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Our friend Rob turned us onto Pink's. Like no other hot dog joint on earth. Surrounded by production people, production assistants and Hollywood deal makers, we cued up to a line that was well worth the wait.

Especially if you like hot dogs with guacamole, chili, special sauce and other delicious goodies that you've never imagined on a hot dog before.

The best part was that while we waiting in line almost 45 minutes to order our dogs, it only took us about 4 minutes to scarf them down. The long drive to San Diego should be interesting...

Labels: hollywood, yummy food

posted by darryl ohrt at 8:50 PM 0 Comments

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Our last meeting in Hollywood was at none other than Sony Pictures Animation. We pitched them on a feature length animated film of the Plaid tour. Before they could call security, we chatted for real. And we learned about some of the incredible people and projects that Sony has in the hopper.

A true awesome host, Andrea even set us up with a secret beach and pizza tip for when we make our way down to San Diego. Thanks Andrea!

Labels: hollywood, los angeles

posted by darryl ohrt at 7:14 PM 0 Comments

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After a quick visit to Westwood Village Memorial Park, we took photos with Merv Griffin, Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Jack Lemmon, and Burt Lancaster.

We met the cemetery's groundskeeper, who had the most amazing stories (and who's working on a book.) Did you know that the guy who is buried on top of Marilyn Monroe (!) was exhumed to be turned around and facing her?

We decided that Westwood would be the perfect location for the 11:40 show, and set up for broadcast. 3...2...1...and, we're live! Fifteen seconds into broadcast, a fiery beast came squelching across the cemetery "stop taping! You have no business here!" It wasn't a ghost. Just a really mean lady who trounced across all the graves to stop the 11:40 show. We continued the broadcast, but moved to the inside of the van. Until the mean lady came by and insisted that the Plaid van was not welcome anywhere near the cemetery. (Real friendly cemetery lady.)

We finished the 11:40 show from the van. You can see it in it's entirety here. We're hoping that the mean cemetery lady gets locked in at night.

Labels: 11:40 show, hollywood, interesting people

posted by darryl ohrt at 6:27 PM 0 Comments

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We started our first day in Hollywood meeting with Hollywood types. Only we didn't have any scripts to pitch, didn't have a film concept, or even headshots. Just an awesome van filled with Plaid creatives. First stop: Yari Films. Here's a really cool firm that's produced some incredible pictures that you've probably seen - like Crash, and the Illusionist. We talked shop, and traded swag.

The crew at Yari told us about Hollywood's most famous cemetery, located directly behind their building. Marilyn Monroe, Merv Griffin, Rodney Dangerfield, Carroll O'connor and a bunch of other famous people are currently staying there. They had us at Marilyn - and we decided to head there for the taping of the 11:40 show.

Thanks Yari for allowing Plaid into Hollywood!

Labels: hollywood, los angeles

posted by darryl ohrt at 5:01 PM 0 Comments