Saturday, April 6th 2024
Homer Simpson is a man of many talents. No that's not right. Homer Simpson is a man of many hats? True, Homer has done just about every job imaginable, a jack of all trades so to speak. But did you know he was once a truck driver? Well he was! Way back in episode 17 of season 10, Home drives a big rig called "The Red Rascal." We thought we would celebrate this one episode wonder.
Looking from the side, the Red Rascal bares resemblance of a late 90's Freightliner front end with a Mack cab. It's not uncommon to see this an animation. Resemblance to anything real life is just a mark of artist inspiration. On side you can see a nifty logo for the trucking company. A pinup girl with a confederate flag one-piece swimsuit posing with a cartoon wolf. You may remember a similar wolf in older Looney Toons cartoons.
Here's a little background on the episode. Homer finds himself pitted against a truck driver in a showdown steak eating contest. His rival, Red Barclay wins the contest only to die shortly after. In honor of Red, Homer takes its to the road in The Red Rasel to complete Red's final haul. Meanwhile Marge and Lisa have a unrelated adventure of their own. Here we can see Barclay's operators license under the visor. Rest in peace Red. Here's to the hero we didn't know we needed.
Toward the end of the episode Homer falls asleep at the wheel and rescued by this little gadget called the "Navitron Auto-Drive System." Apparently in the Simspsons world, every truck has auto pilot. But it's a trucker's best kept secret, at least until Homer spills the beans. As one trucker says "..with this baby driving your truck. You just have to sit back and watch your ass grow." I'll take their word for it. Say, is this another example of how the Simpsons predicts the future?
Homer and Bart end up getting a lot of valuable bonding in episode. Activities ranging from fishing to enjoying a truck stop meal. I won't spoil the whole episode for you.
But let's just say. It's pretty good. Oh remember Marge and Lisa's adventure. Here's a little tease of another On Screen Car for ya. Till next time, keep on truck'n!
Categories: The Simpsons
Tags: cartoon, truck
Friday, April 5th 2024
Looking for a car related movie to watch this April? Here are some car related gems available on streaming this month. Using an awesome post over at ComicBook.com, we were able to filter it down to great shows and films that feature car related content. A little bit of something for everyone! Especially if you're a Fast and the Furious fan. Some of these may not be just pure car movies. But you will see some awesome cars in all of these options.
Paramount+
- Cheech & Chong's Still Smoke'n
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Transformers
- Up in Smoke
- Varsity Blues
Amazon Prime
- Batman & Robin
- Batman Forever
- Top Gun
- Wayne's World
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Peacock
- Dazed and Confused
- The Fast and the Furious
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
- Fast & Furious
- Fast Five
- Fast & Furious 6
- Paul
Netflix
- American Graffiti
- Baby Driver
- Smokey and the Bandit
- Smokey and the Bandit II
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
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Categories: streaming
Saturday, December 2nd 2023
December 2023 is chocked full of holiday streaming! But there are some car related gems in the mix. Using an awesome post over at ComicBook.com, we were able to filter it down to great shows and films that feature car related content. A little bit of something for everyone! Especially if you're a James Bond fan. Some of these may not be just pure car movies. But you will see some awesome cars in all of these options. For fun we also tossed in some holiday movies where the characters spend a lot of time behind the wheel.
Also keep in mind, many of the titles from our post last month may still be available to watch. So check that out as well! Happy Holidays!
MAX
- Jurassic World
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Street Outlaws vs. The World: After Hours (Dec 6th)
- James Bond (multiple)
Paramount+
- Cheech & Chong's Still Smokin'
- Ernest Saves Christmas
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- Transformers: The Last Knight (Dec 9th)
Hulu
- Johnson Family Vacation
- Truck Night in America: Complete Season 1 (Dec 21st)
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Peacock
- Cheech & Chong's Still Smokin'
- Ernest Saves Christmas
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- Transformers: The Last Knight (Dec 9th)
Netflix
- Car Masters: Rust to Riches: Season 5 (Dec 13th)
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Categories: streaming
Monday, November 20th 2023
In recent years, Planes, Trains and Automobiles has become a holiday favorite of mine. While doing some research about the film, I came across this fact from the Associated Press around the filming of the movie. From this and other research, it sounds like they had a lot of trouble finding snow for the snow scenes. They chased filming locations from Chicago to Buffalo. When they finally got snow, they got too much of it. I can't imagine what it was like for the crew, John Candy and Steve Martin during these scenes. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Categories: Movies
Sunday, November 12th 2023
This week we're pop'n a pop quiz on ya! Very simple, just match up the wheel and the tv/movie car it goes with. Send your friends and see who can match the quickest.
Quiz Graphic: Pop Quiz Vectors by Vecteezy
Categories: Quiz