Flesh Gordon.

/one of my buddies was the manager, and he's let us in with our own beer for free.

it was either spiderman or k19 the widowmaker.

The Chronicles of Riddick and something else that was apparently not that good. Not that Riddick is high brow entertainment but at least I remember that one.

robmilmel: Flesh Gordon.

/one of my buddies was the manager, and he's let us in with our own beer for free.

They have drive-in adult theaters?

Last one I saw was Indy 4.

/for bonus points, the first one I saw was Joe vs the Volcano.

I have no idea, but we're talking over 30 years ago. To make matters worse, the drive-in had three separate screens, each showing a different movie.

There's a drive-in right near me that's open about 6 months of the year. Last year or the year before we went to a double feature of Easy A and Devil (although I missed the beginning of Devil, nudge nudge wink wink - though in my defense it was raining and there were only about 3 other cars there.)

I haven't seen once 1980 or so. They were a blast, from what I can remember.

They tore down the Green Acres and put up a Safeway

monty666: I haven't seen once 1980 or so. They were a blast, from what I can remember.

They tore down the Green Acres and put up a Safeway

The local transit company bought the property where our last drive-in was located. They use it to park the buses at night (aka "bus barn") and that's also where the buses are washed (outside), cleaned (inside) and any necessary mechanical work is performed.

Isn't that terrible? I think nowadays an actual drive-in with the speakers and stuff would be a great tourism attraction.

And all the lousy neglected kids playing on the midnight playground of the screen. My folks would never let me do that.

I was always scared of loud noises, and one year, in North Battleford, Sask, on Canada Day, during intermission, they started firing off fireworks while I was on the way back to the car with my popcorn and pop. I was freaking out like a Vietnam veteran with PTSD, no offense intended to anyone.

Sometimes I wonder if these kids know what actual popcorn is supposed to taste like.

monty666: Isn't that terrible? I think nowadays an actual drive-in with the speakers and stuff would be a great tourism attraction.

And all the lousy neglected kids playing on the midnight playground of the screen. My folks would never let me do that.

I was always scared of loud noises, and one year, in North Battleford, Sask, on Canada Day, during intermission, they started firing off fireworks while I was on the way back to the car with my popcorn and pop. I was freaking out like a Vietnam veteran with PTSD, no offense intended to anyone.

Sometimes I wonder if these kids know what actual popcorn is supposed to taste like.

When I was a kid, we used to make a night of it. My grandma would pop up enough popcorn to fill a large paper grocery bag. One of our Coleman coolers would be partially filled with ice, then cans of Shasta soda in assorted flavors (12 for $1). We also took along some quilts & pillows just in case my sister or I got to sleepy to stay awake during both features and the cartoon. Sometimes my grandma would make up a bunch of sandwiches to take along, other times we'd eat dinner at home, or the rarer treat, go to dinner at the A & W which was on the same road as the drive-in theater.

Oddly enough, my first "real" job that didn't involve picking green beans or strawberries was at that drive-in theater.

Hudson Hawk

Bathia_Mapes: monty666: Isn't that terrible? I think nowadays an actual drive-in with the speakers and stuff would be a great tourism attraction.

And all the lousy neglected kids playing on the midnight playground of the screen. My folks would never let me do that.

I was always scared of loud noises, and one year, in North Battleford, Sask, on Canada Day, during intermission, they started firing off fireworks while I was on the way back to the car with my popcorn and pop. I was freaking out like a Vietnam veteran with PTSD, no offense intended to anyone.

Sometimes I wonder if these kids know what actual popcorn is supposed to taste like.

When I was a kid, we used to make a night of it. My grandma would pop up enough popcorn to fill a large paper grocery bag. One of our Coleman coolers would be partially filled with ice, then cans of Shasta soda in assorted flavors (12 for $1). We also took along some quilts & pillows just in case my sister or I got to sleepy to stay awake during both features and the cartoon. Sometimes my grandma would make up a bunch of sandwiches to take along, other times we'd eat dinner at home, or the rarer treat, go to dinner at the A & W which was on the same road as the drive-in theater.

Oddly enough, my first "real" job that didn't involve picking green beans or strawberries was at that drive-in theater.

My mom used to be one of the carhops at an A & W before she had me, with the little change thing around her waist.

It's funny, A&Ws in the US and Canada are way different, or at least they were the last my family went down to there, admittedly a long time ago.

In Canada they had the mamaburger, the papaburger, the babyburger, and the whistle-dog among other menu items. They brought them back here in the last decade - they call it the burger family now, although I don't remember them calling it that back then.

Apparently they didn't do that down in the states. I remember our family pulling up to an A&W on our way to Great Falls MT, and my mom saying into the speaker "I'll have two mamaburgers, one babyburger and one whistle-dog" and they acted like she had just escaped from the asylum. Maybe it was just a Montana thing.

monty666: Isn't that terrible? I think nowadays an actual drive-in with the speakers and stuff would be a great tourism attraction.

And all the lousy neglected kids playing on the midnight playground of the screen. My folks would never let me do that.

I was always scared of loud noises, and one year, in North Battleford, Sask, on Canada Day, during intermission, they started firing off fireworks while I was on the way back to the car with my popcorn and pop. I was freaking out like a Vietnam veteran with PTSD, no offense intended to anyone.

Sometimes I wonder if these kids know what actual popcorn is supposed to taste like.

My hometown still has one. We went there pretty often throughout high school. Just last year they started putting in a bunch of wind turbines to make the place self-sustainable. The website is still from 1994, though. (new window)

monty666: mamaburger, the papaburger, the babyburger

They had the burger family (papa, mama, baby) when I was a kid, but they don't exist any longer, at least not in Oregon. There used to be a combo Taco Time/A & W in Eugene, Oregon, but alas it is no more. I used to order a crisp meat burrito from Taco Time and a big glass mug of A & W root beer to go with it.

There's still some A & W restaurants in Oregon, but I'm not sure of the exact number. I know there's one in Oakridge and one in Florence. Those are probably the two closest to where I live.

Bathia_Mapes: monty666: mamaburger, the papaburger, the babyburger

They had the burger family (papa, mama, baby) when I was a kid, but they don't exist any longer, at least not in Oregon. There used to be a combo Taco Time/A & W in Eugene, Oregon, but alas it is no more. I used to order a crisp meat burrito from Taco Time and a big glass mug of A & W root beer to go with it.

There's still some A & W restaurants in Oregon, but I'm not sure of the exact number. I know there's one in Oakridge and one in Florence. Those are probably the two closest to where I live.

Did you know the first Canadian Taco Time was here in Lethbridge (for reals - wiki it) in the 70's/early 80's? I remember on the radio when it started the announcer would say "take-o" when referring to tacos. The first time I got one I thought the tortilla was part of the wrapper.

It was quite the hangout after concerts at the Sportsplex where the Broncos used to play in the WHL. I saw Prism and Trooper and Bryan Adams and Black Sabbath there.

Hangover 2

My town has a great drive inn. Double feature every time, sometimes a triple feature. Two screens to pick from so 4 movies playing every night and only $6 for admission. Plus, the owners used to run a little diner so the food is awesome.

It may have been Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi as a family trip. Definitely in that time period.

The Cheerleaders

Jeannie, a teenage girl attending Amorosa High, joins the school cheerleading squad as a means of finally attaining the success and social independence that was out of reach in the strict household her parents maintain. The liberated attitude of her new friends becomes all the more evident when they come up with a plan to help the football team win the big game by kidnapping and raping everyone on the opposing team until they're too tired to even take the field.

Ah the 70s, soft porn's golden years

I have no idea, but I remember the first was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. First I remember anyway. The one drive-in here used to show adult movies but doesn't anymore. Now it's on the national historic registry, go figure.

/csb

I think it was Cold Turkey and On Any Sunday.

Grease. An old drive-in in AZ used to play tons of old movies every weekend, and we all decided it would be fun to go see that one. The only one I remember seeing previous to that was when my parents took me to see Porky's when I was around 7. My sister had convinced my mother that it was perfectly appropriate for a 7 year old and wouldn't be a big deal. To be fair, since I was 7 I didn't get any of the jokes and just wandered around the lot bored out of my skull for two hours. My mother on the other hand got home and promptly called my sister to yell at her for an hour.

Sorry but the brain cell that movie title was stored in appears to be dead, but the place I remember. The Dixie Drive In on US 1 in south Miami:

triple-x with vin diesel. remember that, bv2112?

beavis and butthead do america

Independence Day.

We took the parrots along.