20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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20,000 Leagues giant squid prop in studio next to Nautilus prop
How the squid fight was done! Using newly-built Stage Three, technicians built a full-size replica of part of the Nautilus and a giant squid, operated by hydraulics, overhead wires and compressed and vacuumed air in the tentacles. Wind machines, wave makers, water cannons and dump tanks rented from MGM Studios supplied the storm effects. The actors were really fighting against the elements!

My grandson Big Abner called me the other day, cussing and fuming and about ready to have a conniption.

“Granny,” he said, “I am so tired of doing plumbing! It’s one thing after another. As soon as I get one leak stopped, I turn the water back on and there’s a leak somewhere else! I hate plumbing.”

Abner and his wife Hortense have just recently purchased a fixer-upper house, a beautiful 1889 Queen Anne-style Victorian  just off the town square in Squirrel Hollow. It was in excellent shape, just needing some touch ups here and there. Evidently the plumbing had seen better days and Abner was spending most of his spare time down in the basement and crawling around in the cramped crawlspace. And, if you know Abner, any crawlspace is going to be cramped! …