tracash242 Officially Full-On Dubber
261 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
herbie goes banana s on paytv 35, might kick back and watch it..bye
HERBIE ON TV ,now
jenz58 Postal Menace
9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Know what a lot of you are doing right now!!🙂
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Herbie goes Bananas...
Just watched it.... wasn't much compared with the other Herbie movies with Dean Jones...
Its on again on the Disney channel 16 on Thursday 18th Sept.
Lee
Just watched it.... wasn't much compared with the other Herbie movies with Dean Jones...
Its on again on the Disney channel 16 on Thursday 18th Sept.
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Herbie 53 Bugs are not nearly enough
764 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
I might be watching it too if I had cable:cry
62 Ragtop Herbie with a little extra oomph.
Boozer Demented But Determined
1,999 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·
yeah if i had cable...:cussing:cry
THe MC Bat Commander's motto: "Never do now, what you could do for 24 hours straight, all night, the night before."
sikdub Wolfsburg Wizard
571 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Watched it at girlfirends parents place. I think i must have been a very impressionable young kid when i first saw it cos it sucked pretty hard this time. The others arent that bad are they?
Steven
Steven
tracash242 Officially Full-On Dubber
261 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
dont think i would of watched it if it didnt have a vw,in it..should of been called herbie goes ratlook,is there any of those out there ?,think thay got a diffrent one next week,,😀
vw_addict Seriously Crusin Dubber
184 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·
its a good movie, anything with such a cool car as the main star is, but nothing beats the original!!😎
Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds
2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
On the contrary...Herbie Goes Bananas is a dreadful movie. It isn't fit to be compared to the wonderful original.
I wrote a detailed examination of it (and the three others) - read it here.
http://www.clubvw.org.au/herbie_goes_bananas.htm
I wrote a detailed examination of it (and the three others) - read it here.
http://www.clubvw.org.au/herbie_goes_bananas.htm
sikdub Wolfsburg Wizard
571 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Thanks Phil, not just me. 🙂
Steven
Steven
Herbie 53 Bugs are not nearly enough
764 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Herbie movies are like Icecreams
the first one is quite enjoyable and you can swallow a couple more but after a while they just make you sick.
Bananas was the beginning of the end, the 97 movie sucked as a result of poor attention to detail and shitty computer effects, but I have the TV series, 5 more small Herbie movies and its not too bad, Herbie and Jim Douglas run a driving school and Jim Gets married etc.
Cheers Tony
the first one is quite enjoyable and you can swallow a couple more but after a while they just make you sick.
Bananas was the beginning of the end, the 97 movie sucked as a result of poor attention to detail and shitty computer effects, but I have the TV series, 5 more small Herbie movies and its not too bad, Herbie and Jim Douglas run a driving school and Jim Gets married etc.
Cheers Tony
62 Ragtop Herbie with a little extra oomph.
Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds
2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Yeah I have those TV episodes on tape too. They are pretty good in parts; the car they use is accurate and they do reunite Dean Jones with Herbie. Larry Linville (Frank Burns from MASH) also makes a good baddie.
I wasn't going to mention the '97 Love Bug Remake - it's total poop.
I wasn't going to mention the '97 Love Bug Remake - it's total poop.
Herbie 53 Bugs are not nearly enough
764 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Hey Phil,
It sounds like you're more of a Herbie fanatic than I,
But I reckon I would have a hard time convincing anybody who knows me that there is another more obssessed than I.😀
Are you actually a big Herbie fan or purely a stickler for detail?🙂
Cheers Tony
It sounds like you're more of a Herbie fanatic than I,
But I reckon I would have a hard time convincing anybody who knows me that there is another more obssessed than I.😀
Are you actually a big Herbie fan or purely a stickler for detail?🙂
Cheers Tony
62 Ragtop Herbie with a little extra oomph.
vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
don't forget to put the herbie box set of dvd's on your chrissie present list
Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds
2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Hi Tony,
Maybe a bit of both! I've loved Herbie ever since my folks took me to Chullora Drive In in 1969 to see the Love Bug when it first came out. I've never been keen enough to make a real replica though so you win the fanatic competition!
In 1984 Greater Union in Sydney re-released Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo on the big screen; it was shown at the old Rapallo on Pitt St where the Wesley Mission building is now. I was involved in organising the street parade and show in The Rocks. Disney provided genuine '53' decals, and GU hired a white '68 Beetle from Rent-A-Bug and applied the decals and red and blue electrical tape. I had to re-detail the car as it looked nothing like Herbie! This was in the days before real VW clubs in Sydney and the day was a bit of a flop.
Now what I'd REALLY like is a copy of the German film, DuDu the Wonder Bug, which I remember seeing as a kid in the early '70s but have never seen since. Do you know it? There are a couple of stills from the film in the Etzold VW Chronicles book.
Maybe a bit of both! I've loved Herbie ever since my folks took me to Chullora Drive In in 1969 to see the Love Bug when it first came out. I've never been keen enough to make a real replica though so you win the fanatic competition!
In 1984 Greater Union in Sydney re-released Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo on the big screen; it was shown at the old Rapallo on Pitt St where the Wesley Mission building is now. I was involved in organising the street parade and show in The Rocks. Disney provided genuine '53' decals, and GU hired a white '68 Beetle from Rent-A-Bug and applied the decals and red and blue electrical tape. I had to re-detail the car as it looked nothing like Herbie! This was in the days before real VW clubs in Sydney and the day was a bit of a flop.
Now what I'd REALLY like is a copy of the German film, DuDu the Wonder Bug, which I remember seeing as a kid in the early '70s but have never seen since. Do you know it? There are a couple of stills from the film in the Etzold VW Chronicles book.
Herbie 53 Bugs are not nearly enough
764 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
I have a similar story,
I was 7 when my dad took me and my brother to see Herbie goes to montecarlo and someone had a Herbie replica right next to us,
I couldnt understand why the adults didn't find it totally amazing that Herbie had come to see his own movie!!!!:bounce
So I had always had a fondness for Herbie and I have a fondness for most star cars, like the Delorean time machine, K.I.T.T. General Lee, the FOX or Cyotee from Hardcastle and Mccormick, even the bikes & vehicles from MEGAFORCE for a while....{how embarassing.}
I didnt have any real special fondness for VWs till recently,
I Decided one day that I wanted a car that turned heads without having to spend a ridiculous amount of money,
Seeing as I work in film I got to thinking about film cars and decided this is my chance to do a Herbie as it was affordable and easy to source a base car.
It wasn't till I started playing with the car and then going to California and meeting other Herbie owners and going to VW shows etc that I started to get into the VWs at all, I bought my splitty because I saw how cool they can be and just how expensive they were overseas, knowing that Australia would follow suit before too long.
I cant bring myself to part with any of my VWs or my RX3, {I think I have a problem.}
My main problem is driveway space for sure, But I know I am not alone.
Cheers Tony.
I was 7 when my dad took me and my brother to see Herbie goes to montecarlo and someone had a Herbie replica right next to us,
I couldnt understand why the adults didn't find it totally amazing that Herbie had come to see his own movie!!!!:bounce
So I had always had a fondness for Herbie and I have a fondness for most star cars, like the Delorean time machine, K.I.T.T. General Lee, the FOX or Cyotee from Hardcastle and Mccormick, even the bikes & vehicles from MEGAFORCE for a while....{how embarassing.}
I didnt have any real special fondness for VWs till recently,
I Decided one day that I wanted a car that turned heads without having to spend a ridiculous amount of money,
Seeing as I work in film I got to thinking about film cars and decided this is my chance to do a Herbie as it was affordable and easy to source a base car.
It wasn't till I started playing with the car and then going to California and meeting other Herbie owners and going to VW shows etc that I started to get into the VWs at all, I bought my splitty because I saw how cool they can be and just how expensive they were overseas, knowing that Australia would follow suit before too long.
I cant bring myself to part with any of my VWs or my RX3, {I think I have a problem.}
My main problem is driveway space for sure, But I know I am not alone.
Cheers Tony.
62 Ragtop Herbie with a little extra oomph.