Our Labor Day weekend was centered around a retro dusk-to-dawn show at a drive-in movie theatre. The program: "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure," "Blazing Saddles," "This Is Spinal Tap," "Kentucky Fried Movie," and "The Cheerleaders" (a last minute replacement for "Up in Smoke"). We had some laughs, some naps, and met some new skeeters.
I was reminded of the great promotional gimmick Warner Bros. employed for "Blazing Saddles" back in 1974. At select drive-ins throughout the United States, advance sneak previews of the film were scheduled with free admission offered to everybody arriving on horseback.
One of my regrets in life is I didn't attend the event. The sight of popcorn-chomping patrons on Paliminos parallel parked alongside speaker poles beneath the giant movie screen is an image I can only dream about, which I did the other night, saddled inside a Pinto.
