For your weekend enjoyment: An excerpt from the PBS program Things That Aren’t Here Anymore, narrated by Ralph Story, a guy who (sadly) isn’t here anymore.
Beverly Park operated at the current site of the Beverly Center from 1945-1974. Having never been there as a kid, your humble blogger lacks any personal recollections of it. However, he does recall the family gathering in front of the ol’ black-and-white TV to watch Ralph Story’s Los Angeles, which aired weekly from 1964-1970 on KNXT. (That’s KCBS-2 for all you hipster and transplant whippersnappers.)
Story’s program was a mix of Southland history, culture and folksy storytelling, making it “the highest-rated and most fondly remembered local series in Los Angeles television history,” according to the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Story passed away from emphysema in 2006 at age 86. He is still very much missed.
