IVIV (1) Channel View Estates

[Keith McMullen]

On pages 8 and 9 the word 'channel' appears at least 5 times:

(8:11-13) Drive within ten blocks of the man, they'll lie down in front of your car. Keep coming, they'll roll a grenade. You want to talk to Mickey, don't be spontaneous, don't even be cute. (!) Go through channels.

(8:22-23) some chipboard horror known as Channel View Estates?

(9:1-7) Fucking Bigfoot. Well, wouldn't you know. On some extrasensory impulse, Doc reached for the tube, switched it on and flipped to one of the off-network channels dedicated to long ago TV movies and unsold pilots, and sure enough, there was the old hippie-hating mad dog himself, moonlighting after a busy day of civil-rights violation, as pitchman for Channel View Estates. "A Michael Wolfmann Concept," it read underneath the logo.

(9:12-13) Maybe the producers of these Channel View spots were desperate enough to be counting on some audience recognition

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Channel = proper off the record (surface street?) connections to get to Mickey

Channel = The Los Angeles River

Channel = TV station

Channel View = view of the underworld connections/Los Angeles Riverfront property/watching (off network) TV

"Channel View Estates" ties together several facets of the underbelly of the development of the LA metropolis.