Let's all sing "Happy Birthday" to the Disney Organ, 10 years old; water witchery is debunked, but still popular; Merv Griffin interviews now memorialized on 12 DVDs.
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• 8:22
Charles Solomon talks about Disney's animated blockbuster "Big Hero 6" with two of the artists responsible for its look and its Oscar nomination: Paul Felix and Scott Watanabe.
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• 4:38
As a Canadian living in L.A., I get a lot of questions about my home and native land: What do you call your States? Why is your money so colorful? And do you guys have Thanksgiving?
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• 8:28
John Rabe and organ builder Manuel Rosales take us inside the Disney Hall Organ, the iconic centerpiece of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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• 7:20
In El Sereno, Semillas School Network incorporates Native American mathematics and indigenous arts. Parents and grandparents are integrated into the curriculum.
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• 5:47
How do you find water in California's drought stricken wine country? You can pay thousands for a scientific survey or — for about $500 — hire a "water witch."
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• 6:18
The practice of dowsing — using rods, pendulums, tree branches to find water — has a history that goes back hundreds of years, and is being applied in hundreds of different ways.
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• 3:37
Paul Caponigro supposedly said, “I love people. I just don’t want them getting in front of my camera.” But his contemporary, Bruce Davidson, made his living photographing people.
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• 7:00
Off-Ramp host John Rabe goes to Sonny's Hideaway in Highland Park to talk with the editors of "Drink: Los Angeles," a guide to the best beverages.
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• 7:05
Dick Cavett and David Peck join Off-Ramp host John Rabe to talk about the Merv Griffin Show archive, including thousands of hours of historical footage of the world's biggest names.