When there's a wreck on the track, in NASCAR, they pull out a yellow caution flag and the pace car comes out and slows everyone down while the clean up is underway.
Right! No one is allowed to pass when there is a caution flag and the pace car makes everyone slow down, so often drivers choose to make a pitstop for fuel and tires.
Without the pace car drivers would be incentivized to take advantage of accidents to get way far ahead while everyone in the back is having to deal with the cleanup.
Just to add, you can not pass the pace car (or other cars). It is also used at the start of car races that use what is called a rolling start (the cars are in motion). That's what I know based on the little of car racing I've seen.
@koatam Also, it would be absurdly dangerous (and was, in earlier decades) for marshals to walk out onto the track to clear up serious accidents if other cars were still coming through at full speed. In Formula 1 racing, there are the ascending options of waving yellow flags at the point of an incident to slow drivers down just in that zone, a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) where all drivers on track slow to a reduced pace but gaps are maintained, a full Safety Car where they slow even more and also bunch up in a queue (thus allowing longer periods in between them going by for marshals to venture onto track), or a red flag to stop the race altogether.
I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. Although I've only seen Antz, but I'll tell you something. What I respect about that man, is when he was going through all that stuff that came out in the press, about how Antz was just a rip-off of A Bug's Life, he stayed true to his films. Or at least the film that I saw, which was Antz. The thing is I thought A Bug's Life was better, much better than Antz. The point is don't listen to your critics. Listen to your fans.
I live in California and have a Disneyland annual pass so have been there countless times but never noticed that about the traffic light. I’ll have to check that out next time I go.
You were right - Cheech Marin! Good catch. Also, George Carlin, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Michael Keaton, Jeremy Piven, Bob Costas, Jay Leno, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and a bunch of others!
mac the truck driver doesnt have lightning mcqueen inside of him cause the trailer isnt his body he just connects to it like putting a backpack on with a kitty in the backpack
The way I see it is the helicopter is just shaped like that, he isn't "inside" the helicopter, he's just in the space formed by the shape of his body but none of the internal of the helicopters body is exposed
12:32 Fun fact: he's actually right. The animators deliberately made every third blink a little bit slower than the others, and when one of Disney's theme parks recreated the town they made its light blink the same way
Radiator Springs is like a conglomeration of all the little towns along Route 66 and all the remote tourist attractions, but predominantly in New Mexico, Arizona and California. But you'll see tons of dead or dying small towns just off the highway in all the states. Being a New Mexican, I was surrounded by Route 66 nostalgia all the time and always felt it was something small towns grasped onto for identity when they didn't have an identity for themselves.
As a local from Hawaii, that town sequence strongly resembles the old sugar plantation towns to me, where the plantation served as a vital lifeline for many residents. When sugar cultivation in Hawaii became economically unviable, these towns were largely abandoned. Although some businesses have since moved in, they have failed to restore the former prosperity of these communities.
My formative years were spent traveling back & forth between Los Angeles and Albuquerque by car, since I had family in both places. The scenery and culture of that very specific stretch of the Southwest is unique, and honestly it's something I would have thought of as being too niche to be the focus of a major movie. So this one really resonated with me.
Chick Hicks....is voiced by Michael Keaton... The King is voiced by the real Richard Petty, and the station wagon that thanks McQueen was the voice of his real life wife... The announcers were Bob Costas...and Darrel Waltrip, a real life Nascar announcer (at the time) and former Nascar driver/champion...
"The King" is voiced by Richard Petty (retired 1992), the most famous NASCAR driver of all, he has the most wins with 200, the next guy on the list has 105. The blue car is his famous 1970 Plymouth Superbird.
@@Regailion Not in “Cars,” but in “Cars 2.” There he speaks "Max Schnell" (in the German version "Sebastian Schnell"). “Schnell” means "quickly" in German.
There's 14 years between me and my brother. I started at university the year he started school. I used to take him to see all the kids movies that I wanted to see but felt too embarrassed to go by myself. This will always be a special one for me.
Hah, that's what I did with my younger brother, too - 20 years age difference. Movies, LEGO sets... of course it was all for the little brothers, we definitely weren't waiting for the "can you help me" when they got the latest LEGO set, no sir ^^
I wish I had done this between my little brother and I more. The way he looked at me playing guitar hero always made me feel like a God. Lost him a couple years ago. Just wish I had been a better big brother. Good on you
i don’t think there has ever been a movie like this which made me feel something for a town. Something about seeing their home go from popular and thriving to run down still gets me.
The note at 48:07 that Paul Newman is known as a "skilled race car driver" is vastly underselling it. Among many accomplishments, he came in second in the 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans, which makes up the Triple Crown of endurance car racing. That would be like calling a jockey who came in second in the Kentucky Derby or a runner who was second in the London or New York Marathons an "enthusiast".
This was the golden era for Pixar (1995-2009). Every new film was not just a huge advancement in CGI but also insanely inventive smart, and just plain excellent in terms of storytelling.
This film is a beautiful lesson in appreciating the past before its gone, slowing down and taking the road less traveled, the decline of small-town America and a love letter to old Route 66.
bear with me as I'm formulating part of this as I type... In the 1950s, we became obsessed with "the future". It was going to be bright and clean and shiny and efficient.. better living through technology. And each generation became convinced they were smarter and more moral than those who came before. And yet... we have a mental health crisis in the west; neurosis, depression, anxiety are rampant. We don't know who we are, anymore. There's a scene from the book "The Mote in God's Eye". Humans are visiting an alien (called "Moties") museum. One person points out that there are no landscapes; every painting has Moties _doing_ something. Their guide replied, "of course; art takes work; why would you do it if you didn't have a message to convey?" To which one of the humans mutters, "How about, 'mountains are pretty'?" Efficient has become a virtue. Cheap has likewise become a virtue. Our homes, unless we're wealthy, look like lego blocks. Our cars look like rolling turds. Can anyone say that the new Tesla cybertruck is "beautiful"? The same way one could say it of, say, an old Deusenberg? Compare a European gothic cathedral with the local "Gibson's" (think Walmart) department store that was converted to a church here in my city. Big, efficient, almost certainly cheaper... and ugly. To paraphrase the captain of the Axion... "We're just surviving; we're not living"
John Ratzenberger is best known for playing Cliff on the TV series "Cheers" for all 11 years. He has been in 23 Pixar films, from "Toy Story" to Onward". He sat out a few ywears when John Lassiter left, but returned for "Inside Out 2'.
I read somewhere that if you took all the films he’s been in add up all earnings of the films he’s been i (not him but the films) he has one of the highest totals in Hollywood. He has been in all the Pixar films, A Bridge too Far, Superman (Chris Reeve version), Superman II, Empire Strikes Back,Outland, Firefox, and Gandhi
@@BogeyTheBear As a Canadian, I'll say most people I know are well aware of the original version. Most younger chicks like the country cover, but most others just rock the original. Granted I'm in my 30s, so maybe younger kids have no clue at all... who knows?
I remember it was many years before I realized it was made mega-popular by this movie. I knew of the Chris Ledoux cover already and I really dug the Rascal Flats version when I heard it on the radio, and whenever I’d put it on when I had passengers in the car or when I was at a shindig or something folks would think it was funny, and I never understood why because for quite a long time I was never interested in watching this movie. Eventually I figured it out lol
Man it's true that watching stuff with the right people can change your viewing experience. I remembered liking this movie well enough, but watching you two unapologetically enjoy it sm had me laughing way more than I expected to going into this reaction. Think this weirdly might be one of my fav vids from you guys, just from how much fun it was 😊
Exactly. Like I've watched this dozens of times but hearing Simone get emotional at the end made me tear up, something I've never done before watching cars
Traditionally the Pace Car starts the race. The car itself is a visual clue that the race is being started, Slowed for a wreck, or anything that would affect the race. The drivers follow the pace car. If there is an accident or event that needs a safety vehicle. Its just easier to communicate with one Pace Car Driver. Rather than 80 drivers.
Can't believe you missed her literally commenting on them at 12:15. And then at your timestamp she commented that the flies/VW Beetles are so cute. You nod off or something?
@@GhostWatcher2024 Haha. I just didn't bother commenting the first time they turned up. And of course I heard Simone say they were cute, that's why I felt it was worth mentioning the fact. When Simone said the word bug I got the impression she was using it as the colloquial word for insect rather than connecting it to the car. I could of course be wrong with that impression.
Rest In Peace Joe Ranft 1960-2005 George Carlin 1937-2008 Paul Newman 1925-2008 Tom Magliozzi 1937-2014 and Katherine Helmond 1929-2019, this movie was Dedicated to Joe Ranft who died in a car accident during production, he was with two of his friends, two died and one survived
Every once in a while Simone says something jaw dropping. "I don't know Paul Newman" is a startling sentence. Here's a short viewing list: Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Verdict, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, The Color of Money (The last 2 in that order please), Slap Shot (that's aboot hockey, eh), Fort Apache The Bronx, Absence of Malice, Road to Perdition. Feel free to snack on a salad or a bowl of pasta with some Newman's Own brand Salad Dressing or Pasta sauce ( all profits go to charity) while watching these or while watching a car race including a team from Newman Racing. Paul was warned that his fame was fading in some fan mail that he read on a late night talk show some years ago. It went something like this: Dear Mr. Newman, My girlfriend says you're an actor. If your movies are half as good as your salad dressing, they must be great. Do you know if any of them are available on VHS? He says he framed it and hung it in his bathroom. Gee wiz Simone, you make me feel old.
The name "Piston Cup" comes from the Winston Cup, the NASCAR trophy for most of the 20th century. At the turn of the 21st century, NASCAR changed sponsors to be more kid-friendly (Winston is a brand of cigarette), today the trophy is the T-Mobile Cup. There's a lot of racing and automotive celebrities playing a Car version of themselves. Richard "the King" Petty as Strip "the King" Weathers, Tom and Ray Maglozzi as Dusty and Rusty Rustezi, Bob Costas as Bob Cutlass, Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip, Jay Leno as Jay Limo, Michael Schumacher, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Mario Andretti as themselves, etc.
It's not the T-Mobile cup. T-Mobile has nothing to do with Nascar. The current championship trophy is the Bill France Cup. Named after "Big" Bill France, the founder of nascar
Doc, Hudson Hornet, Paul Newman, legendary actor and race car driver, and philanthropist, even after his passing. Cool Hand Luke a must. The Verdict, really good too...
"Is this actually what its like around Route 66?" Pretty much the entirey of Utah is just majestic desert beauty like you wouldn't believe, that spot with the bridge and the waterfall isn't that unlike some spots I saw out there. I've been through most states and it was my favorite geographically, and its not even close. Needless to say watching this movie makes me feel things. I miss it out there so much. Can't speak for Route 66, but the Moab area has 2 or 3 National Parks in immediate reach, as well as Castle Valley at the end of a long river heading out of the town, with a few scenic stops along the way. You couldn't go wrong visiting anywhere near there. The Grand Canyon is also quite the sight to see, but it's a different kind of experience, a little less intimate, more awe-inspiring.
NASCAR cars typically have a rear-view mirror in the normal location as well as a small left-side mirror on the front pillar, tucked inside the window frame so it doesn't affect aerodynamics. The rear-view mirror typically made right-side mirrors unnecessary. In recent years they've also started adding rear-view cameras instead of the mirrors. That being said, most drivers rely more on a crew member called the spotter who is relaying relevant information via radio headset to the driver. The spotter will focus on both immediate situational awareness (other cars nearby, hazards ahead) as well as general strategy (competitors' performance and strategy, weather conditions).
I love that you recognized Bonnie Hunt, Simone. She is an absolute legend. Writer, actor, director. And a fantastic voice artist. And I've always had a huuuuuge crush on her.
There is a movie with Michael J Fox called “Doc Hollywood” that came out in 1991 with a very similar story structure to this. Definitely worth a watch.
Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free bird" is the classic call out request for bar bands. Now it's half rock anthem and half punchline, and the fact that it's 9 mins long.
Mirrors in a stock car are all inside the car. You wouldn't want one of those coming off when rubbing up against another car. Coincidentally, mirrors came from auto racing. In the early days the spotter (navigator) would ride on the car next to the driver and call out the position of other cars on the track. One driver realized he could replace the spotter (and more importantly, his added weight) with mirrors.
Actually people even used rear view mirrors for horse drawn carriages. The first time a racing driver used one, that it was essentially useless from the vibration. So the idea of using a mirror to see around a vehicle actually predates cars completely.
The director of this movie, John Lasseter, who also directed the Toy Stoy movies and A Bug's Life, said he got the inspiration for this film was when he took his family on a cross-country roadtrip in 2000. He's also a big car enthusiast and stated that this movie combined two of his passions together, that being cars and animation. Really enjoyed y'all's reaction to this as it's one of my favorite Pixar movies! Can't wait for the next one!
Being a parent, I have seen this film 4,794 times It is a similar story to the Michael J Fox film: Doc Hollywood, but I enjoyed this take on fish out of water.
The pace car is called that because it literally sets the pace. It's also called a safety car. It starts the race by leading the cars to the starting line of the race (which is a rolling start in NASCAR), and it also comes out during yellow flags (caution flags) to lead the field of cars around the track slowly and mark the beginning of the 'pack'. Drivers are not allowed to pass the pace car, and have to maintain the order of the cars/positions while the pace car is out. The exception to that is making pit stops. You can lose positions if you pit. If you can complete a pit stop before the pace car passes the pit lane again, you can circle back around the track and catch it again, barely losing any time at all on the cars that didn't pit. If you take too long and it passes the pit exit you'll be stuck behind it a full lap down. There is a lot of strategy in racing.
Porsche actually made a special edition "Sally Carrera" and it sold for more than 2 million dollars. The Fabulous Hudson Hornet is a real car and won three NASCAR championships.
31:54 "It's so pretty!!" This movie is such a perfect homage to Route 66 and northern Arizona. If you love history and scenery, taking Route 66 from Los Angeles to Albuquerque is a great drive.
Damn this really has got to be one of the best films ever made. I laughed so much my face hurt, and teared up at a few points. They don't make em like they used to
Funniest comment I ever heard was a radio guy disparaging NASCAR because "Its just watching cars make left turns." Then proceeded to promote horse racing. Which is sitting and watching animals make left turns.
Here in Britain, the voice of the guy playing Harv is Jeremy Clarkson, a TV presenter who hosted a show called Top Gear all about cars and his opinions on how they felt to drive.
32:18 I think the saddest part of the movie is when sally tells the story of R66 and how when they bout the interstate the towns business slowly started dying out because nobody would drive through anymore and only take the highway instead which despite the movie telling the story it’s also a true story
Sure, but they over-dramatize it for the movie. People were able to save a lot of time with the new road. It's not like people were saving a mere 10 minutes.
I had never been to a NASCAR race until this year. Wasn’t interested due to the “only left turns” thing. In Feb, an old co-worker of mine called and asked if I’d be interested in going to a NASCAR race with him and his family in March. I hadn’t seen him since I stopped working with him, and the race wasn’t far from my house, so I decided to go. The track has turns both directions, and is a really technical track. It was more fun than I thought it would be. I go to the MotoGP (Motorcycles) race every year at the same track. And I’ve found that even people who have no real interest in the racing, or who don’t follow motorsports seem to really enjoy being there in person.
I think Nascar has been running more road courses the past few years because they get the bad rep of "only left turns". Which track was it that you went to?
I can't believe the left turn joke has turned into getting a bad rap! It was never meant that way! All Nascar tracks are fun to see, not just your road courses
@@Corvette1997 It's misconstrued as boring I guess. Part of why I never really got into Nascar. I'm not saying it doesn't have it's own strategy and talents needed to drive. Most just find it boring going in circles.
The Ferrari who comes to Guido's shop at the end is voiced by Michael Schumacher, a famous Formula 1 race car driver who drove for the Ferrari team at the time the movie was made (obviously).
This movie was a shout out to Steve McQueen . You need to watch BULLET & THE GREAT ESCAPE. Paul Neumann raced in the same circuit that encompassed Ohio. If you approached him as an actor, he wouldn't give you the time of day but as a race car driver he would talk with you all day long. His movies were HUD, THE STING, BUTCH CASSIDAY & THE SUNDANCE KID.
I just got back from helping with cleanup and rebuilding from the hurricane down south, and it was definitely my experience that sometimes when things get bad (especially quickly) sometimes people get overwhelmed and just don't know how to start. There were some houses that all we did was get mud out of their basement. Those places still needed a lot of work, but even just that small act gave them a headway and the hope/encouragement to do even more. Sometimes in life, you get overwhelmed by what seems like a big task, and it might be one, but try not to let yourself stay that way so that you never take that first step. Take a small step and let it lead you to the next one, like how they say to make your bed in the morning to motivate yourself by accomplishing a task.
The crash in the end is based on a real crash. There's 2 sequels to this movie, but also a spinoff called Planes which is pretty underrated in my opinion.
This movie embodies what all us bikers always knew... If you want to see the most beautiful parts of the land you HAVE TO avoid the Interstates as much as possible. Not only is it less traffic and windy (more fun) you also end up seeing stuff you never knew existed and sights so gorgeous words cannot do it justice.
After traveling Route 66 last summer, I found out that this movie revitalized interest in and visits along the old Route 66. The PIXAR creators traveled the route and took inspiration directly from cars and buildings on the route for the town of Radiator Springs.
Once upon a time I did the Route 66 road trip, and fell in love with a girl. And Route 66 ends at the Santa Monica Pier in LA, so we then went to Disney to visit Radiator Springs and it was just like it is in the movie... But it was a transformative time in my life, getting to see the landscapes of the US (but especially the desert), taking a sunrise hot air balloon in Albuquerque, watching the sunset over the Grand Canyon and crying because it was so beautiful, swimming in the Pacific on a California beach... this movie always reminds me of the good times, so thanks for watching this one.
Lots of cool trivia on this movie actually. Two favorites come to mind. One: they went to great effort to match the specific shade of Paul Newman's iconic blue eyes for the character of Doc. Two: The insect sounds are a recording of a VW Beetle engine that has been sped up.
32:50 That legit happened all up and down Route 66. So many small towns and interesting sights just, gone. Some are still hanging around, but they are mostly shadows of their former selves. Small Town America, just wiped off the map. Source: Me. My major city of Albuquerque, NM, has Route 66 cutting right through the middle of it. So I've jumped on that road a few times. You can still drive it, lots of people still do. But yeah, the highway bypasses it and most daily travelers don't give 66 a second glance.
BTW McQueen is a reference to Steve McQueen, extremely famous actor and racer, both car and motorcycle. For example, please watch The Great Escape. Simone, see if you can spot Duckie from NCIS in it.
Lol completely right about the merchandise. 20 years later and I sent my 6 year old to school today in his Lightning McQueen jacket. We own every character in this movie
And, once again, Simone hits closer to the bullseye than she could have imagined. George Carlin, who voiced Fillmore, the "Hippy-Dippy Man," Volkswagen, literally used to do stand-up bits as Al Sleet, the Hippy-Dippy Weatherman.
I don't know about the waterfall, but yeah, Route 66 basically is like that in places (where it still exists, and of course it has it's straight, boring stretches). I drove it thirty years ago, it was a fantastic road trip.
George Carlin voiced Fillmore the VW Van. The Hudson Hornet was an amazing racecar. With the lowest center of mass among standard-sized cars at the time, the Hudson was praised for its great handling and roadworthiness so that stock car racers embraced these cars and "christened them with the 'Fabulous' prefix that followed this line through its days of track dominance. This combined with the car's low weight due to the advanced unibody construction that Hudson called a 'step down' design, allowed Hudson drivers to win various stock car racing events from 1951 through 1954. Drivers "proved it could out-handle and out-accelerate much of its supposedly more powerful V-8 competition." The company used the "Fabulous Hudson Hornet, national stock car champion" description in its advertising.
Forgot that the movie opens with Lightning McQueen hyping himself up and now I’m mixing it up with the opening of Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox story: “Hold up now, son. Lightning McQueen has to think about his WHOLE life before he races.”
Wow I'm watching this movie as a first time watch in this reaction and I'm surprised by the jokes. When he calls the truck Mack and he says he's a Peterbilt, when they call out "Free Bird" while in the crowd (Skynyrd famously asked on a live album "what song is it you wanna heah" and everyone says "Free Bird!" and it's become tradition to request it to every band ever now). We call traffic cones traffic cones. I called it, Cheech and Chong are from Cheech and Chong! I forgot that I was obsessed with getting that "The Band" T-shirt.
The van who acts stoned was played by the brilliant comedian George Carlin. Early in his career one of the characters he played was called "The Hippy Dippy Weatherman." Also.... George! Dammit. It's Holly HuntER. There's Bonnie Hunt, Linda Hunt, and Helen Hunt.
Your favorite *"Mater"* is voiced by the comedian *"Larry The Cable Guy"* Think you'll be surprised at some of the voices you didn't notice... Tom Hanks=Woody Car & (Toy Story Woody) Tim Allon=Buzz Lightyear Car & (Toy Story Buzz Lightyear) John Goodman=James P. Sullivan "Cheech" Marin=Ramone George Carlin=Fillmore Billy Crystal=Mike Car Michael Keaton=Chick Hicks Mario Andretti
The only reason to get a younger band to make a cover song that is superficially identical to the original is to cut out the OG songmaker from the credits.
When there's a wreck on the track, in NASCAR, they pull out a yellow caution flag and the pace car comes out and slows everyone down while the clean up is underway.
@jkhoover IKR! But still Chick got away with causing the pile-up on the track just to slow down McQueen
Right! No one is allowed to pass when there is a caution flag and the pace car makes everyone slow down, so often drivers choose to make a pitstop for fuel and tires.
Without the pace car drivers would be incentivized to take advantage of accidents to get way far ahead while everyone in the back is having to deal with the cleanup.
Just to add, you can not pass the pace car (or other cars). It is also used at the start of car races that use what is called a rolling start (the cars are in motion). That's what I know based on the little of car racing I've seen.
@koatam Also, it would be absurdly dangerous (and was, in earlier decades) for marshals to walk out onto the track to clear up serious accidents if other cars were still coming through at full speed. In Formula 1 racing, there are the ascending options of waving yellow flags at the point of an incident to slow drivers down just in that zone, a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) where all drivers on track slow to a reduced pace but gaps are maintained, a full Safety Car where they slow even more and also bunch up in a queue (thus allowing longer periods in between them going by for marshals to venture onto track), or a red flag to stop the race altogether.
If George hasn't seen A Bug's Life, I highly recommend it, has one of the all-time Pixar villains.
Definitely. I think A Bugs Life was the beginning of Pixar's successful run....for the next 20 years, that still hasn't quite ended.
A bugs life is one of my Pixar favorites... It´s a kind of animated version of 7 Samurais or The Magnificent Seven
You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up!
Yeah that should be on the list
I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. Although I've only seen Antz, but I'll tell you something. What I respect about that man, is when he was going through all that stuff that came out in the press, about how Antz was just a rip-off of A Bug's Life, he stayed true to his films. Or at least the film that I saw, which was Antz. The thing is I thought A Bug's Life was better, much better than Antz. The point is don't listen to your critics. Listen to your fans.
HE DID WHAT IN HIS CUP is my fav joke in a children’s movie. i still frequently quote it
What I love is that in the Cars land in Disney's California Adventure, every third blink on that traffic light is, in fact slower.
Cool 😂
Thats an awesome fun fact
I live in California and have a Disneyland annual pass so have been there countless times but never noticed that about the traffic light. I’ll have to check that out next time I go.
You were right - Cheech Marin! Good catch. Also, George Carlin, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Michael Keaton, Jeremy Piven, Bob Costas, Jay Leno, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and a bunch of others!
@@kennethsilverwind7575 don't forget Tom and Ray Magliozzi
mac the truck driver doesnt have lightning mcqueen inside of him cause the trailer isnt his body he just connects to it like putting a backpack on with a kitty in the backpack
How does that work with the helicopter? the 'copter has a kangaroo type pouch?
@@Caroline_Tyler yes u are correct some way just like alligator keeps their babies in their mouth for shifting them from one place to another
The way I see it is the helicopter is just shaped like that, he isn't "inside" the helicopter, he's just in the space formed by the shape of his body but none of the internal of the helicopters body is exposed
Your putting waaayyyy too much thought into this
:-)
@@shawnmiller4781welcome to the internet… plenty of people with plenty of time to waste..
12:32 Fun fact: he's actually right. The animators deliberately made every third blink a little bit slower than the others, and when one of Disney's theme parks recreated the town they made its light blink the same way
Radiator Springs is like a conglomeration of all the little towns along Route 66 and all the remote tourist attractions, but predominantly in New Mexico, Arizona and California.
But you'll see tons of dead or dying small towns just off the highway in all the states.
Being a New Mexican, I was surrounded by Route 66 nostalgia all the time and always felt it was something small towns grasped onto for identity when they didn't have an identity for themselves.
I used to live in Grants, and I was born in Albuquerque, so I can confirm everything you just said. I miss it out there.
I think the mountain scape is based off of Sedona AZ
Drove from Ohio to LA and stopped in a small NM town to pick up some weed. It was so similar to Radiator Springs.
As a local from Hawaii, that town sequence strongly resembles the old sugar plantation towns to me, where the plantation served as a vital lifeline for many residents. When sugar cultivation in Hawaii became economically unviable, these towns were largely abandoned. Although some businesses have since moved in, they have failed to restore the former prosperity of these communities.
My formative years were spent traveling back & forth between Los Angeles and Albuquerque by car, since I had family in both places. The scenery and culture of that very specific stretch of the Southwest is unique, and honestly it's something I would have thought of as being too niche to be the focus of a major movie. So this one really resonated with me.
Chick Hicks....is voiced by Michael Keaton...
The King is voiced by the real Richard Petty, and the station wagon that thanks McQueen was the voice of his real life wife...
The announcers were Bob Costas...and Darrel Waltrip, a real life Nascar announcer (at the time) and former Nascar driver/champion...
"The King" is voiced by Richard Petty (retired 1992), the most famous NASCAR driver of all, he has the most wins with 200, the next guy on the list has 105. The blue car is his famous 1970 Plymouth Superbird.
With the same color and number!
@@betsyduane3461 Petty Blue, a trademarked color that was created by pooling together all the paint they had in their modest race shop.
@@pigs18I think my mom has come up with house paint that way
Watching Petty and Earnhardt race against one another are some of my favorite rave memories.
Confusing famous and successful there bud
20:46 George Carlin actually does the voice for the hippie car Fillmore. You were right about Cheech Marin being the paint job car Ramone
I really wish they would’ve made him look like his Impala in Up in Smoke
I didn’t even know that was George Carlin!! Must have been one of his final performances
You mean George CAR-lin? Get it? (I'll show myself out.)
Basically reprising the Dippy Hippie, a character from his pre-Seven Words days
My whole life I actually thought it was Chong… I feel so dumb. I was also 5 or 6 when this came out tho
The thing about the death of Radiator Springs is that it was the reality for countless towns along Route 66. Bypassed. Left to die.
I blame Gilbreth. The whole "functionalist" movement, where "efficiency" became the end-all, be-all of existence.
Here in Germany the dubbing voice for Lightning McQueen in "Cars" is Daniel Brühl and the dubbing voice for "The King" is Niki Lauda.
Great! 👏🏻⚡🥃🇿🇦
Isn't Sebastian vettel in the German version too?
@@Regailion Michael Schumacher is the German voice of the Ferrari
@@Regailion Not in “Cars,” but in “Cars 2.” There he speaks "Max Schnell" (in the German version "Sebastian Schnell"). “Schnell” means "quickly" in German.
@@martinbraun1211oh ok. The UK versions have Jeremy Clarkson and Lewis Hamilton
There's 14 years between me and my brother. I started at university the year he started school. I used to take him to see all the kids movies that I wanted to see but felt too embarrassed to go by myself. This will always be a special one for me.
U r a good brother
@@vickyvind Thanks. I try to be.
Hah, that's what I did with my younger brother, too - 20 years age difference.
Movies, LEGO sets... of course it was all for the little brothers, we definitely weren't waiting for the "can you help me" when they got the latest LEGO set, no sir ^^
I wish I had done this between my little brother and I more. The way he looked at me playing guitar hero always made me feel like a God. Lost him a couple years ago. Just wish I had been a better big brother. Good on you
@@mikeredd8833 Sorry for your loss, man.
The Ferrari is voiced by Michael Schumacher, famous German Formula 1 driver.
Seven times World Drivers Champion.
@@spacecadet35And now a vegetable
@@pistonburner6448truly a man of many talents
@@inquisitive6786 that not fun. For those that dont know Schumacher was in a horrible skiing accident back in 2013 and was in a coma for 6 month.
@ That’s what makes it fun
I knew Simone would like this, I had CALLED IT!!!
(kachow!!)
i don’t think there has ever been a movie like this which made me feel something for a town. Something about seeing their home go from popular and thriving to run down still gets me.
Watch "Doc Hollywood"
The note at 48:07 that Paul Newman is known as a "skilled race car driver" is vastly underselling it. Among many accomplishments, he came in second in the 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans, which makes up the Triple Crown of endurance car racing. That would be like calling a jockey who came in second in the Kentucky Derby or a runner who was second in the London or New York Marathons an "enthusiast".
Ferrari at the end was voiced by Michael Schumacher, 7 times world champion in F1, 5x with Ferrari.
#KeepFightingMichael ❤
This was the golden era for Pixar (1995-2009). Every new film was not just a huge advancement in CGI but also insanely inventive smart, and just plain excellent in terms of storytelling.
a lot of 2000s animated shows/movies also have a ton of adult jokes which makes it fun for everyone
One of my favorite "for the parents" blink-and-you'll-miss-it jokes was the truck stop advertising "all convertible waitresses".
Is that supposed to be like topless?
@milesparker557 Yep. Just like the two fangirl cars blinking their headlights at him was them flashing him. Pixar got naughty in this one....
I must've blinked and missed that one.
This film is a beautiful lesson in appreciating the past before its gone, slowing down and taking the road less traveled, the decline of small-town America and a love letter to old Route 66.
bear with me as I'm formulating part of this as I type...
In the 1950s, we became obsessed with "the future". It was going to be bright and clean and shiny and efficient.. better living through technology.
And each generation became convinced they were smarter and more moral than those who came before.
And yet... we have a mental health crisis in the west; neurosis, depression, anxiety are rampant. We don't know who we are, anymore.
There's a scene from the book "The Mote in God's Eye". Humans are visiting an alien (called "Moties") museum.
One person points out that there are no landscapes; every painting has Moties _doing_ something.
Their guide replied, "of course; art takes work; why would you do it if you didn't have a message to convey?"
To which one of the humans mutters, "How about, 'mountains are pretty'?"
Efficient has become a virtue. Cheap has likewise become a virtue. Our homes, unless we're wealthy, look like lego blocks. Our cars look like rolling turds. Can anyone say that the new Tesla cybertruck is "beautiful"? The same way one could say it of, say, an old Deusenberg? Compare a European gothic cathedral with the local "Gibson's" (think Walmart) department store that was converted to a church here in my city. Big, efficient, almost certainly cheaper... and ugly.
To paraphrase the captain of the Axion... "We're just surviving; we're not living"
John Ratzenberger is best known for playing Cliff on the TV series "Cheers" for all 11 years. He has been in 23 Pixar films, from "Toy Story" to Onward". He sat out a few ywears when John Lassiter left, but returned for "Inside Out 2'.
I read somewhere that if you took all the films he’s been in add up all earnings of the films he’s been i (not him but the films) he has one of the highest totals in Hollywood.
He has been in all the Pixar films, A Bridge too Far, Superman (Chris Reeve version), Superman II, Empire Strikes Back,Outland, Firefox, and Gandhi
McQueen doing the Micheal Jordan tongue is one of my favorite jokes for some reason
Somehow, this movie’s cover of Life is a Highway is more remembered than the original. Not that I’m complaining. It’s peak listening in the car music.
I also especially love Home Free's version!
Something that I'd think would irk George and Simone: The original songmaker is a Canadian.
@@BogeyTheBear As a Canadian, I'll say most people I know are well aware of the original version. Most younger chicks like the country cover, but most others just rock the original. Granted I'm in my 30s, so maybe younger kids have no clue at all... who knows?
@@KS-xk2so You can thank CanCon for that
I remember it was many years before I realized it was made mega-popular by this movie. I knew of the Chris Ledoux cover already and I really dug the Rascal Flats version when I heard it on the radio, and whenever I’d put it on when I had passengers in the car or when I was at a shindig or something folks would think it was funny, and I never understood why because for quite a long time I was never interested in watching this movie. Eventually I figured it out lol
Man it's true that watching stuff with the right people can change your viewing experience. I remembered liking this movie well enough, but watching you two unapologetically enjoy it sm had me laughing way more than I expected to going into this reaction. Think this weirdly might be one of my fav vids from you guys, just from how much fun it was 😊
Exactly. Like I've watched this dozens of times but hearing Simone get emotional at the end made me tear up, something I've never done before watching cars
Traditionally the Pace Car starts the race. The car itself is a visual clue that the race is being started, Slowed for a wreck, or anything that would affect the race. The drivers follow the pace car. If there is an accident or event that needs a safety vehicle. Its just easier to communicate with one Pace Car Driver. Rather than 80 drivers.
George, I know how much you love George Carlin. He's the hippie van!
00:31:04 Can't believe no one has pointed this out yet. The cars being the little flies are VW Beetles, which are also nicknamed bugs.
Was going to comment!
Can't believe you missed her literally commenting on them at 12:15.
And then at your timestamp she commented that the flies/VW Beetles are so cute.
You nod off or something?
@@GhostWatcher2024 Haha. I just didn't bother commenting the first time they turned up. And of course I heard Simone say they were cute, that's why I felt it was worth mentioning the fact.
When Simone said the word bug I got the impression she was using it as the colloquial word for insect rather than connecting it to the car. I could of course be wrong with that impression.
@heroicbob - the joke is in the double-meaning.
My mom still quotes Mater’s “he did what in his cup?!” all the time, she think it’s the funniest line ever written
It is impressively hilarious, especially in a kid's movie!
Rest In Peace
Joe Ranft 1960-2005
George Carlin 1937-2008
Paul Newman 1925-2008
Tom Magliozzi 1937-2014
and Katherine Helmond 1929-2019, this movie was Dedicated to Joe Ranft who died in a car accident during production, he was with two of his friends, two died and one survived
Every once in a while Simone says something jaw dropping. "I don't know Paul Newman" is a startling sentence.
Here's a short viewing list: Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Verdict, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, The Color of Money (The last 2 in that order please), Slap Shot (that's aboot hockey, eh), Fort Apache The Bronx, Absence of Malice, Road to Perdition.
Feel free to snack on a salad or a bowl of pasta with some Newman's Own brand Salad Dressing or Pasta sauce ( all profits go to charity) while watching these or while watching a car race including a team from Newman Racing.
Paul was warned that his fame was fading in some fan mail that he read on a late night talk show some years ago. It went something like this: Dear Mr. Newman, My girlfriend says you're an actor. If your movies are half as good as your salad dressing, they must be great. Do you know if any of them are available on VHS?
He says he framed it and hung it in his bathroom.
Gee wiz Simone, you make me feel old.
Cool hand Luke is a masterpiece
also my salad dressing.
what about no?
He's also in the Mel Brooks film Silent Movie, on the most hilarious chase sequence I have ever had the pleasure to witness.
Newman-O's. Chef's kiss.
The two Rust-eze owners are voiced by Tom and Ray Magllozzi who famously hosted a car related talk show on NPR, appropriately titled Car Talk.
I miss that show. Used to listen to it running Saturday morning errands.
The name "Piston Cup" comes from the Winston Cup, the NASCAR trophy for most of the 20th century. At the turn of the 21st century, NASCAR changed sponsors to be more kid-friendly (Winston is a brand of cigarette), today the trophy is the T-Mobile Cup.
There's a lot of racing and automotive celebrities playing a Car version of themselves. Richard "the King" Petty as Strip "the King" Weathers, Tom and Ray Maglozzi as Dusty and Rusty Rustezi, Bob Costas as Bob Cutlass, Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip, Jay Leno as Jay Limo, Michael Schumacher, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Mario Andretti as themselves, etc.
It's not the T-Mobile cup. T-Mobile has nothing to do with Nascar. The current championship trophy is the Bill France Cup. Named after "Big" Bill France, the founder of nascar
R.I.P. Paul Newman, Doc Hudson a.k.a. The Hudson Hornet
Paul Newman I think you meant.
Cares enough to leave a rememberance message, doesn't care enough to get the persons name right XDDDD
@@AlexanderNash Sorry about that, some idiot told me his name was David but its actually Paul Newman
One of my all time favorite movies. When I got Cars on DVD for my 10th birthday, I would watch it over and over. 😊
I wonder how many people remember Click and Clack. I love that they made a “cameo” in this movie. “Don’t drive like my brother!”
Used to listen to them every weekend.
My dad loved listening to Car Talk. I would listen with him in the car when I was a kid.
Listened to them for decades. I was already an adult when this came out and saw it with my kids but IMMEDIATELY recognized their voices.
I never noticed til watching this reaction. Those two were great
In _Cars 3_ they use archive audio for Tom, and Ray does most of the talking.
Doc, Hudson Hornet, Paul Newman, legendary actor and race car driver, and philanthropist, even after his passing. Cool Hand Luke a must. The Verdict, really good too...
And maker of good salad dressing.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Exodus, The Hustler, and The Color of Money are also key Paul Newman films.
And The Sting, that's essential
"Is this actually what its like around Route 66?"
Pretty much the entirey of Utah is just majestic desert beauty like you wouldn't believe, that spot with the bridge and the waterfall isn't that unlike some spots I saw out there. I've been through most states and it was my favorite geographically, and its not even close. Needless to say watching this movie makes me feel things. I miss it out there so much.
Can't speak for Route 66, but the Moab area has 2 or 3 National Parks in immediate reach, as well as Castle Valley at the end of a long river heading out of the town, with a few scenic stops along the way. You couldn't go wrong visiting anywhere near there. The Grand Canyon is also quite the sight to see, but it's a different kind of experience, a little less intimate, more awe-inspiring.
NASCAR cars typically have a rear-view mirror in the normal location as well as a small left-side mirror on the front pillar, tucked inside the window frame so it doesn't affect aerodynamics. The rear-view mirror typically made right-side mirrors unnecessary. In recent years they've also started adding rear-view cameras instead of the mirrors. That being said, most drivers rely more on a crew member called the spotter who is relaying relevant information via radio headset to the driver. The spotter will focus on both immediate situational awareness (other cars nearby, hazards ahead) as well as general strategy (competitors' performance and strategy, weather conditions).
I love that you recognized Bonnie Hunt, Simone. She is an absolute legend. Writer, actor, director. And a fantastic voice artist. And I've always had a huuuuuge crush on her.
There is a movie with Michael J Fox called “Doc Hollywood” that came out in 1991 with a very similar story structure to this. Definitely worth a watch.
Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free bird" is the classic call out request for bar bands. Now it's half rock anthem and half punchline, and the fact that it's 9 mins long.
@9:55 This is one of those movies where it's best to not overly think about the implications of the universe it's in lol.
Mirrors in a stock car are all inside the car. You wouldn't want one of those coming off when rubbing up against another car.
Coincidentally, mirrors came from auto racing. In the early days the spotter (navigator) would ride on the car next to the driver and call out the position of other cars on the track. One driver realized he could replace the spotter (and more importantly, his added weight) with mirrors.
Actually people even used rear view mirrors for horse drawn carriages. The first time a racing driver used one, that it was essentially useless from the vibration.
So the idea of using a mirror to see around a vehicle actually predates cars completely.
The director of this movie, John Lasseter, who also directed the Toy Stoy movies and A Bug's Life, said he got the inspiration for this film was when he took his family on a cross-country roadtrip in 2000. He's also a big car enthusiast and stated that this movie combined two of his passions together, that being cars and animation. Really enjoyed y'all's reaction to this as it's one of my favorite Pixar movies! Can't wait for the next one!
Not just route 66 but yeah
This movie WAS my childhood and I'm so glad you enjoyed it as much as you did.
Paul Newman is one of my favorite actors and everytime I hear his voice in this film it touches my heart.
@@zbennalley I love him in The Sting.
Being a parent, I have seen this film 4,794 times
It is a similar story to the Michael J Fox film: Doc Hollywood, but I enjoyed this take on fish out of water.
The pace car is called that because it literally sets the pace. It's also called a safety car. It starts the race by leading the cars to the starting line of the race (which is a rolling start in NASCAR), and it also comes out during yellow flags (caution flags) to lead the field of cars around the track slowly and mark the beginning of the 'pack'. Drivers are not allowed to pass the pace car, and have to maintain the order of the cars/positions while the pace car is out. The exception to that is making pit stops. You can lose positions if you pit. If you can complete a pit stop before the pace car passes the pit lane again, you can circle back around the track and catch it again, barely losing any time at all on the cars that didn't pit. If you take too long and it passes the pit exit you'll be stuck behind it a full lap down. There is a lot of strategy in racing.
So many of the voices were actual racing personalities from different disciplines all with clever names, even the announcers.
Porsche actually made a special edition "Sally Carrera" and it sold for more than 2 million dollars.
The Fabulous Hudson Hornet is a real car and won three NASCAR championships.
I absolutely adore this movie! I’m 50 years old and will never pass up a chance to watch this one! I really enjoyed watching your reaction to it.
31:54 "It's so pretty!!"
This movie is such a perfect homage to Route 66 and northern Arizona. If you love history and scenery, taking Route 66 from Los Angeles to Albuquerque is a great drive.
If you also want to watch the other parts: the second one feels more like a spinoff, but the third one is great! It's really worth it. 😊
Damn this really has got to be one of the best films ever made. I laughed so much my face hurt, and teared up at a few points. They don't make em like they used to
With the trucks, the trailer is separate, so I imagine it's more like carrying someone in a backpack, rather than, you know, someone inside of you
Funniest comment I ever heard was a radio guy disparaging NASCAR because "Its just watching cars make left turns." Then proceeded to promote horse racing. Which is sitting and watching animals make left turns.
Here in Britain, the voice of the guy playing Harv is Jeremy Clarkson, a TV presenter who hosted a show called Top Gear all about cars and his opinions on how they felt to drive.
The car's pain job is equivalent to their clothing, hence a "coat" of paint.
And on a race car the single most expensive part of the car….with the stickers
32:18 I think the saddest part of the movie is when sally tells the story of R66 and how when they bout the interstate the towns business slowly started dying out because nobody would drive through anymore and only take the highway instead which despite the movie telling the story it’s also a true story
Sure, but they over-dramatize it for the movie. People were able to save a lot of time with the new road. It's not like people were saving a mere 10 minutes.
@@ivankawnartist yeh true but doesn’t really change it
@@XRakxXRaknasan "Sure, but they over-dramatize it..."
They didn't over-dramatize it. They little daramatize it. There is difference.
@@helloasa9296 Sure stuff, buttercup.
Unrelated to anything, I swear, I also recommend the Michael J Fox movie Doc Hollywood. Trust me.
Completely apropos of nothing. Must have been the flashing scene that brought it to mind.
I love how this movie is a love letter to small out of the way towns
I had never been to a NASCAR race until this year. Wasn’t interested due to the “only left turns” thing. In Feb, an old co-worker of mine called and asked if I’d be interested in going to a NASCAR race with him and his family in March. I hadn’t seen him since I stopped working with him, and the race wasn’t far from my house, so I decided to go. The track has turns both directions, and is a really technical track. It was more fun than I thought it would be. I go to the MotoGP (Motorcycles) race every year at the same track. And I’ve found that even people who have no real interest in the racing, or who don’t follow motorsports seem to really enjoy being there in person.
I think Nascar has been running more road courses the past few years because they get the bad rep of "only left turns". Which track was it that you went to?
@@fubar1217Circuit of the Americas in Austin. It’s close to my house, and I pass it fairly regularly on my way to work.
I can't believe the left turn joke has turned into getting a bad rap! It was never meant that way! All Nascar tracks are fun to see, not just your road courses
@@kenny240 Oh nice! We just moved from Round Rock back in December! I miss being that close to COTA (and all that BBQ!)
@@Corvette1997 It's misconstrued as boring I guess. Part of why I never really got into Nascar. I'm not saying it doesn't have it's own strategy and talents needed to drive. Most just find it boring going in circles.
The Ferrari who comes to Guido's shop at the end is voiced by Michael Schumacher, a famous Formula 1 race car driver who drove for the Ferrari team at the time the movie was made (obviously).
The King is based on Richard Petty, 200 wins in Nascar and 7 Championships
As well as the final wreck - frame for frame.
Voiced by Richard Petty as well.
@@terrylandess6072The final wreck is based off of a crash Rusty Wallace had in 1993
This movie was a shout out to Steve McQueen . You need to watch BULLET & THE GREAT ESCAPE. Paul Neumann raced in the same circuit that encompassed Ohio. If you approached him as an actor, he wouldn't give you the time of day but as a race car driver he would talk with you all day long. His movies were HUD, THE STING, BUTCH CASSIDAY & THE SUNDANCE KID.
No it wasn't. It's a shout-out to Glenn McQueen, who was a supervising animator at Pixar
Radiator Springs at California Adventure (Disney) is a pretty good replica. And it looks awesome at night.
I just got back from helping with cleanup and rebuilding from the hurricane down south, and it was definitely my experience that sometimes when things get bad (especially quickly) sometimes people get overwhelmed and just don't know how to start. There were some houses that all we did was get mud out of their basement. Those places still needed a lot of work, but even just that small act gave them a headway and the hope/encouragement to do even more. Sometimes in life, you get overwhelmed by what seems like a big task, and it might be one, but try not to let yourself stay that way so that you never take that first step. Take a small step and let it lead you to the next one, like how they say to make your bed in the morning to motivate yourself by accomplishing a task.
_Here in Australia we call traffic cones... traffic cones... and sometimes witches hats, and more rarely silent cops._
"Smarter than the people in Prometheus." DUDE! I love you!
The crash in the end is based on a real crash. There's 2 sequels to this movie, but also a spinoff called Planes which is pretty underrated in my opinion.
@@metatoto Planes, if I'm not mistaken, is the only Pixar sequel not made by Pixar.
@@pigs18 Yup. It's from Disney Animation.
Cars 2 isn't great, but Cars 3 is pretty good. Planes is OK, but its sequel, Planes: Fire and Rescue, is better.
The unintentional pun by Simone that neither picked up on (car)nage
This movie embodies what all us bikers always knew... If you want to see the most beautiful parts of the land you HAVE TO avoid the Interstates as much as possible. Not only is it less traffic and windy (more fun) you also end up seeing stuff you never knew existed and sights so gorgeous words cannot do it justice.
Can’t believe Simone called all that. Such cinematic instinct and foresight!
Everytime I watch Cars I miss Paul Newman. Great actor and a true lover of race cars and speed.
After traveling Route 66 last summer, I found out that this movie revitalized interest in and visits along the old Route 66. The PIXAR creators traveled the route and took inspiration directly from cars and buildings on the route for the town of Radiator Springs.
The pace car is to ensure the cars are still in motion when the race resumes after a crash. Acceleration speed makes less of a difference that way
Also keeps the tires warm.
Once upon a time I did the Route 66 road trip, and fell in love with a girl. And Route 66 ends at the Santa Monica Pier in LA, so we then went to Disney to visit Radiator Springs and it was just like it is in the movie... But it was a transformative time in my life, getting to see the landscapes of the US (but especially the desert), taking a sunrise hot air balloon in Albuquerque, watching the sunset over the Grand Canyon and crying because it was so beautiful, swimming in the Pacific on a California beach... this movie always reminds me of the good times, so thanks for watching this one.
YESS!! My all time favorite movie!! Float like a Cadillac, sting like a Beamer!! My life motto
Lots of cool trivia on this movie actually. Two favorites come to mind. One: they went to great effort to match the specific shade of Paul Newman's iconic blue eyes for the character of Doc.
Two: The insect sounds are a recording of a VW Beetle engine that has been sped up.
this movie is my childhood, I was 4 when it came out and know pretty much every line by heart now.
Him being in the the trailer of the truck is more like being pulled by a rickshaw or riding in a giant backpack than being insided the truck
I'm Australian, and we call traffic cones "witches hats". I know, I'm embarrassed on behalf of my country lol
I had to scroll way too far to find somebody answer her question but at least it was the right answer!
32:50 That legit happened all up and down Route 66. So many small towns and interesting sights just, gone. Some are still hanging around, but they are mostly shadows of their former selves. Small Town America, just wiped off the map.
Source: Me. My major city of Albuquerque, NM, has Route 66 cutting right through the middle of it. So I've jumped on that road a few times. You can still drive it, lots of people still do. But yeah, the highway bypasses it and most daily travelers don't give 66 a second glance.
BTW McQueen is a reference to Steve McQueen, extremely famous actor and racer, both car and motorcycle. For example, please watch The Great Escape. Simone, see if you can spot Duckie from NCIS in it.
It's a reference to Glenn McQueen an animation supervisor at Pixar
@@Nasty-Canasta images.app.goo.gl/auoGKBofWe8kPYrw6. Is that her in the poster?
"He did what in his cup?!" 😂
Lol completely right about the merchandise. 20 years later and I sent my 6 year old to school today in his Lightning McQueen jacket. We own every character in this movie
Cars is the unofficial sequel to “Maximum Overdrive”.
And, once again, Simone hits closer to the bullseye than she could have imagined. George Carlin, who voiced Fillmore, the "Hippy-Dippy Man," Volkswagen, literally used to do stand-up bits as Al Sleet, the Hippy-Dippy Weatherman.
I don't know about the waterfall, but yeah, Route 66 basically is like that in places (where it still exists, and of course it has it's straight, boring stretches). I drove it thirty years ago, it was a fantastic road trip.
George Carlin voiced Fillmore the VW Van.
The Hudson Hornet was an amazing racecar. With the lowest center of mass among standard-sized cars at the time, the Hudson was praised for its great handling and roadworthiness so that stock car racers embraced these cars and "christened them with the 'Fabulous' prefix that followed this line through its days of track dominance. This combined with the car's low weight due to the advanced unibody construction that Hudson called a 'step down' design, allowed Hudson drivers to win various stock car racing events from 1951 through 1954. Drivers "proved it could out-handle and out-accelerate much of its supposedly more powerful V-8 competition." The company used the "Fabulous Hudson Hornet, national stock car champion" description in its advertising.
Forgot that the movie opens with Lightning McQueen hyping himself up and now I’m mixing it up with the opening of Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox story:
“Hold up now, son. Lightning McQueen has to think about his WHOLE life before he races.”
6:36 george knowing exactly what's up is highly satisfying
Wow I'm watching this movie as a first time watch in this reaction and I'm surprised by the jokes. When he calls the truck Mack and he says he's a Peterbilt, when they call out "Free Bird" while in the crowd (Skynyrd famously asked on a live album "what song is it you wanna heah" and everyone says "Free Bird!" and it's become tradition to request it to every band ever now).
We call traffic cones traffic cones.
I called it, Cheech and Chong are from Cheech and Chong!
I forgot that I was obsessed with getting that "The Band" T-shirt.
That's some of the most healthy laughter I ever heard.
Cars has sold more merchandise than any other Pixar franchise.
I believe it because I had sooooo many cars 😂
The van who acts stoned was played by the brilliant comedian George Carlin. Early in his career one of the characters he played was called "The Hippy Dippy Weatherman." Also.... George! Dammit. It's Holly HuntER. There's Bonnie Hunt, Linda Hunt, and Helen Hunt.
Your favorite *"Mater"* is voiced by the comedian *"Larry The Cable Guy"*
Think you'll be surprised at some of the voices you didn't notice...
Tom Hanks=Woody Car & (Toy Story Woody)
Tim Allon=Buzz Lightyear Car & (Toy Story Buzz Lightyear)
John Goodman=James P. Sullivan
"Cheech" Marin=Ramone
George Carlin=Fillmore
Billy Crystal=Mike Car
Michael Keaton=Chick Hicks
Mario Andretti
In Australia, traffic cones are sometimes known as "witches' hats", especially for children.
😭😭 it's the original song, no cover for Life Is A Highway by Rascal Flatts. It was made for this movie lol.
It's a cover, Tom Cochrane sang the original back in 1992
The song was originally released in 1991 by Tom Cochrane, a Canadian. It charted well in the U.S. too.
The only reason to get a younger band to make a cover song that is superficially identical to the original is to cut out the OG songmaker from the credits.