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Thank God It’s ‘Friday’: A Look Back At The 1995 Friday House

<div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;inline et&lowbar;social&lowbar;mobile&lowbar;on et&lowbar;social&lowbar;inline&lowbar;top">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networks et&lowbar;social&lowbar;4col et&lowbar;social&lowbar;slide et&lowbar;social&lowbar;rounded et&lowbar;social&lowbar;left et&lowbar;social&lowbar;no&lowbar;animation et&lowbar;social&lowbar;withnetworknames et&lowbar;social&lowbar;outer&lowbar;dark">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<ul class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icons&lowbar;container"><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;facebook">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;sharer&period;php&quest;u&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fhouseandhistory&period;com&percnt;2Ffriday-house&percnt;2F&&num;038&semi;t&equals;Thank&percnt;20God&percnt;20It&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;99s&percnt;20&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;98Friday&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;99&percnt;3A&percnt;20A&percnt;20Look&percnt;20Back&percnt;20At&percnt;20The&percnt;201995&percnt;20Friday&percnt;20House" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"facebook" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"1597" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"share" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;facebook"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Facebook<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;twitter">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;share&quest;text&equals;Thank&percnt;20God&percnt;20It&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;99s&percnt;20&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;98Friday&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;99&percnt;3A&percnt;20A&percnt;20Look&percnt;20Back&percnt;20At&percnt;20The&percnt;201995&percnt;20Friday&percnt;20House&&num;038&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fhouseandhistory&period;com&percnt;2Ffriday-house&percnt;2F" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"twitter" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"1597" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"share" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;twitter"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Twitter<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;pinterest">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"&num;" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share&lowbar;pinterest" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"pinterest" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"1597" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"share" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;pinterest"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Pinterest<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;like">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"like" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"1597" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"like" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;like"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Like<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Fans of the 1995 movie &&num;8216&semi;Friday&&num;8217&semi; will most likely recognize this house as the &&num;8216&semi;Friday house&&num;8217&semi;&period; It was the home of Craig Jones&comma; where he and his friend Smokey would spend much of their time smoking on the porch&comma; watching the world go bye&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1598" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Friday-House-1024x567&period;png" alt&equals;"Friday House" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0070YR5MU&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;qf&lowbar;asin&lowbar;il&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;tag&equals;hhhbeuloggsru-20&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0070YR5MU&amp&semi;linkId&equals;1a35c2b10a7e587d88e7f19167bed1ed">Friday<&sol;a> is an American-stoner movie released in 1995 starring Ice Cube &lpar;Craig Jones&rpar; and Chris Tucker &lpar;Smokey&rpar;&period; The film centers around the two unemployed best friends needing to pay a local drug dealer by Friday night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1599 size-full" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Friday-Cover&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Friday Cover" width&equals;"535" height&equals;"693" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The movie was a commercial success taking &dollar;28&period;2 million worldwide&period; The film quickly gained a cult following&comma; inspiring a number of pop-culture references&period; After the success of the first movie&comma; two sequels were released&colon; Next Friday &lpar;2000&rpar; and Friday After Next &lpar;2002&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1600 size-large" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Friday-Porch-1-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Friday Porch 1" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"473" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">THE HISTORY OF THE FRIDAY HOUSE<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The Friday house is located at 1418 W 126th St&comma; Los Angeles&comma; California&period; Built in 1955&comma; this property features 3 bedrooms&comma; 2 bathrooms&comma; a 7&comma;001 sq ft lot&comma; and 1&comma;282 sq ft of living space&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The property has changed hands a number of times both before and after the filming of Friday&period; The property sold in 1998 for &dollar;145&comma;000 then again in 2018 for &dollar;225&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As you might expect with a property that has changed hands numerous times&comma; both the interior and exterior have changed somewhat over the years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;1602" style&equals;"width&colon; 850px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-1602" class&equals;"size-large wp-image-1602" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Friday-House-Comparison-1024x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Friday House Comparison" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"840" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-1602" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">A comparison of the house&&num;8217&semi;s appearance in 1995 &lpar;above&rpar; and 2020 &lpar;below&rpar;&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">THE HOUSE IN THE MOVIE<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>While the porch outside the house was the main focus of the movie&comma; some scenes did take place inside&period; However&comma; it appears the interior scenes were actually filmed on a set&period; This is most likely due to space&comma; the property doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have much room for cameramen&comma; sound guys&comma; and the actors themselves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1603 size-large" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Friday-Porch-1024x686&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Friday Porch" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"563" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1604 size-large" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Ice-Cube-and-John-Witherspoon-1024x554&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ice Cube and John Witherspoon" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"454" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1606 size-large" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Ice-Cube-Friday-House-1024x679&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ice Cube House" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"557" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">THE HOUSE TODAY<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The Friday house as it looks today&comma; while the house has been painted a different color and there are other superficial changes&comma; much is still the same&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1608 size-large" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;The-Friday-House-Today-1024x562&period;png" alt&equals;"The House Today" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"461" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The photos below are from the 2018 listing of the house&comma; apologies for the quality of these images&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;1609" style&equals;"width&colon; 804px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-1609" class&equals;"wp-image-1609 size-full" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Friday-House-Living-Area&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Friday House Living Area" width&equals;"794" height&equals;"565" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-1609" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">As you can see from the following photos&comma; the house is fairly small inside&period; This leads us to believe the interior shots were on a stage&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1610 size-full" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Friday-House-Kitchen&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kitchen" width&equals;"793" height&equals;"566" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1611 size-full" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Friday-House-Bedroom&period;jpg" alt&equals;"House Bedroom" width&equals;"794" height&equals;"564" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1612 size-full" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Friday-House-Backyard&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Backyard" width&equals;"785" height&equals;"563" &sol;>&NewLine;

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