Reply #29: Paris, Texas, meet Hollywood, Florida. [View All]

[tomreedtoon]

That's one of the pretensions of small towns; that by taking on the name of big towns they can get some of the prestige (and maybe a few of the geographically confused tourists) of their bigger namesakes.

Of course, there is a pestilent little town called Cuba, Missouri. ("Mo Castro," they used to brag. But they also didn't have any good rum drinks or dancing girls or beaches. They did have a few hookers, though.)

And the only "stars" in Hollywood, Florida, are in the porn or exploitation films that were made there. When you saw a film saying "Made in Hollywood, USA," you know it wasn't the big Hollywood.