Open Secret
California City
LAist Studios
4.5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Fear, rumors, and looking the other way. How salesmen have sold the fantasy of California City for so long.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for LAST comes from Pasadena Playhouse presenting Eureka Day. |
| 0:04.6 | Jonathan Spector's Razor Sharp 2025 Tony Award winning satire. |
| 0:09.1 | Eureka Day is on stage at Pasadena Playhouse beginning September 10th. |
| 0:13.2 | Tickets are on sale now at Pasadena Playhouse.org. |
| 0:17.1 | Live stream, supported by South Coast Repertory, presenting million-dollar quartet. |
| 0:21.7 | Step back to 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins |
| 0:26.8 | made music history with one of the greatest rock and roll jam sessions. |
| 0:30.3 | In this musical with over 20 hits, September 13th through October 19th, tickets at SCR.org. |
| 0:40.0 | Previously on California City. |
| 0:42.5 | Wait a minute. I am envision this. I don't want to say anything about suicide, okay? |
| 0:47.0 | No, don't. Don't do that. |
| 0:49.1 | Well, first of all, we've never misrepresented. We just don't do it. |
| 0:52.6 | You know, I mean, it's the way I live my life. |
| 0:56.0 | My takeaway is that either they really don't know what the salespeople are saying |
| 1:02.0 | or they're totally bullshitting us. |
| 1:04.0 | You hear me, Tom? I'm talking to you right now, Tom Maney. |
| 1:08.0 | Shame on you. |
| 1:09.0 | Do you feel bad that you brought people there? |
| 1:11.6 | Very bad. I feel very bad. |
| 1:15.6 | If you don't count the American Legion and the VFW, California City is a one-bar town. |
| 1:25.6 | The bar is inside a Chinese restaurant called the Green Tea Garden. |
| 1:30.5 | They have a wood-paneled jukebox that plays mostly country, |
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