Just Above Sunset
Volume 5, Number 10
March 11, 2007

Paparazzi Time

 The world as seen from Just Above Sunset -

"Notes on how things seem from out here in Hollywood..."

Fame - Paparazzi Time

So I was up on Hollywood Boulevard taking architectural shots Wednesday afternoon, August 23rd,  but as I was walking in the 6600 block - across from Musso and Frank - about ten guys with cameras jumped out from the shadows shouting - "Look, it's Taylor Hicks!" - and they started taking pictures of me. So I took pictures of them.

It's a Fox show on crazy paparazzi - a sort of reality thing.  They interviewed me, and I signed a release. It'll be on one of these nights. I'll let you know. It was pretty bizarre. We talked about paparazzi of course.

And then we traded camera notes. They all use Canon.

Paparazzi Time on Hollywood Boulevard
Paparazzi Time on Hollywood Boulevard
Paparazzi Time on Hollywood Boulevard

Further down the street a famous wresting promoter (see below) was taping a promo - and here are some shots of that.

"The Mouth of the South" is Jimmy Hart - also known as "The Colonel"
"The Mouth of the South" is Jimmy Hart - also known as "The Colonel"
"The Mouth of the South" is Jimmy Hart - also known as "The Colonel"

"The Mouth of the South" is Jimmy Hart - also known as "The Colonel" - born January 1, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee.  He's a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer and musician. He's worked in Memphis Wrestling, the WWF, WCW, XWF, WrestleXpress and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. And he's managed an number of big-time professional wrestlers, including Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Ric Flair and "The Honky Tonk Man." Before the wrestling stuff he was part of a band in the sixties called The Gentrys - they had the million-selling record "Keep on Dancin'."

Detail -

    On June 19, 2005 at Slammiversary, The Naturals were assisted in a title defense against Team Canada by Hart, who ran to ringside and threw his megaphone to Chase Stevens, who hit Petey Williams with it and pinned him. Hart acted as the manager of The Naturals until October 3, 2005, when he was taken off TNA television after appearing on WWE Homecoming.

    Rumor has it that Hart was fired for attending WWE Homecoming and was later brought back as a figurehead, but this is not the case. He was actually asked by TNA CEO Dixie Carter not to appear for WWE, but it was entirely his choice to do so. Due to Hart's open contracts, no promotion can put a no-compete clause on him. Instead, Hart does promotional in-park appearances at Universal Studios prior to TNA IMPACT! tapings, but does not take part in the actual tapings at Soundstage 21.

Universal Studios is just over the hill, so you have to assume the crew was from Universal.  If you must know more, see The Mouth of the South: The Jimmy Hart Story - ECW Press (November 15, 2004), ISBN: 1550225952

If you use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me.

These were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

The original large-format raw files are available upon request.

[Paparazzi Time]

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2007, 10:30 pm Pacific Time

All text and photos, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 - Alan M. Pavlik

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