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Woreign
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"///Mink" posted this photo in the Thing gallery:
This is from the movie Spaceballs, a true paridy classic if there ever was one!
I'm surprised none of us noticed this before. We should be ashamed of ourselves... |
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Ian Epperson
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Hadn't noticed it?!? C'mon Woreign, gotta start watchin some movies! 
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Ian Epperson
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Here is a list of Thing in Movies from Thing.org
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 2 Kübelwagens driven by the Germans Drama/Romance 2001 0238112
Rat Race Thing Racing Comedy 2001 0250687
10 Things I Hate About You Red Thing pulls up to party full of kids. Comedy/Romance 1999 0147800
Run Away Bride Richard Gere in shop with broken 181. Comedy/Romance 1999 0163187
Tea With Mussolini Cher-WWII Kübelwagens Comedy/Drama 1999 0120857
Jakob The Liar Robin Williams WWII Kübelwagens Drama 1999 0120716
Six Days and Seven Nights Orange '74 transport for hotel. Adventure/Romance
1998 0120828
Overnight Delivery A purple with yellow interior. Takes a dive off a cliff. Comedy/Romance 1998 0117276
Trojan War Jennifer Love Hewitt Drives an Avocado Thing. Comedy 1997 0120376
LaVita è bella Italian film German occupation of Italy. Many scenes of Kübelwagens. Comedy/Drama 1997 0118799
Speed 2 Sandra Bullock smashes '73. Featured in July '97 Hot VW's Action/Thriller 1997 0120179
Co-ed Call Girl Barry Watson drives an orange thing. Drama 1996 0115917
Miami Models Thing with a black and white checked paint job. Drama 1994
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Dazed and Confused Things in the background. Comedy 1993 0106677
Surf Ninjas Yellow Thing Comedy 1993 0108258
The Cover Girl Murders Thriller 1993 0106619
Hired To Kill Action/Thriller 1991 0102043
A Man Called Sarge In the midst of WWII Comedy 1990 0100100
Pacific Heights Melanie Griffith driving yellow 181. Thriller 1990 0100318
The Experts John Travolta. Comedy 1989 0097314
Indiana Jones #3 German Army chases Dr. Jones in a Kubel Action/Adventure 1989 0097576
Curse 2, The Bite Horror 1988 0094929
Salsa Musical 1988 0096030
Tapeheads Comedy 1988 0096223
Space Balls Desert speeder. Comedy 1987 0094012
Revenge of the Nerds II Nerds drive an Orange Thing Comedy 1987 0093857
Million Dollar Mystery Comedy 1987 0093539
Hot Persuit John Cusack&Ben Stiller 1987 0093215
A Fine Mess Ted Dansen and Howie Mandel get chased around in a '73 Yellow 181 Comedy 1986 0091051
My Man Adam Black and white checked paint. Possibly same as Miami Models Comedy 1985 0089649
Against All Odds Jeff Bridges drives a Orange '73 Romance 1984 0086859
The Falcon & The Snowman Sean Penn. Drama 1984 0087231
Max Dugan Returns Matthew Broderick talks to woman in black/orange 181 Comedy 1983 0085919
Twilight Zone, The Movie Type 82. Dan Aykroyd. 1983 0086491
Kiss Me Goodbye Sally Fields-James Caan. 1982 0084210
Demonoid Horror 1981 0082257
Green Ice Adventure 1981 0082476
Herbie Goes Bananas Children/Comedy 1980 0080861
The Fog Jamie Lee Curtis Horror 1980 0080749
Tourist Trap Horror 1979 0080040
Death Moon Horror 1978 0077411
Silver Streak '73 Yellow Thing, Gene Wilder. Action/Comedy 1976 0075223
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo Children/Comedy 1977 0076137
Nashville Yellow Thing in one scene. Drama/Musical 1975 0073440
No Time To Die Kubelwagen parked outside of an inn for German/Italian Officers in N. Africa. War 1958 0052271
Life Stories A drunk kid is seen tearing down a dirt road drunk in his Thing. Driver takes his life by a swan dive off a cliff.
2069 A Sex Odyssey Porn
Expose Me Black and Lowered. Porn
Camilla It is in the first 15 minutes until they neglected to set the parking brake on a car ferry.
Victory WW2 movie with many good shots of kubels. Documentary
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Television Appearances
Title Discription Genre Year IMDB Link
The Simpsons Marge's Sisters Patty & Selma drive a Green Thing. Watch for other VW's Comedy 1989-present
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VIP Pam Anderson show a brief part of the the show, and all the ladies piled into a Thing. Action/Comedy 1998-present 0134269
Pirates of Silicon Valley Had a few shots of a Thing. Drama 1999 0168122
Providence Grey Thing pulls up to wedding. Drama 1999 0177991
Moesha A Light Blue '74 Comedy 1996-2001
Married With Children Al Trades a couple of pairs of shoes and a chicken for a perfect restored Orange Thing. Comedy 1987-1997 0092400
Sliders Episode 'Desert Storm' has a dust covered '74. Sci-Fi 1995 0134967
Nowhere Man Drama 1995-1996 0112104
Adam 12 Foot chase scene with an orange '73 in the background Drama 1989-1990 0096528
Knight Rider David Hasselhoff driving a yellow 181 in random episode Thriller 1982 0084218
Hogan's Heros Has an occaisonal kubelwagen show up. Comedy/War 1965-1971 0076137
Combat Kubels in the background. Mentioned Motor Trend March 73 Action/War 1962-1967 0055666
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Commercial Appearances
Product Discription Year
Country Music Television Tall female model being squished into new yellow 181.
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Duracell Battery Battery powered robot family goes to drive thru fast food place in a blue Thing
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Levis Mexican teen with crazy legs walks behind Type 181 and many beetles at traffic stop. 2002
Volkswagen All old model VWs morph into the new 2002 models. 2002
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Video Appearances
Title Discription Genre Year All Music Link
Hoku "How Do I Feel" Rock 2000 Hoku
Hanson "MmmBop" driving in bright green 181. Teen Pop 1997 Hanson
Lauren Hill Seen in a VH1 pop-up video.
Pat Benatar Shadows of the Night 80's Rock 1982 Benatar
"Smugglers Blues" Maimi Vices' Smugglers Blues
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Gotta throw some of those on my Netflix. The watchable VW Thing movies are much fewer  I'd count Spaceballs and 50 First Dates. |
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uberautowerks
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Location: Longmont Co
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I've been pondering on building a set of "Pod" like bits for one of my Things. Easy on easy off, for the shows. Wonder how many would get it?
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'74 Thing (White)
'71 Single cab (White too)
'70 Weekender (White three)
'05 Evolution VIII (White also!!!)
'68 F-250 (White over black) |
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Woreign
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Location: Crestview FL
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| The last time I watched Spaceballs was before I acquired my Thing. So I wasn't so Thing-aware at that time... |
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Towel Rail
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Joined: April 15, 2005
Posts: 4622
Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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Do a search. We *all* knew it was in there. 
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1974 Thing -- under the knife
1967 Beetle -- spring/summer/fall driver
1996 Subaru OBW (EJ22, 5-speed, AWD) -- winter car, 3-seasons "don't feel like biking today" car
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gostros
Mr. Obvious
Joined: March 10, 2005
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Location: Houston
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Drew Barrymore drove a thing in 50 first dates.
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FreakCitySF
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Location: San Francisco
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| Looks like in the future they finally figure out what to do with the vents too! |
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Ferretkona
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| Drew Barrymore drove a thing in 50 first dates. |
I got to meet Drew a few times. I was a extra on Bad Girls. My scenes were nothing scenes with no one. But she was staying at a hotel where everyone in town partied. I bought her a beer one night, little I knew she was underage at the time. I had no idea even who she was at the time. |
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