What creepy place, much too much of an imprint from one person's life for me. The art is creepy horrible and the opera house is so gaudy its oppressive to me. I will never stay at that hotel.
@jeffclark698822 сағат бұрын
Where in Toronto was the tree lot at?? What street..you should givin areas or street names😮 great video otherwise thanks so much
@POUNCEMAN123 сағат бұрын
What a wonderful video ,,, Cheer's ,,, just loving it ,,, nice job :)
@johnworley8272Күн бұрын
I love this! I saw the movie when it 1st came out in the theaters….I loved it and told my friends and we all went together to see it
@ObscuristTouristКүн бұрын
Amazing! Thanks so much for watching!!! Def my fave Xmas movie. 🤗
@CPAndy-x5xКүн бұрын
The Chinese restaurant is my favorite scene. Hilarious!
@ObscuristTouristКүн бұрын
It’s so pure. I love it, too. 🤗
@FadeGetBuck212 күн бұрын
I hate how you didn't say where these locations are just standing in front of them selfie style like "we here, this where it was" ...good video other wise
@justnerdystuff2 күн бұрын
Did the PATH ever recover after the pandemic?
@ObscuristTouristКүн бұрын
Kind of, but only because most workers in the downtown core didn’t go back into the office on the daily. It’ll eventually recover, though. Just a matter of time
@TVHouseHistorian2 күн бұрын
Totally enjoyed this. I just love how you geek out on this. Great tour!!! When you spoke of how for years you thought it was *Scott* Farkus rather than *Skut* Farkus, and you felt like a moron when you found out the truth, don't feel alone!!! I first watched this movie in 1989, and didn't know it was "Skut" until just this year😥. I was about 8 years old when this movie came out, and was super excited that Billingsley was the star. Had no idea what his competition was when auditioning until I watched your video, but it seems to me, Peter had a certain innocent "every American boy" look back then that lent well to the part. Add to that the fact that he's such a natural actor, and his personality at the time gave off a certain innocence. I think he was the perfect fit to play Ralphie. Can't imagine Wheaton or any of the other kids doing this one. Jack Nicholson probably would have played the part of the old man exceptionally, but Gavin was spot-on perfect. His looks, his energy - everything about him looked the part. They really pulled off the perfect bit of casting with this one. I'm a time and space kinda guy, so I get really excited visiting the spaces used for filming. I enjoyed this a lot. Thanks for posting! 🙂
@justnerdystuff2 күн бұрын
It's almost 2025 and people are still getting covid. And now with the "Bird Flu" going around, the news in the U.S. is threatening another pandemic. Yeesh.
@buffalobraves92 күн бұрын
The movie takes place in December 1940. Proof is the Little Orphan Annie decoder ring came out in 1940.
@livewire45192 күн бұрын
The movie is supposed to take place in 1939. However, the cop car that pulls up when Flick has his tongue stuck to the pole is a 1946 Ford. Not to mention, the black girl in the class in the same scene when schools weren't integrated until 1963. Also, the radio was a 1940 Canadian Westinghouse.
@map33843 күн бұрын
I thought the movies was supposed to be 1946. Why? Because the old man is reading a newspaper and clearly you can see a picture of the USS Indiana BB 58. She was commissioned in 1942. During the war they didn’t print pictures of warships. Of course I could be wrong.
@janiceoneil93243 күн бұрын
Loved this statue
@marinabrola4 күн бұрын
What an amazing tour you've given us of this hidden gem! Thank you so much for sharing, I would never have seen it! And thank you for your attention to details throughout, what a stunner of a place and a stunning beauty that Marta was!❤
@ObscuristTourist2 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for watching! Marta was a true artistic gem of a human. ❤️
@MrJeep755 күн бұрын
1940 indiana plate
@MrJeep755 күн бұрын
More signs leading to 1940, the license plate on the old mans car is 1940 and the decorder pin is 1940
@AlanKelly-nm9lx5 күн бұрын
My mum has all of the Beatles autographs. She won a competition to meet the Beatles in Scotland when she was a kid in the 60s. She had to write a poem about why she would want to meet them and they picked her poem! Super cool story. I also told her we need to find a news paper article from Scotland from this time.
@AlanKelly-nm9lx5 күн бұрын
Man you should do a video on where did the SAM the record man sign go from Yonge st in Toronto.
@reddirtdad5 күн бұрын
Couldn't be 1941. We be getting ready for war. 1939 or 40, the Wizard of Oz is the giveaway. Where was the Christmas parade filmed?
@crispycritter70227 күн бұрын
Very beautiful art! I would like to visit someday.
@chillysnowgirl83227 күн бұрын
Shared this with a group of friends who regularly get together to watch horror movies. It's so neat to see the film locations, and even more surprising that they still exist, given Toronto's tendency to tear down and rebuild. Thanks for the tour, and Merry Christmas! 😊
@artieaudio777 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas 2024. Great video. 🎄🎅🎅🇺🇸
@SSNESS6 күн бұрын
NEW TRIBE should be in Cleveland
@troyalton49568 күн бұрын
Its set in multiple but close years. He is an adult telling the story of his childhood and naturally some memories were intertwined with others. But 1939/1940 are the years it took place.
@cherylkat23428 күн бұрын
If I stayed there I would done art. My coloring drawing always got 1st place
@cherylkat23428 күн бұрын
My uncle died in the mines.
@cherylkat23428 күн бұрын
I laws born there loved it there but we had to leave because the mines layer off the miners . So we moved to AR
@naomi-op2nd10 күн бұрын
I am in Walter Oklahoma in where is this school building at I like to explore of it I love a abandoned school buildings I love to see it myself
@SukiAwake11 күн бұрын
I feel the same way about Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The house at 11:50 is on Airbnb. I just looked at it last night.
@stanzim761211 күн бұрын
The movie was set in 1940/41. The little orphan Annie cypher thing Ralphie used in the bathroom had the year on it and the clothes and decor match perfectly for that time
@MrJeep755 күн бұрын
1940, the plate on the old man's car is 1940 the decoder pin is 1940
@AreYouFeckingWithMe11 күн бұрын
Lol, this town is a sh*thole, unless you are one of the "chosen ones". They only take care of the infrastructure in tourist areas, (go ahead and check out all the potholes and water leaks in the less ritzy neighborhoods) and our taxes pay a lot for sexual harassment lawsuits against city officials, and the useless space port advertising, since they changed the route. Ask anyone EXCEPT the people who need to bring tourists there how that town really is next time. You'll get a clearer picture. However, if you are just a tourist coming in for a few days, or once a year, you will be treated very well - especially if you bring publicity or lots of money. Enjoy! 😘😂
@RumpelFourSkin12 күн бұрын
Thats not sparta, its a fake sparta😂
@RumpelFourSkin12 күн бұрын
RIP big boy, diabetus
@cheesygoose822413 күн бұрын
ANOTHER PERSON EXPLORING THE MOTEL MY DAD PEES IN DURING ROAD TRIPS 🤢🤮🤮😎
@ObscuristTourist13 күн бұрын
My dad pees there, too. Maybe they know each other 😂
@robertrobertson778214 күн бұрын
Dude, Great video! Myself and wife met Raven the bus dude and he told us about Bisbee really cool town🤔 We should get together and buy the Warner open that dealio or of course find out some history first but ya we bring in one of your local business tubers Joseph Rodriguez get that hotel going🤔😂
@Marc_hammil14 күн бұрын
Your intro music is so fucking annoying
@retirementbootcampoff-grid23714 күн бұрын
I looked for this service station and Hackberry as I drove from Seligman to Kgm on Old 66. Maybe give us a hint on how to spot it? 😘 thank you
@ObscuristTourist14 күн бұрын
Funny this is that I missed it the first time I drove down that stretch of Route 66 as well! The best thing I can say is that if you are driving east from Kingman to Seligman, it’s about half way and on the left side of the road. I remember it being just past the Grand. Canyon Caverns. It’s right beside the road and just looks like a small service station. Sorry I couldn’t provide better directions. 🤗❤️
@SharonFitzgerald14 күн бұрын
Love your videos!! 👏👏👏
@ObscuristTourist13 күн бұрын
Thank you sooooo much for watching Sharon!!! 🤗❤️
@tangomoon11114 күн бұрын
What a fantastic place. Really special.
@miraarim14 күн бұрын
Do you know if there’s any health food stores there?
@jonathanlyons349115 күн бұрын
Judas Priest! 🤘
@AlanKelly-nm9lx15 күн бұрын
Equus Asinus were going to lead you to the ghost! I love they just wonder around out there. I had gone to a few of these place out there in Nevada when we where kids. I remember some of the cool live role playing cowboy shows they had with the cool stunts at one of the old town we went to.
@AlanKelly-nm9lx15 күн бұрын
Do U happen to know if they made all the ones in the old Honest Ed store also? All your videos I have watched so far are such things that I am interested in lol RAD!
@ObscuristTourist15 күн бұрын
They did not. I believe most of the things they made were for the U.S. only. But now you have me curious about where the Honest Ed ones came from. Haha. Also; maybe our interests come from the school of Aquinas curiosity! 🤗
@AlanKelly-nm9lx15 күн бұрын
@@ObscuristTourist did u ever take part in friendly Riches film festival? In Brampton back in the days? Ya I ask cause I used to live in that area of Toronto for like 10 years and would always juts walk around Honest eds for fun with friends. Did a lot of urban exploring in my days. I believe its possibly a Brampton thing as me and my friends kept the term ROCK ONS alive lol.
@justnerdystuff15 күн бұрын
Obviously this was taken during the summertime, or spring. So you must be taking some time off.
@ObscuristTourist15 күн бұрын
I usually take winters off. Dec-March. I need to sleep! haha
@Cobbmtngirl15 күн бұрын
I visited an old brothel, turned into a bar and restaurant in Oakland once. In the ladies bathroom, there was a skylight and painted on the glass was the picture of a man looking down at you. 😂 I visited Death Valley once too. We camped. I was struck by how remote & with the beauty of the place. Of course we visited in January so the weather was perfect. Some nice hot springs there too. More than one. Thanks for sharing this. That guitar on the chair is perfect. I slept well there too.
@AlanKelly-nm9lx16 күн бұрын
one of my favorite lines in any movie! "YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT KID" and hands down my favorite xmas movie. Me and my brother watched this ever year as kids.
@ObscuristTourist16 күн бұрын
One of my favorites as a kid (and now adult). Interesting that I never figured out til relatively recently that it was mostly shot in Toronto and surrounding area. Funny, a few years back I was at a party and Zach Ward showed up. He was the actor who played Scut Farkus! Had zero idea he was cousin's with my friend. Small world!
@AlanKelly-nm9lx16 күн бұрын
@@ObscuristTourist Its a super small world. I have been on the other side of the world and seen Mark who went to Aquinas with us and I asked him when I seen him back in Canada if he was in Glasgow Scotland and He was like ya and I said I seen you walk by me down town lol Even in your comments section I know people I haven't seen in over ten years dude like the zombie girls lol
@AlanKelly-nm9lx16 күн бұрын
I have hiked, canoed, camped, portaged and do wilderness survival my whole life never had a ticket on me till I moved to Niagara region. Man ever time I go through the bush here I will 100% get a ticket on me. I had to stop taking my dog on hikes in the bush as he would get about 3 every time, usually in his year or belly. I had one jump right in my ear canal, i got it out right away. Got home my dog had like 6 on him i had 3 if i can remember correctly. So make it clear I hike and a lot. If u do what I do and follow deer paths/trails/ track you will most likely get them on you as they wait in those areas for the deer. Water ways where they drink u will find ticks. Wild strawberry trail deer's will follow and they will be on those paths. Dude that is hilarious I also keep them in water bottle when I take them off me and my dog but for many reason just incase my dog or I got sick all of a sudden. You should do a video on Eastern Mississauga rattle snake. i almost got bitten by on once on the Bruce Trail, they are also got in mud lake in the Niagara region. Stay safe is good advice, when I teach people what i know i always say about the wilderness. No on is coming to help you out here. So you have to listen to me or we will die! I always say this to people... THE RULES OF STUPID don't go to stupid place at stupid times with stupid people do stupid thing or u get stupid results and win stupid prizes. man i have tons of video on DVC cassettes and nothing to watch them on. Everything from me and my brother in Africa, Scotland, England, Swaziland and radical amount of my bands concerts and tons of wildness trips. i think I should find a editor for my stuff. You happen to know anyone who does that? Or even just transfer the video?
@ObscuristTourist16 күн бұрын
Yeah, ticks are EVERYWHERE now. Like you, I never experienced ticks my entire life until the last 4 years - now it seems I get them every time I go anywhere that isn't in the city. A while back I was in the desert - I made no stops and didn't go in the forest or near long grass. I found a tick on my leg and could never figure out where I got it from. It had been there for a few days and I tried to retrace my steps, but there was absolutely no way I just got it out in nature while walking as I was never out in nature really. I figured it must have transferred to me while petting a stray cat that I encountered. I must have touched my leg - as I was wearing shorts - before properly washing my hands. Now I'm just weary of them and super careful while doing anything outside. Luckily, that area of New Mexico does not have Lyme ... so I never ended up getting ill. Whew.
@AlanKelly-nm9lx16 күн бұрын
@@ObscuristTourist That sounds like the one that jumped in my ear, now I was around a lot of bush but noting high enough to let it jump in my ear canal. I have never had that happen before, usually on my legs or soft skin parts like neck and pits. I have only ever had one person tell me they know someone who got the Lyme. They are landscapers though. as a huge lover of Oregano! it contains cedrol which is know to kill 100% of ticks that come into contact with it. So if u get some oil from any health food store and rub it on u i think it smell awesome. some might not. I would stay away from bug repellent myself.
@AlanKelly-nm9lx16 күн бұрын
Well since THE ROCK ONS where on Degrassi I have to watch this one next! Me and my brother also used to work for Epitome Productions doing locations work for them. Me and the other guys in my band used to joke around we should rob Drakes studio to make us internationally famous over night lol. Like I said in ur other video I get around I know a lot of people, I also have worked with a few of the original cast from Degrassi lol omg !!!!! All my favorite kids show lol. I also know Mark Scot, "Polkeroo". I would smoke joints with him on film sets. I could give you his contact info if you wanted to do a video on him? He is a super cool easy going guy he also got Tokeroo which is hilarious! Great video again bro i will make sure to watch them all. ROCK ON and keep the dead alive!
@melindatorres999817 күн бұрын
My dad was born there in January 1938. My grandmother was in labor, on her way from Shoshone to Las Vegas. She didn’t make it and had to stop there to give birth. There was a little clinic for the miners in the area. He is the only known person born there.
@williamhiland437817 күн бұрын
I drove by this place 20 years ago and have been wondering about it ever since. Know I know! Thank you for an incredible presentation!