Landmark Hollywood Strip Club Burns To Ground

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December 4, 2008 01:47 PM EST | AP

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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — A fire on Thursday burned through the roof of The Body Shop, a landmark West Hollywood strip club mentioned in a Motley Crue hit.

The blaze was reported at about 6:46 a.m. Thursday at the one-story club on Sunset Boulevard, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.

Firefighters don't believe anyone was in the building at the time of the fire and were investigating its cause.

It took about an hour to douse the fire, which was mainly confined to the attic, fire inspector Frank Garrido said. One firefighter suffered a minor injury.

The Body Shop, which has been in operation since the 1960s and bills itself as the longest running strip club in Los Angeles, is one of several clubs mentioned in the 1980s Motley Crue anthem to the strip clubs of America, "Girls, Girls, Girls."

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — A fire on Thursday burned through the roof of The Body Shop, a landmark West Hollywood strip club mentioned in a Motley Crue hit. The blaze was reported at about 6:46 a...
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — A fire on Thursday burned through the roof of The Body Shop, a landmark West Hollywood strip club mentioned in a Motley Crue hit. The blaze was reported at about 6:46 a...
 
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I feel in love @ that place... who knew that Europe had their own playboy?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:52 AM on 12/05/2008

where will brett michaels find his girls now??

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:37 AM on 12/05/2008

The Seventh Veil strip club, perhaps?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:47 AM on 12/05/2008

It is sorrowful that a building that could have been put to morally uplifting purpose has been wasted by fire. However, it is far more sorrowful for the many souls that the activities carried out within the building have wasted/damned to everlasting torments of Hell-Fire.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:42 AM on 12/05/2008
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Either that or wasted some singles.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:20 PM on 12/05/2008
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YOU SINNERS HAVE BEEN WARNED BY G*D ... I SENT SATAN DWON TO DESTROY THIS DEN OF SIN ...
sorry, bout all the priests that were inside at the time

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:59 AM on 12/05/2008

Jesus! I weep for the state of the media in this country way more often than I should.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:12 AM on 12/05/2008

C'mon Congress! Now here's a company worth bailing out ! Show the Love for crying out loud !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:24 AM on 12/05/2008

I could care less about the story, but the TITLE and the STORY are not in SYNC!!! HuffPost KEEPS doing that and it's making it on a par with The drudge Report.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:23 AM on 12/05/2008
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I heard that the fire has caused AIG executives to reschedule their next retreat. So sad.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:16 AM on 12/05/2008
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Everytime I walk by that place it creeps me out.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:58 PM on 12/04/2008

The headline says, "Landmark Hollywood Strip Club Burns To Ground."

Yet the article says, "It took about an hour to douse the fire, which was mainly confined to the attic, fire inspector Frank Garrido said."

Which was it?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:48 PM on 12/04/2008
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It's gittin' hot in here.
So take off all your clothes

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:29 PM on 12/04/2008

I think I may cry myself to sleep tonight.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:24 PM on 12/04/2008
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Truly a sad loss.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:59 PM on 12/04/2008

yeah those mortgage payments can be rough but this is not the answer

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:17 PM on 12/04/2008

Picture Rick Warren or Sarah Palin sneeking off the scene...... smiling and smirking.....
Bwhaaaaaaaaaaa, ahhhhhhhhh!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:08 PM on 12/04/2008
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