Things invented in Los Angeles

[hornnieguy]

Desalination of Sea water (UCLA around 1963 or so.)
The Internet.
Burritos (and no they are not Mexican, just taste Mexican).
The Beach Boys.
West Coast Rap.
The Lunar lander.

What else guys??

[Fern~Fern*]

~ HornnieGuys... :lol:

[Westsidelife]

Myspace
Spago
Cheescake Factory
In-N-Out Burger
Guess
Juicy Couture
Von Dutch
7 For All Mankind

[ArchiTennis]

Automatic railroad gate crossing
Raised pavement markers
The Sig Alert
Gasoline Station

[ArchiTennis]

French Dip
The Tortilla Chip (didn't know that!) 1940
Fortune Cookie (1918)

[Fern~Fern*]

EDIT...

[godblessbotox]

...moral ambiguity?

[Fern~Fern*]

:ohno: never fails.... someone always kills it!!!!

[godblessbotox]

:ohno: never fails.... someone always kills it!!!!ha, your right, sorry. that was new york

[saiholmes]

Cheeseburger and Modern T-shirt

[godblessbotox]

what about those hotdoggs on a stick?

[Fern~Fern*]

What about the surf board?

[tugavalenciano]

THINKERBELL?http://www.animalplanet.com.au/household_pets/famous_pets/asset/c5d3603ad1dcbf11b7bdbda3e4b95eada51a6ace.jpg

[Westsidelife]

^Your obsession of Paris Hilton is really annoying.

[Fern~Fern*]

^^ Or Tinkerbell!!!!

[godblessbotox]

^Your obsession of Paris Hilton is really annoying.
agreed...

[tugavalenciano]

^^ Or Tinkerbell!!!!

i say thinkerbell 'cause he's a very intelligent dog!

[Westsidelife]

^Tinkerbell's a she!

[Fern~Fern*]

... or a bitch!

[Elsongs]

Desalination of Sea water (UCLA around 1963 or so.)
The Internet.
Burritos (and no they are not Mexican, just taste Mexican).
The Beach Boys.
West Coast Rap.
The Lunar lander.

What else guys??

Me. :banana:

[Fern~Fern*]

Me too :banana: :banana:

[Westsidelife]

Angelina Jolie
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jodie Foster
Marilyn Monroe
Paula Abdul
Jennifer Anniston
Drew Barrymore
Tyra Banks
Charlie Chaplin
Ice Cube
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jake Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Dustin Hoffman
Kate Hudson
Helen Hunt
Diane Keaton
Heather Locklear
Gwyneth Paltrow
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Tori Spelling

[godblessbotox]

Angelina Jolie
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jodie Foster
Marilyn Monroe
Paula Abdul
Jennifer Anniston
Drew Barrymore
Tyra Banks
Charlie Chaplin
Ice Cube
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jake Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Dustin Hoffman
Kate Hudson
Helen Hunt
Diane Keaton
Heather Locklear
Gwyneth Paltrow
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Tori Spelling
i dont think LA invented people

[Westsidelife]

i dont think LA invented people

Well, their parents did obviously and so they were given birth to in an LA hospital.

Besides, if Elsongs and Ferney were invented in LA, then so were those list of people.

[Elsongs]

Well, their parents did obviously and so they were given birth to in an LA hospital.

Besides, if Elsongs and Ferney were invented in LA, then so were those list of people.

But I'm better than that list of people. :) :banana:

[godblessbotox]

Well, their parents did obviously and so they were given birth to in an LA hospital.

Besides, if Elsongs and Ferney were invented in LA, then so were those list of people.
nah, i think of if more as a factory. you dont say that the coke-a-cola bottling plant invents a new can of coke everyday. but i would consider the first coke to be an invention

[Elsongs]

nah, i think of if more as a factory. you dont say that the coke-a-cola bottling plant invents a new can of coke everyday. but i would consider the first coke to be an invention

What do you consider an invention, a chicken or an egg?

[Fern~Fern*]

...or Fried Chicken vs Boil Egg?

[saiholmes]

McDonald's
Cheeseburger - Lionel Sternberger - Rite Spot Restaurant, Pasadena
Double Deck Hamburger - Big Boy
ChiliBurger - Tommy’s
Avocado Burgers - Howard's, Culver City
Taco Burger - Del Taco
Pastrami Burger - The Hat, Alhambra
The French Dip Sandwich - Phillipe
The Hot Fudge Sundae - C.C. Brown's, Hollywood
The Shirley Temple & the Cobb Salad - Brown Derby, Hollywood
The Fortune Cookie - David Jung, Hong Kong Noodle Co.

[godblessbotox]

Pastrami Burger - The Hat, Alhambra

ha! ive had that, kinda messy though

[Fern~Fern*]

ha! ive had that, kinda messy though

...and mighty yucky if you ask me.... Especially the one on Atlantic Blvd (Monterey Park)....:puke:

[Elsongs]

McDonald's
Cheeseburger - Lionel Sternberger - Rite Spot Restaurant, Pasadena
Double Deck Hamburger - Big Boy
ChiliBurger - Tommy’s
Avocado Burgers - Howard's, Culver City
Taco Burger - Del Taco
Pastrami Burger - The Hat, Alhambra
The French Dip Sandwich - Phillipe
The Hot Fudge Sundae - C.C. Brown's, Hollywood
The Shirley Temple & the Cobb Salad - Brown Derby, Hollywood
The Fortune Cookie - David Jung, Hong Kong Noodle Co.

How can you forget In-N-Out!
And while not a restaurant, Trader Joe's (they opened up one out in NYC a few months ago and people lined up around the block to get in the first day!)

[Elsongs]

...and mighty discussing if you ask me.... Especially the one on Atlantic Blvd (Monterey Park)....:puke:

What did they discuss?

[Fern~Fern*]

What did they discuss?


^^ Ooooops typo, well you know what I meant...
:nuts:

[fooddude]

Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles!!!!! :)

[fooddude]

The crazy Pinks Hot Dog concoctions

[fooddude]

The biggest Thai community outside of Thailand = Good Thai food (although SF I think has more, maybe too much)

[Fern~Fern*]

Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles!!!!! :)

Mmmmm with some relish!!!!!

:cheers:

[saiholmes]

How can you forget In-N-Out!
And while not a restaurant, Trader Joe's (they opened up one out in NYC a few months ago and people lined up around the block to get in the first day!)

Orange Julius (LA)
Carl's Hot Dog Stand (Carl's Jr.)(LA)
In-N-Out (Baldwin Park)
Winchell's Donuts (Temple City)
Fatburger (LA)
IHOP (Toluca Lake)
Sizzler(Culver City)
Wienerschnitzel (The World's Largest Hot Dog Chain)(Long Beach)
Taco Bell (The World's Largest Mexican-style Fast Food)(Downey)
The Cheesecake Factory (Beverly Hills)
California Pizza Kitchen (Beverly Hills)
Islands (West Lost Angeles)
Panda Express (Pasadena)
Tommy’s (LA)
The Denny's Restaurant (Lakewood)
Baskin-Robbins (Baskin: Pasadena & Robbins: Glendale)
Big Boy Restaurant (Glendale)
Del Taco (Barstow)
Marie Callender's (Orange)
Johnny Rockets (Melrose LA)

[Elsongs]

Orange Julius (LA)
Carl's Hot Dog Stand (Carl's Jr.)(LA)
In-N-Out (Baldwin Park)
Winchell's Donuts (Temple City)
Fatburger (LA)
IHOP (Toluca Lake)
Sizzler(Culver City)
Wienerschnitzel (The World's Largest Hot Dog Chain)(Long Beach)
Taco Bell (The World's Largest Mexican-style Fast Food)(Downey)
The Cheesecake Factory (Beverly Hills)
California Pizza Kitchen (Beverly Hills)
Islands (West Lost Angeles)
Panda Express (Pasadena)
Tommy’s (LA)
The Denny's Restaurant (Lakewood)
Baskin-Robbins (Baskin: Pasadena & Robbins: Glendale)
Big Boy Restaurant (Glendale)
Del Taco (Barstow)
Marie Callender's (Orange)
Johnny Rockets (Melrose LA)

Good call. "All Your Food Are Belong To Us!"
Also forgot Hot Dog On A Stick (Santa Monica) and Pinkberry (West Hollywood).

And though not invented here, the first American Yoshinoya and El Pollo Loco franchises were, and still are, located in Los Angeles.

[godblessbotox]

Good call. "All Your Food Are Belong To Us!"

...nerd :)

[Elsongs]

...nerd :)

I prefer "1337," thank you. :)

[godblessbotox]

jesus... even im not that much of a computer geek... or 633x if you will

[saiholmes]

Todai (Santa Monica)

[svs]

Orange Julius (LA)
Carl's Hot Dog Stand (Carl's Jr.)(LA)
In-N-Out (Baldwin Park)
Winchell's Donuts (Temple City)
Fatburger (LA)
IHOP (Toluca Lake)
Sizzler(Culver City)
Wienerschnitzel (The World's Largest Hot Dog Chain)(Long Beach)
Taco Bell (The World's Largest Mexican-style Fast Food)(Downey)
The Cheesecake Factory (Beverly Hills)
California Pizza Kitchen (Beverly Hills)
Islands (West Lost Angeles)
Panda Express (Pasadena)
Tommy’s (LA)
The Denny's Restaurant (Lakewood)
Baskin-Robbins (Baskin: Pasadena & Robbins: Glendale)
Big Boy Restaurant (Glendale)
Del Taco (Barstow)
Marie Callender's (Orange)
Johnny Rockets (Melrose LA)

And close Sambo's Santa Barbara and Jack in the Box San Diego.

[svs]

What about the surf board?

Surf board (classic original long board)belongs to Hawaii, but the short board, boogie board, and skate boards belongs to LA as does Gidget.

[Fern~Fern*]

^ Hawaii.... seriously*

What about coopertone sun block, with the Little blond girl's undies being pulled down by a dog?

[Elsongs]

And close Sambo's Santa Barbara and Jack in the Box San Diego.

I had dinner with two friends from out of town (one from SF, one from Salt Lake City) and told them about some of the above. They were surprised to find out that freakin TRADER JOE'S started in Pasadena!!!

Then, after dinner I took them to Pinkberry :)

[vahebaronian]

The greatest invention of all time.....The Zamboni

[svs]

I had dinner with two friends from out of town (one from SF, one from Salt Lake City) and told them about some of the above. They were surprised to find out that freakin TRADER JOE'S started in Pasadena!!!

Then, after dinner I took them to Pinkberry :)

And Trader Joes' was a lot better when there were fewer of them. I remember being able to go in and pick up first growth french wines like Haut Brion and Cheval Blanc for under 20 bucks. In fact I remember picking up first growth french Sauternes for as little as 2 dollars a bottle. God I wish I had bought more!

[Elsongs]

And Trader Joes' was a lot better when there were fewer of them. I remember being able to go in and pick up first growth french wines like Haut Brion and Cheval Blanc for under 20 bucks. In fact I remember picking up first growth french Sauternes for as little as 2 dollars a bottle. God I wish I had bought more!

You mean when they were called PRONTO MARKET?

[saiholmes]

"Trader Joe's" opened in Pasadena, California in 1966. This store, on Arroyo Parkway, is still in operation.

[saiholmes]

Gelson's Market (Burbank)

[Elsongs]

Gelson's Market (Burbank)

Gelson's is a local chain, so that doesn't count...

[svs]

You mean when they were called PRONTO MARKET?

No at the time, the bigger stores were Trader Joes and the smaller were Pronto Markets. But they both had the best bargains on wine that I have ever seen in my lifetime and will never see again.

[CITYofDREAMS]

Gelson's is a local chain, so that doesn't count...


Can we include other stores besides food in this thread? like clothing...

[LAX 777]

...and mighty yucky if you ask me.... Especially the one on Atlantic Blvd (Monterey Park)....:puke:



They're pretty good actually. I had my first one in over 10 years only about 3 months ago. btw I live in monterey park.

[ETOA906]

Wienerschnitzel (The World's Largest Hot Dog Chain)(Long Beach)

(Der) Wienerschnitzel was started in Los Angeles (Wilmington) not in L.B.

[Elsongs]

Can we include other stores besides food in this thread? like clothing...

Yes, but they must be national, or at least have stores outside California (southern Nevada doesn't count... :))

[ETOA906]

The French Dip Sandwich - Phillipe

Cole's P.E. Buffet on East 6th in Los Angeles, not Philippe's.

[ETOA906]

Corporations that got started in Los Angeles
Bank of America
Western Airlines
Continental Airlines
Hewlet Packard
Paramount Pictures
Universal Studios
Metro Goldwyn Mayor
Columbia Pictures
20th Century Fox
Thrifty Cut Rate Drug Stores
The Broadway Department Stores
Bullocks Department Stores
Robinson's Department Stores
Union 76
Harris & Frank
Security Pacific National Bank
United California Bank (later First Interstate Bank)
United California Bank (Not related with above bank)
Union Bank
California Federal Savings
Home Savings of America
Coast Federal Savings
Sizzler's Restaurant
Carl's Jr.
Ralph's Grocery
Von's Grocery
Hard Rock Cafe
Southern California Gas Company
Metropolitan Water District
A&M Records
Liberty Records
Capitol Records
Metropolitan Theaters
Pacific Theaters
Mann Theaters
Caesars World
Farmers Insurance
Crocker Citizens Bank (Crocker Bank)
Der Wienerschnitzel
Los Angeles Angels
See's Candies
Guess Inc


Not a corporation but got started in Los Angeles anyway
Grammy Awards
Academy Awards
American Music Awards
Emmy Awards
The Internet
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science
Writers Guild
Directors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
Feature Length Motion Pictures
Pentecostal Church
Sunkist
Space Shuttle
Traffic Lights
Billy Graham
The Doors
Jerry Seinfield
Jenny Jones

[Elsongs]

Corporations that got started in Los Angeles
Bank of America

Started in SF.


Continental Airlines

Started in El Paso, TX. Did have its HQ here in the early 1960s but did not start here.


Hewlet Packard

People from Palo Alto, CA would get mighty pissed.


Hard Rock Cafe

The namesake was inspired by a place in Los Angeles, but the corporation started in London.


Caesars World


Las Vegas?


<whistles> Yo SVS! Your cue!!! :lol:

[CITYofDREAMS]

Another ones for LA...

Forever 21

Z Gallerie

and Pinkberry

[svs]

<whistles> Yo SVS! Your cue!!! :lol:

Damn! You beat me to it.

[saiholmes]

Wienerschnitzel (The World's Largest Hot Dog Chain)(Long Beach)

(Der) Wienerschnitzel was started in Los Angeles (Wilmington) not in L.B.

Should be long beach.

"Galardi started his career in the fast-food business at age 12 as a soda jerk in Missouri. With his family he came to California at age 19 and, as fate would have it, got his first job from Glen Bell Jr., owner of Taco Bell.
'I went over and enrolled in Pasadena Junior College. I walked across the street and a guy was hosing the lot,' Galardi recalled. 'I said, 'Do you need any help?' Bell said he did and offered him a part-time job at 50 cents an hour. From this association, Galardi moved on to manage Bell's commissary at $150 a week and then into a partnership agreement with Bell to run a poor producing taco store.
Working two shifts, with his ex-wife working three part-time jobs, Galardi managed to save $6,000. Meanwhile, Bell was having financial problems and asked Galardi to loan him the $6,000. Bell was unable to pay back the loan in three months and instead offered to sell Galardi the store for $12,000 cash.
'So my folks borrowed $2,000 from Household Finance on their furniture, I let everybody go and I worked 30 days to get the other thousands and I paid $12,000 for a little taco store in Long Beach. That's how I got into the ownership position,' he said.
The next breakthrough came a couple years later when Galardi was approached by a man who wanted to build the hard-working Galardi a store on Pacific Coast Highway in Wilmington. It was next to one of Bell's taco stores.
Bell told Galardi to take the deal and sell something other than tacos. 'So I came up with hot dogs,' Galardi said. 'Nobody else was in hot dogs and Glen's wife named the company. I was at dinner one night at their house and Bell's wife was looking at a cookbook and said you ought to call it wienerschnitzel. I told my wife going home nobody in their right mind would call a company wienerschnitzel. Three days later, I said, 'Hell, it's better than John's Hot Dogs.'" (Orange County Business Journal Wienerschnitzel's John Galardi - No Ordinary Hot Dog. March 30, 1987)

[saiholmes]

The French Dip Sandwich - Phillipe

Cole's P.E. Buffet on East 6th in Los Angeles, not Philippe's.

They both claimed this thing.

[Elsongs]

They both claimed this thing.

IMO, Cole's has the better French Dip, while Philippe's has the better ambiance. Their hot mustard rules too.

[svs]

Sorry a few more corrections, I can't disappoint El.

Corporations that got started in Los Angeles



Crocker Citizens Bank (Crocker Bank)

Crocker Bank was started in San Francisco.


Not a corporation but got started in Los Angeles anyway


Traffic Lights
First traffic lights generally believed to be in London outside the houses of Parliament. First electric lights in Berlin.

Billy Graham
If you mean Billy Graham the evangelist, he was born in North Carolina and his first church was in Illinois. He did have some early success in LA that ignited his career though. If you mean Bill Graham the rock promoter, he should also be credited to San Francisco.

Jerry Seinfield
Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn! Could not be more New York if he tried.

[Elsongs]

Sorry a few more corrections, I can't disappoint El.

You're getting good at this! :lol:

[Fern~Fern*]

...(svs) should be a tour guide @ Universal Studios

[saiholmes]

Yard House (Long Beach)

[future_trance011]

...(svs) should be a tour guide @ Universal Studios

Ouch! Such biting, caustic words directed at MR. Los Angeles! (Well, in my book he is) A position as a tour guide at
Universal Studios is like a slap on the Queen of England's face! Something so irreverant and disrespectful you cannot fathom him doing!!! SVS, deserves better than that I think. I'd promote him to the head of the L.A. Board of Tourism. How can you not? I'm convinced the guy practically knows every square inch of the city. Especially, after his huge photo/LA tour compilation. I would like to believe he's certainly more reliable than the GPS installed in my car.

Well, Ferney at least you didn't tell him to be tour guide of the JUNGLE CRUISE RIDE at Disneyland. That would be wayyy too offensive. Didn't your Mother teach you to respect your elders, Ferney?!!:baeh3: :)

[ETOA906]

[QUOTE=Elsongs;13586146]Started in SF.


In the late 1920s, Bank of Italy's Giannini approached Orra E. Monnette, President and founder of the Los Angeles based Bank of America, Los Angeles about a potential merger between the two entities. The Los Angeles based bank had exhibited strong growth throughout the 1920s, due in part to its success in developing an advanced bank branching system. The merger of the two institutions was completed in early 1929 and took the name Bank of America.

[ETOA906]

Here's the link to the history of Wienerschnitzel from the official website. Notice it says that in 1961 they opened their first restaurant in Wilmington (Los Angeles) not in L.B.

http://www.wienerschnitzel.com/world_history.php

[svs]

Ouch! Such biting, caustic words directed at MR. Los Angeles! (Well, in my book he is) A position as a tour guide at
Universal Studios is like a slap on the Queen of England's face! Something so irreverant and disrespectful you cannot fathom him doing!!! SVS, deserves better than that I think. I'd promote him to the head of the L.A. Board of Tourism. How can you not? I'm convinced the guy practically knows every square inch of the city. Especially, after his huge photo/LA tour compilation. I would like to believe he's certainly more reliable than the GPS installed in my car.

Well, Ferney at least you didn't tell him to be tour guide of the JUNGLE CRUISE RIDE at Disneyland. That would be wayyy too offensive. Didn't your Mother teach you to respect your elders, Ferney?!!:baeh3: :)

Thank you for the kind words. I took Ferney's comment as a compliment.

[Fern~Fern*]

Thank you for the kind words. I took Ferney's comment as a compliment.


:omg: it was such a compliment like you would not have known... Hi5!

[tugavalenciano]

:omg: it was such a compliment like you would not have known... Hi5!

Hi5 in LA?
But...hi5 is more popular in Europe...in USA the myspace wins...

I have Hi5. Do you have one??

[phattonez]

Started in SF

Bank of America started in SF as the Bank of Italy, interestingly enough.

[losangelino]

- Internet
- Space Shuttle

[saiholmes]

Elephant Bar (La Mirada)
Claim Jumper (Los Alamitos)
Baja Fresh (Newbury Park)

[Fern~Fern*]

I love Lucy...

[saiholmes]

Wetzel's Pretzels (South Bay)

[ETOA906]

Bank of America started in SF as the Bank of Italy, interestingly enough.

Actually B of A was started in Los Angeles and merged with the Bank of Italy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_america

[REYMAN]

Disney theme parks! :banana:

[metroreporter]

Pinkberry.

[yamota]

Did everyone forget that the SWAT team was invented in LA? It was the late 60s and the country was in turmoil. Criminals had gotten more violent and riots and super violent crime were prevalent. It was then that a young LAPD officer named Daryl Gates proposed that a small group of officers, preferably military vets with training in the armed forces, be formed to combat this new form of criminality with automatic weapons and other fomrs of modern weaponry. Thus the "Special Weapons Attack Team" was born. It was later changed to "Special Weapons and Tactics" because "attack team" just sounded too attackey.

[Fern~Fern*]

Leave it to beaver

[Epicentre]

The greatest invention of all time.....The Zamboni

I'm glad I read the older posts before I shot my mouth off! Great one V!

[bruin787]

we invented the high speed chase!

televised!

live and in HD!

"we're not gonna cut to commercials, we're gonna stay RIGHT HERE and see how this turns out!

can we get a zoom in shot and see if there's anyone else in the car?!

NO?!

what about weapons?

NO?! possibly maybe?!

there might be weapons in the car!

how many could a woman that old operate singlehandedly?"

man, they're hilarious :lol:

[saiholmes]

Carrows (Santa Clara)
Coco's Bakery (Corona del Mar)

[svs]

The Frappacino invented in Santa Monica!

[Taylorhoge]

Drive bys and Plastic surgery

[svs]

Drive bys and Plastic surgery

Certainly not!!! The father of plastic surgery is generally considered to be the Indian physician and surgeon Susruta who was performing nasal reconstruction in the 10th century.

I cannot speak with any expertise about drive by shootings but the British army used them in North Africa during WWII.

New Yorkers have such stereotypical opinions about LA.

[saiholmes]

Ruby's Diner