What was Hollywood 80?
The Way Out West tent hosted the Sons of the Desert 2nd International Convention in the summer of 1980. This convention was known as Hollywood ’80. The highlights of the convention were the numerous L&H celebrity guests. But maybe more importantly was the effort made by several of our members to locate many of the film locations. The convention offered a bus tour of these sites, including a walk up the Music Box stairs and a first hand look at the house from Big Business. Since then some additional sites have been found, while others have been lost to “progress” (like parking lots and apartment buildings). Another one of the highlights of this convention was the restaging of the pie fight from Battle of the Century. For a complete recount of this convention, see the excerpt from Pratfall.
