The thing I always liked with the first two Herbie movies is the way they showed the villains defeated in the end. Not in a typical Disney fashion, but rather How-the-Mighty-Have-Fallen kind of fashion. In Thorndyke's case, he's lost his business to Mr. Wu and is reduced to an employee, with his wealth gone as well. Seeing him and Havershaw, his former second in command, putting new oil into the unseen car he above them (possibly Herbie) illustrates that the two men on top are now lower in priority than the car they are servicing. Must add that Havershaw speaking his mind and retaliating the oil spray shows that now that he and his former boss are now down and on equal level, he doesn't have to take it from him anymore.
@@carlbirtles4518 In a way, it shows Tang Wu and the others in a positive light. Thorndyke still has a job, so he's not struggling like Jim and Tennessee were at the start of the movie. So humbling as it is, it's not a terrible ending for him. His punishment really fits the crime, so to speak, because TECHNICALLY Thorndyke never broke the law (well, one case of Assault on Jim but Jim grabbed him multiple times and threatened him) andTang Wu still gets to deal out those gorgeous automobiles. Though, hopefully with more respect than Thorndyke treated his.
@@thequietestengineI’d say Thorndyke broke several laws. Many of the tactics he used to force Herbie off the road could’ve killed Jim, Carole, and Tennessee.
@@12classics39 Thats why I said TECHNICALLY, and as it was during a race where they all accepted the terms, yes it was in bad sport but how he was punished feels fine to me. Humbled, but treated better than he treated others in the past.
Its sad to think all these actors excluding michelle lee are no longer with us, i was 5 when i first saw this and all were still living it up at that time
Are u crazy. Who the hell is interested in who died and who is alive. U are insane. Do not post all this absurd comments. Don't know your real name but Herbie Fan53 u should not post this. Just shut ur goddamn mouth
I like to think Mr. Wu is the reason for Jim having gone to Europe racing foreign cars in the sequel "Herbie Rides Again" - Mr. Wu had received a contract to import a new series of European racing cars and sent Jim over there to try them out.
No, the reason why Jim isn't in Rides Again is because he was sent out to Europe which leads to Monte Carlo. That was the point of the comment from 1987AnimeBoy
The best car movie that always be gratefull to see !!...special thanks to the genious that made Herbie 🚗 !!!....my child age have the best time with this awsome VHS movie!!.. thanks Dad!!🥇🤙🏆🎥📺📼🎶
The ending of this movie has a crazy coincidental meaning for me: in one of my parents' wedding pictures, they were in the back seat of their wedding present: a white VW Beetle. Just like Herbie. Maybe that's why the movie has a lot of meaning to me. I loved watching all the Herbie films when I was a kid.
This film is truly iconic. It is a masterpiece and everyone in it was truly memorable. Everyone is gone since this legendary film was released since 1968, bar Michelle Lee. But regardless of whether they’re here or not, this movie is cemented as one of the greatest in film history.
The final scene with Jim and Carole is perfect because Herbie is, at his core, *The Love Bug.* That’s the title of the movie for a reason. Herbie may be great in a race, but his greatest joy comes from taking care of these two as they start their new life together. And that is precisely why this film never needed any sequels.
Fun fact: There was going to be another kiss, it was already storyboarded and filmed, but was cut out. Thankfully, that deleted kiss still exists today and hasn't been lost.
Grew up watching Herbie. Any time we went on vacay from SoCal to SF I would always bug my parents to go down Lombard Street and other Herbie related places. Memories…
Poor Tennessee, his look from 1:18-1:20 as he's saying bye to Herbie is like he's saying "I will never see my friend Herbie again" and I'm sure Herbie needed a friend in life which is why he became friends with Paco on "Herbie Goes Bananas."
Of course he saw Herbie again. Jim and Tennessee were best friends, and Herbie was Jim’s car. (I don’t accept the sequels, this movie never needed any; the particular characters and relationships that form because of Herbie are crucial to the story, and the sequels lose that soul by making Herbie a mere sentient racecar when he is in fact so much more than that.)
@@12classics39 It's unknown if Tennessee saw Herbie again because on the second film titled "Herbie Rides Again", his aunt named Mrs. Steinmetz mentioned that her home used to be Tennessee's home but, Tennessee moved out of the house to a different country to be closer to his guru where for that, maybe Jim and Tennessee felt out of contact not seeing each other anymore. If they were still in touch, they would only be writing letters to each other. Also if they kept in touch and/or if Tennessee still saw Herbie, he would have been on the third film instead of Wheely Applegate. (I thought the sequels were good films and I'm sure it felt like Jim was abandoning Herbie which he wasn't where Jim was just leaving Herbie in the company of friends where on "Herbie Rides Again", Tennessee must have asked Jim to leave Herbie in the care of his aunt Mrs. Steinmetz and maybe after she passed away Jim picked her up and starred on another race in "Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo" and perhaps on "Herbie Goes Bananas", Jim was a retired racer and he was giving Herbie to his nephew which was Pete Stancheck).
@@12classics39 Yes, while Jim and Tennessee were best friends, they might have fallen out of contact with each other because for one thing, on "Herbie Rides Again", Tennessee's aunt Mrs. Steinmetz said how her home used to be Tennessee's home and that he moved out to a new country closer to his guru where he might have told Jim if he could leave Herbie with his senior citizen aunt. Plus, if Jim and Tennessee kept in touch, Tennessee would have been on "Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo" instead of Wheely Applegate.
38 years Jim sent Herbie to a village county as he doesn't use it anymore with a note in its glovebox. In Herbie Fully Loaded the note you see in Herbie's glove box which was read by Herbie was written by Jim
Joe Flynn also appeared in the subsequent Kurt Russell films: 1. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes 2. The Strongest Man In The World 3. The Barefoot Executive
Mr. Wu buys Thorndyke's showroom as part of the wager. Because Mr. Wu and Thorndyke bet against each other on whether Herbie wins the El Dorado, Thorndyke loses and he and Havershaw are relegated to lowly mechanics.
Mr Wu won the showroom off of Peter Thorndyke. He didn’t buy it because Mr Wu won the bet. Peter Thorndyke had no choice, but to sign the show room over to Mr Wu because he lost at The El Dorado race.
just discovered a blooper. Pay attention to Herbie's driver's side door, you can tell the green screen is being reflected. as you can see the items going through the door
when the interior shot showing herbie driving himself, look at the driver's side door, you can see the road going through it (just below where the window would be
This was a common mistake in the first two Herbie movies in particular. I can't remember what the actual technique is called but it's essentially filming two separate shots and pasting one film over the other (kinda like green screen, but less digital) and obviously, it often resulted in the interior being transparent in some shots. It wouldn't have been that noticeable back then because the screens were extremely grainy, but now with higher resolutions, it's blatantly obvious, and to my knowledge, it still hasn't been fixed in any of the HD versions.
Ironic. Mr Thorndyke invented the concept of small print on the bottom of auto sale contracts And guess how he loses everything? But not riding the small print on the wager. ~N.W
Herbie: Well, good for being my first movie, I hope that in the next one they won't let me play the part of retired from racing .... How ?! Will I have to do that ?! And what will they do then? An evil twin of mine who kills me and then gets Jim back to rebuild me ?? And after? A movie with Lindsay Lohan?!
I think the actors from the original Love Bug, that are alive are Mitchelle Lee, David Tomlison, Ol 53, Herbie, I haven*t heard anything about David Tomlinson, he was in a lot of Disney movies, good actor.
This is exactly why I refuse to accept any of the movie’s sequels. It’s Disney. Of course Jim and Carole lived happily ever after; there was no tragedy or divorce. Herbie is “The Love Bug” BECAUSE he knew they were meant to be, and brought them together.
I don't satified for thornkyde punishment it's to light after finishing the race jim should have punch thornkydes in the face because he cheated, lied and wants to destroyed Herbie
Thornkyde lost is shop and likely his bank accounts were frozen so he had to work off his debts. So Thornkyde will be working until he falls down dead!
Thorndyke made a bet with Mr. Wu when the El Dorado started. As a result of losing the bet, Mr. Wu bought the dealership and relegated Thorndyke and Havershaw to lowly mechanics.
Fast forward 8 years later to Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo... What happened to Carrol? Did Jim and her divorce? Or is it a case of what happens in Monte Carlo stays in Monte Carlo?
The sequels didn’t care about true continuity. Look at how that same movie wants us to pretend we know who the heck “Wheely Applegate” is. This movie will always be its own thing in my heart. Zero sequels needed.
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Absolutely loved watching Herbie when I was little. This one will always go down as the best movie made in the Herbie series
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It's not even close. Monte Carlo was ok, but the other two were terrible.
RIP : Dean Jones, Buddy Hackett, David Tomlinson and Joe Flynn.
None of the sequels or reboots could recapture the magic of the original feature.
All the cast shown in the credits are gone now save for Michele Lee.
Ain’t that the truth.
@@ijnfleetadmiral god bless the souls of those who left us and god bless Michelle Lee.
Personally I think the Monte Carlo one is one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen
The thing I always liked with the first two Herbie movies is the way they showed the villains defeated in the end. Not in a typical Disney fashion, but rather How-the-Mighty-Have-Fallen kind of fashion. In Thorndyke's case, he's lost his business to Mr. Wu and is reduced to an employee, with his wealth gone as well. Seeing him and Havershaw, his former second in command, putting new oil into the unseen car he above them (possibly Herbie) illustrates that the two men on top are now lower in priority than the car they are servicing. Must add that Havershaw speaking his mind and retaliating the oil spray shows that now that he and his former boss are now down and on equal level, he doesn't have to take it from him anymore.
Car dealership owner/racing driver reduced to mechanic.
@@carlbirtles4518 In a way, it shows Tang Wu and the others in a positive light. Thorndyke still has a job, so he's not struggling like Jim and Tennessee were at the start of the movie. So humbling as it is, it's not a terrible ending for him. His punishment really fits the crime, so to speak, because TECHNICALLY Thorndyke never broke the law (well, one case of Assault on Jim but Jim grabbed him multiple times and threatened him) andTang Wu still gets to deal out those gorgeous automobiles. Though, hopefully with more respect than Thorndyke treated his.
@@thequietestengineI’d say Thorndyke broke several laws. Many of the tactics he used to force Herbie off the road could’ve killed Jim, Carole, and Tennessee.
@@12classics39 Thats why I said TECHNICALLY, and as it was during a race where they all accepted the terms, yes it was in bad sport but how he was punished feels fine to me. Humbled, but treated better than he treated others in the past.
*R.I.P.*
Dean Jones: 1931 - 2015
Buddy Hackett: 1924 - 2003
David Tomlinson: 1917 - 2000
Joe Flynn: 1924 - 1974
Benson Fong: 1916 - 1987
*Still alive:*
Michele Lee: 1942 - ????
Michele Lee is still alive
Its sad to think all these actors excluding michelle lee are no longer with us, i was 5 when i first saw this and all were still living it up at that time
Are u crazy. Who the hell is interested in who died and who is alive. U are insane. Do not post all this absurd comments. Don't know your real name but Herbie Fan53 u should not post this. Just shut ur goddamn mouth
VW Beetle: 1938 - 2003 (Last original VW Beetle ceased production in Mexico on July 30, 2003).
@@BenJabituya That was an original 1963 beetle was was shown in all 6 Herbie films
I like to think Mr. Wu is the reason for Jim having gone to Europe racing foreign cars in the sequel "Herbie Rides Again" - Mr. Wu had received a contract to import a new series of European racing cars and sent Jim over there to try them out.
That's a good theory I like it
Same with Herbie Goes Monte Carlo?
You mean Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo. Herbie Rides Again didn't have Dean Jones.
No, the reason why Jim isn't in Rides Again is because he was sent out to Europe which leads to Monte Carlo. That was the point of the comment from 1987AnimeBoy
The best car movie that always be gratefull to see !!...special thanks to the genious that made Herbie 🚗 !!!....my child age have the best time with this awsome VHS movie!!.. thanks Dad!!🥇🤙🏆🎥📺📼🎶
The ending of this movie has a crazy coincidental meaning for me: in one of my parents' wedding pictures, they were in the back seat of their wedding present: a white VW Beetle. Just like Herbie. Maybe that's why the movie has a lot of meaning to me. I loved watching all the Herbie films when I was a kid.
This film is truly iconic. It is a masterpiece and everyone in it was truly memorable. Everyone is gone since this legendary film was released since 1968, bar Michelle Lee. But regardless of whether they’re here or not, this movie is cemented as one of the greatest in film history.
Excellent film herbie and recording excellent actors dean jones and david tomlinson
The final scene with Jim and Carole is perfect because Herbie is, at his core, *The Love Bug.* That’s the title of the movie for a reason. Herbie may be great in a race, but his greatest joy comes from taking care of these two as they start their new life together.
And that is precisely why this film never needed any sequels.
The crew was laughing when the oil went in.
Can you blame them?
@@ghidorah15 nope XD
No matter how many times I watch this movie, or how old I am, I still watch it mainly to have a good laugh!
0:36 you can just tell Havershaw finally had enough of Thorndyke’s bullshit 😂😂
Too bad it took a while for Havershaw to finally stand up to Thorndyke's abuse.
Fun fact: There was going to be another kiss, it was already storyboarded and filmed, but was cut out. Thankfully, that deleted kiss still exists today and hasn't been lost.
Grew up watching Herbie. Any time we went on vacay from SoCal to SF I would always bug my parents to go down Lombard Street and other Herbie related places.
Memories…
Rest in peace buddy hacket you will be sadly missed by us all
Herbie es increible!!!
Wow pensé que era el único que hablaba español xd
1:13
Herbie: It's a surprise~
Anyways, better take these 2 lovebirds. Bye, Tim!
2:04 I think that's a pretty creative way to do an end title. Pretty impressive for 1968 [Then again this IS Disney we're talking about.]
The main reason I love Volkswagens (and Cars in particular)
I love how they include Herbie in the credits ❤
When you have Herbie, you already have a self driving car. One that knows what to do properly.
Poor Tennessee, his look from 1:18-1:20 as he's saying bye to Herbie is like he's saying "I will never see my friend Herbie again" and I'm sure Herbie needed a friend in life which is why he became friends with Paco on "Herbie Goes Bananas."
Of course he saw Herbie again. Jim and Tennessee were best friends, and Herbie was Jim’s car. (I don’t accept the sequels, this movie never needed any; the particular characters and relationships that form because of Herbie are crucial to the story, and the sequels lose that soul by making Herbie a mere sentient racecar when he is in fact so much more than that.)
@@12classics39 It's unknown if Tennessee saw Herbie again because on the second film titled "Herbie Rides Again", his aunt named Mrs. Steinmetz mentioned that her home used to be Tennessee's home but, Tennessee moved out of the house to a different country to be closer to his guru where for that, maybe Jim and Tennessee felt out of contact not seeing each other anymore. If they were still in touch, they would only be writing letters to each other. Also if they kept in touch and/or if Tennessee still saw Herbie, he would have been on the third film instead of Wheely Applegate. (I thought the sequels were good films and I'm sure it felt like Jim was abandoning Herbie which he wasn't where Jim was just leaving Herbie in the company of friends where on "Herbie Rides Again", Tennessee must have asked Jim to leave Herbie in the care of his aunt Mrs. Steinmetz and maybe after she passed away Jim picked her up and starred on another race in "Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo" and perhaps on "Herbie Goes Bananas", Jim was a retired racer and he was giving Herbie to his nephew which was Pete Stancheck).
@@12classics39 Yes, while Jim and Tennessee were best friends, they might have fallen out of contact with each other because for one thing, on "Herbie Rides Again", Tennessee's aunt Mrs. Steinmetz said how her home used to be Tennessee's home and that he moved out to a new country closer to his guru where he might have told Jim if he could leave Herbie with his senior citizen aunt. Plus, if Jim and Tennessee kept in touch, Tennessee would have been on "Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo" instead of Wheely Applegate.
Great movie!
Hahaha that oil scene makes me laugh so hard lololololololololololol
Fun Fact: At 0:55, you can hear one of the crew laughing at Havershaw squirting oil in Thorndyke's pocket. You gotta listen carefully.
0:53 you can hear people in the background laughing
0:48-0:55 Look at Hevershaw and Thorndyke, fighting like little kids with squirt guns!
38 years Jim sent Herbie to a village county as he doesn't use it anymore with a note in its glovebox. In Herbie Fully Loaded the note you see in Herbie's glove box which was read by Herbie was written by Jim
I just realized Havenshaw is Dean Higgins from the Kurt Russell Medfield Movies
On top of that, Dexter’s Car is also a Volkswagen
Mr. Snoops in The Rescuers too
You mean the VW dune Buggy? It had that same steering wheel. Must’ve been the same chassis.
Joe Flynn voiced Mr. Snoops in The Rescuers too
Is that so?
Joe Flynn also appeared in the subsequent Kurt Russell films:
1. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
2. The Strongest Man In The World
3. The Barefoot Executive
Bro Elon musk needs to take some notes from VW on auto pilot.
Every movie should end like this.
I like a movie that don’t end on a downer.
congratulations Jim Douglas and Carol on your wedding 💍💍
0:54 You hear people laughing in the background
Mr. Wu buys Thorndyke's showroom as part of the wager. Because Mr. Wu and Thorndyke bet against each other on whether Herbie wins the El Dorado, Thorndyke loses and he and Havershaw are relegated to lowly mechanics.
Mr Wu won the showroom off of Peter Thorndyke. He didn’t buy it because Mr Wu won the bet. Peter Thorndyke had no choice, but to sign the show room over to Mr Wu because he lost at The El Dorado race.
0:47
OIL FIGHT!
Thorndyke and Havershaw spraying each other with undercoating. Oh boy. 😂
yeah 😂
Who knew Tennessee had an aunt in Herbie Rides Again too
And a very beauty cousin.... that hurt you with a lobster if you nominate Alonzo Hawk XD
@@DaveVampireSlayer I don't think she was actually family. Just somebody close to family.
@@olivierbaghdadi Nicole was Mirs Steinmetz's granddaughter and Tenesse her nephew, so.....
@@DaveVampireSlayer She was actually a displaced neighbour of Mrs. Steinmetz.
@@olivierbaghdadi OMG!
And I always thought that she is....
just discovered a blooper. Pay attention to Herbie's driver's side door, you can tell the green screen is being reflected. as you can see the items going through the door
bandittweintraub I don’t understand.
bandittweintraub I see it
when the interior shot showing herbie driving himself, look at the driver's side door, you can see the road going through it (just below where the window would be
What I see looks to be a reflection. They did NOT do GREEN SCREEN back then. Wasn’t even thought of. No computer CGI.
This was a common mistake in the first two Herbie movies in particular. I can't remember what the actual technique is called but it's essentially filming two separate shots and pasting one film over the other (kinda like green screen, but less digital) and obviously, it often resulted in the interior being transparent in some shots. It wouldn't have been that noticeable back then because the screens were extremely grainy, but now with higher resolutions, it's blatantly obvious, and to my knowledge, it still hasn't been fixed in any of the HD versions.
R.I.P. Buddy Hackett a.k.a. Tennessee Steinmetz and Scuttle too
Funny enough, there’s exactly a 20-year gap between the love bug and the little mermaid
The Little Mermaid 2 Return to the Sea was his last film.
0:42 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I CAN'T.....I CAN'T......OMG THAT IS SUPER HILARIOUS
That's how you get back at a toxic boss.
Ironic.
Mr Thorndyke invented the concept of small print on the bottom of auto sale contracts
And guess how he loses everything? But not riding the small print on the wager.
~N.W
Se fossi rimasto a Lucera (FG) Michele mi sarei fatto volentieri un giro nel tuo maggiolino
Motor oil isn't black when it's new, only when it's old and dirty.
Been a lot funnier if Thorndike ended up flipping burgers in a fast food restaurant.
Why?
aww nice bow you have Herbie
0:54 That shriek though.
Un capolavoro della Disney!!!
Un altro italiano? Bene :)
@@DaveVampireSlayer 🇮🇹♥️
Herbie: Well, good for being my first movie, I hope that in the next one they won't let me play the part of retired from racing .... How ?! Will I have to do that ?! And what will they do then? An evil twin of mine who kills me and then gets Jim back to rebuild me ?? And after? A movie with Lindsay Lohan?!
The lindsay lohan hate is getting REALLY old
I think the actors from the original Love Bug, that are alive are Mitchelle Lee, David Tomlison, Ol 53, Herbie, I haven*t heard anything about David Tomlinson, he was in a lot of Disney movies, good actor.
David Tomlison is dead, he died in 2000.
@Enrique Lopez David Tomlinson was also on "Mary Poppins" where he played as George Banks.
@@afriendofbeanAnd Professor Emelius Browne from “Bedknobs And Broomsticks”.
@@BenJabituya I haven't seen that movie.
Thorndyke got his just desserts
I bet Jim and Carole divorced later on since Jim was seen with another woman in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Either that or Carole died under unknown circumstances
This is exactly why I refuse to accept any of the movie’s sequels. It’s Disney. Of course Jim and Carole lived happily ever after; there was no tragedy or divorce. Herbie is “The Love Bug” BECAUSE he knew they were meant to be, and brought them together.
If they ever get self-driving cars I want one that looks like Herbie.
Tesla's "I'm feeling luck button."
Adoro esse final
I don't satified for thornkyde punishment it's to light after finishing the race jim should have punch thornkydes in the face because he cheated, lied and wants to destroyed Herbie
Thornkyde lost is shop and likely his bank accounts were frozen so he had to work off his debts. So Thornkyde will be working until he falls down dead!
@@scotthayes5933 I see thank you.
Thorndyke made a bet with Mr. Wu when the El Dorado started. As a result of losing the bet, Mr. Wu bought the dealership and relegated Thorndyke and Havershaw to lowly mechanics.
Zoomin out is the Westin St. Francis, in Union Square, San Fransisco
This was Tesla back in 1969
Buone ferie estive biondo okkiverdi di ciaoamigos di Foggia
Buone ferie estive Michele Del Giudice
I love you herbie and how old are you!!!
Herbie is 52 years old right now. This December he'll turn 53 😏 ❤️🤍💙
Actually he will turn 60 on august 18
Do you guys believe in remote control cars? Herbie was just a remote control to make it look like he was alive
Bonjour merci
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Quando Giulio Mucciacito pensa a San Francisco
At end of this
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Dean Jones Michell Lee David Tomlinson Iris Adrián Boody Hackek as Tennessee Steimets Herbie
Meu amigo Neri o José o Guilherme meus amigos somos Palmeiras
Fast forward 8 years later to Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo... What happened to Carrol? Did Jim and her divorce? Or is it a case of what happens in Monte Carlo stays in Monte Carlo?
The sequels didn’t care about true continuity. Look at how that same movie wants us to pretend we know who the heck “Wheely Applegate” is.
This movie will always be its own thing in my heart. Zero sequels needed.
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