Why We Eat Ice Cream Out Of A Dinosaur: Programmatic Architecture

[@LaurenceQuint]

Los Angeles still has a *few* pieces of programmatic architecture. "Idle Hour" in North Hollywood opened a couple years ago and was originally built in 1941.

[@JackKendall]

Brilliant video! I love it when Rob comes in and explains the exact word for a very specific thing, something that I've only heard referred to as California Crazy or Boardwalk-style. Great work!

[@kaylambirch]

When I worked at Hollywood Studios in 2017 they gave us an early morning tour of the park before our first day and they actually talked about this.

[@MattMcIrvin]

Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH has some superb examples of this--a giant popcorn box, a giant hot dog.

[@barbsmith7755]

I love the closing, the water and the music and especially seeing my name as a patron!

[@loraleistandish]

I love buildings like this! They’re so silly and fun. Thanks for giving us some good history Rob!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I never realized that the 1920s were the point that we adopted the five day work week. I learn something every time on this channel. 🙂

[@9dehucey2df366]

1920 was the Year of the Monkey

[@kodyeldridge5847]

If I were a betting man I'd say it probably went from 6 or 7 day work weeks down to 5 with the introduction of labor laws during the FDR administration.

[@ninjacole803]

@@kodyeldridge5847 most workplaces moved to a 5 day week after Ford moved his manufacturing workers to a five day week and it made national headlines and became a popular movement especially with trade unions :)

[@ninjacole803]

@@kodyeldridge5847 Ford once even said that he believed a 4 day week would be the future but this largely didn’t come to pass particularly due to the decline in wage growth vs inflation and other US economic crises

[@zachazlett]

Thank the union members that fought and died for that 5 day work week in the 1920’s.

[@Rysmith]

I live 10 minutes from the pineapple which for a Scottish person is essentially right next door. Also I love the way you say Scotland

[@rattyeely]

I'm disappointed you didn't go into detail about Gertie the Dinosaur, because it actually has a much more interesting backstory than just being an example of California Crazy architecture, enough for a whole video! Basically Gertie is one of the first ever cartoon charcters, back when animation was just getting it's start in the 1910s, pre-dating Disney animation by decades. Gertie stars in a short that used a live performance along with the animation to create the illusion of the cartoon being real. As one of the oldest IPs in the entire Disney parks, Gertie serves as a tribute to the history of animation.

[@lozateazer]

I think that might be the same bulldog building that now lives at another example of this type of architecture, Idle Hour in North Hollywood! You can rent it out like a party room.

[@offrails]

It reminds me of the food stalls in Roller Coaster Tycoon and its predecessor, Theme Park (Bullfrog) - the burger stall looked like a giant burger, the popcorn stand looked like a giant popcorn, etc. The candyfloss stand was a little creepy though.

[@seanhaugh4232]

Canobie Lake Park in New Hampshire has lots of great examples.

[@trickycrayon]

CANOBIE! What a throwback haha. Haven't been there in years.

[@methos1999]

It does? I was there about a month ago and nothing really stood out to me...

[@sami87]

I wish more buildings were this whimsical!

[@Yellowstonetim]

I love Gertie. She is so important but almost no one knows she is the first animated dinosaur. She was the very first animated dinosaur shown on the big screen in 1914. You should do a video about Gertie and how she ended up in Hollywood studios because of her place in movie history.

[@Ace-bc3jf]

Came here looking to see if anyone else was wondering why it’s a dinosaur named Gertie that serves soft-serve ice cream. Thanks for that tid-bit of info!

[@GaryMeolaJr]

I always learn something new on this channel !!! Thanks again Rob for all the efforts to teach us new things related to the theme parks.

[@brycevo]

Always glad to learn more with this channel

[@michaelgreenslade7260]

The dog was in Disney’s The Rocketeer. For a while the dog could be found on Orlando’s backlot tram tour near the Golden Girls house.

[@christalbot210]

The bulldog façade in "The Rocketeer" was made especially for the movie. It was probably based on the dog shaped store pictured.

[@LaurenceQuint]

@@christalbot210 Actually based on a different, but similar looking bulldog cafe. The one in the video isn't the Bulldog on Wilshire, it's "The Pup", which was on Washington. The fictionalized version in "The Rocketeer" was bigger than real life, BTW.

[@chrisporto2622]

I love these videos Rob. Rob is full of Disney history and I love his Disney history videos. I was watching his Disney Stores video before coming here to watch.

[@ShowTheOFace]

This was a fantastic video! Thanks for sharing it. I found it educational AND entertaining! I appreciate you Rob!

[@unispeck2853]

I love these videos. Your narration is so pleasant and easy to follow and the subject matter always interesting. Thanks for the time and effort you put into making these videos.

[@WilliamGemstone]

Is anyone going to tell Rob that cozy cones is a real motel an hour away from DCA?

[@DanCMadsen]

That camera really wants to focus on your bookshelf lol... Great info yet again!

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

Very interesting! In NJ there were at least two buildings shaped like Ships - 1 on US 22 that I remember being a furniture store; it was located in a commercial strip between the north and south bound lanes. The other on US 9 in Cliffwood Beach that was a realty office in 1991.

[@WhirlOmar]

Those who often travel up and down the eastern seaboard will surely recollect South of the Border. A roadside destination of the border of South Carolina and North Carolina. It boasts many novelty/programmatic architecture.

[@theresa7744]

Your videos are so unique and quite interesting! They must take a lot of research 🧐 ty for taking the time to bring all these interesting subjects to your audience. Theresa xo

[@dontdriveat88]

We can't forget the motion simulator inside of the clown's mouth!

[@michaeltaylor1603]

Cause it's cool to eat ice cream from a dinosaur. LOL! Rob you also captured the "mechanical" traffic signal @ Studios. Yeahhhhh!

[@novalinnhe]

Your videos are so fun! I love watching these :)

[@TikiKrissy]

Another fantastic video, Rob! I just love your choices in subject matter. Thank you!!

[@scrappy00001]

Great video! I love those old roadside attractions and it’s fun learning more about them.

[@housevinyl4640]

Another great video! Thanks for posting.

[@nrdythugg4102]

As a european, I love this over the top architecture. Wish we had more of that here. But even in theme parks, you can't find it often here.

[@ComeAlongKay]

I think there’s a bit in that one German park. Or maybe it’s Norwegian.

[@johnwisniewski8712]

Great video as always! But I think you missed an opportunity to explain why a dinosaur at the location specifically. I contend that it refers to the labrea tar pits in Los Angeles which are filled with dinosaur bones. I don’t know that for sure but it is my guess.

[@stewarthall2981]

Love me some Randy's Donuts! I used to work a few blocks away. I also get a kick seeing it in movies like Iron Man (2?). I concur with the point about excess set designers in hollywood. If I remember correctly one of the elaborate Egyptian movie sets had been left for decades until someone came in and turned it into an indoor shopping mall (that's how big the set was). Now if I could only remember which highway it was off of. I think it was the 110 or 710 as you went south out of LA. Myabe further east.

[@JimmyGoodYT]

Fascinating as always, Rob! Well done!

[@atropos0754]

Good stuff Rob😀👍

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE IT!!!!

[@edvaira6891]

I was expecting you’d have some mention of the famous hot dog themed restaurant in L.A., the “Tail ‘O The Pup”!, which looks a lot like a Hot Dog! (Not to mention in the cult classic Disney movie, the Rocketeer, the Diner the characters hang out in, chowing down on hot dogs, is in a building that looks like a Dog, and the facade From the movie used to be one of the features on the Backlot Tour back when Hollywood Studios used to be Disney-MGM and the film was a little more current and a little less “cult hit”)...Still, Really cool video, Rob!

[@liamb.9964]

The same goes for vehicles. I live near Detroit so I get to go to the Henry Ford Museum of Innovation frequently. At the museum they have the Wienermobile, a truck/car that looks like a hotdog!

[@edvaira6891]

@@liamb.9964 Those are STILL traveling around! I have a few photos from early March when it came through my hometown of San Diego (before the lockdown, of course!)

[@neitherdreaming]

Don't forget Twistee Treat!

[@JKHS112]

What are the x wings on the shelf they look awesome

[@rivervasek]

Can you go back to the MC Magic server and do like a throwback theme?

[@Jas0n3o2]

Can you please link the Lucy video?

[@nathanpowers8313]

Thanks for sharing the magic!

[@Taydar]

Well at least you always know what the place does

[@Davanthall]

Boston has a snack stand shaped like a giant milk bottle.

[@trickycrayon]

Raynham, MA has one too!

[@davidthomas283]

Was that shoe from Bakersfield?

[@toxicnytro9657]

jeez i remember watching you when i was like 4

[@rmannayr2129]

ICE CREAM?!

[@rmannayr2129]

GIANT DINOSAUR!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@danielulloa7703]

Lucy is great!

[@Caledon91]

2:13 Oooooooh, who lives in a pineapple in Dunmore Park?

[@writerpatrick]

The Radiator Springs cones are based upon the Teepee motels found on Route 66 and elsewhere which had the rooms shaped like teepees. Cars was a movie about Route 66. "You ever notice..." How could you not notice them?

[@merlano1]

very interesting

[@JayofallTrades]

Has noone even thought about the pyramids being in this category or the Sphinx

[@DarthDaddy-cg6ro]

Thanks.

[@nathanyakich3152]

Hey Rob, just FYI if you'd like to complain to YT, I only found this video on the homepage. It's not in my subscription list.

[@nobo1682]

those pineapple have been so misconstrued as pine cone and by extension pineal gland lol

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Pineapple reminds sponge Bob lol

[@johnbehneman1546]

PROGRAMMATIC ARCHITECTURE 2.0

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Actually in Vegas u find alot of stuff like that.

[@christiankallio8586]

1:31 Is that why Spongebob lives in a pineapple?

[@texaspoontappa9653]

Good video mama

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Lucy was in peewee great adventure

[@rattyeely]

I think I've seen that shoe one in real life

[@kasenlee1550]

Learning from Las Vegas

[@trickycrayon]

neat

[@chloejohnson6861]

These are probably an urban planner's worst nightmare.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ice cream walked the dinosaur, that’s why

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Bc those things will attract u to want to go to those things n buy.

[@drackestalentorgen166]

I want to eat dino icecream

[@ItscharliebabyXD]

The pineapple 🍍 story reminded me of HIMYM

[@merrivideo]

Only Rob can answer the questions that hunts our minds

[@kitchensinkchronicles3272]

i'm not surprised that the US had so much to do with novelty architecture becoming a thing. it sounds so obnoxiously american.

[@bluey7243]

I disagree with your definition of purpose. Rich people putting a pineapple on top of their house to show off or to make themselves or others happy is still a purpose. Purpose doesn’t have to just be a financial purpose.

[@th3thrilld3m0n]

And theme parks stemmed from hollywood, so it makes sense.

[@JoshDoesTravel]

Programmatic? More like problematic, amiright? I’ll see myself out

[@johnbehneman1546]

YBNORMAL????