Hollywood Trivia and Fun Facts - Twins of the Year

Good Morning L.A.! In the land of sand, surf and sun the forecast for the inland valleys is a high of 93 and a low of 64. Of course, it’s always cooler at the beaches.

Are you aware that there are 86,400 seconds in every 24 hours? How do you plan to spend your day?

Do you remember 1974 and the car gas lines in Los Angeles? The numbers on your license plate even or odd determined the day of the month when you could get gas. Did you get gas on even or odd numbered days?

Should I stay or should I go? David Duchovny, star of the new movie X-Files and his wife, actress Tea Leoni listed their 6,578 sq. ft. home in Malibu, California for $12M, then just as abruptly pulled the home off the market.

Have you heard? Hollywood’s celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are the new parents to their very anticipated twins. A boy Knox Leon and a girl called Vivienne Marcheline are receiving more press than even the rising gas and food prices around the nation.

Celebrity Birthdays in July

Here are some celebrities you might recognize from television or movies who are celebrating their birthday this month. Valley Girl Musings wishes them all a Happy Birthday.

David Hasselhoff, – star of televisions Baywatch celebrates his birthday this month
Nancy Reagan – wife of President Ronald Reagan
Sylvester Stallone – actor, known for his role in the “Rocky”, “Yo Adrian”
Robin Williams – portrayed the being from outer space in television’s “Mork and Mindy”
Harrison Ford – Indiana Jones himself with his latest blockbuster movie still at a theatre near you.

Hollywood Comes to the Valley – “Mrs. C is that you?” A familiar face around town is that of Marion Ross of “Happy Days” Far from the role of television’s most lovable mom, Mrs. Cunningham or “Mrs. C.” on Happy Days, Marion lives on her own Happy Days farm in Woodland Hills. Do you remember her first television role as the Irish maid in CBS’ “Life with Father?”

~Valley Girl~

Knight Rider Car Gets Chased Locally

One of the things about living in the shadows of Hollywood is that you begin to recognize the background settings for some of the television shows. Usually, the television shows film in and around Hollywood, never going far from the studios. A lot of outside locations for filming are located in the San Fernando Valley.

Tonight's show that premiered on Channel 4, Knight Rider was no exception. A sequel to the 1983 Knight Rider show which starred actor David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight and KITT the car that Hasselhoff drove and brought the bad guys to justice and closed the show by driving off into the sunset in search of the next bad guy. When the show debuted in 1983 the voice of KITT was the actor William Daniels, quite possibly best known for his role as Dr. Mark Craig (1982-1988) in St. Elsewhere, medical drama.

If you're familiar with the valley you might have recognized that the library where the scientists daughter ran into and then ran down the outside stairs was the Valley's own University, the University of Southern California at Northridge not Stanford University as they claimed on the show. Even though the Professor was confronted by the people that were chasing her, she managed to escape in the car appropriately named KITT and was chased down sidewaks in and around buildings also on the CSUN campus grounds.

Sometimes, knowing all this takes the surprise out the chase.