Another view of the Ventriloquists

Here's another view of the homeless ventrilioquists. I saw the woman pushing the female doll in a wheel chair, and then her companion has the boy doll thrown in their grocery cart. Another day of begging for money on Hollywood Blvd is done and over with.

Jammin in July

Hollywood Blvd was almost completely abandoned today because of the holiday. But there were a couple guys in front the old fox theater playing keyboards and singing their hearts out. I'll bet they made a lot of money and they were really pretty good! At least somebody had some talent for once.

Update

Remember the crazy, homeless couple that uses ventriloquist dolls to get attention while they ask for money? I noticed this weekend that a film crew caught up with them and was doing some kind of feature, although it didn't look like a news story - which I found odd. Some guy was adjusting the sleeve of the male counterpart and he was just standing there staring, it was if they were being posed for a documentary of some kind. I am not sure. Well, I guess I am not the only one who has taken notice of Hollywood's odd couple. Freaks.

A journey down Hollywood Boulevard

I don't understand why parents think that Hollywood Boulevard is a family friendly place. It's dirty, run down, and not very safe. Skateboarders constantly zoom by, nearly knocking everyone over and never apologizing. Homeless people lay all up and down the sidewalks, and ask for money. The walk of fame is in shambles - the stars faded, defaced, and crumbling. THEN there are all the x-rated manequins with huge breasts in the storefront windows. But every day I see the strollers, and the little kids eating ice cream, and the tourists. I dare say Hollywood may be eroticizing little kids who visit. I suppose I am not outraged over it, but why anyone would bring their child to Hollywood Boulevard is beyond me. I give the city credit because the entire area is under renovation and construction, and in a few years it will be a very clean and nice place to be. There is always hope for the future.

Crazy Puppetier Panhandlers

THIS you have to see to believe. A few months ago I noticed what is probably the oddest and strangest homeless display in Los Angeles, if not the entire country. There is an old man and woman who park themselves in front of an abandoned theater on Hollywood Boulevard. The woman is in a wheelchair and the man pushes her around. I don't know if they are married, dating, friends, relatives, or what - but clearly they are a pair. They each have a puppet they hold, ones that a ventriloquist would use in a stage act. The mouths move, the heads turn, and the eyes blink. Usually the female puppet has some long wig on, which looks really fake. As people walk by the homeless couple operate the puppets so they watch you walk down the sidewalk and ask for money. It's really freaky if you ask me! They look like one of those puppets that comes to life in a bad horror movie and chases you with a butcher knife. I have to hand it to the man and woman, they are creative and people do notice them. I do wonder what their story is and how they got to that point in their life. They sit there from dawn to dusk with those puppets asking for money, almost every day. Like everyone else, I pretend they are not there and walk by. But sometimes I want to stop and talk with them. I think I am actually a little intimidated by how crazy they appear to be. Well, that's Hollywood for you!

A brief respite from the chaos

This evening was rather unique in Hollywood. As I walked home from the gym, no homeless person asked me for money, and in fact I didn't see a single homeless person. It might have been free meal night somewhere. I didn't see any cracked-out psychos talking to themselves. I didn't have to put my fingers in my ears for passing fire engines and police cars. There weren't any Mexican children running radomly down Hollywood Blvd screaming and being wild. I didn't have to dodge any skateboarders on the sidewalk. I didn't see anyone almost get killed and nobody honked their horns.

What is going on??? ha.