FlyBackTransformer Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Always nice to see it. Come to think of it it was on a saturday that I first saw it...about 40 years ago. Back then it was rated in TV Guide with just two stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Two stars? Yeah, I thought it was funnier than that. Any married man who's done any extensive travelling with his wife can sympathize with Arnaz on this one! The part where Lucy tries fixing dinner in the moving trailer is always a hoot. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 That mountain road that Lucy and Desi drive on is Whitney Portal Road (the road Bogie races up in the end of *High Sierra* ) http://travelwithwhippets.blogspot.com/ --- I can't seem to get directly to the page, you have to go to past blogs list and then go down list to find Whitney Portal Road. Edited by: mrroberts on Sep 28, 2013 3:57 PM Edited by: mrroberts on Sep 28, 2013 4:01 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Portal,_California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Thanks for the link Fred. If you try the one I gave and scan down through the left column you'll find a Whitney Portal Road entry and there they have some nice color photos of the road including the famous "Bogart's Curve" section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Thanks, here's a direct link. Scroll down the page: http://travelwithwhippets.blogspot.com/search/label/Whitney%20Portal%20Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Muchos thanks, Senor Dobbs . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Cute movie, Love the scenery ! Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Twinkeee, I love this movie. I saw it in the theater with my family when it first came out, and I love all of it. So did my folks. We lived in Montana a while around 1948 and 49, way up in the mountains, and we had to haul a long luggage trailer in the mountains, and we moved around a lot, and this film is so true. There was one brief time we had to live in a small trailer for a few weeks. Mom and dad were just like this couple, and then I was added to the mix, and it was an exasperating experience for all of us. So this movie got everything just right. Oh, and in our real-life situation, my dad and I were the rock collectors, and my mother thought it was so stupid of us to be hauling rocks around. That thing about "the trailer brakes first" is true. If you don't use them first, and hit the car brakes first, the heavy trailer will continue to push the car and the whole rig will not stop, and sometimes it would jack-knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 OMG, what a coincidense that you also collected rocks, just like in the movie! Not exactly a 'common' thing to collect. I envy you for having had that experience, all that traveling and awesome scenery, especially in Montana! I too Love this movie where everything that could possibly go wrong, does ! Just as in real life. Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 We visited one place, around 1949, called The Devil's Tower, in Wyoming. That large volcanic cone is used in the movie CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. We picked up a big granite rock from that place, and later my dad gave it to my grandmother to keep for us in her back yard. She decided to use it in a small dishpan, as a covering for her water well in a rural Southern community. So, I got to visit our Devils Tower rock every time we visited my grandparents. And then there was some petrified wood we picked up in Arizona, and some kind of heavy round rocks we got in Montana, and some black lava we got west of Albuquerque, near Grants, NM. I don?t know where all those rocks are today. These scenes of Lucy and Riky going up the mountain road is just great. Great acting, directing, photography, and editing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 By the way, I love it when different people on this board tell personal stories about things they've done and places they've been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 >I too Love this movie where everything that could possibly go wrong, does ! Just as in real life Yes, even the stuff about the upside-down map if you are driving South, and the car stuck in the mud, and the load shifting in the trailer, and all sorts of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 It is unforntunate that you no longer have the rocks or anything else you collected along the way, but, you Do have the memories ! Do you have any pictures of your travels as keepsakes ? Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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