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Lost LA 'Fast Food and Car Culture' Premiere Event Kicks Off Season 6 of Award-Winning History Series At Burbank's Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre

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PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California's flagship PBS stations, celebrated the return of the locally produced, award-winning, historical documentary series "Lost LA," a co-production with the University of Southern California Libraries on January 10, 2024.

"Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters moderates a panel discussion with chef/author George Geary, LA Times writer Stacy Perman and LA Magazine writer Chris Nichols celebrating the premiere screening of LOST LA "Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
"Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters moderates a panel discussion with chef/author George Geary, LA Times writer Stacy Perman and LA Magazine writer Chris Nichols celebrating the premiere screening of LOST LA "Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
1/2 "Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters moderates a panel discussion with chef/author George Geary, LA Times writer Stacy Perman and LA Magazine writer Chris Nichols celebrating the premiere screening of LOST LA "Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
"Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters and Director Matt Bass arrive at the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
"Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters and Director Matt Bass arrive at the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
2/2 "Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters and Director Matt Bass arrive at the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.

The event began at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank where over 150 guests enjoyed dinner prior to a screening of the premiere episode "Fast Food and Car Culture" followed by a panel discussion at the Garry Marshall Theatre. Attendees included PBS SoCal/KCET viewers and staff, the team from USC libraries, local historians, media, influencers, as well as the filmmakers and onscreen experts from all six of the upcoming episodes from the new season of "Lost LA," now streaming on the free PBS app and available at pbssocal.org/lostla.

A two-hour private reception at Burbank's Bob's Big Boy preceded the screening where guests celebrated the new season of "Lost LA" while enjoying burgers, fries and milkshakes while listening to classic oldies tunes and featuring classic cars from years gone by provided by the Burbank Road Kings. Attendees included PBS SoCal Board Members Val Zavala and Bridget Baker, Disney Imagineer Bob Gurr, "Lost LA" Director Matt Bass, Burbank Road Kings president Karen Arellano and more.

Burbank Road Kings president Karen Arellano attends the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
Burbank Road Kings president Karen Arellano attends the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
1/2 Burbank Road Kings president Karen Arellano attends the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
PBS SoCal Senior Director of Production Angela Boisvert, PBS SoCal Board Member Val Zavala and PBS SoCal Senior Director of Production Management Kathy Kasaba enjoy burgers at the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
PBS SoCal Senior Director of Production Angela Boisvert, PBS SoCal Board Member Val Zavala and PBS SoCal Senior Director of Production Management Kathy Kasaba enjoy burgers at the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
2/2 PBS SoCal Senior Director of Production Angela Boisvert, PBS SoCal Board Member Val Zavala and PBS SoCal Senior Director of Production Management Kathy Kasaba enjoy burgers at the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.

Guests then made their way across Burbank's Riverside Drive to the Garry Marshall Theatre's lobby featuring "Happy Days" paraphernalia as collected by the acclaimed TV series creator. KCET/PBS SoCal President and CEO Andrew Russell gave opening welcome remarks followed by a sneak peek of the entire new season of the series and then the screening of "Fast Food and Car Culture."

PBS SoCal CEO Andrew Russell welcomes the audience at the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
PBS SoCal CEO Andrew Russell welcomes the audience at the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
1/3 PBS SoCal CEO Andrew Russell welcomes the audience at the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
"Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters thanks the crowd at the premiere screening of LOST LA "Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
"Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters thanks the crowd at the premiere screening of LOST LA "Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
2/3 "Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters thanks the crowd at the premiere screening of LOST LA "Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
PBS SoCal Ambassador Caroline Gonzalez offers up branded parting gifts to guests after the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
PBS SoCal Ambassador Caroline Gonzalez offers up branded parting gifts to guests after the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.
3/3 PBS SoCal Ambassador Caroline Gonzalez offers up branded parting gifts to guests after the premiere screening of "Lost LA: Fast Food and Car Culture" at Bob's Big Boy and the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on January 10, 2024. Photos courtesy of KCET/PBS SoCal.

"Lost LA" Host Nathan Masters moderated a panel discussion once the 30-minute episode ended with chef/author George Geary, LA Times writer Stacy Perman and LA Magazine writer Chris Nichols. The event closed with a raffle featuring items from Bob's Big Boy followed by a wine reception featuring Angeleno Winery wine. Guests left the event happy and content with a custom "Lost LA" branded "Happy Meal"-style gift bag that included "Lost LA" merchandise and other goodies.

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