Great day for a ride and a movie

[Rocky]

This past weekend was a Civic Holiday long weekend (Natal Day) in most parts of Canada. Our vintage bike club had an overnight ride scheduled for the weekend, but it rained on Saturday into Sunday so it was cancelled.
Monday dawned bright and sunny so myself and 16 of my closest friends (bike club) took a run down the coast to enjoy the ocean breezes.
I know, I know, this is useless without pictures, but there was nothing special to shoot.
After I settled in at home for the evening, and was doing a crossword puzzle, I noticed that "The Wild One" was on the Classic Movie Channel in HD.
What the heck, although I have the DVD, and I've seen it half a dozen times, why not once again.
Since the last time I saw it I have a wide flat panel HD TV which made for much better viewing. Every time I see the movie I find myself looking at the bikes rather than the actors, but the heroine, beautiful Mary Murphy, is very easy on the eyes
She is one of the few of the original cast that is still alive at around 80 years of age.

 

[DaveM]

I need to watch and see if this one ever comes on our classic movie channel

 

[CarlS]

Get the DVD, Dave.

 

[DaveM]

I have never seen it but I suppose it must be available, just one thing I don't have a DVD player other than on the PC.

 

[Rocky]

Get the DVD, Dave.

Over here the DVD is pretty cheap at around $10.00 if you shop around.
I would send you a copy, but unfortunately it wouldn't play on your format.

 

[DaveM]

I think I may just wait for the movie

 

[CarlS]

I have never seen it but I suppose it must be available, just one thing I don't have a DVD player other than on the PC.

What a technological astute gentleman such as yourself has no DVD player? Even I have one and what's more, I know how to use it.

 

[DaveM]

I went out and purchased one of those ones you can record on and all those fancy things. Used it about 5 times and it just sat there looking cool. So I disconnected it and put it away some place I now have a PVR that does it all for me so I have no need for a DVD

 

[CarlS]

OK, I knew you must have a DVD player.

 

[Rocky]

OK, I knew you must have a DVD player.

I just assumed that when I sent over the DVD slide shows.

 

[DaveM]

My PC plays DVD great

 

[CarlS]

Then watch The Wild One on your PC.

 

[Rocky]

PC viewing is OK, but some things need to be seen on a big (bigger) screen for the full effect.
But of course I have no idea how large your monitor is. Some of them are pretty big these days.

 

[hemibee]

He may have a bigger monitor on his computer than the TV.

 

[DaveM]

My monitor works ok for these types of things I just have to make sure I don't have the rugby team over to watch movies

 

[Ksquared]

A little "Wild One" trivia:

The actor who plays "Dextro", one of Johnny's gang, is Jerry Paris, who went on to play Dick Van Dyke's neighbor, Jerry Helper (the dentist) in "The Dick Van Dyke Show".

 

[CarlS]

Cool! I did know that that.

 

[Rocky]

Cool! I did know that that.

Now that you mention it, I do remember him from the Vandyke show.
I probably made the connection back them, but had forgotten about it.
It's all coming back now. Thanks for jogging my memory.
Jerry Paris played a lot of character roles and I always got a kick out of his acting.

 

[Ksquared]

Actually, he had roles in several high-class movies: the Wild One; The Caine Mutiny and Marty, just to name three.

 

[hemibee]

He was also a director. Some of his directing credits were for "Don't Raise The Bridge, Lower The River", a couple or three of the Police Academy movies, Happy Days, and I believe an episode or two the Lucille Ball show.

He was also a German sergeant in Battleground.

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