tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post685966878667627811..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: A Producer Buys Ruth Buzzi's Hollwood Hills HouseYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-24759139861352299362013-02-20T15:45:21.360-08:002013-02-20T15:45:21.360-08:00Your Mama's sass is borderline cruel for no go...Your Mama's sass is borderline cruel for no good reason. The pictures expose her lack of good perception. What's worse, she will take my disapproval as a compliment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-47122966817223473472013-02-06T18:39:33.472-08:002013-02-06T18:39:33.472-08:00This is Kent Perkins again, wishing Mama well from...This is Kent Perkins again, wishing Mama well from our ranch in Texas. We're putting the finishing touches on our Texas ranch house. It's plantation style, has 14' porches and a 6 car garage with a 2 bedroom guest house above. The house is 4 stories; an elevator serves the first three, and a spiral staircase goes up into the 12 by 12 cupola, observation room 54 feet above the ground, on our hill above a 3 acre private lake, set back in some trees. You'd like it here after being in LA traffic for a few decades like we were. Just want you to know Ruthie and I are loving Texas, and you can see her on Twitter @Ruth_A_Buzzi where she's posted some pics of the new house. Adios! Bueno dias, friends!Kent and Ruth Buzzi Perkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-13955834183896502722009-07-12T15:48:31.974-07:002009-07-12T15:48:31.974-07:00A real treat to hear from the people who lived in ...A real treat to hear from the people who lived in the house under discussion. These comments bring home the adage that a house is a lot more than bricks and mortar.StPaulSnowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590800489107567022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-80816997875699701772009-07-12T13:30:23.040-07:002009-07-12T13:30:23.040-07:00By the way, the house was built by then huge movie...By the way, the house was built by then huge movie star Deanna Durbin, who sang in most of her movies. Interestingly, across the street lived immortal film stars Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, Sr...so Halloween in the Outpost area might have been a lot of fun back then with the Werewolf and Dracula being next door neighbors. The Lugosi mansion has a plaque on the wall outside the front gates, and is a tourist stop. Because our house was also on the star maps, we had some interesting meetings with total strangers at the door. People have amazing audacity, especially TV fans. Once, a man just out of prison slipped a note under our front door asking Ruthie for a $100,000 loan so he could start a business; yes, he was serious. I forgot to mention that the house was sold by Aaron Montelongo of who was terrific, and very patient, and honest. We recommend him if you need a realtor so check out this link: http://www.sothebysrealty.com/en/AssociateProfile.aspx?R=300003649<br /><br /><br />Again, thanks for the kind words and Ruthie says it's time to feed the cows so I have to get off the computer and hop in the 4-wheeler... ya'll take care...<br /><br />Kent PerkinsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-10107435988398616092009-07-12T07:34:58.791-07:002009-07-12T07:34:58.791-07:00Mister Perkins,
Thanks so much for your lovely mi...Mister Perkins,<br /><br />Thanks so much for your lovely missive. We've amended our little post to reflect some of what you've written.<br /><br />Please tell Mizz Buzzi Your Mama says hello and thanks again darlin'<br /><br />Y.M.Your Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-83697505776341205792009-07-12T07:17:34.316-07:002009-07-12T07:17:34.316-07:00Hi, this is from Ruth Buzzi's husband. Ruthie...Hi, this is from Ruth Buzzi's husband. Ruthie saw this blog and wanted me to respond so you'd know a little more about the house. It was so close to everything, being just above Hollywood Blvd but still in the forest with lots of trees. It was the best of two worlds, the city and the country. We had foxes, deer, raccoons, and even rattlesnakes pay us visits there, and a red tailed hawk nested in a huge tree just a stone's toss from our bedroom window; the house hosted some great little parties for some of the world's most interesting people, but we don't name-drop. During the height of Laugh-In Ruthie enjoyed the house so much that, during holidays when everyone else took vacations out of the country, she spent all her spare time at the Malaga house, sunning on the back deck, playing the piano in the living room, reading on the balcony off the bedroom. She bought the house while still on Laugh-In in 1968, contrary to property record reports in your blog. In addition to the Malaga house, she lived in a 9,000 square foot Hancock Park mansion bought by me in 2000 and which we sold in 2005. Malaga was unoccupied for the past few years but we never cared to rent or lease it because it was such a great part of Ruthie's history. It was full of Emmy nomination plaques, her Golden Globe award, scripts and CD's and videotapes of hundreds of her shows, and all the Bob Mackie and Rhet Turner wardrobes she collected from her years in comedy sketches and on the road with her club act. Ruthie is very happily retired with me in Texas. I have sold most of my California holdings including 50% of the stock in my company. We live in a gorgeous brick and Austin stone house in Southlake, Texas (listed as the highest per capita income neighborhood in America in a recent survey) and there's nothing banal about it. Our farm in Aledo, Texas is complete with a swan pond, and scores of chickens, roosters, Guinea hens, and 18 quacking ducks. About 50 miles west of there is Sunset Ranch, in Erath County, Texas, where we have a herd of black Angus cattle, 4 horses, and 220 acres of pecan trees, 5 ponds and a 12-acre lake, and 1/2 mile of Barton's Creek flows across the West end of the ranch bringing with it wild turkey, hogs, deer, and countless other wildlife. <br /><br />Ruthie wants you to know the Malaga house was centrally air conditioned, and very comfortable...but remember, we had other houses so she didn't really live there the past few years. It is with fond memories and a wistful <br />"adios" that she signed the paperwork over to the young dynamic writer/producer and his wife...and she wishes them the happiness and success Malaga brought to her for 40 years.<br /><br />Ruthie thanks her fans for the nice comments, and wants them all to know she's now a full-blown cowgirl with the hat collection to prove it.<br /><br />Be well,<br /><br />Kent PerkinsKent Perkinshttp://www.drminc.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-54586347104558049862009-07-11T19:34:09.145-07:002009-07-11T19:34:09.145-07:00Ernesto - Renovation doesn't necessarily mean ...Ernesto - Renovation doesn't necessarily mean stainless steel & granite. There is such a thing as a sensitive renovation. The house is 72 years old (what a coincidence, so is Buzzi). The house could need new plumbing & electric. It may not even have air conditioning. People (even the rich & famous) lived without it but a new owner is going to want a modern HVAC system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-79108492855655200422009-07-11T11:53:53.651-07:002009-07-11T11:53:53.651-07:00Anon 4:02--The house probably looks bigger than it...Anon 4:02--The house probably looks bigger than it is in the aerial photo because it is built into a hillside. Those aren't full stories you're seeing in the photo. The top one (which is about 1/3 garage) only covers about 1/3 to 1/2 of the lower level. <br /><br />AS for the rest of the house. It might not be a complete top to bottom reno, but it is close. I wish we got more of a sense of how the rooms flow (or don't flow) into one another. Anyone have a link to a listing?<br /><br />And I'm glad Ms. Buzzi is still with us. She was hysterical but hadn't thought about her in years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-27671679389904311012009-07-11T11:20:55.714-07:002009-07-11T11:20:55.714-07:00Miss Ruth killed it. I see a few dozen illegals on...Miss Ruth killed it. I see a few dozen illegals on the demo-blast weekend.*sniff*Troy N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04287979767025598757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-49872750728527522672009-07-11T10:09:06.591-07:002009-07-11T10:09:06.591-07:00Hi Joe, What's the address of your blog..bet y...Hi Joe, What's the address of your blog..bet you won't put the address here. that's if you have a blog at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-24491719598760796342009-07-11T08:11:13.282-07:002009-07-11T08:11:13.282-07:00THAT WASNT ME
MY BLOG HAS TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE AS...THAT WASNT ME<br /><br />MY BLOG HAS TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE AS THIS ONE:{} avg joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-59721174644899786302009-07-10T18:43:13.755-07:002009-07-10T18:43:13.755-07:00While I agree with all Mama says on this dated hou...While I agree with all Mama says on this dated house, it appears to just need some heavy cosmetics to make all right as rain. And at this price, that should be easy enough to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-28039006426757698972009-07-10T17:43:12.572-07:002009-07-10T17:43:12.572-07:00The Lost Saucer was my favorite show when I was a ...The Lost Saucer was my favorite show when I was a kid! I'd forgotten all about it till now- thanks mama! <br /><br />Loved this post & this house. I bet the views are fantastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-91405367065315859302009-07-10T16:02:15.085-07:002009-07-10T16:02:15.085-07:00The back aerial makes is look big but it's onl...The back aerial makes is look big but it's only 2900 sq. ft.? I wonder what's on the very bottom level? Ruth Buzzi's got to be in her early 70s by now and this looks like a home that was lived in for 30+ years - a true home and not a flipper. GOOD bones. Ruth Buzzi used to be screamingly funny and I haven't thought of her in years...had no idea she lived in the Dallas area now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-30963891015624349722009-07-10T15:22:07.983-07:002009-07-10T15:22:07.983-07:00its odd that the most expensive listing in the bir...its odd that the most expensive listing in the bird streets ever sold for $18m and there haven't been many in the 8 figure range other than it and a select few... but suddenly this area has TONS of high dollar listings.. honestly compared to other listings in the area 9161 is cheap...but they are all insanely overpriced<br /><br />its 10k sq ft on a huge lot <br /><br /><br />1380 mockingbird - $24,995,000 for 11,166 sq ft<br /><br />1415 oriole - $24,000,000 for 9,691<br /><br />9050 Oriole - $18,950,000 for like 6,500 sq ft<br /><br />9362 nightingale - $17,995,000 for 9,000 sq ft<br /><br />9280 nightingale - $15,900,000 for $8,600 sq ft<br /><br />1423 oriole dr - $14,000,000 for 6,679 sq ftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-3030463233163619172009-07-10T13:55:35.539-07:002009-07-10T13:55:35.539-07:00I agree with Ernesto that a quirky design scheme w...I agree with Ernesto that a quirky design scheme would fit right in here. I don't know if the glass bricks or the bar would come out first if I was moving in, but mark me - their days would be numbered. Overall though it's cute, and seems like a steal for the money, even with no backyard.<br /><br />Back in April Mama you filled us in on your double drawer dishwasher difficulties when as I recall a young stallion by the name of Juan was due to pop over and switch out your appliance for one that actually worked.dollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-16435467760176425192009-07-10T13:39:10.092-07:002009-07-10T13:39:10.092-07:00I'd suggest a new decor that is total retro......I'd suggest a new decor that is total retro... leaning towards that "Mad Men" look of the lats 60s with maybe some Haywood-Wakefield furniture and some big ol' lamps with huge shades! And God Yes with the BAR! It's time to get my drink on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-37884639770985617832009-07-10T13:19:07.421-07:002009-07-10T13:19:07.421-07:00who owns this estate ?
I heard the owner of univi...who owns this estate ?<br /><br />I heard the owner of univision does<br /><br />9161 ORIOLE WAY, LOS ANGELES 90069<br /><br />they are asking 16MM for it<br /><br />I think that is wayyyyyyyyy to high:{} avg joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-30643237834842132992009-07-10T13:07:22.947-07:002009-07-10T13:07:22.947-07:00"Cheap as Chips" lol
I am stealing that ..."Cheap as Chips" lol<br />I am stealing that line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-34061636566989872192009-07-10T13:02:24.121-07:002009-07-10T13:02:24.121-07:00I bet there is cracks in the land - that's why...I bet there is cracks in the land - that's why it is cheap as chipsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-76713185625968579482009-07-10T12:54:41.825-07:002009-07-10T12:54:41.825-07:00Why would you want to reno this little gem and hav...Why would you want to reno this little gem and have it look like every other reno'ed pad in LA with stainless steel, potlights, modern, blah blah blah. This would suit perfectly someone with eclectic and unusual decorating sense. Sure there are a few changes here and there to be made, the bones are terrific and the view is probably grand! Never mind that the price is almost UNHEARD of in LA for something that size. Loving RUTH B.Ernestonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-24872741936925099362009-07-10T12:39:57.188-07:002009-07-10T12:39:57.188-07:00That price seems exceedingly reasonable.
Are we su...That price seems exceedingly reasonable.<br />Are we sure this is Los Angeles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-25679576878240708062009-07-10T12:39:56.141-07:002009-07-10T12:39:56.141-07:00Definitely a renovation. Priced that way too. A 3,...Definitely a renovation. Priced that way too. A 3,000 s.f. 3/3 house on a cul-de-sac in Outpost Estates for only a million bucks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-86207395953565464212009-07-10T12:34:05.837-07:002009-07-10T12:34:05.837-07:00It's a reno.
got some weird stuff but old ho...It's a reno. <br /><br />got some weird stuff but old houses are quirky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-4073648925143727902009-07-10T12:18:04.745-07:002009-07-10T12:18:04.745-07:00Oh come on Preppy - this house is VINTAGE - not ti...Oh come on Preppy - this house is VINTAGE - not tired. I see tons of possibilities.<br /><br />Plus would you really have the heart to tear it down considering who used to live here? <br /><br />"My house stands on the lot where Ruth Buzzi's old house used to be" just doesn't ring true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com