Hollywood Trucking

Sometimes when I watch TV shows (specifically on-location dramas), certain props stick out to me. Like 18-wheelers, which I've gotten to know pretty well over the last couple years.

If you spend any time around movie studios or film sets, you can't help but notice the trucks the studios use to transport equipment to on-location sets. For some reason that I can't explain, all the trucks in Hollywood are white cab-over models that all look the same regardless of which studio they're from. (Cab-overs are the trucks that are totally flat in the front. The cab is above the engine, thus "cab-over.")

You hardly ever see cab-overs on the highways anymore, but that seems to be the only kind of truck they use in "Hollywood." (I put 'Hollywood' in quotes because I've noticed the same kind of trucks near film shoots in New York, too.) Also, the trucks have very unique, specialized trailers, which makes them easy to recognize.

Every once in a while, one of these trucks shows up as a prop on a TV show, and it just bothers me a little bit. It makes the artificial world inside my TV just a little less believable to me because I know the truck isn't what it's pretending to be.

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Associated Content

Update (May 30): Might want to add ezinearticles.com to this new list.

I just read what appeared to be a news article on a web site called "Associated Content." This web site looks all professional and stuff, and its name is a lot like "Associated Press," so I wondered at first if this was another news service like the AP; a news service I'd just never heard of because I don't pay much attention. However, as I read the short article about aspartame, I quickly noticed the writer had a clear agenda. I also couldn't help but notice how horribly the article was written.

As soon as I left the page, I Googled "associated content scam" just to see if there would be many hits. Oh yeah, there are tons of hits.

So I guess the lesson of this story is: You can count on me to help you sift bullshit from non-bullshit.

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