"What was the racing number of ""Herbie"" in the ""Love Bug"" series?"
"horn, Ocho the Spanish word for the number 8; purportedly because the digits 5 and 3 in Herbie's racing number, 53, were combined to produce ""8"" (5+3 = 8) and possibly to rhyme with ""Vocho"", the Beetle's colloquial name in Mexico. After the Mexico debacle, Douglas takes Herbie and opens a driving school in the TV series ""Herbie, the Love Bug"". Then Douglas meets a woman named Susan Maclane and her three kids Julie, Matthew and Robbie, the kids become friends to Herbie, But however a Business man named Randy Biglow want to get rid of Herbie and Douglas and"
"Herbie, the Love Bug Herbie, the Love Bug (aka Herbie the Matchmaker) is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March 17 to April 14, 1982. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on a series of films about Herbie, a white 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle with a mind of its own. The show was a five-episode mid-season replacement series. It was the last production to feature the titular automobile until 1997's television film ""The Love Bug"". The show's theme song ""Herbie, My Best Friend"" was performed by its star, Dean Jones. Dean Jones, who had appeared"
"The Love Bug The Love Bug (sometimes referred to as Herbie the Love Bug) is a 1968 American comedy film and the first in a series of films made by Walt Disney Productions that starred an anthropomorphic pearl-white, fabric-sunroofed 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie. It was based on the 1961 book ""Car, Boy, Girl"" by Gordon Buford. The movie follows the adventures of Herbie, Herbie's driver, Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), and Jim's love interest, Carole Bennett (Michele Lee). It also features Buddy Hackett as Jim's enlightened, kind-hearted friend, Tennessee Steinmetz, a character who creates ""art"" from used car parts."
"in love, much to the consternation of her ex-boyfriend Randy Bigelow (Larry Linville). Randy's attempts to break them up are in vain; Jim and Susan get married in ""Herbie the Best Man"" episode that aired on April 7. Herbie, the Love Bug Herbie, the Love Bug (aka Herbie the Matchmaker) is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March 17 to April 14, 1982. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on a series of films about Herbie, a white 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle with a mind of its own. The show was a five-episode mid-season replacement"
"brought to the United States, Walt suggested a different car story for him, which was ""Car, Boy, Girl"", a story written in 1961 by Gordon Buford. ""Car, Boy, Girl;"" ""The Magic Volksy;"" ""The Runaway Wagen;"" ""Beetlebomb;"" ""Wonderbeetle;"" ""Bugboom"" and ""Thunderbug"" were among the original development titles considered for the film before the title was finalized as ""The Love Bug."" Herbie competes in the Monterey Grand Prix, which, except for 1963, was not a sports car race. The actual sports car race held at Monterey was the Monterey Sports Car Championships. Peter Thorndyke's yellow ""Special"" is actually a 1965 Apollo GT,"
"and Herbie. Although Simon makes every attempt to sabotage the race, Herbie manages to win (cut in half by Horace's laser). Furious, Horace tries to destroy Herbie again by ramming him off a cliff, but ends up falling into the ravine himself. Simon and his partner Rupert are then arrested for illegally detonating explosives, driving an unregistered ""devil car"", and illegally dumping said car. The film ends with Hank and Alex, in love again, driving off in Herbie. This 1997 incarnation of ""The Love Bug"" is the only film in the ""Herbie"" franchise not available on DVD or Blu-ray, despite"
"All Herbies in ""The Love Bug"" had the VW badges removed from the hood and featured plain non-VW hubcaps. The hood-mounted VW logo was replaced with a plain disc of the same diameter, colored to match the body. All VWs logos were removed to avoid any trademark conflicts. In ""Herbie Rides Again"", Herbie features revised racing stripes, with the original blue switched to a dark navy. In addition, the stripes were applied over the valances and louvers, and the front hood was recycled for 1982's television series ""Herbie the Matchmaker"". Herbie also received a hood-mounted Carello fog light, and his"
"get Susan back after they broke up his wedding. Hank Cooper (Bruce Campbell) becomes the owner of Herbie in the 1997 made-for-television movie ""The Love Bug"". Here Herbie's origins are explained: an elderly German engineer named Dr. Gustav Stumpfel was building Herbie when a picture of his deceased wife fell into a vat of molten metal; Stumpfel's love for her animating Herbie. During the film Stumpfel is forced to build an evil Volkswagen counterpart to Herbie, ""Horace the Hate Bug"", from a sample of Herbie's original metal. Horace's personality is influenced by the narcissism of Herbie's former owner Simon when"
"""OFP 857"". Herbie's origins are firmly established in ""The Love Bug"" (1968). Before the events of the film, he was bought from Peter Thorndyke (David Tomlinson)'s showroom by San Francisco socialite Mrs. Van Luit for her upstairs maid, but returned shortly afterwards due to reliability problems. He was then purchased by race-driver Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), who had earlier stood up for him against the pompous Thorndyke (David Tomlinson). Tennessee Steinmetz (Buddy Hackett), Jim's best friend and housemate, names the car ""Herbie"" after his uncle Herb, a middleweight boxer whose broken nose greatly resembled the trunk lid of a Volkswagen"
"he has a picture of himself dropped into the metal vats, and kills Herbie during the film. Cooper buries Herbie, but the return of Jim Douglas sets Cooper to rebuild the fallen Love Bug (with the help of the repentant Dr. Stumpfel) and have him race against Simon and Horace. In this race, Herbie ultimately divides himself in half (as in the original film) to win the race. Over the years Herbie is passed down from owner to owner (including someone named ""Maxx"", who left his driver suit inside the bonnet), competing in many races, until he was forgoten and"
"were regular instead of the gray bucket seats he had previously had. In """", Herbie, who in this film seemed to be able to show emotions miming a face, went through several ""costume changes"" throughout the movie, changing his style dramatically from scene to scene. More than 30 different Herbies were used during the shooting of this film. One is on display at the Volo Auto Museum and another one used during the NASCAR racing segment of the film is preserved at the Peterson Automotive Museum. Herbie Herbie the Love Bug is a fictional sentient anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, a"
"Herbie Rides Again Herbie Rides Again is a 1974 American comedy film and a sequel to ""The Love Bug,"" released six years earlier, and the second installment of the ""Herbie"" franchise made by Walt Disney Productions starring an anthropomorphic (and quite autonomous) 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie. The movie starred Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers, Ken Berry, and Keenan Wynn reprising his villainous role as Alonzo Hawk (originated in the films ""The Absent-Minded Professor"" and ""Son of Flubber""). ""Herbie Rides Again"" was followed by two more theatrical sequels ""Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo"" and ""Herbie Goes Bananas"". A later theatrical"
"Monte Carlo"", ""Herbie Goes Bananas"", and """". Some parts of the racing sequences from the film were later reused for Herbie's dream sequence in ""Herbie Rides Again"", responding to Grandma Steinmetz's telling Willoughby Whitfield that Herbie used to be a famous racecar. A five-episode TV series, ""Herbie, the Love Bug"", aired on CBS in the United States in spring 1982. In 1997, there was a made-for-television sequel which included a Dean Jones cameo, tying it to the previous films. The latest entry ""Herbie: Fully Loaded"", was released on June 22, 2005, by Walt Disney Pictures. At Disney's All-Star Movies Resort"
"Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and called it ""a surprisingly tolerable sequel."" ""Herbie Rides Again"" presently holds a score of 80% at Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 reviews. Herbie Rides Again Herbie Rides Again is a 1974 American comedy film and a sequel to ""The Love Bug,"" released six years earlier, and the second installment of the ""Herbie"" franchise made by Walt Disney Productions starring an anthropomorphic (and quite autonomous) 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie. The movie starred Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers, Ken Berry, and Keenan Wynn reprising his villainous role as Alonzo Hawk"
"in two of the films (""The Love Bug"" and ""Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo""), reprises his role of Jim Douglas, Herbie's original owner, now a retired race car driver who works as an instructor at the Famous Driving School with his partner Bo Phillips (Richard Paul). He and Herbie stumble upon a bank robbery in progress. They manage to thwart the crime and rescue a young divorcée named Susan MacLane (Patricia Harty), who works at the bank and is a mother of three: Julie (Claudia Wells), Robbie (Douglas Emerson) and Matthew (Nicky Katt). Jim and Susan soon begin to fall"
"the first time on May 20, 2003. It was released again with its sequels in a four movie collection in 2012. A 45th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Disc was released on December 16, 2014 as a Disney Movie Club exclusive title. In the scene in which Herbie competes at Laguna Seca, the banner over the start/finish line reads ""Monterey Grand Prix"". The 1968 Monterey Grand Prix was a Can Am Series race, and did not feature production cars. The Love Bug The Love Bug (sometimes referred to as Herbie the Love Bug) is a 1968 American comedy film and the first"
"help him defeating villain Alonzo Hawk, just by opening and closing his front bonnet. By ""Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo"" (1977), Douglas enters Herbie in the Trans-France Race and recruits mechanic friend Wheely Applegate (Don Knotts) to assist him. Herbie falls in love with a Lancia Montecarlo named Giselle and Douglas with her driver Diane Darcy (Julie Sommars). Herbie also finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when the stolen ""Etoile de Joie"" diamond is hidden in his gas tank. In ""Herbie Goes Bananas"" (1980), Douglas has retired from racing after Monte Carlo and leaves Herbie to"
"Love Bug;"" an early 20th-century orchestrion that plays on its own; and a retired cable car from the defunct Clay Street Line, known as ""Old No. 22."" Mrs. Steinmetz explains that Tennessee has gone to Tibet to visit his ailing philosophy teacher, while Herbie's former owner, Jim Douglas, has gone to Europe. She also explains that Herbie found Old No. 22 on a vacant lot whose owners were using it as a chicken house. All the while, Mr. Barnsdorf, the construction boss, is growing impatient with Hawk's alleged indecision, reminding him that the whole thing is costing him $80,000 a"
"four film entries as well as the 1982 television series (""Herbie the Matchmaker""). There were only minor, subtle changes. The 1997 TV movie and ""Herbie: Fully Loaded"" featured major overhauls in Herbie's appearance, as there were different production crews working for Disney by this time. In order to create the effect of Herbie driving himself, Disney concocted a detailed system of sprockets and pulleys connected to a second steering column under the front seat for a rear seat driver. There was also a second set of pedal assemblies, clutch cables and a shifter extension. In ""The Love Bug"", the rear"
"at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, Herbie has been immortalized in the ""Love Bug"" buildings 6 and 7. A West German film series of five films featuring a similar Volkswagen, called Dudu or Superbug were written and directed by as well as starring Rudolf Zehetgruber. The film was released on VHS on March 4, 1980. It was re-released on November 6, 1985, September 11, 1991 and on October 28, 1994 with ""Herbie Rides Again"". It was soon re-released again on September 16, 1997 along with the entire ""Herbie the Love Bug"" film series. It was released on DVD for"
"following the television film ""The Love Bug"" (1997) and the only theatrical ""Herbie"" film since ""Herbie Goes Bananas"" (1980). This film serves as a direct sequel to the original films and ignores the events from the fifth film ""The Love Bug"". The film was released on June 22, 2005 and grossed over $144 million worldwide. Maggie Peyton (Lohan) is an aspiring race car driver. Maggie's family includes her brother, Ray Jr., and her father, Ray Sr., who are members of their namesake's racing team. Herbie, a Volkswagen Beetle, is towed to a junkyard after losing several races, and Ray Sr."
"apart from the two times Herbie honks his horn at Paco trying to say his name when Paco couldn't understand what Herbie was saying. Some of these Herbie cars were recycled for ""Herbie, the Love Bug"" in 1982. One of the actual film cars used with its flip wheel chassis in the bullfighting scenes now resides in Sydney, Australia. Another one was displayed in the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum until the museum's closure in 2011. Since then its new location remains unknown. Volkswagen ceased the sale of Beetles in the USA one year before the film's release. In"
"built by Dr. Gustav Stumpfel (Harold Gould) shortly after World War II. He asked Dr. Gustav to create another car, but he wants the car to be pure evil and black. He ends up naming the second car, Horace the Hate Bug, using the ""magical ingredients"" of a picture of Simon, along with Herbie's key. Simon orders Horace to find Herbie and destroy him, which Horace does, leaving Herbie a heap of crushed metal. Hank catches up with Herbie, but finds it's too late to save him, and Hank, Roddy, and Alex give Herbie a funeral. At the funeral, Herbie's"
"Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo is a 1977 American comedy adventure film and the third installment of the ""Herbie"" franchise made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie – the white 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle with a mind of its own. The film stars Dean Jones as returning champion race car driver Jim Douglas, joined by his somewhat cynical and eccentric riding mechanic Wheely Applegate (Don Knotts). Together with Herbie, the ""Love Bug"", a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, they are participating in the fictional Trans-France Race, from Paris, France, to Monte Carlo, Monaco. According to dialogue, they"
"seat driver sat low enough to see over the windshield but still out of the view of the camera. For ""Herbie Rides Again"" and ""Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo"", Disney installed a hood-mounted Carello fog light that concealed a small camera which allowed the rear seat driver to view the street and sit lower. In the original film, ""The Love Bug"", the original racing stripes differ from those in later movies; the stripes do not cover the valances or louvers of the car and the blue is a lighter shade. Also, Herbie features color-keyed running boards, while in later films"
"later found by a tow truck driver (E. E. Bell) in a garage and carried to ""Crazy Dave"" (Jeremy Roberts)'s scrapyard and, later, bought by Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan) in """" (2005). He is later modified, becoming a 2002-cc-engined car and participating in various races, from a demolition derby to the final race of the Nextel Cup Series. Herbie eventually falls in love with a Volkswagen New Beetle (which, at the end, is revealed to be a sentient car, too, or is brought to life like the Beetle army in the second film). Herbie's appearance remained consistent throughout the first"
"final match with Trip, but when Trip talks Maggie into racing for pinks (where the winner takes possession of the opponent's car), Herbie becomes alarmed over Maggie's desire to win Trip's stock car. In addition to being deeply hurt by Maggie's earlier assertion that driving in Trip’s car was the best ride of her life, Herbie incorrectly assumes that Maggie will reject him if she wins the other car, and also is unaware that Trip only agreed to the match so that he could have Herbie scrapped if he got possession of him. Consequently, Herbie intentionally loses the race against"
"takes Maggie to the junkyard to buy her a car as a college graduation present. After Maggie selects Herbie, she finds an anonymous note in Herbie's glove box, possibly written by Herbie's old owner Jim Douglas (Herbie's original owner from ""The Love Bug"" (1968) and ""Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo"") which reads: """"Please take care of Herbie. Whatever your problem, he'll help you find the answer"""". Herbie takes her against her will to the garage where her old friend Kevin works as a mechanic. Kevin has Maggie take Herbie to a car show to buy parts for Herbie, but when"
"repair Herbie. Carole then hears the whole truth about Herbie having a mind of his own and having a great speed for winning races instead of Jim. Jim returns home in a brand new Lamborghini 400GT, and has agreed to sell Herbie to Thorndyke to pay the remaining installments that he owes on it. Jim states his need for a ""big and strong car"" to drive in the upcoming El Dorado road race, but finds no sympathy from Tennessee, Carole, or Herbie. Carole also angrily confronts Jim that he did not care about Herbie and that he was not winning"
"1965 cars. This was to become worse in subsequent Herbie films as even later model cars were included. One of the VW Beetles used in the deleted nightmare sequence (see above) was first used in ""The Love Bug"" as a stunt car during the El Dorado race (also used for interior filming). Many years after ""Herbie Rides Again"", the car's red cross, mechanical arms, and eyeball headlights were removed and restored to former appearance. ""Hawk Plaza"" is shown as a shining, twin-tower 130-story San Francisco skyscraper touted as ""The World's Highest Building"". Coincidentally, ""The Towering Inferno"", released six months later,"
"installment of the ""Herbie"" franchise, this film is part remake and part sequel, in that the events of the original 1968 film are repeated while the storyline plots to follow 1980's ""Herbie Goes Bananas"". It can also be thought a prototype of """" (2005), in that both show a later racer finding Herbie in a junkyard and restoring him. The film also marks the first new appearance of Herbie in 15 years, following the Bug's lone television series ""Herbie, the Love Bug"", which had ended after five episodes. The narrator, Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), unfolds the story of Herbie the"
"over five years, she won 9 races with win prize money of £789,630, also finishing second 6 times and third 2 times, her total prize money during her racing career was £1,168,370. During her career she often had problems with her feet which resulted in her wearing stick-on horse shoes for some races. She won five Group One races altogether and never once finished out of the prize money. Her stable name is Sovie and she is a half-sister to Penzance, who won the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2005. She was ridden by Oscar Urbina for her"
"running boards were now the more conventional black. Additionally, Herbie was running on standard wheels yet again. Volkswagen also promoted the film by having a Type 1 Beetle, complete with Herbie livery, in every showroom. There are various model errors in this film, such as the later ""big window"" (post-1964) Beetles being used. Also of note is the ""cut-n-shut"" engine cover after the warehouse break-in. The Beetle used was a late model, having a more bulbous flat-bottomed lid with an earlier rounded bottom edge welded on. After the success of ""The Love Bug"", the film was heavily endorsed by Volkswagen,"