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Roth, I'm sorry my reply has taken so long, but I've finally watched my way through all four of the original Herbie movies. The DVD extra on 'The Love Bug' actually mentions filming at Golden Oak Ranch. I think the ranch only appears in 'Herbie Rides Again' during flashbacks to the first movie. The Golden Oak Ranch, including the lake, was used again in 'Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo'. I was amused at how many times they went around the old Loews Hairpin near the end of that movie . Getting back to your question, the scene you asked about was definitely filmed at Golden Oak Ranch. Here's the plane taking off: Compare it to this image from Google Earth - the hills are a perfect match: The makeshift airstrip would have been roughly in the middle of this area. I assume that the barrier to the right of the plane (see my first picture above) was built to try and hide the Antelope Valley Freeway which can be seen in the distance as the plane takes off. At the time of filming, the area was much more open, as you can see in this 1980 aerial view from. On a sadder note, the red and white plane used in 'Herbie Goes Bananas' was destroyed in a fatal crash at a Valencia air show in 1984 - NTSB report here.

Yes, I did play with the levels. The original looked too yellow, but looking again at my version, the trees probably are a little gray. The quality of the original isn't great, but I've had another play with the levels - see what you think.

Like this? I've enlarged the picture and it just looks like a small spoon.

I spotted quite a few of my contributions to the Mistakes (Bloopers)/Things I've Noticed About The Show thread while watching DVDs on my computer looking for unrelated screengrabs. I think it's partly down to having the screen closer, but (for me, at least) it's also due to watching small sections and skipping through episodes in a way that I don't when I use the TV. My familiarity with the storylines sometimes makes me pay less attention to the details when I'm watching whole episodes (although CMT viewers don't currently get the opportunity to watch whole episodes ).

According to that link: At tracks measuring 1.25 miles in length or larger, qualifying for the Coors Light Pole Award will consist of three rounds: • The first qualifying elimination round will be 25 minutes in duration and includes all cars/trucks. The 24 cars/trucks that post the fastest single lap from the first qualifying round will advance to the second round. • The remaining cars/trucks will be sorted based on their times posted in the first round of qualifying in descending order. • The second qualifying elimination round will be 10 minutes in duration and the 12 cars/trucks that post the fastest single lap time will advance to the third and final round. The fastest remaining cars/trucks earn positions 13th through 24th based on their times posted in qualifying in descending order. • The third and final qualifying round will be five minutes in duration and the fastest single lap time will determine positions 1st through 12th in descending order. • There will be a five-minute break between each qualifying round. I know I'll get into trouble for pointing this out, but that sounds very like the current qualifying process in Formula 1. Give it a try, Garrett. Most of the time it makes for an exciting hour. There are rule changes in F1 as well. They've decided to award double points for the last race of the season, despite opposition from fans, teams and drivers. Then yesterday, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone said he wanted to extend this to the last three races of the season, before they've even tried it out for one! More info here.

In the original series I only remember Flash wearing a helmet, but in 'The Dukes', Flash wore a floppy orange hat. They're definitely in the movie (although I had to double-check ). PS. I'm pretty sure that Tom's autograph says "All the Best", even though it looks like "Her the Best".

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No problem, Roth. Over here we often say Holland when we mean The Netherlands .

Rock and Roll (AC/DC have a song called 'Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution')

F1 Hijack Alert . Pre-season Formula 1 testing started in Jerez today, with many of the teams showing off their new cars. This year the cars are powered by brand new V6 turbo engines, and there have been many changes to other aspects of the body designs too. The car below is the new Mercedes W05. Some of the other teams, like the McLaren below, have gone with an "anteater" nose to keep within the rules. More importantly, with Michael Schumacher still in an induced coma following his skiing accident, two of his former teams have been showing their support. The last team he drove for, Mercedes, revealed their new car with the hashtag "#KeepFightingMichael" on the side. Ferrari, the team for whom he won five of his seven world championships, posed for a team photo with a pit board reading "#ForzaMichael!".

Generally speaking: Great Britain = England, Scotland and Wales. UK = the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ie. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland (often shortened to Ireland) or Eire is not part of either. Just to confuse things, when the UK takes part in something like the Olympics they compete under the name "Great Britain" or "Team GB", but in the Six Nations Rugby competition there's a team called "Ireland" which includes players from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. To make things even more complicated, later this year Scotland will be taking a vote on whether to become independent. What you can be sure of is that all the countries are part of the British Isles - hope that helps .

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I guess you're talking about this commercial, Roger. I haven't seen it here, but we don't get coffee for $1! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZvAJDJ4hBA

I heard this catchy little number at the beginning of a movie that was on earlier. NB. I'm playing the single, repeated word rule here . Alright, Alright, Alright - Mungo Jerry

The town they race through in 'Luke's Love Story' is Piru. It also features in a couple of other episodes and the 2007 Dukes movie - see here and here in the Hazzard Square thread. I can't tell whether this is Piru - I'll have to compare some pictures.

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Well spotted, Hobie. It looks like the version they ending up using mainly featured Uncle Jesse looking up: Here's the platform that Boss was standing on: And a better look at the outfits in color:

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Beans (I'll say no more )

I'm quite happy with the regional information as long as it's clearly labeled. The details below the cast look like this for me: The details at the top, however, have the same date without saying it applies to the UK. I'm guessing that a lot of people will see this date without looking further down the page. I only realized they were doing this a couple of months ago when I was trying to date an old photo of a movie theater by the movie being shown. I couldn't get the dates to agree until I found the US information. I should probably be more concerned that IMDb thinks that Ireland is in the UK .

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Roth, IMDb used to only show US-based information unless you did a bit of digging. Nowadays it has more regional information, and will show data specific to where you live as the default. Here's the 'Release Info' for 'One Armed Bandits' (which agrees with Wikipedia):

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I think the stunt driver would happy landing like this as the crumpling of the front of the car cushions the impact. It wasn't their choice to put weight in the trunk so the General landed flat!

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