nickcarr
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Blessings
“I’m a singer,” the man says as I scout his home. “I’ve sung on more gold and platinum albums than anyone.” He lists some. All legends. “How did it all happen?” I ask. “Well, my father went off to fight in World War II. Never came back. And ever since, the blessings have just kept…
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Phone Company Man
I’m scouting the living room of a middle class home in the suburbs. The owner is next to me. He’s big, burly. Thinning hair. Walrus moustache. Wilford Brimley would play his part in a movie. I think he said he works at the phone company. I notice a framed photograph of a boy, 10 or…
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How Not To Exit A Parking Garage
One more fun one from the Biltmore, where I’ve spent the past week prepping/filming… Swing around to the Grand Ave side… Look above the arched entrance… And you’ll notice a patched section of bricks about the size of a car: As it turns out, this isn’t a coincidence – on the other side is the…
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That Time The Ghostbusters Destroyed A Los Angeles Hotel
Way back in 2009, I did my very first Scouting NY then-and-now look at the movie Ghostbusters to see how the city had changed 25 years after its production. Except I ran into one minor problem: not all of the movie was shot in New York. Astute readers may have noticed I left out one…