The Drive-In... Do you still go? - Page 3

Not Afraid · 08-01-2005, 04:26 PM

No, you end up looking skyward and not in front of you where the next car is. The screen is quite large and pretty high off of the ground as well.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 08-01-2005, 04:27 PM

I thought people were supposed to neck at drive-ins? Why aren't there more naked drive in stories? What's with all this actual movie watching? I was a kid. I was with my parents. If there had been making out in my car, my family would be far more deranged and depressing than I'd have liked it to be. So we watched E.T. instead of making out. That worked for me.

innerSpaceman · 08-01-2005, 04:29 PM

Until about 10 years ago, there were TWO, count 'em Two, Drive-Ins within a quarter mile of where I've lived for the past quarter century. Alas, I never went to either of them and they are both long gone. In fact, I think I've only been to one drive-in during the "modern" era of sound-thru-your-radio (as opposed to speaker propped on your partially open window).

I guess I always had better places to watch movies and better places to have sex.

Not Afraid · 08-01-2005, 04:30 PM

Well, there was the one time I went to the drive-in with one of my youth ministers and we drank a lot of cheap pre-mixed daqueries (or something), and then........EWWWWW I don't even want to remember this story!

Matterhorn Fan · 08-01-2005, 04:31 PM

But how does one look "skyward" when one's car roof is, well, "skyward"?

I think I'd prefer watching a movie while sitting on a comfy couch. I like to lean back. If I'm not comfortable, I'm not interested.

mousepod · 08-01-2005, 04:35 PM

Hell, forget drive-ins. I find that more often than not I prefer to watch movies at home than at the theater. Noisy people chatting on their cell phones, crappy screens, dirty prints... Give me my couch any day.

(plus, someone always complains when I try to watch a movie in my underwear at the local cineplex)

Not Afraid · 08-01-2005, 04:37 PM

Look. Only at Disneyland are pants optional. You must wear pants to the theater. Silly!

DisneyDaniel · 08-01-2005, 04:40 PM

Reading about everyone's drive-in movie theater experiences has made me feel nostalgic as well, so I searched the Web and found two great sites:

http://www.driveinmovie.com/CA.htm lists California locations and brief historical info about past and current drive-in movie theaters.

http://www.driveinmovie.com/mainmenu.htm is the main site that lists information for drive-in movie theaters across the United States.

AllyOops! · 08-01-2005, 04:41 PM

My two most popular Drive-In's were Winnetka & Hi-Way 39. I wish I could remember the names & locations of the others, but those two pop into my mind most. One, I believe, was in Van Nuys. Lotsa movies there, too!

As a little kid, I LOVED when My Mom would take my little brother & I to the Drive-In! Those were just the most fun times together.

She would dress us in our jammies, bring lots of blankets, pop a huge ol' tub of popcorn at home, and sometimes? We would stop at Pup n' Taco ( How I miss thee!) for grape slushies. I remember we would get so excited for the Chilly Willy or Woody Woodpecker cartoons that kicked off each movie! I remember going to see Grease & Star Wars at the Drive-In.

As I got older....

I remember going to the Hi-Way 39 Drive-In! I was forever in Orange County at the time, since my boyfriend & I both worked at Disneyland- me working on Main Street, and he rowing on the Canoes. We went to the Drive-in a whole bunch, but rarely, um, saw the entire movie.

I remember he once left the big metal audio box clipped to my car window, then forgot to unnattach it, drove off, and not only bent the entire pole flat, but the metal box came flying in at ME. Of course, I kept it as a souvenier of our young & super dorky love.

After the Northridge Earthquakes, any Valley girl or guy can attest to the squillions of construction sites set up EVERYWHERE. My brother and his crew, which consisted of my friends, too, would head off to the Winnetka Drive-in. My brother (Smee) would hit up a construction site, grab a piece of plywood, stick it in his pick-up truck, and then lay it across the exit spikes so that the whole valley could enter the Drive-In that night for free. Nice.

And I'll never forget the time we stuck my poor girlfriend Sherri in the trunk. What the flock were we thinking?? Nobody could pony up a ticket price? And she actually INSISTED on climbing in! I believe we tried even to stop her. Double nice.

Aww, memories!

Drince88 · 08-01-2005, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

But how does one look "skyward" when one's car roof is, well, "skyward"?

I think I'd prefer watching a movie while sitting on a comfy couch. I like to lean back. If I'm not comfortable, I'm not interested.

Actually, I think our local drive-in was all level (though what do I know, I don't think I ever visited it when I was old enough to drive -- I could ask my sister (who supposedly went there all the time) but I'm pretty sure that detail wasn't really important to her)

ANYWAY, the screen was up high enough that the cars ahead of you weren't in the way, and you didn't park so close that you needed to look up to see - you could see through the windshield from the front-seat ok.

And who says you can't lean back in your car???

08-01-2005, 04:26 PM	#21
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	No, you end up looking skyward and not in front of you where the next car is. The screen is quite large and pretty high off of the ground as well.
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Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	I thought people were supposed to neck at drive-ins? Why aren't there more naked drive in stories? What's with all this actual movie watching? I was a kid. I was with my parents. If there had been making out in my car, my family would be far more deranged and depressing than I'd have liked it to be. So we watched E.T. instead of making out. That worked for me.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Until about 10 years ago, there were TWO, count 'em Two, Drive-Ins within a quarter mile of where I've lived for the past quarter century. Alas, I never went to either of them and they are both long gone. In fact, I think I've only been to one drive-in during the "modern" era of sound-thru-your-radio (as opposed to speaker propped on your partially open window). I guess I always had better places to watch movies and better places to have sex.
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08-01-2005, 04:30 PM	#24
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Well, there was the one time I went to the drive-in with one of my youth ministers and we drank a lot of cheap pre-mixed daqueries (or something), and then........EWWWWW I don't even want to remember this story!
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08-01-2005, 04:31 PM	#25
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	But how does one look "skyward" when one's car roof is, well, "skyward"? I think I'd prefer watching a movie while sitting on a comfy couch. I like to lean back. If I'm not comfortable, I'm not interested.
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08-01-2005, 04:35 PM	#26
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Hell, forget drive-ins. I find that more often than not I prefer to watch movies at home than at the theater. Noisy people chatting on their cell phones, crappy screens, dirty prints... Give me my couch any day. (plus, someone always complains when I try to watch a movie in my underwear at the local cineplex) __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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08-01-2005, 04:37 PM	#27
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Look. Only at Disneyland are pants optional. You must wear pants to the theater. Silly!
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08-01-2005, 04:40 PM	#28
DisneyDaniel California Adventurer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SoCal Posts: 537	Reading about everyone's drive-in movie theater experiences has made me feel nostalgic as well, so I searched the Web and found two great sites: http://www.driveinmovie.com/CA.htm lists California locations and brief historical info about past and current drive-in movie theaters. http://www.driveinmovie.com/mainmenu.htm is the main site that lists information for drive-in movie theaters across the United States. __________________ Yes, I do LOVE Disney California Adventure. Disneyland is not so bad either ;-)
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08-01-2005, 04:41 PM	#29
AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	My two most popular Drive-In's were Winnetka & Hi-Way 39. I wish I could remember the names & locations of the others, but those two pop into my mind most. One, I believe, was in Van Nuys. Lotsa movies there, too! As a little kid, I LOVED when My Mom would take my little brother & I to the Drive-In! Those were just the most fun times together. She would dress us in our jammies, bring lots of blankets, pop a huge ol' tub of popcorn at home, and sometimes? We would stop at Pup n' Taco ( How I miss thee!) for grape slushies. I remember we would get so excited for the Chilly Willy or Woody Woodpecker cartoons that kicked off each movie! I remember going to see Grease & Star Wars at the Drive-In. As I got older.... I remember going to the Hi-Way 39 Drive-In! I was forever in Orange County at the time, since my boyfriend & I both worked at Disneyland- me working on Main Street, and he rowing on the Canoes. We went to the Drive-in a whole bunch, but rarely, um, saw the entire movie. I remember he once left the big metal audio box clipped to my car window, then forgot to unnattach it, drove off, and not only bent the entire pole flat, but the metal box came flying in at ME. Of course, I kept it as a souvenier of our young & super dorky love. After the Northridge Earthquakes, any Valley girl or guy can attest to the squillions of construction sites set up EVERYWHERE. My brother and his crew, which consisted of my friends, too, would head off to the Winnetka Drive-in. My brother (Smee) would hit up a construction site, grab a piece of plywood, stick it in his pick-up truck, and then lay it across the exit spikes so that the whole valley could enter the Drive-In that night for free. Nice. And I'll never forget the time we stuck my poor girlfriend Sherri in the trunk. What the flock were we thinking?? Nobody could pony up a ticket price? And she actually INSISTED on climbing in! I believe we tried even to stop her. Double nice. Aww, memories! Last edited by AllyOops! : 08-01-2005 at 05:12 PM. Reason: misspell!
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