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Route 66: Between Hello and Goodbye (1962)
Classic look at Pacific Ocean Park with rare footage!
With it's iconic location - the innovative perching of an amusement park on a pier above the sea in Venice, California - it's rather troubled and storied decline and ultimate demise, as a native Coastal Californian son POP has always had a certain charming allure for me.
This quantity and quality of footage of Pacific Ocean Park is hard to come by and this episode truly delivers the goods from its heyday. It also is foreboding as to a place that despite it's glamorous, fun appearance always had a bit of a darker side.
The story line is typical of Route 66 although this time we have Tod sans his sidekick Buzz. If you are fan of vintage somewhat creepy seaside amusement parks and Los Angeles history, this episode is a much watch for those reasons alone! I highly recommend!