L.A. in the Jay Sebring/Shampoo days

I wish I lived in the Mamas n Papas era, high in the canyons. Made my way down the hill, stoned, to eat at El Coyote and preen. It seems so familiar to me, so real. I think I might have lived there in a previous life! \ Those of you who lived through that era - describe it?

Rodney Binganheimer and Bob Evans
• LA wasn''t nearly as crowded or mean then.

• laurel canyon was where the action was. good times.%0D\ %0D\ **sigh**

• I''m an LA native and I''ve spent my life fascinated by Jay Sebring... even more specifically... um... The murders. %0D\ %0D\ %0D\ Was there any gossip about Mr. Sebring? Everything says he was attached to Sharon Tate at one point... I want to know if there was gay gossip. LOL%0D\ %0D\ Anyhow, for those that live in WeHo, the shop that Abigail Folger bought her bicycle at right before the murder is on SMB. It''s now a clothes store.

• The movie Shampoo was on Antenna last night. I caught it as I was heading to bed and ended up watching it. Carrie Fisher is unrecognizable as a teen, Warren Beatty looked good as did Goldie Hawn. It all seemed a little over the top but entertaining. It was based on the Jay Sebring guy and a republican dinner event.

• R4 I'm nothing like my mother.

• R5 I couldn't figure out if the CF character was underage or just a young adult living at home. And the mother had sex with George right after the daughter did!

• LA then was happy and clean, roomy and fun, and everything took place in English.

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• OP, have you seen the 1968 documentary Mondo Hollywood? Sebring is in it, also Rodney Bingenheimer and Manson killer Bobby Beausoleil. Fascinating stuff.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DP2cOhuUqsTU

• LA native here. I remember those murders well. Scared even my parents.

• Sharon and Jay should have been together all along.

• James Franco To Star As Jay Sebring, Celeb Hairstylist Murdered By The Manson Family

  http://www.blackbookmag.com/james-franco-to-star-as-jay-sebring-celeb-hairstylist-murdered-by-the-manson-family-1.57261

• R9, can you tell me which part of the film Beausoliel is in? I tried but can't sit through that film. Endless pointless minutes of football and people dressed in basic Halloween type costumes just ain't that interesting.

• That must mean Sebring was gay since Franco never plays anything gay roles.

• R13, Beausoleil appears as "Cupid" in the sequence that starts at 48.57. It's part of a profile of "Valerie Porter: American artist." Porter is hilarious: "I feel one should be able to have an affair with a piece of art!" and "Everything bores me to death. The only thing I find interesting is myself." I also found the segment on Vito Franzioni interesting, due to the controversy over his son's death. Sebring's sequence is linked below.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtgqkWS2vyME

• I thought Shampoo was based on JON PETERS?