“Good Morning, Charlie!”

January 2, 2025, 2 Comments

I grew up on a steady diet of Nick at Nite, and later TV Land, watching shows like I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters, and Charlie’s Angels. When I got to be around 12 it came time for me to begin looking for my first car. That was something of a tradition in our family,…

Tracing the Journey of Mummified Outlaw Elmer McCurdy to the Long Beach Pike

June 26, 2019, 3 Comments

Last week I talked about the history of Long Beach’s infamous Pike, including the location being used in an episode of Charlie’s Angels and The Six Million Dollar Man. What I didn’t mention was that in the Charlie’s Angels episode, “To Kill an Angel,” a man’s body is found within the Pike’s Laff in the…

The Rise and Fall of the Long Beach Pike

June 20, 2019, 36 Comments

Towering above shops like H&M, Forever 21, and The Gap is what appears to be a rollercoaster, yet no cars race by, and no screams of riders can be heard. Upon closer inspection, it is no rollercoaster, just bridge built to look like one. But, why? Let’s take a trip back in time, all the…