the hippie times. Moved back to Woodland Hills in the 80's. Same freaky people.
Holy shit! You are the only other person who knows Gemco!!! We had one in Sacramento. I got my first record ever there. Run DMC Raising Hell.
Dude its great to see you still have those tapes from the wherehouse, I wished I had not gotten rid of all my stuff from the 80's. enjoy your vids dude definitely bringing back a bunch of memories.
Thank you. I wish I kept SO much more from back then
I grew up on enfield ave . i remember Car Wash being filmed in Reseda. auhhhh the memories . went to Garden Grove Elementary, reseda park, the donut man the back of his truck had wooden pull out shelves loaded with donuts., the milkman, no street lights. riding bikes all over , remember the dairys, Jessup drive thru dairies
I remember the doughnuts! We would wait to hear the horn cause he was one of the first to carry Bubble Yum 😋 How about the Ding Ding Man with the soft serve 🍦
Nice memories. I grew up in North Hollywood on Kittridge Street. Went to Coldwater Canyon Elementary, Madison Jr. High and Grant HS. I remember a lot of the places that you were talking about. I used to go ice skating Friday/Saturday nights at the May Co. on Laurel Canyon. But when the 1994 earthquake happened it got badly damaged and they tore it down. I think all the places I went to when growing up got torn down. It saddens me. The Valley is just not the same anymore. It is getting really bad now. My daughter lives in Woodland Hills and there are SO many homeless people just doing drugs in broad daylight and going to the bathroom right on the sidewalk. Absolutely disgusting. Also the Kmart on Sherman Way in N. Hollywood used to be a dairy farm with cows there. In the 60’s we would go there to get our milk.
The 99 Cent store in the Jon's parking lot used to be a Newberry's, such a rad store. Next door was a Thrifty's that is now a Goodwill, that 10 cent scoop ice cream (I think it was 10 Cents back in the 90's, I can't remember lol) was always refreshing after a long walk there. Record Trader was the best, found so many gems there that I still own. I used to ride my GT bike there all the time.
Do you know when Newberry's changed to the 99 Cents store? It was there near the end of Boogie Nights, 1983ish.
@@RandyJames22 Shoot, my best guess would be around 1998. Newberry's was such an awesome store, I used to get so many baseball cards, pogs and toys from there.
yeah, i used to work at that Thrfty's drug store, I was the ice cream guy, I think the prices for 1 scoop was 10 cents, i worked there about 1983, then the price rose to 35 cents a scoop after a year or so. we had seasonal ice cream for Halloween, orange tinted, yea, my friend worked at the sav ons around the corner, yeah, i used to eat luch at newberry's next door, they had like a deli inside
Valley Kid Here, Circa 1962. We Grew Up In Both Granada Hills And Encino. I Went To St. Genevieve In Panorama City And My Brother Went To Crespi Carmelite In Encino.
Awesome. Thanks for watching
Thanks for sharing. I grew up in Van Nuys around Louise and sherman way in the 80’s-90’s. Now live in the west end of the valley. Brings back a lot of good memories. ✌🏼
My pleasure thank you so much
Love these vids. I grew up in Anaheim, but about 5 years ago I became a bus driver for metro and for the last two years I’ve been working out of the valley. I’ve done mainly the sepulveda line, Sherman way, laurel canyon, and others. I love to see vids about the nostalgia and memories. Seems like it would’ve been a really cool place to grow up.
That's awesome. Now you can see so few of this stuff while in your route. Thank you so much for watching.
I grew up in Burbank and skated still skate btw in the 80s
Burbank High class of 89"
San Fernando Valley ruled from the 80s-2010. Fortunate, are those who got to experience it palm 🌴 🎬
i grew up in reseda on zelzah ave in the 80s good times
Nice! I lived on Newcastle for a while.. wonder how close we were to eachother
@@80sLife I lived on Yolanda st with the cross street being Hart st in Reseda, about 1968 to 2000
At 5:15 .If you would had kept driving down the street (saticoy) you would’ve ended up where they filmed The Office. Awesome video!. I’ve lived in the valley since the 90’s so I love watching your videos!.
We you used to go hang out in front sometimes while they were filming. One day a couple cast members came out and said hi. It was so cool to see all their cars Parked in the lot. Thank you so much!
Very interesting, thanks for mentioning the filming locations. I lived in the LA area from 65 - 2005, my parents bought a home in Canoga Park / West Hills in 1972, and I lived in SF Valley from 81 - 94. I also went to Cal State Northridge.
Thanks for watching
Thank you for the memories. Oh my, I remember everything.
The movie Reservoir Dogs was also filmed near St. Catherine’s in Reseda.
I lived off Sherman Way and White Oak on Yarmouth. from 69~75. My Mom lived in the same house 69~2003. I remember as a young teenager riding either my Stingray Orange Krate from the Schwinn Shop across the street. Used to check out all the alleys in the areas, and there were ALOT !! Used to walk to the Reseda WalkIn Theater. It was owened by Fox in the 60s & 70's
Saw many an excellent show at the Reseda Country Club! - Including that Prince gig in 1987.
I lived in North Hollywood from 1971 to 1976. Then I moved to Sun Valley from 1976 to 1979. Then Sylmar from 1979 till 1988. I cruised and street raced in Van Nuys from 1975 till 1984.
Just AWESOME.....
Thank you!
NorCal here and lot of my clothes growing up came from Mervyns. The Wherehouse was the second choice when looking for new music, Tower Records being preferred. Great series!
Great video's I grew up in the valley. Lived there from 1960to 1987had some great times There I miss it. I use to go to Reseda walk in as well as the Reseda drive in. Love your videos keep up the great work. Hope to see you soon.
I do the same thing when I go out to visit the valley
Great video brother. Very cool.
Wanted to show my daughter what the Valley was all about. Grew up in West Hills and went to school in Northridge. Nice to see all the memorable spots you show.
Awesome. Thank you for watching
I live in Reseda. Its great to see all the old stores they were here in the city and the others as well.
Thank you so much for watching
Great video and memories. The Valley is synonymous with the 80s.
I LOVE this video! Thanks man! I grew up in North Hollywood and then Arleta. Left for college in 1980's and never returned. I've been very nostalgic for the valley lately. I want to to do a tour of the valley like this soon. Thanks so much for sharing this! Awesome!
It's my pleasure, thank you for watching
We love your videos! Such great memories!
Thank you so much! Means a lot to me.
Cool! I picked my username based on that donut shop scene in Boogie Nights
Fellow 818-For-LIFER here. 🤘
Sad to see the Tune-Up Masters guy lost his wheels!
You forgot to mention the opening scene of Boogie Nights was shot right where you were in front of the Country Club (“Jackie, Jack Jack!”) 😄
Our childhoods overlapped-I grew up going to the NoHo UA & General Cinemas (2 & 4) on Van Nuys & almost Ventura.
Did you ever hit the original Henry’s Tacos on Moorpark & Tujunga before they got uprooted under protest? These’re great to watch, man!! Keep making more! I will always be a PROUD Valley Boy. ✌️
Hey, thank you so much for watching! It really means a lot to me. You know the funny thing is...I actually pulled the boogie nights country club footage, but just totally spaced on including it. My brain gets frazzled sometimes.
Sadly I never did get to experience Henry's, but I totally remember the place.
I love knowing about pop culture history. Especially from not living in California. It's really neat to realize "x" was filmed here. Good job.
Awesome, glad you enjoy it thank you!!
Man! I would have loved to take my nephews to the skating rink at the Sherman square rolling rink. The Reseda Country Club would have been fun to see a band play.
When you said Mervins I got a flash back and thought of Zodys... Anybody remember Zodys!!
Memories I was born n raised in the S.F.V. Grew up canoga park through north hollywood I remember all those places u talked about in ur video I left to different states but always came home n to this day I still live n call the 818 my home. Cool video
Thanks, these are great.
Thank you so much
@ 7:43 .....thanks for pointing the locations out, Boogie Nights is one of my favorite movies
No problem. Thanks for watching
Yes that's a Great movie. It's Underrated.
Very cool man thanks for doing this video
Thank you for watching
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Grew up in Sun Valley: Roscoe and Laurel Canyon where the Mervin's was was my go to Blockbuster video store. Roscoe and Arleta, the dude at the gas station would sell us kids cigarettes for 25 cents. Sherman Way and Laurel Canyon (Game Dude) they still exist!! I use to buy and sell video games here all the time. I know all the spots, would love to converse with anyone who knows this area. Laurel Canyon never really recovered after the Northridge earthquake. North Hollywood shootout just down the street. Sherman Oaks Castle Park and batting cages. Burbank's Moonlight Roller rink. You triggered so much nostalgia in me.
Antenna haircuts. The front window was covered with polaroids of the punk and newave haircuts they did.
Came across your channel last night and these valley tours have really been nostalgic for me I moved to the valley in the year 2001 I ran away from home that same year my mother was very abusive so when you passed by sepulveda and Sherman way next to the big tall guy that you said he used to hold the tire it brought back a lot of memories because I grew up literally right next door in that apartment building next door to him when we moved in they were brand spanking new... the valley is like my second home I really miss it out there I'm in LA right now I've got to take a visit back so I can go to game dude keep it up man
Wow, thanks for sharing that. I'm glad you've been enjoying my videos. A lot more on the way. Thank you!
I got to ride that very Scrambler, and the Tilt a Whirl, and the Zipper at that Church Carnival. I miss the 80's
this is great - thank you so much for sharing. so much character everywhere. you have a lot of fond memories :) i'll be watching part 2.
Awesome, thank you. We are up to part 12 now.
Cool channel dude! Good channel for me as I'm a fan of the 80's, shooting locations, and LA in general myself. I'm from Nor-Cal, San Jose, and it is funny how similar a lot of stuff is, for example I go by that exact same dude outside the car repair shop, I mean exact same, and he's no longer holding a muffler or tires up here either. Also, I remember The Wherehouse. I wonder if anyone in NYC for example ever heard of that store. Mervyn's, all of it. I lived across the street from the second Chuck E' Cheese's ever built- it was started by the same guy that founded Atari, and he was based here in Silicon Valley. Anyway, appreciate your channel and I can tell you are a real Cali/ LA kid, and you don't see too many of those on YT. Maybe one day I'll replicate this video for my area. Cheers
Totally Rad video! You missed in Reseda at the corner of Sherman Way and Lindley (round front building) in the early 80s was Filmation where they made the first He-Man cartoons. I went to Bertrand Elementary and we had a field trip there. The Punk Rock hair salon in Reseda was called Antenna and it was next to the roller rink directly across from the Country Club👍
Dude I lived off murietta Ave. In van nuys..... went to lemay elementary in van nuys!!! I went to mulholland middle school!!! We are like family!!!
Thanks for sharing man..
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My pleasure. Thank you for watching
thanks for this trip down memory lane. I grew up in Granada Hills in the 80s and I do remember a majority of the stuff you're talking about... and OMG, i forgot about Record Trader. that place was awesome
Right???...Record trader. Man I miss it. Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciate it.
Dude, so glad I came across your channel. I saw some of your filming location vids of favorite films from my youth and man, I've always been curious about the San Fernando valley and there's not much footage around. So many of the skate punk bands I loved in the 90's are from there. I love that so many 80's coming-of-age movies were filmed in that area, but also several of the trashy exploitation and 80's sex comedy films were filmed there too... stuff you'd see on USA Up All Night like Lunch Wagon, Gimme an F, and H.O.T.S. Thanks for all the great content!
Thank you so much for watching
So the building on Lindley and Sherman Way next door to that Church was the Filmation Animation Studio's. I lived on Lindley And Vanowen for a couple years of my early Childhood. I met a very nice lady that worked there by the name of Susan Summers. She gave me a tour of the animation department. Filmation cartoons that were being made there in the late 70's Included Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, The Archies, Josey and the Pussycats, The Groovy Ghoulies and more.
yeah, that church was called st Catherine's of sienna , i graduated from there, yeah, the school would take us on a tour of that Filmation Animation Studio's too
You did an awesome job on the video brother. Thanks for taking me back for 12 minutes.
Thank you so much