Editing Googie architecture (section)

==Influence==
Googie architecture developed from the futuristic architecture of [[Streamline Moderne]], extending and reinterpreting technological themes for the new conditions of the 1950s. While 1930s architecture was relatively simple, Googie embraced opulence. Hess argues that the reason for this was that the vision of the future of the 1930s was obsolete by 1950 and thus the architecture evolved along with it. During the 1930s, Streamlined trains and [[Lincoln-Zephyr]]s had been advanced technology, and Streamline Moderne paralleled their smooth simplified aerodynamic exteriors.<ref>Hess 2004, p. 46</ref> That simplicity may have represented the [[Great Depression|Depression]] era's forced frugality.

The eye-catching Googie style flourished in a [[carnival]] atmosphere along multi-lane [[highway]]s, in [[motel]] architecture and above all in [[commercial signage]]. The influence of Googie was prominently seen in the architecture and signage of Los Angeles and Las Vegas circa 1945–1970, where many of the same architects who designed Googie coffee shops in Los Angeles went on to design some of the seminal hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. Private clients were the main patrons of Googie. Ultimately, the style became unfashionable and, over time, numerous examples of the Googie style have either fallen into disrepair or been destroyed completely.

The exaggerated, once-futuristic Googie style exemplified in ''[[The Jetsons]]'' cartoons and the original [[Disneyland]] (which featured a Googie [[Tomorrowland (Disney Parks)|Tomorrowland]]) gave birth several decades later to [[retrofuturism]]. Googie was also the inspiration for the background art style of animated television series and movies such as ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'', ''[[George Shrinks]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'', ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'', and ''[[The Incredibles]]'', as well as the cover of the faux-memoir ''Based on a True Story'' by comedian [[Norm Macdonald]].