Talk:24 Hour Church of Elvis

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(new author:) Before the Ankeny Street location mentioned above, the 24 Hour Church of Elvis was on Ash Street between 2nd and 3rd, next to Berbati's Pan (I think.) That's where it was when I moved to Portland in 1991; it moved, as I recall, following a landlord dispute of some sort.

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yes, this is true. i moved here around 1992 and went there several times. in fact i have a photo somewhere of this location. it was (imho) much cooler at the first location -- it had an incredible window/storefront with all these automated machines, which you could operate for a quarter. (and at any time -- truly 24 hours!) the second location was on the second floor and lacked most of these cool machines. Jon Lon Sito 09:03, May 2, 2005 (UTC)

If you can scan that photo it'd be a nice addition to the article, I for one never saw the original location. Sarge Baldy 16:55, May 2, 2005 (UTC)

done! i found it. had to kinda squash the colors a little cuz it was so dark. there is a super-hires version, if you wanna try to read some of the stuff in the window. Jon Lon Sito 19:51, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

Excellent, looks like there's a lot of interesting stuff going on in there! Make sure to assign a license on the commons page though or eventually they'll take it down. Sarge Baldy 19:55, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

Why is this page linked to Elvis Presley? There doesn't seem to be any connection. Hoserjoe 04:33, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

@ least 3 connections: 1)Some Elvis Theme, 2)A local man calling himself Elvis was involved, who looks 0 like Elvis / is still a local celebrity (bigger than ever, in some ways), deservedly, IMNSHO 3)Elvis has become a staple subject of gaudy art, /that is easily the dominant theme of the "church"/work of art.Slarty1 (talk) 05:04, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

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check out the new website run by the proprietess of 24HCoE. it has lots of photos. (including, it would seem, mine!) Jon Lon Sito 04:59, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

public access cable

Shouldn't the article mention that the owner and the street performer had a local public access cable show for a number of years? I think it was called "Wheres the Art?"Thaddeus Slamp 20:49, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

To respond to myself back when I'd a different username/account, the only recording of her show I can find on YT is 1 featuring Sweaty Nipples, probably from b4 they were famous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-xL5gtKdo&t=1603s Slarty1 (talk) 05:20, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

What ever happened to the "Elvis dude", who wears the polyester jumpsuit and the thick glasses and has that mentally challenged look on his face all the time? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.87.1.204 (talk) 05:47, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

as noted above, he's still around, /, in ways, bigger than ever.Slarty1 (talk) 05:15, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Deletion

This page needs to be deleted. It is a pure advertisement and demonstrates no notability on its own. Adding a template. Wm.C (talk) 18:29, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

My biggest argument against such a proposal, is that the "church was big enough to b noted on Jay Leno's talk show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX-6g-zHrDo Slarty1 (talk) 05:13, 7 June 2019 (UTC)