IVIV: Golden Fang/Howard Hughes

[Michael Bailey]

John Bailey  wrote:
> I thought I remembered reading here that Channel View Estates is
> basically on top of Hughes' old joint (or near it). Tried to find that
> ref in the novel and the closest street-names given are where Doc
> parks on his first visit to the complex: "[Doc] parked at what would
> be the corner of Kaufman and Broad and walked back".
>
> Kaufman and Broad is a Fortune 500 prefab homebuilding company!
> Completely missed that joke. And "what would be"? What will be? The KB
> Home headquarters in LA is just across the road from the FBI and the
> veterans cemetery.
>

hey, good one!

Did a little looking for Kaufman ('cause it sounds a bit like
Wolfmann), but apparently he is as gone as
Roebuck, or Fitch, or the leader of the pack, or that hip-shakin' King Creole...