RTM 315 - The Love Bug (1968)

About this episode

The episode discusses the first film in the Herbie the Love Bug series and explores its significance.

Herbie the Love Bug was once of Disney's popular franchises from the late 1960's to the early 1980's. This week, we discuss the first film in the series to find out what is so special about this sentient Volkswagen Beetle. Music from https://filmmusic.io"Glitter Blast" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artwork by Viga:https://www.patreon.com/Viga All our social media links: https://linktr.ee/rewatchingthemagic Immigrant Legal Resource Center:http://www.ilrc.org Trans Life:http:/www.translife.org Reproductive rights are human rights.LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.

People in this episode

Host: Viga

Topics covered

• Disney
• film
• Herbie the Love Bug
• franchises

Keywords

• sentient Volkswagen Beetle
• 1960s
• 1980s

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Beetle, Herbie the Love Bug

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