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{{quote|'''Priya:''' I'm in hell.<br />
{{quote|'''Priya:''' I'm in hell.
'''Topher:''' You're in Los Angeles. I can understand the mixup.|''[[Dollhouse]]''}}
'''Topher:''' You're in Los Angeles. I can understand the mixup.|''[[Dollhouse]]''}}


{{quote|'''Fry:''' So you're saying these aren't the decaying ruins of New York in the year 4000?<br />
{{quote|'''Fry:''' So you're saying these aren't the decaying ruins of New York in the year 4000?
'''Farnsworth:''' You wish! You're in Los Angeles!<br />
'''Farnsworth:''' You wish! You're in Los Angeles!
'''Fry:''' But there was this gang of 10-year-olds with guns.<br />
'''Fry:''' But there was this gang of 10-year-olds with guns.
'''Leela:''' Exactly, you're in L.A.<br />
'''Leela:''' Exactly, you're in L.A.
'''Fry:''' But everyone is driving around in cars shooting at each other.<br />
'''Fry:''' But everyone is driving around in cars shooting at each other.
'''Bender:''' That's L.A. for you.<br />
'''Bender:''' That's L.A. for you.
'''Fry:''' But the air is green and there's no sign of civilization whatsoever.<br />
'''Fry:''' But the air is green and there's no sign of civilization whatsoever.
'''Bender:''' He just won't stop with the social commentary.|''[[Futurama]]''}}
'''Bender:''' He just won't stop with the social commentary.|''[[Futurama]]''}}


{{quote|''"They were making something new, magnificent and awful; and it did not include much that had been previously described as heaven."''|Historian R.L. Duffus (describing the mushrooming growth of the city in the early 1900s), ''Queen Calafia's Island: Facts And Myths About The Golden State''}}
{{quote|''"They were making something new, magnificent and awful; and it did not include much that had been previously described as heaven."''|Historian R.L. Duffus (describing the mushrooming growth of the city in the early 1900s), ''Queen Calafia's Island: Facts And Myths About The Golden State''}}


{{quote|'''Dutch:''' Ever hear of Mac Ray Edwards? Edwards worked for the county, helped build the LA freeways. From 1953 to 1969 he slaughtered children at night and planted their bodies in the soil he and his construction workers paved over with asphalt the next day. The city's roads are literally paved with dead bodies. 50% of the world's known serial killers have spent at least a portion of their lives in Southern Califoria. Why do you think that is?<br />
{{quote|'''Dutch:''' Ever hear of Mac Ray Edwards? Edwards worked for the county, helped build the LA freeways. From 1953 to 1969 he slaughtered children at night and planted their bodies in the soil he and his construction workers paved over with asphalt the next day. The city's roads are literally paved with dead bodies. 50% of the world's known serial killers have spent at least a portion of their lives in Southern Califoria. Why do you think that is?
'''Lloyd:''' Everyone comes to Los Angeles to get famous...|''[[The Shield]]''}}
'''Lloyd:''' Everyone comes to Los Angeles to get famous...|''[[The Shield]]''}}


{{quote|Look at that mountain<br />
{{quote|Look at that mountain
Look at those trees<br />
Look at those trees
Look at that bum over there, man<br />
Look at that bum over there, man
He's down on his knees<br />
He's down on his knees
Look at these women<br />
Look at these women
There ain't nothin' like 'em nowhere...<br />
There ain't nothin' like 'em nowhere...
I love L.A.!|'''[[Randy Newman]]'''}}
I love L.A.!|'''[[Randy Newman]]'''}}



Latest revision as of 08:37, 8 August 2014


Priya: I'm in hell.

Topher: You're in Los Angeles. I can understand the mixup.

Fry: So you're saying these aren't the decaying ruins of New York in the year 4000?
Farnsworth: You wish! You're in Los Angeles!
Fry: But there was this gang of 10-year-olds with guns.
Leela: Exactly, you're in L.A.
Fry: But everyone is driving around in cars shooting at each other.
Bender: That's L.A. for you.
Fry: But the air is green and there's no sign of civilization whatsoever.

Bender: He just won't stop with the social commentary.
"They were making something new, magnificent and awful; and it did not include much that had been previously described as heaven."
—Historian R.L. Duffus (describing the mushrooming growth of the city in the early 1900s), Queen Calafia's Island: Facts And Myths About The Golden State

Dutch: Ever hear of Mac Ray Edwards? Edwards worked for the county, helped build the LA freeways. From 1953 to 1969 he slaughtered children at night and planted their bodies in the soil he and his construction workers paved over with asphalt the next day. The city's roads are literally paved with dead bodies. 50% of the world's known serial killers have spent at least a portion of their lives in Southern Califoria. Why do you think that is?

Lloyd: Everyone comes to Los Angeles to get famous...

Look at that mountain
Look at those trees
Look at that bum over there, man
He's down on his knees
Look at these women
There ain't nothin' like 'em nowhere...

I love L.A.!