Lived in L.A. for 2 years, my favorite day trip was Hollywood. At least once a week. And I'll be damned if there wasn't a crazy sale (everything in this store is usually $10, but for the next hour it's $5) every. Single. Time.

The Guitar Center in Hollywood is the coolest place in Hollywood for music fans. An absolute must.

Universal isn’t really a studio tour, it’s more of a theme park with a tour ride. For a real tour, you’re much better off doing Warner Bros. or Paramount. Paramount is the only studio actually IN Hollywood

@cubdukat

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, Paramount's still not doing tours.

@angelachanellehuang5663

Жыл бұрын

The characters should start charging money for photos

@udokanmaogbonna387

5 ай бұрын

I’m going to la to see the walk of fame and hopefully meet some celebs

100% agree about the non glitz and glamour. I remember my friend saying “is this it?!” Lol. We ended up having a blast when we got outside the heavy touristy area.

Agreed, it was a definitely let down going there its full of tourist trap stores, tents, and lame street performers. Also, seeing the stars on the ground gets old pretty quick.

I’ve been to Hollywood so many times, because my late grandma lived like 15 minutes away from there, and I have NEVER seen a celebrity lol

You need to do one on Sunset Boulevard to. There are many many do's and dont's there.

When I visit Hollywood I would love to visit the Walk of Fame or the Chinese theater (TCL), put my hands on the handprints of movie stars and step on one of their foots.

@garyny4073

2 жыл бұрын

U don't want to put your hands down anywhere , you'll get a disease

I'm a native Angeleno from West L.A. and I've been going to Hollywood since I was a kid. I always thought of it as a tragic, crazy place. Hollywood Blvd is the mecca of madness, attracting wingnuts the world over.

See a movie at the IMAX at the Chinese Theatre. They redid the screen and seating, but the ceiling and decor are all classic. Plus they have cool costumes and other things on display in the lobby.

Also, DON’T get a hotel in Hollywood. We made that mistake when we went (had never been to LA before. This was years ago, pre-KZread). The front desk clerk literally told us when we checked in that we should make it a point to be in our room with the door locked by 9:00 each night. 😳 Yes, to it not being a very nice area. They do keep it fairly clean and “nice looking” right by Grauman’s and the Kodiak (for the tourists), but if you stray too far from there. Yuck!

@minimansonstar

Жыл бұрын

They treated me like a ROCKSTAR at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. 🤩

Mark I disagree with not hiking up to the Hollywood sign. It's an absolutely fun hike

@colletti914

2 жыл бұрын

I accidentally found the Griffith Observatory just by following the sign one day. I had never even heard of it before that.

@udokanmaogbonna387

5 ай бұрын

I remember celebs have schedules what’s the chance of me seeing my favorite actor

@johnbx2795

29 күн бұрын

I agree. Don’t drive up into the estates, but park on Canyon Drive and be prepared for a long walk and amazing views across LA and the Valley when you’re on Mt Lee Drive. It takes you right above the sign. You can also get to Griffith Park Observatory from that trail. Wear comfortable shoes and carry water. If possible, go midweek rather than on the weekend because it can get busy.

Harriet and I have been many times. All don't's were spot on. We would add one . Don't expect to go to a studio and expect to be in a audience during a taping of TV Show right away. Sending You and Jocelyn lots of love 😍😍 Jim and Harriet

Yess don't miss out on the cool bars and restaurants/rooftop.. of Hollywood. 🤙🏼🤙🏼

I've seen a few movie stars just walking down the street in Hollywood and it's amazing that most of the tourists are literally so oblivious that they don't even notice them because they're too busy trying to take pictures of the sidewalk. I don't usually bother them when I see them or draw attention to them, a friendly nod and a smile at the most then I keep walking. I once saw Edward Norton apparently on his way to an audition (sides in his hand) and I was surprised that he was even auditioning because most people at his level don't even need to audition anymore. I had just LEFT an audition when I saw him on his way too an audition - and I only know he was on his way TO an audition because usually I just fold up my sides and tuck it into my back pocket after the audition. Another time I saw Billy Connolly just walking casually down the street, I smiled and nodded, he smiled and nodded back; we both kept walking. It was a good day for me & I was in a pretty good mood because any time I get the opportunity to audition it's a good day, seemed like he was in a good mood too but I think he was there to be a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live (he was in front of the old Masonic lodge which is now Jimmy Kimmel Live). I've also seen a few celebs in the audience at the theater where I used to perform - they get in for free, usually showing up late and hide in the back where nobody can see them but it's hard to tell with all of the impersonators in the area plus it's dark after the stage lights go up; house lights go down. One time an actor in the show was peeking through the curtain before the show just to see how many audience members were there and saw someone who looked a lot like Johnny Depp. He says to another actor "hey I think Johnny Depp is here", she looks through the curtains and said "No.... that guys too fat to be Johnny Depp". Johnny Depp HEARD them! Lol (he just laughed, he thought it was funny). They almost didn't let him in for free because the guy at the ticket booth didn't believe he was Johnny Depp either until he pulled out his ID. Another time I was on stage and saw Michael Jackson in the audience - it took me about five seconds to remember "oh wait... he died a few years ago". I was trying to stay focused and IN the scene, that was a little bit of a distraction. He was sitting right in the front row but when I'm on stage I'm usually so focused on what I'm doing that I don't even notice the audience. So many funny stories from that time period, like the time I found a used condom backstage, the time I almost fell asleep UNDER the stage because I hadn't slept for about 48 hours (was working on a movie same week the play was going), the time an actor fell off the stage - and that was the ONLY TIME in all of those months of performing that I heard someone pronounce the name of the Scottish Play right before the show. I'm not superstitious but that was a little freaky.

If you sign-up to see the Jimmy Kimmel show online, it's free and extremely good chance of getting in. So you don't have to wait in line when you get there :) And I actually felt like the hike up to the Hollywood sign was very worth it, personally! Beautiful views on either side of the mountain.

Great video Mark. I have not been to LA since 1992 when I had lived there for almost two years. :).

The stars on the sidewalk cover many area of entertainment, radio, music, tv, movies, etc. The icon in the middle of it tell you what category it is. Microphone, record, tv set, etc. The stars also extend down Vine St. They do move them around when the performer becomes less well known.

What on earth do you mean don’t be asking who the people are who have stars on the sidewalk……of course people should ask who they are and then hopefully will look them up and see what they did to get on the walk of fame

@nerdhater74

2 жыл бұрын

google is free

Coming to LA in July, thank you for the tips!

West Hollywood is definitely the place to go for a date night, lots of nice restaurants and nightclubs for all the young and older couples out there.

Thanks! I’m visiting LA in a few months and I was planning to take a day to hit Santa Monica/Hollywood. Yes it’s a major tourist trap but I’m a tourist and I’d love to see everything there!

@garyny4073

2 жыл бұрын

@ Michael - I recommend u going to the Santa Monica Pier - go on the hot rod coaster for 10.00 and let u go for a second wrap around on it , quick and fun adrenaline rush , get some custard on the pier , and visit the 3rd Street promenade a few blocks away and have a good meal 👍🍺🍕🦞🥩📽️

@mercedeswilkins5566

2 жыл бұрын

Santa Monica is it’s own city

@udokanmaogbonna387

5 ай бұрын

Beverly Hills is one place I wanna visit besides Venice beach in la and is this near where their is press

I think the reason I haven't been to Los Angeles since I was a kid was because the Hollywood culture does nothing for me. There's some things I would like to see in that area but I predict that when I make it there we won't even do Hollywood

Warner Brothers Studios has a tour also, My grandfather graded a road from burbank to the Cahuenga pass to deliver his milk to Hollywood in 1917 he named that Street Hollywood Way.

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My wife and I and her niece and husband drove from Vegas to LA one year. We left around 4am in the morning and got there around 8 or 9am. It was a long drive. I was disappointed in both LA and Hollywood. The walk of Fame turned up to be rather boring. And many of the areas on the WOF, the plaques were damaged or littered with graffitti. As for the Holloywood sign. You are right the sign basically in accessible by car though there is a look out or observation area that overlooks the valley Thankfully it was a clear day and the view was breath taking). But the downside of it is that the road to get there is narrow and full of traffic. We were able to get pretty close because we had a handicap placard. If it was for that, we would be walking. I also though LA and Hollywood were a bit on the dirty side.

If you want to get a good view of the Hollywood sign, drive to Lake Hollywood Park. It's a tiny park just south of the sign. It's also a great picnic spot.

Please visit us in south of Brazil

Recommend seeing the Hollywood Wax Museum. Very cool treat.

The most stars I ever saw in Hollywood other than an event one expects them at was when I had a job overlooking a gas station in West Hollywood. Saw various stars there getting fuel, including Patrick Stewart and John Rhys-Davies - there were others that meant more to my co-workers, but those stuck in my mind. But of course - that's a relative handful of incidents over years of working there, so it happens but it's just not commonplace.

That place was a carnival. Snake demonstrations. Wild. Got to see Big Bang Theory set. No pictures.

Yes I know, I was born and raised there I know what it looks like in the 1950s with the electric trolleys and the clean stores and the nicely dressed people. Mostly courteous people,

Ty .. I live about 25 form there … this is accurate

You *might* see some celebs at The Grove, but if that’s what you want try Malibu. Also the tourist stuff is mostly in West Hollywood. Hollywood is grittier (read: sleazy). If you want rockstars, The Rainbow or The old Boardners. I forget what they call it now.

Don’t dump trash on the stars you don’t like.

@minimansonstar

Жыл бұрын

If I see that, you'll hear from me. Mini Manson loves his Hollywood! 😘

I've been to LA twice! I love it there and I really would like to move there. The mountain views are just breathtaking and so serene for me! We don't get that kind of nature view in NYC. I bought an Oscar, I won Best Mom lmao. My own Don't: don't ever go to LA without a jacket or long pants, it can get really chill at night. I made that mistake both times I visited. LA is a dry climate so it never really gets humid. It's warm in the sun but windy in the shade, prob cuz of the mountains and the ocean. Don't visit Skid Row! Don't stay in LA without renting a car if u plan on visiting alot of places. LA is huuuge with alot to see. Uber/Lyft rides can get really pricey, especially since the distance is so great. It can be $40-60 just to get from Downtown LA to Santa Monica or Venice Beach! Plus the subway trains are really dirty and disgusting, they don't even take you to all parts of the city. And you don't wanna ride a bus in a city that's notorious for traffic. This one is not necessarily a don't but *try not* to visit Hollywood Blvd at night, when the sun goes down it can get a little sketchy. Just like Times Sq in NYC. And finally don't leave for the airport from your hotel or air bnb an hour before your flight departure, you'll never make it! You know about the traffic by now, but also LAX airport isn't the best, it's always horribly slow and overcrowded. There's always a long line whenever we're headed home. We missed our flight the first time ugh had to wait on standby! Give yourself at least 2.5 hours ahead of time for travel and check in, plus time to grab food. Oh yeah and don't think you can walk from Venice Beach to Santa Monica and vice versa, it looks close on the map but the walk is very very long. You'll tire your feet out before you decide to call for an Uber lol Oh yes, and don't try to buy "bud" 😏 or CBD products from a regular mini mart or these smoke shops on the Venice boardwalk, their stuff is either not real or really cheap. It's better to go to an actual dispensary. They have a bunch close to Venice, but I don't think any on the beach. Hope y'all enjoy your trip!

Jackson Browne's "Boulevard" about Hollywood Boulevard. Needs to put Boulevard happenings in a music video

You nailed it Woltor! Thanks! Loved it.Went 1st time 4my 40th birthday 2c Dave netflix is a joke. Nyc-out Bronx Allday!

@omarimcfarlane1799

Жыл бұрын

Sry Wolters bad spelling

Hello watching be safe 🙂 df

Is "glamore" an intentional portmanteau for "more glam" or a typo?

I wish I watched this BEFORE I went to Hollywood. The advice you give is solid! Honesly I hated Hollywood. It was unbelievably grimey! And the number of homeless people... omg! Two things: •The best way to see the Hollywood sign is to go up to the Griffith Observatory because you get a great view if the city as well. •The highlight of our trip was going to Santa Monica. Los Angeles itself is very overrated

When i go to LA its to pass through straight to San Diego.

@brendapayne6603

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad. You miss many interesting attractions and sites.

I visited Hollywood blvd it was ok but I liked shopping at the mall

"Grime" is a great way to refer to Hollywood Boulevard. "S***show" is another one, but it's a fun s***show. 😂

Anyone know what happened to the Columbus, OH video? I was super stoked when I saw it in my feed, and so I rushed home from work to go watch it..only to find it gone :(

Most Angelinos rarely go to Hollywood Blvd. It's a fun place for about 3 hours. This one street may have the greatest concentration of panhandlers ever assembled. In fact, step on any Hollywood Blvd sidewalk, you and them panhandlers might just as well hold hands.

This is off topic but have you done any videos on the do's and don't off traveling on budget airlines like Spirit or Allegiant?

@woltersworld

Жыл бұрын

We do have a 5 love and hates of cheap airlines video that covers some of the things you would be getting in a don'ts video on that topic if that would help?

As much as I love movies, I don't like watching them being filmed. I've been on the sets of many movies, TV sitcoms, talk shows and even music videos in the early days of MTV. Man, it is a BORE! I'll stick to writing and stay way behind the scenes. A movie set is like a construction site, but a lot more uptight, and everyone and everything has to be dead silent while the cameras roll. But if you have an interest in production you should be exposed to the set environment. A friend of mine worked on Batman Forever. He said it was absolutely tedious to film one particular scene, just because they couldn't get the lighting right. This was in a closed studio, and Schumacher's cinematographer was trying to get a particular shade of fuchsia, but they had a bad batch of bulbs and couldn't fake it with lighting gels. Keep in mind, this was Joel Schumacher, not Stanley Kubrick, so he was one of the easier directors to work with and wasn't going for perfection. I can only imagine what it would have been like if Kubrick was directing. I'm glad I missed this one.

Don't bother celebrities out in public and ask for a picture with them unless they say yes

Also do not believe anybody that comes up to your teenage daughter and tells them that they can get them a modeling contract that is a sex trafficker. Don't talk to strangers in LA.

If you take a cab through Hollywood go down Franklin NOT Hollywood or Sunset.

Don't step on needles or excrement, and don't go into any ally. Don't go there at night either. If you hear sirens, don't walk, run away.

You might have a better chance to see movie stars at restaurants: Craig’s; Il Pastaio; The Ivy; Spago; Chateau Marmont Hotel; Nobu; Katsuya; Ciccone’s; Fig; Ysabel; Avra; Gwen; The Henry; Rosaline; Crustacean; South Beverly Grill; Republique; Hatchet Hall; A.O.C.; Sugarfish By Sushi Nozawa; Mastro’s Steakhouse - Beverly Hills; Tar & Roses; Elephante; Cassia; Malibu Farm; Lucky’s Malibu; Baltaire; Gjelina; Toscana; Felix Trattoria

🤣 Hollywood grime. So true 🤣

Omg

Good tips, actually. Although... What out of towner could resist buying themselves a twenty dollar "oscar" statue? Lol.

The only way to visit Hollywood blv/ highland is while in car while driving thru. Nothing there but overpriced mall stores, overpriced generic gift shops, tourist trap museums / spots. Don’t forget the horrible smell of walk of fame and homeless urinating (or worse) all over the sidewalk , and aggressive characters

You forgot to say to not wander too far off the main strip as it may not be too interesting

Hello

Hey Mark, can you actually visit a TV recording of a TV show?

@ProfessorWolters

2 жыл бұрын

yes you can if it is a studio audience show.

@walterwhite3143

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorWolters cost?

@brendapayne6603

2 жыл бұрын

Tickets are usually free. I went to several in the 1970s and 80s. He is correct about the time involved, it can take a long time with the setup, re-takes, etc. But it is a one of a kind thing and fun to see 'behind the scenes'.

Did y’all ever visit Malibu? Huntington Beach?

@thereseember2800

Жыл бұрын

Malibu all the time… Paradise Cove is where Baywatch was filmed but parking is very expensive unless you eat at the restaurant. Zuma Beach has more sand (like Santa Monica Beach). Don’t miss out on El Matador Beach-it has gorgeous rock formations & caves, but get there early at 8 am because parking fills up fast. You have to pay $3 or more/hour or you get a hefty parking ticket.

*go to 4:16

Went out last summer. I was definitely surprised by the lack of glitz and glamour along the Walk of Fame. It smelled like piss and weed the entire time. Still enjoyed it but ignorantly thought it would be a lot more glamorous.

Thanks for the warning avoid Hollywood 😂

"Gauman" Chinese Theatre? Where is that?

Where can an Asian family on a budget find meals with rice in Hollywood blvd? 😊

@-trixiespumpkins3846

Жыл бұрын

Or just open up your narrow mind and eat something from the country you chose to go to. Asians constantly want home away from home. So narrow minded and ignorant

Are there any private tours I can hire ? Per day?

@thereseember2800

Жыл бұрын

I’ve given tons of personal tours. One tour was a whirlwind beach tour - 9 beaches in 1 day. Jump out of the car & take a pic. It was a blast. I picked them up from the airport at 8:30 am & by 9 am, their toes were in the sand (because check-in to their hotel wasn’t until the afternoon). Beaches: Marina Del Rey; Hermosa Beach; Manhattan Beach; Venice Beach; Santa Monica Beach; Paradise Cove; Malibu; Zuma & El Matador. After that, we went to the Calabasas Commons & looped back south to see mansions up in Bel Air & Hotel Bel Air. Another tour (during the rain) was visiting different hotels (Peninsula Hotel; Beverly Hills Hotel; Hotel Bel Air; Beverly Regency Wilshire Hotel; Chateau Marmont; The Montage Hotel->now the Maybourne Hotel; Spago;

I visit Hollywood (vine wood) every day in gta same thing more accurate

1. Don’t go

West Hollywood. That's the place to go if you're gay, lots of gay bars etc especially on Sunset further West & North toward Santa Monica Blvd. I'm not but have lots of friends that are and if that's your crowd then West Hollywood is your town. It's kind of like the Castro District in San Francisco but in Los Angeles. But if that's not your crowd don't be surprised if you see a dude wearing a dress or getting arrested with no clothes on at all. I'm not criticizing I'm just telling you what I've seen with my own eyes. I've actually got three friends that are male strippers at some of those clubs; one of them isn't even gay.

Hollywood boulevard; just walk las palmas to ivar. Forget the rest

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I know the area, and I’m an old-time movie buff. Anyhow, about two weeks back (from the time of my post) I was on Hollywood Blvd and a little girl about eight years old pointed to one of the sidewalk stars and asked her father if that was a movie star. The father said he didn’t know, and looked at his phone and then said “Yes, she was” then looked away from his phone. So neither one of them knew who she was. The sidewalk star they were looking at was Greta Garbo who was one of the most popular film stars of the 1930's. The cement prints will also have a lot of celebrities many don’t know about that date back to the 1930s/40s like Myrna Loy, William Powell, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford. So some of the younger people in their teens or 20’s will look at those and have no clue who these people were unless you are into old films, and all these people were major stars of their time.

Fun fact don't harass the impersonators Just recently in Vegas a drunk punched a Michael Jackson street performer and long story short MJ had him on the ground in a full choke hold

One thing I do not recommend that he recommended is to go a couple blocks off of Hollywood Blvd for a souvenir or water or whatever. Stick as much as you can to Hollywood Blvd itself. Hollywood Blvd itself is pretty seedy in and of itself. Any further than that and it only gets worse. My advice is to just avoid Hollywood altogether.

Hollywood is not a place I’d visit. I grew up in CA. I only went to Hollywood a few times. I’d do a theme park instead. Or maybe a Warner Brothers tour.

Don’t Go

Im from the uk and have been here, seriously its not that glamorous at all, its a bit like Blackpool, but you go because your a tourist doing the tourist thing and you can tell family & friends that youve been....full of tacky souviner shops and desperate street performers hoping to get noticed whilst bothering you to have your photo taken with them, for money of course!..... But as a tourist you just go anyway.... because of the fact it's Hollywood.

The do's and Don't of Hollywood. Don't go to Hollywood! You'll be disappointed as heck with all the bums on the streets. I live in LA, and I avoid that tourist trap like the plague. Seriously, don't go there.

@gumerzambrano

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

Hollywood its not the same no more most bar & club are close there's a lot of homeless people...

Hollywood BLVD🤦 Don’t waste valuable time, it’s awful. Fine channel👌🏻

Step 1: Just don't... 😂

Iv been a fan for years bud but your wrong abt one thing. NO yu do not need to pay street preformers ANYTHING AT ALL, it’s a first amendment right u have no privacy in public places a person can photograph whatever he or she wishes without any issue I’m a street photographer I know this. If a street performer gets mad to dam bad call the cops they can’t tell u not to if he’s in public

why youve never been in israel?

La la Land is a good store to buy crap

That the boulevard is actually a dump.

Hollywood. Just don't.

What idiots are waiting in line for Kimmel?

*DON'T* - visit Hollywood - make plans to see Hollywood - fantasize about seeing Hollywood *DO* - avoid Hollywood

Universal Studios. 🤮

You forgot to mention the amount of homeless drug addicts that are walking up and down talking to themselves

Don’t watch Jimmy Kimmel on TV….he stinks….not funny.

@YounginBallin

2 жыл бұрын

He’s ok

@williamanthony9090

2 жыл бұрын

@@YounginBallin- He was actually super good when he still did the monologue sitting at his desk. (Back in the days when he'd have a guest co-host, and his family played an important role, and he'd present people from all over the country to show up and be a celebrity for a night.) Then, ever so slowly, he let the "powers that be" turn him into their "accepted" version of a talk show host. (But it was HIS version, initially, that people were tuning in to watch, and which put ABC on the late night talk show map for the first time ever!) His first year on the air... In my opinion... Those shows were Pure GOLD! Now, and again it's just my opinion... Now he's just a genaric host among all the others, and not a very likable one, due to his left leaning political viewpoints he insists on peddling.

@sandysandy8938

Жыл бұрын

He's hilarious! Wayyyy better than Fallon.

@thereseember2800

Жыл бұрын

If you go to Hollywood, get there EARLY… like 8 am before people show up-especially in the Spring or Summer. Run all around to see the Dolby Theater & the Hollywood Chinese Theater. Check out the Hollywood Walk of Fame a bit. Then split as soon as you can or else you’ll be stuck in an absolute nightmare throng of mobs of people. The trick in LA is arrive EARLY. And leave early. If you want to see a beautiful night drive, take Sunset Blvd. all the way the Pacific Coast Highway “PCH”. It’s beautiful. But the speed limit is 25 mph so don’t get a ticket because motorcycle cops are everywhere.

Dont go there,they just want your money lol