The O.C. Holidays: Merry Chrismukkah to all!

We would like to take this moment to wish you a very Merry Chrismukkah! Thanks for sticking around all year for all the great O.C. inspired content - we look forward to seeing you back next year. - Everything The O.C. 

Love this design? We have now added a t-shirt/hoodie version of it in our official store! Available in all sorts of colors! 

Check it out here! 

Announcements: Special Chrismukkah PortlandCA Episode!

There is a brand new hilarious Chrismukkah edition episode of the wonderful O.C. podcast Portland CA! This time featuring your favorite core-3 dudes plus a special guest, fan fiction and trivia! Sponsored by EverythingTheOC! Check it out now here!

Announcements: Chrismukkah Land Now Open!

Holy Moses it's beautiful! We have created a special page dedicated to Seth Cohen's super holiday we like to call "Chrismukkah Land - Where it's always Chrismukkah". This is our attempt to keep the halls decking, the ho's ho'ing and the dreidel spinning all year long. What does that mean? That means you can visit Chrismukkah Land anytime you want and enjoy the pleasure of the holiday all year round. We have compiled the best Chrismukkah video clips, past Chrismukkah posts and more - so enjoy!

Quick Reminder - The Chrismukkah Giveaway of 2018 is still accepting submissions until the 24th so get those in asap! We have already received several great submissions! Go here for more information! Thanks! - ETOC Staff

Everything The O.C.'s Chrismukkah Giveaway!

Earlier last week we had asked our fans on our Official Facebook Page what would make a great Chrismukkah prize/giveaway. Thanks for the input - we've gathered your thoughts and finally decided a great holiday Chrismukkah giveaway package for you guys!

But to win you must do a little assignment for us! We want you to write up a detailed description on how you found The O.C., what the show has done for you and anything else amusing you would like to share - along with a picture of yourself! Creativity is always a plus!

 

The best submission will be featured on EverythingTheOC.com along with your photo! The prize this year will be Season 1 of The O.C. (lets face it, everyone's favorite), a t-shirt of your choice from the official Everything The O.C. store (specify which one you would like) plus the a rare early draft copy of the pilot script mailed straight to your house free of charge! We will notify the winner on this site and our social media pages (located on the right of the website). To enter into this year's giveaway send your submission to everythingtheoc@gmail.com! Deadline to submit is 12/25 -  we will choose the winner and notify the winner via email shortly after that. We look forward to reading your submissions! Have a Merry Chrismukkah, good luck and don't forget to share this with your fellow O.C. friends!!

Lovable Props From The O.C.: Jimmy Coopers Actual Drivers License Prop!

Now that's the face of a truly great dad

What you are feasting your eyes on here is photos of Jimmy Cooper's actual drivers license that was used during The O.C. filming. This ID was kept safe in Jimmy's wallet through all the thieving, buying Julie fro-yo's and getting beaten up by filthy gangsters!

wow it's so blank

This prop was custom-made by the O.C. production team for use in various episodes of the series. The California license features the image of Jimmy and his personal information. Some of the image has been blurred in grey in order to keep from duplication. This drivers license was sold to an unknown buyer on a now defunct ScreenUsed.com prop site for $100 dollars on March 21st 2015.

The auction seller masked out certain details of this ID but the experts at ETOC cleaned it up because we love our fans. So feel free to print this puppy out and display it proudly in your O.C. memorabilia collection! Make sure the dimensions reflect that of a real license.

Bonus observations: The funny thing about the address on Jimmy's license is that "6201" is actually the first part of the real address location of Marissa's house in the pilot episode. It's like the creators were trying to leave fans with little bread crumbs! The real filming location was not located in Newport Beach but in a gated Malibu cul de sac. The filming house address was 6201 Ocean Breeze Drive Malibu, CA 90265. Sadly another famous pilot filming house on the same street was recenlty burned to the ground, check that out here! Furthermore the birth year on the ID, 1964 reflected Tate Donovan's actual age (39) when the first season kicked off! So cool!!

The O.C. in the News: Update on 6210 Ocean Breeze Drive (sad news)

Special Malibu - Woolsey Fire Update

Earlier this month we had reported about the possibilities of Woolsey fire damage on the 6210 Ocean Breeze Drive home aka the pilot O.C. house - read about that here first. At the time we were uncertain on what extent the reported damage may have been. Since then we have very sad news to report. to O.C. fans everywhere. A twitter user @SteveCovington had brought to our attention that the 6210 Ocean Breeze Drive home has been completely leveled. Further proof is in these recently released aerial images of the Malibu area. Thanks for the share Steve.

You are looking at what is now left of the 6210 Ocean Breeze Drive home (this house was the only one to suffer any damage on the Ocean Breeze Drive cul de sac. If you look closely (or not) you will see that the whole structure of the home has been completely burned to the ground into nothing.

The only part of the house that remains is the front driveway and backyard pool area. Notice how the pool, hot-tub and outdoor grill kitchen area still remain. 

You may not know but the backyard of this Malibu home (as well as some interior rooms, kitchen where Ryan makes breakfast and Kirsten and Sandy talk, Seth's room, living room where Seth and Ryan first met) was all filmed here. Do you remember the scene when Ryan wakes up from the pool house and walks outside to take in the amazing view? That was all shot at this now destroyed house. See the above video scene for reference. Knowing what we know now - it will be a little eerie re-watching the pilot episode.

The above photo was from a recent real-estate listing. The home was worth around 7 million dollars at the time of its demise. As you can see from the above photo - no pool house, this is because after the pilot episode the pool house was dismantled and rebuilt along with the backyard area and everything else on a sound-stage at an Manhattan Beach studio. More on that here. 

Lastly here is a very sobering before and after image. We pray that the owners of this home got out safe before it caught fire. 

On a positive note we are very happy that the 6205 Ocean Breeze Drive home  (the house we see the front of in nearly every episode and located on the same street) and Marissa's house was left untouched from the blaze. 

The O.C. Holidays: Happy O.C. Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from Everything The O.C..Remember keep family first and be thankful for everything in your life. Stay safe and pig out Cohen style! The official countdown to Chrismukkah happens soon!  And one more thing - no bad cooks allowed in the kitchen! 

PS: Enjoy this classic scene from The O.C. Thanksgiving episode!

The O.C. in the News: 6210 Ocean Breeze Drive destroyed by Malibu Woolsey fire?!

Before we get to the Malibu/Woolsey fire details a few basic things need to get out of the way: During the pilot episode of The O.C. three houses were used in the filming, all three are located on the same street in a gated Malibu cul-de-sac:

6205 Ocean Breeze is the house that we could occasionally see only the front exterior of. This house was where the Cohens supposedly lived. It remained seen throughout the series, a focal point right before interiors scenes were shown. If you remember Marissa and Ryan first met down near the driveway of this home. 

6201 Ocean Breeze was Marissa's house - this house is directly next door to 6205 (Cohen house), this house was used very briefly in the pilot episode. Marissa's front doorway was shown when "The Man" stopped by/Jimmy's office/Foyer area when Marissa, Jimmy, Julie and Kaitlin were leaving the house to head to the charity show. Furthermore a few exterior shots were used when Marissa laid on the ground passed out. This homes interiors were later changed and built on a sound stage in Manhattan Beach. 

Lastly 6210 Ocean Breeze was just a house on the same street as the other homes (very close to 6201 and 6205) that the producers conveniently borrowed things from. 

For instance, the backyard pool area (where Ryan's pool-house was located) was actually shot in the backyard of this house..

It was temporarily built and taken away after filming the pilot (rebuilt in a studio at Manhattan Beach).  

 

This house also contained scenes from the interior living room area where Seth was playing PlayStation with Ryan. "Do you want to play Grand Theft Auto? It's pretty cool. You can like, steal cars and... not that that's cool. Or uncool". 

Lastly where Sandy and Kirsten talk (along with other kitchen scenes/Ryan cooking breakfast) were all filmed at this 6210 Ocean Breeze home. 

These areas were later built inside a sound stage in Manhattan Beach (more on that here). The producers took key elements from 6210 and key elements from 6205 + some creativity and sandwiched them together to make what we saw on The O.C. as "The Cohens house". 

Now that we have that out of the way - we have just learned that the Malibu fire has made it's way to this famous O.C. filming location street. It has been confirmed only verbally by twitter handle MalibuFire2018 (no actual picture proof yet) that the circled house (6210) was confirmed lost structure (destroyed/damaged). If it turns out to be true this will be a huge blow to the O.C. filming location community - as it holds a lot of early memories of the pilot episode. To check the ongoing updated interactive map go here.

Another external photo above and more interior photos below. (taken from the last episode of The O.C. when Ryan drives away from the Cohen house)

Sitting area..Notice how much larger this version is compared to the sound stage version (this is where Seth was playing video games in the pilot with Ryan)

Kitchen area where Sandy and Kirsten talked / Ryan made breakfast 

Another kitchen shot

Another kitchen area shot 

Shot of the family room

Backyard without temporary pool house (taken from a real-estate listing)

A shot of the interior of the pool house that we saw in the pilot episode (it was only built for one episode then moved to Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach).

Another shot of the pool house - pretty crazy how detailed it was right!?

This room should look a bit familiar to you..It's because they turned this into Seth's room during the pilot filming

Then here's Seth's room all dressed up

Anyways we hope that the news is false but at least we are left with these wonderful images of what the house looked like before its untimely demise. We will keep you guys posted if we find anything more. 

Lovable Props From The O.C.: The actual Atomic County "hero" prop comic book!

What you are feasting your eyes on here is photos of the actual Atomic County comic prop used during The O.C. filming. This rare and one of a kind Atomic County prop comic book was custom-made by the O.C. production team for use in various episodes of the series.

This specific version is the "hero" version, as it features special printed inner pages and extra fine details not given on non-close-up versions. There were several copies made but this is the special copy that was actually seen up-close and held by actors of the show. Exact measurements of this rare O.C. prop are 10" x 6.75".



Notice that only the first few pages contains Atomic County art, the rest was filled with some other comic to give it thickness (that way it appears to be real). Note: The full version of this comic can be viewed if you buy the special edition DVD box set (there is a special booklet inside).

This O.C. comic prop was up for auction in March 2015 on ScreenUsed.com (a now defunct prop auction site) - starting bid was $300 dollars and was never actually sold to our knowledge. Who knows where it's sitting now! Notice how it says on the front cover that its illustrated by Seth Cohen but on this above page (to the bottom right) it says Eric Wight. Eric Wight was the real artist that came up with all the artwork for Atomic County as well as the sketches Seth would be seen sketching. Want an Atomic County of your very own? Follow the instructions here to DIY print it yourself! You're welcome. As a thanks don't forget to hit us up on our social networks and tag us and show it off to the rest of the world!

The O.C. Merchandise: The O.C. Perfume and Cologne!

Did you know that The O.C. once had an officially licensed line of perfume and cologne? Yes - it's very true it was called "OC for Him" and OC for Her"..Pretty lame names considering they could have easily been called Angsty Atwood and Bender Barbie but we digress. The great news though is that the cologne and perfume can still be found readily affordable online - search eBay, Amazon etc..

Legend has it that the pool house smelled just like the "OC for Him" scent - but we may never really know! We've recently sampled the cologne and we give it a solid 2 thumbs up! Interested in reading more about it? Check out this previously written article here for a deeper dive on the cologne!

The O.C. Holidays: Happy Halloween OC'ers!

Happy Halloween OC'ers! 

We hope you have a spooktacular and very fruitful Halloween folks! Sandy would also like to remind you to embrace the consumerism of this holiday to the full extent, after all dentists and chocolate companies created this forsaken holiday! Eat all the candy you can and don't forget to check out our original O.C. Halloween fan fiction story here! A few screen shots from the story are below! Enjoy!