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Originally Posted by jroberts500
I wish I could have been you then! I would have loved to meet Dean Torrence.
I love most people from the past and especially those who can accurately remember the '50's, '60's, and '70's.
Could you tell us the whole story of how you got the call. What his place was like. What was he like? Was he smoking weed? I seem to recall Jan was the one who crashed the Vette at deadman's curve? Why would he have had such a cheap old TV back then? Did you ask any good questions? Did you hang out and look at his photographs? What else was in his house?
Anything you could share would be great.
I would have tried to hang out with him!
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This was in the early 80s... I was working part time after school for Harvey's TV in West LA. They get a lot of celebrity calls because they're located in that area. The TV was in the provincial cabinet with doors, and was HEAVY. So I was along on the pickup and delivery the first time. Evidently, Dean had unloaded the TV to his dad, at a house on one of the streets just west of Century City off Olympic Bl; maybe Benecia Ave. It was a typical 1930s 3 bedroom house, with 60s furniture. Nothing fancy, but $1,000,000 these days due to zipcode. I never met Dean, only the Dad. Dean had bought the set new, I think, and he paid for the repairs since it pooped out on Dad right away. Harvey's Xeroxed Dean's check and kept the copy, for a little collection of such. Dean was there and did hand out an autograph on a subsequent visit, but I wasn't along on that one. In the end, they gutted the cabinet and put a 23" Chromacolor II in there.... A wise decision after the Torrence doorbell began to overheat with all the Motorola repair visits
Charles