Back in November I saw a job show up on our schedule for a few days out. The description was, "Old hotel in Imperial Beach." Now, I'm a big fan of HBO so I had a pretty good idea where this job might be.
When the Sopranos ended for good, there was an empty space that needed to be filled. My hopes were that the space would be filled with, "John From Cincinatti." From the beginning it looked like a great show: about surfing, based in Imperial Beach just a few miles from where I live and work and created by the creators of another HBO drama, "Deadwood." The show was interesting but was not picked up for a second season. Our crew was pretty disappointed when we heard the news that "John" had not been renewed. On a couple of occasions we had jobs "inside the ropes" of the filming set while in Imperial Beach (IB).
One time we had to ask the police if we could drive in to our job because they were filming a driving scene. Throughout the entire job, we left one of our doors shut so if our truck got in the shot it would be easy for all of HBO's viewers to see our big 1-800-GOT-JUNK? sign. I never saw the truck in the series even though they did film the blond in her little convertible Porsche drive by us and the truck as we tried to look busy in the background. We must be on the cutting room floor.
So... when I saw the description of the job I thought it might be the hotel where most of the show was set. Sure enough, when I called our contact Liz, she said it was indeed where the job was. We have actually done two jobs out at the former El Camino Hotel. The current owners are very nice and did not want to have to deal with removing the almost four truckloads of junk we have taken out of there. The strangest thing we pulled out of the hotel was a cement deer that had been poured into the ground and set with rebar. Of course Robert took good care of that thing with his favorite tool: the sledge hammer. I've included some pictures of us working at the hotel. By the way, if you are ever near the old El Camino Hotel in IB, you must stop by and get Donuts at the Stardust Donut Shop. Best in the world without a doubt.
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