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When I was in high school, my dad went apocalyptic on me and kicked me out of the house for good, I don't remember what I said or did, but as the oldest of ten kids, it was just my time to get out of the house, I guess. I found a room that was really a converted garage in Hollywood and commuted the 15 miles to high school from there.

I made friends in Hollywood with a bunch of kids my age and I had a girlfriend there too. One evening, we were romping around together, well after 10:00 at night and I think we were drinking a bit and we walked right into a large concrete statue of Bullwinkle Moose holding Rocky in his hand. We had accidently found Jay Ward Studios and they were still working late that night.

They saw us and invited us in and we spent many hours yet watching their rushes of their latest Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons with Peabody and Sherman and Dudley Doright, etc and a new character that apparently never went anywhere, Florence of Arcadia. and also saw them assembling the first Captain Crunch commercials. They were fun, energetic people and they made us feel really welcome. They also had a coin-operated Wurlitzer music machine in their foyer.. Great memories!