So, what is, or are your favorite scene(s) in The Love Bug. Two of my favorites involve Thorndyke:
Chinese Camp: An irate Thorndyke arguing with some elderly Chinese men, and how everyone is helping Herbie and company. Plus, you gotta love "Okay, you're on your way!" "HURRAY!!!"
Thorndyke and Havershaw's champagne: Thorndyke is brilliant, and I just LOVE "Geep!" (that choking sound Thorndyke makes).
Thorndyke (sniggering like a cad): "There are times like this when I really don't like myself very much" (before gently nudging Herbie off the road in the Thorndyke Special). Hilarious line!
Also when Michelle Lee (Carole Bennett) is trapped inside Herbie, and asks the two Hippies for help:
Carole: "Help, I'm trapped. Can you help me?"
Hippie: "We all prisoners Chickie Baby. We all locked in"
Yeah I love thorndyke in everything. Hes hilarious and I love this line too.
His giggling when hes being mean is so funny.
And his ''Havershaw!!!!!!' scream hahhaahha
The Chinese Camp scene.
Chinese Gas Attendant: "My father say, Hurry is waste. Waste is cracked bowl which never know rice."
Thorndyke, angrily: "I DON'T CARE HOW CRACKED YOUR FATHER'S RICE BOWL IS!"
The bear rides shotgun in the Thorndyke car. The bear growls at Thorndyke, scaring him.
"Now You're Playing With Power!"
When Tenessee tells Jim he speaks Mr Wu language and trys to barter with mr Wu
when Jim and Tenessee talk to get the car back from Mr Wu and When Jim says tell mr wu if I win the race he gets the money and I keep the car.
Then as Tenessee is about to speak Chinese Mr Wu says now you're speaking my language
when thorndyke was drinking champagne , and once he sees herbie he goes "geep" or the part "There are times like this where i really don't like myself" or i'm not going to bother you nibwit
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The little car takes first. And, third place
Young Policeman - "Boy was he lucky. This little car saved his life."
Old Policeman - "What do you mean, 'the car saved his life?'"
Young Policeman - "Well, that's what it looked like for a moment there I... You know how..how funny things can look i..i..in the fog ...sometimes?"
Old Policeman - "I think you've been up on that Haight-Ashbury beat too long."
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Jim - "Hey you know something?"
Mr. Wu - "Small car very angry."
Jim - "And very strong."
Mr. Wu - "The strength of forty horses!"
Jim - "What do you think about that race coming up?"
Mr. Wu - "You know, I think now.. is chance to remove egg fu yung off of face."
I found out that Dean Jones plyed the hippie when I saw the behind the scenes DVD. That is a favorite of mine because of the hippie line. Also it gets me every time when I see Dean running up to save Herbie from commiring suicide. You really do feel the car is alive at that point.
Disney films were just different and better than other films of the 60's ans 70's. They are not the same anymore. I enjoy an old Disney film more than ever. There is no profanity, nudity, or dirty stuff. Fred Macmurray, Dean Jones, Kurt Russell and Hayley Mills are my favoirtes.
All involve THORNDYKE
1 When the bear is in the car and he thinks its HAVERSHORE.
2 Opening the champagne and the chucking it in HAVERSHORES face.
3 Waiting for refueling Hurry is waste, waste is cracked bowl
4 HAVERSHORE i am not a cowardly man, but i do think that thing is out to get me.Now Now sir we are not losing are nerve are we, Blast u HAVERSHORE how dare u patronise me, i am not losing my nerve,No No cause not sir
I ASK YOU TO KILL SUPERMAN AND YOU COULDNT EVEN DO THAT 1 SIMPLE THING
So hard to tell; there were a LOT of scenes that I loved.
I guess my top favourite is the hippie scene:
Carole: "Help, I'm trapped. Can you help me?"
Hippie: "We all prisoners Chickie Baby. We all locked in"
and the bear scene.
I just saw the scene where Jim goes looking for Herbie and it gets me every time. It hard not to get emotional when you watch that whole scene where he ends up trying to save Herbie and then Herbie saves him.
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