Wally's Filling Station (Part II)
When Jack Thompson gave me his theory on the location of
Wally's Filling Station I didn't buy it at first. This is
because I was sure that the opposite side of the street was
lined with trees.
In the attached composite, Andy pulls into Wallys with his car
between the pumps and the building. Goober is standing by the
Regular pump, looking towards the building. As Andy and
Goober converse with each other, the camera keeps cutting
from Goober's point of view (looking at Andy) and Andy's point
of view (looking at Goober.)
From Goober's view we are still looking towards the building
(we can see the soda pop machine behind the squad car.) From
Andy's view we see the opposite side of the street, and it
is lined with trees. But this is a fake. If we were
allowed to see Andy's real point of view and beyond, we'd see
the USMC quanzit huts!
As I scrutinized it, I realized that from the medium shot when
Andy pulls in Goober is standing by the SUPER pump, but on
the close-ups looking a Goober he is in front of the REGULAR
pump. The trees that we are seeing in the background are the
same trees in the backgound of the shot where Andy pulls up
to the pumps.
These are my composites showing Wally's Filling Station:
Still more "Wally's"
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