Entertainment Definitions

Re Valley Briefing, “On Location,” Feb. 15.

Thank You!

Star Waggons here, Star Waggons there

Living in the Valley, I see them and stare.

I understand acting, but the crew is a blur

They have wonderful jobs, of that I am sure.

Those titles express in mysterious prose

Work so incredible that no one knows

What is it a Gaffer, Grip, and Best Boy do?

Who can I ask? Who will give me a clue?

So no one explains until this morning, I see

And finally feel someone has answered my plea!

A Grip moves things while a Gaffer lights the site,

A Best Boy helps the Gaffer, he always knows what’s right!

Now, finally it has been made perfectly clear,

Thank you, Los Angeles Times and Thank You, Julie Sheer!

Doritt Diamond

Calabasas