VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER HAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GRANT BY THE RALPH LAR SON FOUNDATION.

>> Huell: WELL, HELLO EVERYBODY I'M HUELL HOWSER AND HERE WE ARE IN THE HEART OF HOLLYWOOD.

WE'RE ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.

WE'RE STANDING IN THE FRONT OF THE EGYPTIAN THEATER, RECENTLY RESTORED.

THEY SHOW MOVIES IN THERE ALL THE TIME.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PALACES HERE IN HOLLYWOOD AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THAT'S IT'S BEEN RESTORED.

BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO DO A STORY ON THE EGYPTIAN THEATER.

WE'RE HERE TO DO A STORY ON THIS LITTLE RESTAURANT NEXT TO THE EGYPTIAN THEATER, THE PIG & WHISTLE.

AND HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT IS ROD AND KIM BERNSTEIN AND TWO FINE GENTLEMEN AND TWO FINE ORGANIZATION.

TELL US ABOUT THE PIG & WHISTLE BECAUSE IT'S AN INTERESTING STORY.

>> WELL THE PIG & WHISTLE IS A SMALL CHAIN OF RESTAURANTS THAT WENT FROM ABOUT SAN DIEGO TO SEATTLE.

THIS ONE HERE OPENED IN 1927, DONE BY MORGAN WALLS.

>> Huell: WAS IT PART OF THIS EGYPTIAN COMPLEX?

>> NO THAT OPENED IN 1922 AND YEARS LATER THIS OPENED.

THAT FACADE IS STILL UNDERNEATH IT.

>> Huell: WHAT WAS THE IDEA OF THE PIG & WHISTLE WAS IT A FAST RESTAURANT BACK THERE.

>> IT WAS SORT OF A SODA FOUNTAIN.

THEY MADE THEY'RE OWN CANDIES.

IT WAS A FAMILY TYPE OF PLACE WITH AFFORDABLE FOOD.

>> Huell: REALLY?

>> THIS WAS THE WHOLE HOLLYWOOD THING.

>> Huell: AND DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD LEAVE THE MOVIES AND GO TO THE PIG & WHISTLE.

>> THEY DID THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS A SIDE ENTRANCE.

BUT THE TILES WITH THE PIG & WHISTLE SO PEOPLE COULD SEE IT.

>> SO WOULD COME OUT OF THAT THEATER AND GO INTO THAT SIDE DOOR OVER THERE.

>> YES, THAT WAS THE WAY TO GET THEM COMING AND GOING.

>> Huell: HOW DO THEY COME OUT WITH THE NAME PIG & WHISTLE.

>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW.

IT YOU CAN SEE THEY USE IT UP ON THE TOP THERE AND ON THE SIDE OF THE MARQUE AND THERE IS A PIG & WHISTLE.

>> Huell: HAVE YOU LEARNED ANYTHING HERE.

>> I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD'S HANG OUT.

IN ADDITION TO BEING THE FAMILY RESTAURANT, SO YOU HAD A LOT OF HOLLYWOOD STARS ANYWHERE FROM SHIRLEY TEMPLE.

>> Huell: WAIT A MINUTE, HOW DO WE KNOW SHIRLEY TEMPLE WAS IN HERE?

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT?

>> WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE A PLACE SHE WOULD GO TO.

THEY SELL SHIRLEY TEMPLES IN HERE TOO.

>> YES, AND ALSO A FAMILY RESTAURANT, A GATHERING PLACE.

>> Huell: AND FOR YEARS, IT BECAME A NUMERO PIZZA.

>> IT CLOSED IN 1953 AND THE RETAIL FELL OFF.

THE PIZZA BASICALLY MADE A MESS OUT OF IT.

THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE BACK AND CAUSED DAMAGE IN THE BACK.

AND THE NEW OWNERS CAME IN HERE AND RESTORED IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE.

>> Huell: YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THE PIG & WHISTLE HAS FOUND A NEW LIFE ALONG WITH THE EGYPTIAN THEATER.

SO WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE, ONE-TWO COMBINATION OF ONE OF HOLLYWOOD RESTAURANTS.

LET'S GO INSIDE THE PIG & WHISTLE.

BEFORE WE EVEN GOT INSIDE, ROBERT STOPPED IT AND POINTED OUT THE ROOF.

>> THIS IS THE CEILING OF THE MARQUE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1927.

30 YEARS AGO, THEY PUT STUCCO, NONE OF THIS WAS SEEN, AND THEY FOUND IT WHEN THEY STARTED PUNCHING HOLES.

>> Huell: IT'S BEEN HIDDEN FOR YEARS.

>> NOBODY KNEW IT WAS THERE.

SO JUST BY ACCIDENT AND THEN THEY WENT BACK AND RESTORED IT.

>> Huell: THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

AND YOU POINTED OUT SOMETHING ELSE, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET INSIDE.

THIS WONDERFUL, ORIGINAL TILE.

>> THIS IS THE ORIGINAL MALIBU TILES THAT WERE MADE FOR THE PIG & WHISTLE SPECIAL DESIGN FOR THEM.

THEY WERE USED DOWNSTAIRS AND ALL AROUND THE BUILDING.

MOST OF THE STUFF UPSTAIRS WAS GONE.

BUT THERE WERE SOME PUT ON THE SIDE.

>> Huell: SO THEY FOUND THIS AND BROUGHT THEM BACK.

>> YES, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM AGAIN.

THEY RESTORED THEM AND GOT THEM HERE.

>> Huell: AND LOOK OVER HERE, WE'VE GOT THEM ALL IN THE WALLS HERE.

AND YOU'VE EVEN GOT THEM ON THE TABLE.

>> YES AND THEY USE THE INTACT ONES HERE.

AND SECTIONED THAT THEY BROKE.

>> Huell: SO THEY EVEN USED THE BROKEN ONES.

>> NOTHING WAS THROWN OUT.

>> Huell: NOW THIS IS CREATIVE USE OF BRINGING SOMETHING BACK.

>> THIS IS THE GREAT TALES OF YOU URBAN ARCHEOLOGY, IT'S A RESTORATION, THEY WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR USE OF TILE.

THEY IT THE ADAM'S HOUSE UP IN MALIBU WHICH IS NOW A HISTORIC PARK.

>> Huell: SO THIS TILE WAS MADE UP IN THE EARLY CENTURY AND THEY COMMISSION THE TILE WITH THEIR OWN LITTLE PIG.

>> YES, IT WAS A CUSTOM DESIGN FOR THE RESTAURANT.

AND YOU SEE THE--.

>> Huell: LET'S GET INSIDE FELLOWS.

WE HAVE NOT EVEN GONE INSIDE YET.

OKAY.

WE'RE INSIDE AND I BET YOU'RE THE GUY I WAS TO SUPPOSE TO MEET.

YOU ARE?

>> I'M THE OWNER.

>> Huell: HOW DID YOU BECOME THE OWNER OF THE PIG & WHISTLE THIS WAS FALLEN IN TIMES, AND COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU HAD TO HAVE SOME VISION TO SEE WHAT IT HAS BECOME?

>> ACTUALLY, A FRIEND OF MINE, JOHN TRENSON, I TOLD HIM I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING UNIQUE IN HOLLYWOOD TO BRING BACK A PART OF OLD HOLLYWOOD, SOMETHING I HAD BACK WHEN MY FATHER WAS IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS.

AND HE FOUND ME THIS PLACE HE SAID WAS THE PIG & WHISTLE.

HE SAID TFSZ THE--IT WAS THE PI WHISTLE.

WHEN I CAME IT WAS A RUN DOWN PIZZA PLACE.

I SAW THE SIGN OUTSIDE SAYING THAT IT WAS 1927 SO I WENT TO THE LIBRARY LOOKED UP SOME INFORMATION AND FOUND AN OLD ARTICLE, ABOUT A 7 PAGE ARTICLE IN THE DAILY CITIZEN AND AS I READ FOR I GOT FOR EXCITING AND THAT'S HOW IT CAME ABOUT.

>> Huell: AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

>> THE TILE IS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL.

WE HAD TO MAKE SOME SILICON CATS OF THE ORIGINAL.

>> Huell: WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB.

THE TILE IS ORIGINAL?

>> THAT'S DEFINITELY ORIGINAL.

WE GOT THAT FROM THE BASEMENT AND OFF THE WALLS.

WE HAD TO TAKE THEM OFF AND HAVE THEM ALL INDIVIDUALLY CUT IN THE BACK OF THEM TO GET OLD CEMENT AND PLASTER ON TOP OF THEM.

>> Huell: HAVE YOU HAD OLD TIMER COME IN TO TELL STORIES ABOUT THE 1930s.

>> ACTUALLY, I HAVE ONE HERE IN TODAY, LUIS, SHE WORKED ON GETTING MY NUMBER AND TOLD ME HER FATHER WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER THROUGH THE 30s AND 40s.

>> THIS LOUISE OVER HERE?

>> HOW YOU DOING?

>> JUST DOING FINE.

>> Huell: YOU'RE BACK IN THE PIG & WHISTLE.

YOUR DAD WAS THE MANAGER OF THIS PLACE?

>> THE MANAGER.

>> Huell: IN THE?

>> 30s AND 40s.

>> Huell: AND WHAT DID IT LOOK BACK THEN?

>> IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THIS.

I REMEMBER THE ORGAN OVER THERE.

>> Huell: THEY HAD AN ORGAN HERE.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE ORGAN BACK.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT HISTORIC.

>> SOMEBODY CALLED ME ABOUT THE ORGAN AND I'M GOING TO GO SEE IT IN A A FEW WEEKS.

>> Huell: HOW OLD WERE YOU?

>> I WAS IN THE 11th GRADE.

I DID NOT COME IN BECAUSE IT WOULD LOOK TACKY.

HE WOULD PUSH US TO THE THE HOT FUDGE PLACE.

BUT IF WE GOT IN HERE AND TOOK UP A BOOTH, THAT WAS TOO MUCH MOVIE LOST.

>> Huell: WAS THIS A HOT PLACE?

>> I DON'T REMEMBER IT HOT, BUT ELEGANT.

IT WAS RICHLY DESERVEED AND I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY THREE OR FOUR STORIES, BUT THERE WERE SIX OF THEM DOWNTOWN.

>> Huell: SIX PIG & WHISTLES.

>> IN BACK OF THIS BOX, THERE WERE A BUNCH OF LOCATIONS.

>> Huell: DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THE NAME, PIG & WHISTLE.

>> YES, CHRIS'S PUBLICIST, KIM, SAID THAT IT WAS CALLED PIGGIEN AND HE SAID A PIG AND IN AND THEN APOSTROPHE, AND--.

>> IT WAS AN OL' LEAD CUP.

AND AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME THEY WOULD DRINK OUT OF THIS CUP, THE WHISEL WAS THE WINE.

>> HE'S GOT IT ALL RIGHT.

>> Huell: THAT'S GREAT.

>> THAT'S KIND OF CLOSE.

>> Huell: WELL, ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME COMING BACK.

I HOPE CHRIS IS BUYING YOU LUNCH TODAY?

>> IT'S ON HIM.

I'M GOING TO TAKE IT.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS ALL THE WAITRESSES WORE SNOOZE, SO THEY WOULD NOT GET HAIR IN THE FOOD.

AND ALL OF THE WAITRESSES HAD NETS ON THEIR HAIR.

>> Huell: GOING BACK TO THE OL'.

>> WELL NOT THE OLD BUT YOU DON'T WANT FOOáD--HAIR IN YOUR .

BUT ANYWAY, WHAT ELSE DO I REMEMBER, THE MONKEYS, THERE WAS A CAGE FULL OF MONKEYS AND IT STOPPED EVERYBODY IN THE SIDEWALK TO WATCH THE MONKEYS AND THEN THEY CAME IN.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHO DID THAT.

>> Huell: YOU HAVE TO PUT MONKEYS OUT.

>> ACTUALLY, THERE IS A FEW MONKEYS OUT IN HOLLYWOOD.

>> Huell: I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU ASK THEM FOR A CAGE OF MONKEYS.

>> THE SODA FOUNTAIN WAS OVER THERE.

THE CANDY COUNTER WAS OVER HERE.

I'M SO EXCITED TALKING TO YOU.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I THOUGHT THE CANNEDDY BOX LOOKED LIKE THE OL' SEES.

>> Huell: WAIT A MINUTE WE HAVE SOME THINGS HERE.

THIS IS THE OL' PIG & WHISTLE CANDY BOX RIGHT HERE.

>> I THOUGHT THEY WERE BLACK WITH WHITE LETTERS.

>> Huell: WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

>> ROBERT KNEW MAN, BROUGHT THAT IN AND SOME SAMPLES.

WE'VE ALSO GOT A LITTLE CLAY PIG.

>> WHERE DID YOU GET THIS.

>> PASADENA, COMMUNITY SWAPMEET.

>> Huell: LOOK AT THAT LITTLE PIG.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER, THIS IS OVER 60 YEARS OLD.

>> Huell: OH ISN'T THAT GREAT.

>> WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?

FIEFR?

A WHISTLE.

>> Huell: WHAT WAS THIS USED FOR.

>> CANDIES INSIDE.

>> Huell: OH I SEE.

>> ONE OF THE OLD MENUS.

>> Huell: OH LOOK AT THE MENUS THE PIGS MARCHING DOWN FROM THE CASTLE.

>> THEY WOULD PRINT THIS ON A DAYLY BASIS AND THIS IS A 19 44.

>> Huell: OH OH, I DON'T WANT TO DROP ANY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS.

19 44.

WOW--THIS REALLY.

>> SO YOU HEARD THESE STORIES BEFORE.

>> IT WAS WONDERFUL.

MY GRANDFATHER LOVED THIS PLACE.

I'M SO PROUD OF CHRIS AND THE WAY IT LOOKS.

>> MY FATHER DID THAT, HE WOULD GO UP AND SAY ARE YOU ENJOYING YOUR DINNER.

IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU.

>> Huell: SO YOU'RE CARRYING ON THE TRADITION IN MANY MANY WAYS.

>> DEFINITELY, AND I THINK WITH THE EGYPTIAN THEATER, THAT WE BOUGHT THIS WHOLE AREA BACK AND BRINGING SOME OF THE OLD MOVIES BACK THAT WE PLAY BACK BRINGING SOME OF THE CLASSICAL MOVIES.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY ENJOYING THE ERA.

>> Huell: YOU'RE AN OLD FASHION KIND OF GUY?

>> I LOVE IT.

>> Huell: BRINGING HOLLYWOOD BACK HERE.

>> THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROJECT I WILL TRY TO BRING BACK.

WE'RE WORKING ON OTHERS.

>> Huell: GETS GET A SHOT OF THE TWO OF YOU TOGETHER.

HIS CELL PHONE IS RINGING.

YOUR FATHER DIDN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE.

>> NO SUCH THING.

>> Huell: BUT THE PIG & WHISTLE, HERE'S THE GENERATIONAL YOU'RE PASSING THE PIG--STAND HERE, THE PIG IS WHAT BRINGS YOU TOGETHER.

AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL PART OF HOLLYWOOD HISTORY, WHICH HAS BEEN SAVED AND RESTORED AND IT'S BACK TO ITS FORMAL GLORY DAZE.

THE PIG & WHISTLE HERE IN HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.

A WONDERFUL PART OF THE HOLLYWOOD PAST AND NOW IT'S FUTURE AND PRESENT.

>> Huell: NOW I BET YOU THOUGHT OUR VISIT TO THE PIG & WHISTLE WAS OVER.

NOT BY A LONG SHOT BECAUSE WE'VE COME HALF A BLOCK ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD AND WE'RE CONTINUING THE PIG & WHISTLE STORY, RIGHT HERE IN THE ORIGINAL MACHELIA'S PIZZARIA WHICH IS PART OF THE PIG & WHISTLE HISTORY HIMSELF.

AND HERE'S THE MAN HIMSELF.

CARMEN, MACHILI, WE'RE HERE TO SPEND SOME TIME IN YOUR PLACE.

WE WERE AT THE OLD PIG & WHISTLE.

>> I HEARD.

>> Huell: BUT THERE IS A LOT OF THE PIG & WHISTLE IN HERE IN YOUR RESTAURANT.

>> IT'S ALL HERE.

>> Huell: SO ALL THIS WOOD--.

>> YES.

>> Huell: THIS?

>> THIS.

>> Huell: THIS?

>> THAT.

THE CHANDELIERS.

>> Huell: ALL OF IT?

>> ALL OF IT--.

>> Huell: HOW DID YOU GET?

WELL THEY WERE DEMOLISHING IT AND I MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEMOLISHER.

>> Huell: OH LOOK AT THIS?

OH, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> AND IT'S STILL GOT THE ORIGINAL STOOLS.

>> Huell: OH LOOK!

OH LOOK AT THESE STOOLS.

>> THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

>> Huell: ALL THE WAY DOWN.

>> AND THE BAR--.

>> AND THE DOORS.

>> Huell: LOOK AT THE DOORS BACK HERE AND ALL THE BACK OF THE BAR.

SO THEY WERE TAKE TG OUT TO MAKE A PIZZA PLACE.

>> THEY WERE GOING TO DEMOLISH IT AND I MADE A DEAL AND I BOUGHT ALL THE WOOD IT TOOK ME TIME TO PUT IT TOGETHER BUT IT'S HERE.

>> Huell: I BET YOU GOT IT FOR A STEAL.

>> I STOLE IT YES, THEY DIDN'T WANT IT.

I DID MY THING AND THIS IS IT.

THIS IS THE WHISTLE RIGHT HERE.

>> Huell: OH LOOK, RIGHT ON THE SIDE ON THE PHONE BOOTH.

OH MY GOSH, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AND YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN IN YOUR PLACE, MANY MANY TIMES.

>> YOU SURE HAVE.

>> Huell: AND I'VE NEVER NOTICED THE CEILING UP HERE.

>> YEAH, IT'S ALL FROM THE PIG & WHISTLE.

AND I PUT IT TOGETHER IT TOOK ME ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO DO IT, BUT I DID IT.

LOOKS PRETTY GOOD DOESN'T IT.

>> Huell: DO MOST WHEN THEY COME IN HERE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT?

THIS PIECE OF HISTORY.

>> NOT REALLY, BUT THEY LOOK AT IT AND APPRECIATE IT.

>> Huell: I BET YOU REMEMBER THE PIG & WHISTLE FROM HITS HAY DAYS.

>> OH YEAH, IT WAS THE SWING AND BOOM.

>> Huell: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD WAS A PRETTY FAMOUS THING.

AND MUSSO FRAFRNGZ--FRANKS HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1918.

I'M HERE FROM 1941.

>> Huell: IT'S REALLY NICE THAT YOU SAVED IT.

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IT.

>> IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO SOME DUMP.

>> Huell: THEY DON'T APPRECIATE THIS.

>> THEY SHOULD.

I HAVE A WINDOW HERE FROM 1912 FROM USC.

>> Huell: DO THEY KNOW YOU HAVE THAT WINDOW.

>> THEY WANT IT.

I MIGHT GIVE IT TO THEM ONE OF THESE DAYS, I MIGHT DONATE IT, MY CHILDREN WENT TO USC.

>> Huell: YOU SHOULD.

HEY, THANKS FOR SHOWING US AROUND.

I HAVE A NEW APPRECIATION FOR YOUR PLACE HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Huell: AND NOT ONLY DID YOU SAFE IT FROM THE WRECKAGE BUT IT'S REALLY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

>> I CARRIED IT OVER HERE.

IT'S HEAVY STUFF, OF COURSE I WAS YOUNG AND STRONG NOW I'M OLD AND STRONG.

>> Huell: THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

A LITTLE BIT OF THE PIG & WHISTLE LIVES IN HERE AS WELL AND IT'S ALL PART OF THE HOLLYWOOD'S WONDERFUL HISTORY.

SOMETIMES HOLLYWOOD, FORGOTTEN OR UNKNOWN HISTORY.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT THE WOOD.

>> I'M GLAD YOU APPRECIATE.

>> Huell: THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Huell: THAT'S THE WAY IT IS OUT HERE IN MACHELI'S ON LA PALMA.

>> MY WAITRESS HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1961.

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