Curious Queries – Interview II

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Well, the original 1968 version of course! Dean Jones, Michelle Lee, David Tomlinson are all great. And it features one of the funniest men ever, Buddy Hackett. The guy just shows up on screen and it's funny. The climactic race at the end is nothing short of great gag film-making. It's a Mad, Mad World would be the only one to top it.

If you could write/direct your own Herbie movie, what would the plot involve and who would you like to star in it?

I don't know if I would want to, since I don't think I or anyone else could capture the esence of the original. There's just a real charm to the whole film that always stayed with me and is always revived whenever I watch it. I am sure the new one coming out is just going to be a horrible rehash. Sure it's nice to see the younger audience get exposed to the Herbie idea, but the original is so timeless, they should just release that into theatres again.

Carole: Help, I'm a prisoner! I can't get out!
Van Hippy: We all prisoners, chickee-baby. We all locked in.
[looks over at his hippy partner]
Van Hippy: Huh, a couple of weirdos, Guenivere.
(courtesy IMDB.com)