Re: drive-ins
In a message dated 2/1/2011 11:00:19 A.M. Central Standard Time, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com writes: We still have a couple drive-in movies in the area.? There is one in Moneta near Smith Mtn. Lake near the Mayberry Diner.? There is the Star-Light in Christiansburg Va.? But the best is Hull's Drive-in about an hour away in Lexington.? I am a HUGE fan of drive-in theaters! I've been to every one of the ones you named, and took pictures. I even drove all the way from Gadsden, Alabama to see a double feature at the one in Monetta (nicknamed The Big Mo). We do have a few still going here in Alabama as well, including an especially nice one in Centre, Alabama called the 411, after Highway 411. I wish we could've seen some of the Mayberry characters actually going to a drive-in, it would've been a perfect fit with their car culture. As it was, we do hear Barney asking Juanita to the drive-in, and we do see Gomer taking Carol Burnett (long after he joined the Marines). Dixon ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
drive ins
Dewey, I got to go to a drive-in movie last summer when I was in Mitchell, SD. It was really fun re-living an old memory. It's a shame most of them have gone by the wayside. Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Drive Ins
I have wondered why drive in movie theaters was never used in the show. It is a very Big part of Americana, the 50's and the south. The Brightleaf drive in is still in business in Mt Airy, NC. If you are planning on attending Mayberry Days in Mt Airy you can call the drive in there at 336.786.5494 and see what is playing at the time. Hay, Wouldn't it be great if they were playing TAGS. When I was growing up in Salisbury, NC had a drive in. Now the closest one is in Badin, NC near Uwharrie National Forest and Albemarle, NC. I hear drive ins are making a come back. Remember when you went to the drive in and you could not hear cause the sound was distorted and crakled and it was hard to see the screen cause the windows fogged up, and I can't even remember a single movie I went to go see. But didn't we all have a good time sneaking in to the parking lot in the trunk. or so I have heard. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
