Well that's strange. All the information claims that "The Big W" was near Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca, shot near "Santa Rosita State Beach". That would be approx. 75 miles southwest of Burbank, not anywhere near Ventura, Ca to the north.
However, according to Wikipedia, the last of "The Big W" trees was felled in the 2000's. The location information claiming Ranch Palos Verdes as "The location of The Big W" is based on the speculative finding of a single remnant stump of The Big W trees in 2011, and based on the known shooting locations being at or around Long Beach, Ca. It ain't necessarily so.
But then there is this "curious entry" about "Santa Rosita" at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_a_Mad,_Mad,_Mad,_Mad_World
Although the fictional city of Santa Rosita was really shot in
Long Beach, California;
Rancho Palos Verdes, California;
San Pedro, California; and
Santa Monica, California; Santa Rosita's location on a map in the police station scenes was portrayed as south of
San Diego, California, and north along the coast from
Mexico, hence Culpeper's attempt to flee there. In reality, San Diego's southern city limits border Mexico, and the southernmost "X" on the police station map would also be in San Diego, somewhere between the eastern part of
Imperial Beach, California, and the southern part of
Chula Vista, California.
If we were to shift the shooting locations according to the fictional locations, then "Santa Rosita" would be about 250 miles north of the fictional "San Diego" location.
However, from Long Beach, Ca, that 250 miles difference would put "The Big W" somewhere near Point Mugu in Ventura County to the north.
Also, Rancho Palos Verdes and the real Santa Rosita State Beach are both north of Long Beach, Ca.
Our family trip started and ended at Santa Monica, Ca, as for the coastline. Never south of that point, though there is no doubt that the Long Beach shooting location is true. I didn't see a stump in '65. I saw "The Big W" in full, after we drove down a vertically wavy road near the military base.
Big EDIT: Well bullshit. What I saw was somebody else's Big W.
I'll just play with my loops from now on. It's only a one pass demo.
And I tried to embed it in a player, but it won't go, so you'll have to download this one. I mean. What are computers for?
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