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Saturday, January 5, 2019

California Highway



For a long time LVC researchers have heard of a mysterious TV series from 1985 called California Highway. It supposedly starred Lee. Well finally Tom Prickett found a mention of it and a link to a YouTube post showing the opening credits and song. The song is in English, but the commentary aftewards is in German. Lee is shown in the opening credits but was he the host, did he just make a guest appearance, or did he just appear in the opening credits?  One mystery solved, the show did exist, the other mystery continues, what was Lee's primary role in the show?

Thanks to Tom Betts for bringing this to the attention of the LVC Web Board!  Video below!



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  1. MaggieJanuary 5, 2019 at 8:41 AM

    I did a quick research and found the following: It was a 13 part documentary about West Coast Highways aired in Austrian TV in the afternoon in August and September 1987. Produced by Carl Joachim Ludwig. https://www.fernsehserien.de/california-highway

    So he might have been interviewed, but that is all.

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  2. BobOJanuary 5, 2019 at 11:40 AM

    Thank you Maggie. It was understanding several years ago Lee was one of several noted California residents interviewed but is it just the cameo at the beginning on more?

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  3. MaggieJanuary 5, 2019 at 3:15 PM

    Oh, I see...

    Honestly, I cannot tell. I never watched the documentary, and I cannot imagine it is available on tape (or any other more modern medium). My quick research did not really come up with a lot of results. But if you want to find out more it might be a good idea to contact ORF, Austrian public TV. In the 80s they were the main Austrian TV station, private TV had only just started in this part of the world.

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  4. UnknownDecember 22, 2021 at 9:20 AM

    I (as Robert Hawk back then) wrote and performed the title song of the series. There was another song I wrote and recorded for the series, "Hold Me, L.A.", but I'm not sure how it was used.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 2, 2022 at 3:06 PM

    I used to watch this show in the 80’s on uk tv. I’m sure it was shown in the early hours of the morning. I used to watch it in awe. Happy days

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  6. AnonymousAugust 24, 2023 at 2:13 PM

    This programme was shown in the UK around 3pm on ITV in the mid to late 1980s. It was on TV when i was getting home from school

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2023 at 9:26 AM

    I remember watching this in the UK as a kid

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