Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory, located in Griffith Park, is a public observatory and science center known for its Art Deco design and as a cultural landmark of Los Angeles. Built in the 1930s, the observatory houses a refracting telescope, a Tesla coil, a Foucault pendulum, the Café at the End of the Universe, several Hugo Ballin murals, and the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater.
The Astronomers Monument on the front lawn of the building is dedicated to six astronomers: Hipparchus, Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, and William Herschel. Several local points of interest are visible from the exterior of the observatory grounds including the Hollywood sign, the Hollywood Bowl, and the LA skyline.
The observatory has served as a filming location for several movies including (most famously) Rebel Without a Cause, the serial Dick Tracy Returns, the pornographic Flesh Gordon, The Terminator, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Rocketeer, Frank Oz's Bowfinger, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, 2007's Transformers, and many others. TV shows utilizing the observatory have included Adventures of Superman, 24, Alias, Agent Carter, Angel, Beverly Hills, 90210, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Quantum Leap, Dragnet, Mission: Impossible, The Wonder Years, Star Trek: Voyager, Wonder Woman, and the CBS special Adele One Night Only.
According to the script for the Dog City episode "Adventures in Puppy-Sitting," elements of the series-recurring location Dog City Park are modeled after Griffith Park, including the winding hill.
Portions of the 1996 direct-to-video Things That Fly were filmed in Griffith Park.
In July of 2022, a minor auto accident was reported during the late night filming of The Muppets Mayhem in the vicinity of Griffith Observatory when a truck crashed into a tree.Deadline "The Muppets Mayhem Crew Involved In Accident During Filming Of Disney+ Series" by Nellie Andreeva, July 2, 2022 In the finished series, the observatory appears in the episode "Drift Away" when Moog parts ways with Nora whom he holds responsible for breaking up The Electric Mayhem.
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