Dimples History
Introduction
The Blue Evening was opened in 1939 and was the very first licensed bar in Burbank and was surrounded by Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Disney Studios and NBC Studios. Sal Ferraro reopened the "Blue Evening" in 1964and renamed it "Now Voyager" after the 1940 movie with Bette Davis & Paul Henreid. While at "The Voyager" Sal snapped thousands of pictures and to this day has the largest library of slides of any nightclub in world. The slides were shown on multi-slide projectors in the club. In 1969 Sal opened Visa Travel for the in-house travel club called "Voyagers". They traveled to Mexico, Hawaii, cruised the Pacific and took weekend trips outside of L.A. Since then Sal has visited more than 100 countries and is a member of the "Century Travel Club". His motto: "Find new places and faces---- Loosen your hold on the past----- Latch on to something connected with tomorrow" has kept him young at heart. In 1982 Sal purchased the "Balkan House" and renamed it "Dimples" after the film starring Shirley Temple. Dimples receives the greatest amount of news coverage of any nightclub in the world. Since it's opening in March 1982 as the first Karaoke club outside of Japan, Dimples has been written about in every newspaper in Los Angeles dating back to the L.A. Herald Examiner. Dimples has been featured on many TV shows: "Eye On L.A", " The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, "Friday On Sunset", "Blind Date", "Two On The Town", "Elimadate", "Shirley Mania" and on the News programs of ABC, NBC and CBS. Dimples has been Showcased on Cable Channels VH1, MTV, E!, Channel 18 Japan, E! Australia, BBC and recently with Gloria Gaynor on CNN and "The Today Show on NBC. Film makers have utilized Dimples as a location in such films as: "The Klumps" with Eddie Murphy & Janet Jackson, "Illicit Behavior" and "Second Chance" a film using Dimples as part of the storyline. Numerous Television Shows, commercials, music videos and other productions have also been shot at the club. Dimples also has a Cable TV Show on 5 cable systems: Charter, Adelphia East Valley, VHTV, Continental Cablevision and Adelphia Eagle Rock. In addition Dimples has a live video feed every night from 8PM-2AM on their Website "Dimplesshowcase.com". Some of the celebrities that have recently visited Dimples include Britney Spears, Pink, Gloria Gaynor, Jerry Springer, Kiefer Surtherland, Susan Anton, Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, Eric McCormack, Playmates Brande Roderick and Angela Little, Roscoe Lee Brown, Steve Eastin, Zach Bryan, Johnny Rivers, Bo Hopkins, Sophia Loren, Kurt Russell, Bob Colbert, Robert Fuller, Tori Spelling, Kato Kalin, Charlize Theron, Drew Carey and Broadcasters David Ono, Rob Fukuzaki, Chuck Henry, Jan Carl and Leo "The Film Freak 97.1 FM" ect. & ect.The men and women featured in this calendar are all employees of Dimples. They are hosts, bartenders and waitresses.
