Herbie The Love Bug Tv Show
It was produced by walt disney productions and based on a series of films about herbie a white 1963 volkswagen racing beetle with a mind of its own.
Herbie the love bug tv show. With dean jones patricia harty richard paul claudia wells. Herbie had adopted its owner jim based on the love bug movies produced by walt. Based on the 1961 novel car boy girl by gordon buford herbie the love bug is a beloved 1963 volkswagen beetle with a lot of character. It was the last production to feature the titular automobile until 1997 s.
It was in new orleans i really learned how to sing jones told the pittsburgh press in 1969. Jim s arch rival was snooty randy who was formerly engaged to jim s cute girlfriend susan. The show was a five episode mid season replacement series. Herbie the love bug is an american television sitcom that aired on cbs from march 17 to april 14 1982.
Herbies lineage is traced back to germany where the tinkerer who built him left one to many notes. The love bug was one of the top grossing films of 1968. Herbie was a volkswagen beetle with a mind of its own and the star of this light hearted comedy series. Someone at disney really loves the love bug.
Herbie then took the title role in herbie rides again 1974 herbie goes to monte carlo 1977 and herbie goes bananas 1980. He also had a television career with the short lived tv series herbie the love bug 1982 and the 1997 made for tv film the love bug 1997. Tv reboots and revivals. He has worked alongside human stars ranging from dean jones buddy hackett don knotts helen hayes and cloris leachman to lindsay lohan matt dillon and michael keaton.
Jim douglas and his partner bo ran a small driving school with a very human volkswagen beetle named herbie who could think for himself and frequently got jim into some sticky comic situations. Herbie is currently in development as a potential series on disney xd a rep for the network confirms to tvline exclusively. Watch the wonderful world of disney 1997 season 1 episode 11 new herbie the love bug. Staring at festive herbie for 90 minutes.
Herbie sometimes referred to as herbie the love bug is a fictional sentient anthropomorphic 1963 volkswagen beetle a character that is featured in several walt disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film the love bug he has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself and is often a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Herbie the love bug tv series 1982 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.