2004 Guestbook Entries
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Name: Tom Rutherford E-mail: marine_tom@excite.com City: Country: USA Homepage: http://www.thomasrutherford.com/ Date: 26-Dec-2004 00:08:10 Message: Fantastic website. Spent most of the afternoon reading your stint in the Corps page. Loved the advice on boot camp. I am currently a legally blind, retired military vet. I was a Marine from 75-82 and was stationed on Oki twice; RS Dallas; MCLB Albany; Camp Lejeune; & of course MCRD San Diego. Great website. Thanks and take care.
Name: Regi E-mail: operagraph@aol.com City: Burbank Country: USA Homepage: http://www.freegb.net/www.operagraphics.com Date: 23-Dec-2004 23:06:04 Message: I stumbled on your site while researching an article on SFV filming location. This is great stuff! And I live around the corner on Brighton and Monterrey so I know your house. I bet you know alot of the old timers who are still in the neighborhood. In the 60's we lived in an apartment So. of the Blvd. in Tarzana. My dad was a manufacturers rep and we had load of 60's stuff like light boxes and candles. Everything we had that wasn't covered with Contac paper was avacado. And then my dad got an 'antiquing' kit so everything was antiqued avacado! --Regi
Name: ron bell E-mail: brainizdead@hotmail.com City: Springfield Country: USA Homepage: none Date: 13-Dec-2004 02:16:51 Message: Great stuff, if it was a documentary I'd record it.I'd buy the book, fantastic and hilarious.
Name: JAV City: Country: Homepage: http://d21c.com/jav_98116/fine.html Date: 2-Dec-2004 19:40:45 Message: Interesting, evocative website.
Name: Jerry McBrearty, Sr. E-mail: JERRY.MCBREARTYSR@VERIZON.NET City: Pacific Palisades, CA Country: USA Date: 20-Nov-2004 00:03:30 Message: Fantastic site. Grew up in North Hollywood. Had the same camera with the blue bulbs where you looked down through the lens.
Name: Angie E-mail: aharris53@mailbox2000.com City: Sydney, Florida Country: USA Date: 17-Nov-2004 15:30:45 Message: I really enjoyed looking around your site, thanksa million! ~Angie~
Name: Diane E-mail: schneiddj2@yahoo.com City: L.A. Country: USA Date: 14-Nov-2004 19:07:32 Message: Thanks for the sweet roll recipe.
Name: Jonna Gardemann E-mail: jgardemann@pickwickcenter.com City: Burbank Country: USA Date: 11-Nov-2004 23:50:53 Message: I had a blast reading about how my crazy aunt Viki, Valerie, Jamie and my dad Kim grew up. You should call Viki some time or my grandma Flo to see how everything is going here.
Name: Mark E-mail: harpospace@hotmail.com City: Eaasthampton, MA Country: USA Date: 11-Nov-2004 19:50:33 Message: Thanks for putting the time for not only you're kids and personal satisfaction, but for all the ramdoms who come across this wonderful site! I grew up down on Lincoln St. between Victory Blvd. and Burbank Blvd. My mom is still in the same house!! Born in '71 and graduated in '89 from Burroughs,..Go Indians! Anyways, thanks for a lot for the stroll down Lincoln St! I'm coming home for X-mas and I'll be sure to get a "new" look at this web site icon! Peace in the BBC (Burbank City Fool!) Mark P.S. I would love to write more to tell you of my memories of Burbank and the vast changes since Ileft In 1990.
Name: Corita E-mail: cgravitt@kvie.org City: Sacramento Country: USA Date: 18-Oct-2004 22:54:15 Message: I grew up in Burbank and this brings it all back, good or bad. Veteran of St. Finbar School, lived at 418 N. Brighton Street, Ed McMahan's Budweiser commercials (well, at least one) were shot at my aunt's big paneled bar in her house across the street. Remember Pizza King, Chopsticks, Genios, and the DeBell Golf Course? A great place to be a kid. At the edge of Hollywood with the reflected glare of celebrities but still a small, seemingly innocent small town in many memorable ways.
Name: Ken Nordlie E-mail: knordlie@mn.rr.com City: Bloomington MN Country: USA Date: 22-Sep-2004 00:50:54 Message: Found your very entertaining and interesting site on a Google search for Hamms Beer Commercial info. I was at a olf buddy's cabin just 3 or 4 doors down from Arcadia Resort on Turtle Lake in northern Minnesota and I can verify that the "Land of Sky Blue Waters" commercials were indeed taken from the point at Arcadia Lodge - a well known spot in the 50s. I'll send along a picture if I can convince my friend to take one on his next trip there. My golf buddy owns Alf Landon's (ever hear that name?)old cabin, and local legend says that Carol Lombard and Clark Gable used to spent time at Arcadia Resort.
Name: dredydave E-mail: dreadycuban@yahoo.com City: montevideo mn. Country: usa Date: 21-Sep-2004 14:02:46 Message: sweet man i love old pictures
Name: Pixy E-mail: kittenkattbrat@hotmail.com City: Tampa, FL Country: USA Homepage: http://lifelessmellowpixy.com/blog/ Date: 19-Sep-2004 22:00:58 Message: Fun site, found my way here on a bored night.
Name: Brad Wonnacott E-mail: vulcanjunkie@aol.com City: Missoula Mt. Country: USA Date: 15-Sep-2004 19:18:43 Message: Hey Wes.I really enjoyed your website, especially the 60's toys! It sparked memories of things I haven't thought of in years. Thankyou for taking the time to put together such a delightful way to cruise down memory lane!
Name: beverly wolff E-mail: bevwolff@yahoo.com City: st.louis Country: usa Date: 4-Sep-2004 01:19:59 Message: I found your memoirs once before and happened acrosss them again tonight.I am a BHS alumna-class of "63. It was wonderful growing up in Burbank then-probably pretty good now. You have done a wonderful job documenting the times of our youth-thank you. I don't live in Calif. any more-so it is all the windmills of my mind.
Name: Neil Jensen E-mail: njensen@westworksmtg.com City: Trabuco Canyon Country: Date: 31-Aug-2004 19:36:42 Message: Wow, That was fun! Thanks for the memories. Neil
Name: Larry Day, Jr. E-mail: larry@larryeday.com City: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Country: USA Homepage: http://www.freegb.net/www.larryeday.com Date: 28-Aug-2004 03:53:26 Message: Mr. Clark, Just a quick note of admiration regarding yourweb site. What was going to be just a quick,“I’ll see what that link is then jump back”turned into an entire evening! Being born in 1971 I remember visiting aunts anduncles that had their décor stuck in the late 60sand 70s, so your descriptions bring back memories. You have put a tremendous amount of time andenergy in to the preservation of your family’smemories and by the responses to your site,resurrected the memories of the many kids growingup in the 60s and early 70s for not just SouthernCalifornians but nationwide (and Canadians too). As a history graduate I commend you on the workthat you have done. Very few people would havetaken photos of the “mundane” or what seemedcommon place back then (like your Mom complainingthat you “wasted” film on taking a picture of apile of scrap lumber in the back yard) and evenfewer would have compiled these memories andphotos into such organized fashion that you havedone on the web site. Thanks for the insight into Burbank in the 60sand 70s. Sincerely,Larry Day, Jr.Rancho Cucamonga, CA PS: Question. Why did you move from SouthernCalifornia to the East? Did you feel you missedreal winters growing up and wanted your kids toexperience shoveling snow? Half joking / halfcurious.
Name: Allen Walden E-mail: arw_ramset@xemaps.com City: Washington DC Country: Date: 21-Aug-2004 15:41:39 Message: Hello Wes! Thanks for sharing your memories. That was great fun... and you helped me to clean out the cobwebs in my brain to fire a few neurons that needed a workout. I had many of the toys you had... and if I didn't own it, then one of my buddies had one. I think our generation was part of the "golden-age" of toys. We're lucky. --- Thanks again for taking the time to put your web pages together. Regards, Allen
Name: Vic Johansen E-mail: johansen@fuse.net City: Cincinnati Country: USA Date: 17-Aug-2004 07:33:46 Message: Wes, I truly enjoyed looking at all of your pictures of the Aurora Monster Models - what memories they brought back! I grew up in the 60's in New Jersey and spent many, many hours working on those very same models. When we moved to Cincinnati in 1966, I gave all of them away. Great pictures - it was a fun trip down Memory Lane. Thanks.Vic
Name: nathan E-mail: nathan23@imsinternet.net City: poplar bluff MO Country: USA Date: 12-Aug-2004 13:53:50 Message: HEY I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY COOL SITE YOU GOT TELLING ABOUT YOUR SELF WHEN YOU WHERE GROWING UP AND THATHOUSE YOU WHERE LIVING IN ITS COOL IT REMBERS ME WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I WAS BORN IN CHYANN WY ABOVE DENVER I HAVE SOME PICS OF ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND I CAN REMBER GROWING UP IN MISSOURI IN A WHITE HOUSE IN THE COUNTY IT BRINGS BACK MEORIES SORRY I CAN'T SPELL THAT GOOD AND I LIKE THE CARS ALOT MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA USED TO HAVE A 1969 PONICA BONNIEVILL IT HAD A 400 IN IT I WAS ABOUT 7 OUR 8 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME BOY I SURE MISS IT ALOT BUT MY DAD HAS A 1970 PONAIC CATALENA WITH A 350 IN IT ITS BLUE ON TOP AND WHITE ON THE BOTTOM AND I GOT A 1976 DODGE MAXIVAN WITH A 318 IN IT IT'S VERY BIG AND IT WEIGHS 6.100LBS THATS A TANK WELL YOU WHERE IN THE MERINES MY DAD WAS IN THE MERINES TO HES WAS IN FROM 1970 TO 1975 ABOUT FIVE YEARS HE WAS STAION IN ALTORAL HE WAS 18 WHEN HE WHEN IN THE MERINESHE TOLD ME HE WENT TO JAPAN I THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL WELL I WAS BORN IN 1981 IM 23 YEARS OLD DO YOU WISH TO GO BACK TO BE A KID I WISH I COULD SOME TIMES I FELL LIKE A KID WELL I LIKE YOUR STIE ALOT IT WAS COOL KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND ONE MORE THANING IS IM A LITTLE SLOW AND I CAN'T SPELL THAT GOOD.......
Name: Ralph M. Rodriguez E-mail: r.m.rodriguez@juno.com City: Lancaster, CA. Country: USA Date: 5-Aug-2004 18:42:13 Message: Wes: Great to see you at our 30 year reunion! Had a great time, recognized so many classmates it was great! Your website brought back alot of memories of growing up in Burbank and it was inspiring. I recognize alot of your friends and in fact considered some of them as my friends too. All the best to you, your family, friends and readers of your website. Maybe we'll all get together for our 40th reunion! Cheers! Ralph
Name: Richard E-mail: richard@richardsfault.com City: Houston Country: USA Homepage: http://www.richardsfault.com/photos.html Date: 3-Aug-2004 14:30:05 Message: Just enjoyed an extensive site visit. Great nostalgia and storytelling! One thing that seems to be missing is the story of how you met your wife. Did I overlook it? My site contains many nostalgic photos from the '70's and early '80's, but I have not developed them into stories as you have done so well.
Name: Danny Klein E-mail: daniel.klein@visteva.com City: Sacramento Country: Date: 26-Jul-2004 11:19:33 Message: A good friend of mine sent me the link to your web site. Amazing, I knew your parents. From 1979-1984 I worked on Lincoln, two doors east of the restaurant. Used to eat lunch there quite often. Became friends with your parents. Remember your mom quite well. What a character. Your dad getting yelled at and making faces. Oh my....when he got caught. It was entertaing and a nice break from work. I graduated BHS in 1971. My wife Bonnie (Bell) in 1974. Thanks for the great memories found in this web page.
Name: Debi E-mail: deborahdodge@clearchannel.com City: Burbank Country: USA Date: 24-Jul-2004 21:51:17 Message: Hi! I found your webpage and I was impressed with your dedication to Burbank. I was also shocked that my father wrote something about me. His only grandchildren are here in California (1 he's never seen) and we've been estranged for several years.
Name: Steve A. Campbell E-mail: tanker149cng@yahoo.com City: Santa Cruz CA. 95062 Country: U.S. of A. Date: 3-Jul-2004 15:27:20 Message: Wes you are freeking me out with your website.although I've only just scrathed the surface I felt compelled to wright you first to let you know that I think its wonderfull. You and I must be the same age.I was born Aug.3rd 1956 and owned MANY of the toys you show in your website and loved many of the same TV programs as you,I not forgotten any of them and have gotten myself in dutch with ebay try to relive my childhood....man what a collection I've aquired Thank you so much for sharing,what a gas Steve A. Campbell
Name: Rene Heins E-mail: rheins69@yahoo.com City: Eden,NC Country: USA Date: 3-Jul-2004 08:05:51 Message: Hey Wes, your wedsite is wonderful, I saw your name on our listed for our reunion, just thought i would look you up, we were not close in school but i knew who you were, just wanted to say hey. Thank you for bring some of the memories back about burbank. I miss the OLD burbank, it sure has changed since i have moved away. Thank you again,,,Rene
Name: stan mccauley E-mail: stanmccauley@aol.com City: oklahoma city Country: Date: 3-Jul-2004 01:44:36 Message: thanks for the read on the trips with your father to the del mar race track. heartwarming and a great tribute to your dad.
Name: RDtoo E-mail: RDtoo@webtv.net City: Wyandotte, MI Country: USA Homepage: n/a Date: 7-Jun-2004 04:03:28 Message: I found your site while looking up Ferro Lad on a google search. It seems like his death in the old Legion of Super Heroes back in the 60s effected both us that we still think about it nearly 40 years later. Love the idea of your site.
Name: Guy Ruffner E-mail: guyruffner@msn.com City: Gaithersburg, Md. Country: US Date: 5-Jun-2004 09:13:38 Message: I stumbled on your site by accident. Its a wonderful site. Even though I didnt live in California we are the same age & I can relate to alot of the things in your site. (i.e. the toys & monster models...wow great). Reading the memories of your family life was like watching the Wonder Years. Super job-definately book marked.
Name: Mike Ragan E-mail: mragan@ibsa.com City: Rockwall, Texas Country: Date: 4-Jun-2004 22:25:08 Message: I'll let you in on a secret.....My sister, Susie Ragan, LIKED YOU.............Hahahaah! Just kidding! Nice web site.......Us Ragan's will have to dig out our Burbank photos. Later, Susie, George and Mike Ragan
Name: Mike Muckenthaler E-mail: visionbigmike@hotmail.com City: Burke Country: USA, Virginia Date: 3-Jun-2004 07:50:16 Message: I'm lovin' this site ... I grew up in the Orange County area of Southern California (born in Orange, 1952) and have recently moved to Burke Virginia .... Reading your stories has brought back a thousand great memories ... and made me want to document them all. 'Thanks for the memories' says it all. Mike Muckenthaler
Name: stevo E-mail: stevo342@muchomail.com City: suburban detroit, michigan Country: USA Homepage: stevo48106.tripod.com Date: 31-May-2004 00:53:22 Message: thanks for the tour. i really enjoyed it. seeing the christmas color wheel sitting on the living room floor reminded me of something that i forget existed. the strangest things bring back the sweetest memories. thank you very much. i think this is a great autobiography. may all of your future memories be pleasant ones.
Name: R Chambers E-mail: Discovery411@Msn.Com City: Portland Country: United States Homepage: HawaiianIcy.Com Date: 29-May-2004 16:51:12 Message: I was simply looking for "Tiki huts" for design reference, when your site came up. What a great compilation of memories. Undoubtedly you are fond of the happenings as a child, with that i say, Bravo! I think I will be starting my own as spare time arrives for me.Thanx again for sparking my soon to be memory slot..The Chambers
Name: Bonny Holder E-mail: bonnyholder@hotmail.com City: Cedar Crest New Mex Country: USA Date: 27-May-2004 16:15:35 Message: I found this while googling for the General, and have spent a long time smiling and smiling and even laughing at what you've posted. How beautiful. Namaste.
Name: Ric Marshall E-mail: rmarshal@arizona.aaa.com City: Phoenix Country: USA Date: 26-May-2004 22:59:13 Message: I am from Burbank, 321 N. Lincoln St. went to john burroughs, grad in 1974. now I live in phoenix, az.
Name: Patrick Bulger E-mail: artist@patrickbulger.com City: Lakeland Country: USA Homepage: http://www.freegb.net/www.patrickbulger.com Date: 24-May-2004 00:44:23 Message: Thanks for including the pasrt about the death of ferro lad, I experienced the same two issues, exactly as you did, only in Chicago. I am an artist, and live in Fla with my wife and ten children. Patrick Bulger
Name: tookie E-mail: chickiema@netzero.net City: valley village, ca. Country: usa Date: 18-May-2004 12:36:25 Message: Thoroughly enjoyed your site; it brought back so many wonderful childhood memories! I'll make a return visit and tell my friends, too.....thanx for the memories.
Name: Richard E-mail: richard@richardsfault.com City: Houston Country: TX Homepage: http://www.richardsfault.com/Rochester81.html Date: 5-May-2004 22:13:41 Message: Discovered and enjoyed the site while surfing links from the alt.culture.us.1970s site. I hope that others will be inspired to scan and share these treasures link you have. Visit my homepage to see images from my college days from 1979 to 1981. Scanning old photos like these is an emotional, time-consuming process that is well worth the effort.
Name: chris City: peterborough Country: ontario canada Date: 5-May-2004 00:11:59 Message: Hi Wes, I've never seen so many insignificant details of someones life. It seems like you love yourself, and life. Good luck on your focus of the future and living in the here and now. Chris
Name: Jonathan E-mail: admin@hoffmancentral.org City: Country: Homepage: http://www.hoffmancentral.org/ Date: 1-May-2004 00:30:50 Message: http://wesclark.com/am/sears_service_station.jpg had one - loved it. I can pend weeks here and probably will. Thanks for the unique and enjoyable site. (I found you on google when out of curiousity was searching on "prole" after a flashboack ofr eading "Class" way back in the 80s.
Name: John Moore (Jack) E-mail: monster131@yahoo.com; jack.moore@phs.com City: Dallas Country: United States Homepage: n/a Date: 30-Apr-2004 15:00:36 Message: Thoroughly enjoyed your writing. As you said, Semper Fi, Mac.
Name: John Blais E-mail: trip9995@aol.com City: Waukegan,Ill Country: usa Date: 21-Apr-2004 18:37:25 Message: Mr Wes I was born in Glendale lived burbank from 1958 to 1963.I remember The Cornell Theatre and Zodys and also a malt shop called Curries.I lived at 1863 Kenneth Road.
Name: Shelley E-mail: siparker@yahoo.com City: Texas Country: Date: 23-Mar-2004 16:07:10 Message: very funny website, I just happen to stumble across it looking for tiki hit kits. So hilarious!!!!
Name: Harmony E-mail: ladyharmony23@yahoo.com City: Tonsberg Country: Norway Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7076/frames.html Date: 19-Mar-2004 12:48:34 Message: Hi, am enjoying your site a lot:-) I used to live on Grismer Ave in Burbank- and I came across your site in google search looking for websites talking about the Cherokee Bookstore. I used to hang out there quite a lot. Always used to think it could be turned into a sit-com all its own, as a matter of fact. I know exactly the room of the Cherokee Bookstore you're talking about (at the back). :-) Harmony
Name: Trish City: Country: Date: 9-Mar-2004 18:30:57 Message: I really enjoyed your website. I am the same age as you and as you were growing up in Burbank, I was growing up in Santa Monica. You brought back a lot of memories.... Gold shag carpets and all... Thanks..
Name: Tom E-mail: TomBRIDE2@msn.com City: Columbia MO 65305-0098 Country: USA Date: 28-Feb-2004 15:03:56 Message: This looks interesting but only surfed by it on the search for something else. I am interested first as to what to make of the name similarity to a recent public figure. What is that about (if anything)?Tom BRIDE (legally my name, but not the one on my birth certifcate.)UCLA '82, '86 Here's Nikki?
Name: Cayle E-mail: coolpatt@cox.net City: Escondido, CA Country: USA Date: 23-Feb-2004 16:59:49 Message: What an absolutely delightful website you have.Wow, what a trip down memory lane! I found your site on a search for all things 60'sas I am throwing myself a 50th birthday bash intwo weeks, and following a 60's theme. I can hoestly tell you that I have doneabsolutely nothing for the past 3 hours, but readyour site. Utterly delightful. Best wishes,Gayle
Name: Heather E-mail: shehuntstoo@att.net City: Baltimore Country: USA Date: 18-Feb-2004 12:41:18 Message: Thanks! I think the the 70's is one of those times that unfortunately we don't appreciate until it is too late. I'd give anything to experience it again!
Name: Jacob City: Country: Homepage: http://d21c.com/jav_98116/fine.html Date: 16-Feb-2004 18:07:16 Message: I learned of your Avocado Memories website via an internet directory of personal websites. It evokes fond memories for me of my youthful interface with bicycles, 8-track tape players, and component audio equipment. I appreciate your acumen and literary talent.
Name: Robert E-mail: webmaster@miamidolphinsbahamas.com City: Kent, CT Country: USA Homepage: http://www.miamidolphinsbahamas.com/ Date: 10-Feb-2004 17:33:33 Message: Great site you have here. Best of luck to you and your dad in the Democratic nomination. Hopefully I will be voting for Clark in November.
Name: Steve E-mail: starshipconductor@startrek.net City: Fillmore Country: USA Date: 10-Feb-2004 06:46:38 Message: Great site Wes! I found your site doing a searchon information about the "Bridge of the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701". I grew up in Claremont, Ca. and I think our trails passed a few time's in imaginary space. I was 12 when Star Trek aired in 1966 and I too would make cardboard Starship's and dream.Thank's for the memories. Steve
Name: Mark Payne E-mail: mpayne7@comcast.net City: Washington, DC Country: USA Date: 4-Feb-2004 09:57:26 Message: Great Site. I stumbled across it looking for the other Wes Clark. By the way, Ferro Lad is alive and well again, living in the pages of THE LEGION.
Name: Todd City: Country: USA Date: 2-Feb-2004 09:42:02 Message: Hi Wes, Well...I stumbled upon your site by accident and found it interesting to say the least. It's hard not to get hooked since I also grew up in Burbank. I went to the "other high school" though. Good ol' John Burrough's. You guys might have owned the "B" on the hill, but we were particularly proud of our annual "add a J" day. The resulting "JB" wouldn't last long, but it sure looked great from across town. I'm on the other side of the country now, so this is a fun read.
Name: susan City: torrance Country: usa Date: 25-Jan-2004 03:29:17 Message: Avocado has never been so appealing! In my home it was harvest gold carpeting, which clashed w/ the pink appliances and tile in the kitchen. My mom still has the same gold carpet and pink appliances, all perfect. I'm also having a bit of bike envy now - I never got a Sting Ray. I had one of the knock offs by Royce Union. However, it did have a cool blue metallic paint job, metallic vinyl banana seat, sissy bar and a basket in the front w/ plastic flowers.
Name: Rebecca McCurley City: Country: Date: 20-Jan-2004 18:11:15 Message: Wes I messed up the first message. LOL I was trying to thank you for taking us down memory lane. I was one of the girls in "Smoker's alley"I love your site. Way cool. Thanks for taking thetime to do it. Sheryl Spayd says Hi also.
Name: dave E-mail: davidjury2@yahoo.com City: yuma Country: usa Date: 6-Jan-2004 02:43:53 Message: still a great site to read and remember, even tho i lived and grew up 100s of miles away i can relate to about 80% of everything, keep writing, hope ur still thinking about a book, take care, semper fi, dave.
Name: Wes Clark E-mail: wes@wesclark.com City: Virtual Burbank Country: USA Homepage: http://wesclark.com/am Date: 5-Jan-2004 10:10:17 Message: A new year begins - 2004 - so I have deleted all prior guestbook entries. (The better ones are preserved for posterity on the 2003 letters page.) I enjoy hearing from you! Wes
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