I met that car in Old Town Orlando during The Love Bug’s fiftieth anniversary. His name is Junky, and he’s been given his original Love Bug look, 53’s and everything. Still looks a bit beat up, but otherwise he looked great!
The thing I always liked with the first two Herbie movies is the way they showed the villains defeated in the end. Not in a typical Disney fashion, but rather How-the-Mighty-Have-Fallen kind of fashion. In Hawks' case, he is revealed a coward in front of his men, he is tipped out of his jeep by the one employee who has had it with him, and is finally hauled away by the cops who are convinced he's lost it, likely to be locked away in a mental hospital and his business likely to suffer with so much loss from that venture, especially with Hawk Plaza canceled.
That's exactly what I was thinking. That Alonzo Hawk, he has got to be the biggest loser in Disney history, probably the biggest loser in the history of movies in general!
@@mysticpied That's right. That tractor driver was probably thinking that he will knock Mr. Hawk out of the car by tilting the car forward which was weird for that tractor driver to do that since I'm sure that tractor driver was working for him.
@@josephmullin5845 It probably doesn't mean anything. It's probably just an impromptu insulting name Mr. Hawk said which was the first thing that came to his mind.
Hawk: *in prison, pissed* Oh, who wanted to demolish that firehouse anyway?! *starts throwing a teary tantrum* I DID!!!! I WANTED TO DEMOLISH THAT FIREHOUSE!!!! I NEVER GET TO DEMOLISH THAT FIREHOUSE!!!! *sobbing loudly*
+Herbiefan53 Yes and maybe while in jail he was thinking "I guess if I didn't complain to have that firehouse destroyed, I wouldn't of gotten arrested" or he was probably thinking "maybe I shouldn't of taken it so seriously of wanting to build a shopping mall and just left that firehouse where it is." At the same time, I was glad that Mr. Hawk got arrested by the traffic commissioner and that other cop since I'm sure both of them were tired of worshipping Mr. Hawk since he has a bad temper who can dish it but can't take it.
I swear I heard Dick Dastardly from Wacky Races say something similar of course it was because he once again lost another race and he said "Oh who wanted to win this old race anyway? I DID I WANTED TO WIN THIS RACE I NEVER GET TO WIN A RACE!" I can't remember the episode but that's what he said.
The three dislikes are Alonzo Hawk, Peter Thorndyke, and Bruno Von Stickle, the three people who hated this little bastard the most. If there was one more, you could say that the fourth dislike would be Inspector Bouchet the crooked inspector who was imprisoned for stealing the diamond which his accomplises stashed in Herbie gas tank.
Actually, the guy's name was David Thorndye. But yes, him and Alonzo Hawk hated Herbie. Also, I'm sure Max, Quincey, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Prindle, and Mr. Quinn hated Herbie too.
Oops that's right. I made a mistake. I guess I got his movie name and his real name mixed up. (I remember now seeing his real name as David Thomlinson since he was also in the movie Mary Poppins).
***** Good ole Rubber Faced David Thomlinson. You know, all of the Herbie "Villians" all played their parts so well. All though they were all great, the 2 that stand out to me were Keenan Wynn and David Thomlinson as Alonso Hawk, and Peter Thorndyke respectively.
Yes that's true. Each villain did great on each Herbie movie in their behaviors with Herbie where Peter Thorndyke wanted to steal Herbie for his own once he found out that Herbie was alive like a person on the inside, Alonzo Hawk was more afraid of Herbie, Max and Quincey only wanted Herbie to get that stolen diamond they hid in Herbie's gas tank, and Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Quinn, and Mr. Prindle were only threatening Paco to destroy Herbie if Paco didn't give back the camera film he (Paco) stole. (I know that Keenan Wynn was also as Alonzo Hawk on the Disney movie of "The Absent Minded Professor" and the director of "Herbie Rides Again" wanted him to play as his character of Alonzo Hawk on "Herbie Rides Again.")
I'm sure after Mr. Hawk said that to the traffic commissioner, the traffic commissioner must have thought "I'm tired of the whole neighborhood worshipping Mr. Hawk like he's a God, let's arrest him."
When I was little I was literally in love with the Love Bug. I'm sure this was one of the reasons why. =D "Herbie if you don't stop you won't be invited to the wedding" *Herbie and all the other Bugs stop swiftly* =D =P
As a kid I always wanted to save the junkyard beetle- and still do every time I watch this gem of a movie. I now have my own junkyard beetle that I’m restoring, a 68 that matched the one from the movie in its condition. Progress has been made and the little guy will be back on the road soon!
+Jake Long Fan I was sad too. However, I'm sure Mrs. Steinmetz married that other guy Mr. Judson next for one thing, he looks like Captain Steinmetz and Mrs. Steinmetz gave Captain Steinmetz fire hat to him as a way of saying that she wishes to marry him which I'm sure might have happened after Willoughby and Nicole got married as seen here. (It only makes me wonder if Willoughby lived and stayed in the firehouse for the rest of his life or if he and Nicole moved back to Missouri together which is Willoughby's home state. In some ways, I hope Mrs. Steinmetz sold away her firehouse and she, Mr. Judson, Willoughby, and Nicole all moved to Missouri together just to get out of that state away from where Mr. Hawk lives even though he got arrested but, it could be scary if he escapes having the police and other prisoners worshipping him just like everyone has been doing throughout the whole movie and then they release him where he makes another attempt to destroy the firehouse).
@@Corvette1658 Actually, Herbie went back to his owner Jim Douglas as seen on the movie "Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo." I think what happened was that Jim's friend Tennessee Steinmetz must have asked if Jim can leave Herbie to take care of his aunt Mrs. Steinmetz and maybe after Mrs. Steinmetz passed away from old age, Herbie was picked up by Jim and then starred in the Monte Carlo race.
@BNSF36542 I remember that, that Keenan Wynn mentioned that Mrs. Steinmetz firehouse was in the way where he wanted to build his shopping mall. Once he got arrested, I'm sure Willoby Whitfield had the perfect opportunity to show his mom how bad Keenan Wynn was since Willoby Whitfield's mom told him to show respect and apologize to him.
When Mr. Hawk was getting arrested from 2:29-2:32, it makes me wonder if his son Biff Hawk would be happy or sad that his father was getting arrested and it would be unknown if Biff would bail his father out.
I can't figure out if that instrument at 2:50 is supposed to be an orchestrion or a band organ. I remember the Herbie book either called it an orchestrion or a juke box, which is certainly wrong. It does look kind of like an American military band organ... but with art glass and an indoor-style cabinet??? Who cares, it's the '70s... they didn't care, and I'm glad they included it at all.
how the heck can herbie make other cars to life when honking at them? and the ones that are like 2 miles away from Herbie how did thos ones know where he is?
One of my favorite movies. "The Love Bug" (1969), "Herbie Rides Again," and "Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo" are my favorites of "The Love Bug" series."Herbie Goes Bananas" was awful. "The Love Bug" (1997) wasn't that great, although Dean Jones made a cameo in it as Jim Douglas. "Herbie: Fully Loaded" was okay, but didn't feel up to par with the original 3 movies.
