How many cars did Volkswagen end up selling because of The Love Bug? I was a fan as a kid (saw the Monaco one at the drive-in, and somehow remember the TV series even if there were apparently only 5 episodes), and I still am now. It's goofy, it's silly, but you don't even have to be good at anthropomorphizing to think of Herbie as alive. There's just something about the Bug's shape. Amusing things I would not really have spotted as a kid include how the romcom tropes are overtly used for a man and his car (though Michelle Lee is good as the proper human love interest), and though I could not possibly have seen Dean Jones as Bobby in the original run of Company, I still belted out into songs when it was clear he wasn't ready to get married, and then was. It's pretty funky that someone thought Mary Poppins' Mr. Banks would make a credible race car driver too. Trigger warning: Things get dark at a certain point and Herbie tries to commit suicide. Wasn't expecting that. But on the whole, the joy of these movies is seeing an adorable car brave the dangers of free-for-all races where people are invited to cheat and try to murder the competition. That last one is basically Death Race 2000, but with the Disney guarantee that nobody can die.
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How many cars did Volkswagen end up selling because of The Love Bug? I was a fan as a kid (saw the Monaco one at the drive-in, and somehow remember the TV series even if there were apparently only 5 episodes), and I still am now. It's goofy, it's silly, but you don't even have to be good at anthropomorphizing to think of Herbie as alive. There's just something about the Bug's shape. Amusing things I would not really have spotted as a kid include how the romcom tropes are overtly used for a man and his car (though Michelle Lee is good as the proper human love interest), and though I could not possibly have seen Dean Jones as Bobby in the original run of Company, I still belted out into songs when it was clear he wasn't ready to get married, and then was. It's pretty funky that someone thought Mary Poppins' Mr. Banks would make a credible race car driver too. Trigger warning: Things get dark at a certain point and Herbie tries to commit suicide. Wasn't expecting that. But on the whole, the joy of these movies is seeing an adorable car brave the dangers of free-for-all races where people are invited to cheat and try to murder the competition. That last one is basically Death Race 2000, but with the Disney guarantee that nobody can die.Dieguito
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