L.A. Civic Pride

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by VZN

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The closest I've had to White Castle burgers are the sliders you get in the store in the frozen foods section. I don't know how they are out of an actual WC joint, but from what I had that was nothing to get hyped up over.

In-N-Out on the other hand... I mean, c'mon. I don't wanna get too OT here, but look at that burger.

And for the record... City-Data needs a whole fucking e-nuke dropped on that site. Just tear out everyone and everything and start from scratch.

OMG, the crappy wormburgers I ate at LAUSD school cafeterias as a kid was still a way better burger than that Whitecastle shit! You can never find a decent hamburger east of the Mississippi.

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by milquetoast

Yeah! Little steamed burgers with onions- 'sliders' oooooh! I'll have to go back and bring that up. Only problem, they'll say they have their own movie

They call them "Sliders" cos they slide right down one's asshole!

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by globill

LA is a modern version of this, where immigrants/migrants maintain tight links to their previous hometowns/home countries.

Immigrants see things from different dimensions than transplants. Transplants compare and contrast Los Angeles vs. Where they're from. Immigrants don't use Los Angeles as the base comparison, but rather the USA, as especially most of the newer immigrants have never lived in other parts of the US to compare this city against. So in short, their Los Angeles experience/pros/cons represent their American experience/pros/cons.

[milquetoast]

Stories in the Times right now. Eli Manning passes on Disneyland parade and catches later flight out to NY based on post Superbowl airline traffic instead. (I see this as a slight) 5 reasons to pass on watching the Grammys (oh..there is a link you can click on to see 5 reasons to catch the Grammys so, there's that) Vanity Fair cancels Oscar party ("Vanity Fair cans Oscar bash!") with Elizabeth Snead woefully declaring at the end of her short article "I don't like the looks of this..." What does that mean? Nothing, again, earth shattering, but the Times does go out of its way to promote local negativity.

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[nygirl]

Whitecastle is so gross its good. If you happen to have been drinking. If not then what you crave is really some alcohol. Never open up the murder burgers to put ketchup on them, its better not to see the burger. Just dip it and swallow in one bite, you'll still be safew in the morning, just a bit queezy.


Yes In&Out is better but burger joints are always better than chains. Checkers, and Wendys are the exception every once in a while out here, while In&Out and Jack in the Box out there. I honestly liked their tacos.

[kidA]

The tacos are the best when drunk. I seriously don't know whats it in it, but whatever it is, its yummy.

[milquetoast]

Rodney Allen Rippey's tacos?

[VZN]

As a rule I don't touch tacos with sliced cheese singles in them.

And lol @ "murder burgers"

[milquetoast]

Originally Posted by nygirl

I honestly liked their tacos.

This is the second time I've heard you mention this, now I'm intrigued. I'm gonna hafta try 'em...

[nygirl]

They're kinda like white castgle burgers themselves. Milq have a few stellas before you order, they'll go down easier.

[lawmann]

I tried a White Castle burger once. It was a little, no make that tiny onion burger garnished with some ground beef.

[Westsidelife]

So milk, what kind of shit are they now spewing over at City-Data?

[milquetoast]

Oh Westy, doesn't it say I'm banned over there next to my name?

[Westsidelife]

^ Does it? I wouldn't know.

[milquetoast]

..and neither would I

[milquetoast]

TELEVISION
Somehow, Leno stayed on top
The late-night host comes out of the writers strike unscathed in the ratings.
By Meg James, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February 15, 2008
The strike by the Writers Guild of America ended not a moment too soon for Jay Leno. After 100 days, the guests were wearing thin. Larry the Cable Guy made his fourth appearance just this week on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno." Animal ambassador Joan Embery -- the sixth animal act in as many weeks -- dropped by with another passel of critters. "We thought we had seen every animal there was, but we dug around the backyard and found some more," Leno said during Wednesday's show as he welcomed Embery, whose menagerie included chinchillas and Siamese fighting fish. In danger of falling behind his chief rival, "The Late Show With David Letterman," Leno in fact emerged from the strike unscathed -- even with one hand tied behind his back because, for much of the writers walkout, he was operating at a disadvantage.

"The Tonight Show" and the other late-night talk shows went into reruns when the strike began Nov. 5. To demonstrate solidarity with his staff of 19 striking writers, Leno frequently visited picket lines outside NBC in Burbank, where his head writer served as a strike captain. Like other late-night TV talk-show hosts, Leno paid nonwriting staffers out of his own pocket for a few weeks.

But NBC, which has been struggling in the prime-time ratings, was anxious to get "The Tonight Show" back on the air. The show is one of the most reliably profitable programs on the network: Last year it generated more than $150 million in advertising revenue and earned a profit of about $50 million, according to people familiar with the show's finances.

So, two months into the strike, Leno crossed picket lines to go back on the air with new shows.

At the time, Leno was facing a depressing coda to his successful career on NBC. With only about 18 months left on his contract, the ratings race had tightened during the reruns, threatening his crown.

Then the WGA struck an interim deal with the company owned by Leno's nemesis David Letterman, which produces "The Late Show With David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson." The two CBS shows were able to return to the air in January with their writers penning fresh Top 10 lists and jokes.

But not Leno. NBC, which owns "The Tonight Show," was a struck company and writers were forbidden to work for it.

His first night back in front of the cameras, on Jan. 2, Leno ignited a furor when he admitted that he had written his own monologue. Calling that a violation of strike rules, the WGA said it would investigate the actions of one of its most prominent members.

The WGA summoned Leno to a meeting to discuss the situation. But he declined to attend when he was told that he couldn't bring his attorney, according to a person close to the show. So nothing happened.

The WGA declined to comment Thursday, saying the incident was an internal matter.

But if the guild's intent was to reward Letterman and punish Leno and NBC, then the gambit appears to have backfired. Leno's ratings immediately snapped back to pre-strike levels, surpassing Letterman's.

"He was going solo and he was going up against his main rival, who benefited by having his writers with him," said Brad Adgate, research director for ad-buying firm Horizon Media. "But Leno was still able to maintain his lead over Letterman whether he had backup or not.

"That's a real testament to Leno and his staying power."

Still, the NBC host struggled to snag guests. Big stars boycotted the talk shows. And Leno realized that if the strike dragged on for several more months, viewers at home would grow weary of politicians, B-list starlets and time fillers such as "Questions From the Audience."

"I am just glad the strike is over," Leno said on his stage Wednesday night, after he finished taping his first show since the strike had ended. "It's good to have everyone back. Things should return to normal by next week."

Leno said he did what he had to do.

"We were just trying to keep the lights on so the guys would have a job and a show to come back to," Leno said. "We weren't trying to be heroes, but there are 160 other people who work on this show who would have been put out of a job if we hadn't come back. Some could have lost their homes." meg.james@latimes.com

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Originally Posted by milquetoast

Oh Westy, doesn't it say I'm banned over there next to my name?

Banned from City-Data? Say it ain't so! Milquetoast, you're supposed to be our one and only ambassador of Los Angeles to the vapid, clueless masses that frequent that pathetic excuse of a website.

[milquetoast]

Ohhhh, I overdid it, slightly. But I deserved it. If I said here what I did there, I would be banned here also- and that ain't gonna happen

[milquetoast]

..jesse used to rant over there with a passion, but you see what happened to him here (for spamming?) so we should all exhibit some control (look who's talking)