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Filming began in May 1972 and took several years to complete, largely because of funding issues (the money came from a variety of sources, including grants, loans from Lynch’s father and friends, including Sissy Spacek, and even Lynch’s own paper route).
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Well, unbeknownst to the shooter at the time, there was a boy who had just completed his paper route.
—Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2024
After moving to Los Angeles for art school in 1956, Ruscha became obsessed with the city’s architecture, particularly on the Sunset Strip, that part of Sunset Boulevard that stretches for about two miles, like his old paper route, across West Hollywood.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
This 2013 film sees the two characters unexpectedly forge a romantic bond after Aimee finds Sutter sleeping on a front lawn in the middle of her paper route.
—Erica Marrison, Peoplemag, 2 June 2024
In 1942, milk was delivered in bottles, the mail was delivered twice a day, and that boy named Charlie Wood had a paper route.
—Charles Osgood, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2024
Ware and his brothers had picked up a paper route and, to prepare for the gig, visited a scrapyard to find a bike for Ware, Time reported.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
As a child, Hilliard had been discriminated against by The Oregonian, which refused to give him a paper route.
—Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 30 May 2023
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Well, unbeknownst to the shooter at the time, there was a boy who had just completed his paper route.
—Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2024
After moving to Los Angeles for art school in 1956, Ruscha became obsessed with the city’s architecture, particularly on the Sunset Strip, that part of Sunset Boulevard that stretches for about two miles, like his old paper route, across West Hollywood.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
This 2013 film sees the two characters unexpectedly forge a romantic bond after Aimee finds Sutter sleeping on a front lawn in the middle of her paper route.
—Erica Marrison, Peoplemag, 2 June 2024
In 1942, milk was delivered in bottles, the mail was delivered twice a day, and that boy named Charlie Wood had a paper route.
—Charles Osgood, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2024
Ware and his brothers had picked up a paper route and, to prepare for the gig, visited a scrapyard to find a bike for Ware, Time reported.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
As a child, Hilliard had been discriminated against by The Oregonian, which refused to give him a paper route.
—Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 30 May 2023
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“Paper route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20route. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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