{"id":2505,"date":"2010-01-11T15:47:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T20:47:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-08-21T17:09:44","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T17:09:44","slug":"i-summon-dbuskirk-to-comment-on-the-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/i-summon-dbuskirk-to-comment-on-the-1973\/","title":{"rendered":"I SUMMON DBUSKIRK to Comment on the 1973 Film <em>Electra Glide in Blue<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/legendaryhearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_legend\">CHiPs<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Towsman dbuskirk<\/strong>, have you ever seen the 1973 film <em>Electra Glide in Blue<\/em>? I caught about an hour of it on tv last night, and it seemed right up your two-lane blacktop.<\/p>\n<p>The opening credits alone are worth the price of admission, playing like a fever dream of a <strong>Lou Reed<\/strong> album cover shoot.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f545AZyFUeU?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nFor those of you who have no idea what I&#8217;m talking about, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070022\/fullcredits#cast\" target=_blank>take a look at the credits<\/a>! It stars <strong>Robert Blake<\/strong>, who&#8217;s always fascinating, as an Arizona Highway Patrolman. It&#8217;s directed by <strong>Chicago<\/strong> mastermind <strong>James William Guercio<\/strong>, in what would be his only film directing credit. Chicago bandmates <strong>Peter Cetera<\/strong>, <strong>Terry Kath<\/strong>, <strong>Lee Loughnane<\/strong>, and <strong>Walter Parazaider<\/strong> play roles in the film. A few actors play characters who seem to be real people who also appear as actors in other roles. It&#8217;s loaded with well-traveled character actors, maybe most notably <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimetime.co.uk\/images\/large\/elisha_cook.jpg\" target=_blank>Elisha Cook Jr.<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/generalhospital\/1\/G\/N\/B\/-\/-\/frank-smith.jpg\">Mitchell Ryan<\/a><\/strong>. Maybe best yet, <strong>Nick Nolte<\/strong> appears uncredited as &#8220;Hippie Kid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070022\/synopsis\" target=_blank>plot<\/a> involves highway patrolmen, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2009\/11\/21\/rebuilding-team-hippie-for-the-modern-ag\">hippies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2007\/04\/19\/the_motorcycle_in_rock\">Harleys<\/a>, hermits, Native Americans, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2009\/03\/08\/rock-n-roll-fantastic-four\">comic books<\/a>! Best of all, I caught a scene with a smokin&#8217; blooz-jazz-rock band in action, or maybe it was a jazz-rock-blooz band. I wish I could find the clip; it&#8217;s probably those Chicago dudes unleashed. Kath and Guercio do close out the film with this stunning contribution.<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEfv-xNQXBg&amp;feature?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>So I ask you, db (and other film buffs), how does this film compare with classics like <em>Two-Lane Blacktop<\/em> and <em>Vanishing Point<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to your insights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHiPs Towsman dbuskirk, have you ever seen the 1973 film Electra Glide in Blue? I caught about an hour of it on tv last night, and it seemed right up your two-lane blacktop. The opening credits alone are worth the price of admission, playing like a fever dream of a Lou Reed album cover shoot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[34,304],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}