other, and in peace. and you are two human beings who personally could have easily have led to. right, either one of us. ..the destruction of the world. yes, either one of us. and on that apocalyptic note, i continue my exploration west, where the nightmare scenario of titan ii mutates into fantasy. crossing the arizona border into the californian desert, and where the hollywood dream for a select few became reality palm springs, the home of classic americana. well, hello, ken. hello, welcome to palm springs! thank you so much.
became a desert playground for the rich and famous in the 40s, 50s and 60s. they couldn t go anywhere in hollywood without having people photographing them and people wanting their autograph and. ken was part of this exclusive world as he ran a luxury resort catering for hollywood s millionaire celebrities. everybody in the film industry would come here because they had privacy, by and large. they built homes here, they bought homes here, and so that s where we got the movie economy and we had everybody from bob hope to sinatra, elizabeth taylor and all those people, they were all super nice and. so you met elizabeth taylor then? oh, yeah. elizabeth taylor was a sweetheart, yeah, she and barbra streisand. by the mid 60s, palm springs had more swimming pools per capita than anywhere
what do you think is more interesting, this place or frank sinatra s house? this. this place! laughs. kenny irwin junior s robots. ken senior likens his son s worked to michelangelo, and has become his proud patron. do you know what these mean? do they mean anything to you? well, everyone of them means is some kenny has created a unique sculpture out of material that would be in a landfill. yeah. so he uses tons and tons of material that would be in a landfill. he s recycled and made it into great works of art. where is kenny? he s out here. kenny? where s kenny? uh! chuckles. he s behind you! kenny! i think this is kenny.
where the nightmare scenario of titan ii mutates into fantasy. crossing the arizona border into the californian desert, and where the hollywood dream for a select few became reality palm springs, the home of classic americana. well, hello, ken. hello, welcome to palm springs! thank you so much. sheltered from the elements by these enormous mountains, the town of palm springs became a desert playground for the rich and famous in the 40s, 50s and 60s. they couldn t go anywhere in hollywood without having people photographing them and people wanting their autograph and. ken was part of this exclusive world as he ran a luxury resort catering for hollywood s millionaire celebrities. everybody in the film industry
sheltered from the elements by these enormous mountains, the town of palm springs became a desert playground for the rich and famous in the 40s, 50s and 60s. they couldn t go anywhere in hollywood without having people photographing them and people wanting their autograph and. ken was part of this exclusive world as he ran a luxury resort catering for hollywood s millionaire celebrities. everybody in the film industry would come here because they had privacy, by and large. they built homes here, they bought homes here, and so that s where we got the movie economy and we had everybody from bob hope to sinatra, elizabeth taylor and all those people, they were all super nice and. so you met elizabeth taylor then? oh, yeah. elizabeth taylor was a sweetheart, yeah, she and barbra streisand.