My question for today: What memories do you have about Drive-in theaters and how do you feel about their demise?
I really miss drive-ins. Those who were born into this digital age have absolutely no idea what fun they missed back in the day! I would LOVE to go to a drive-in again (probably just to relive some memories) but now, the drive ins that are left, have all turned into flea markets!
My first memories of the drive-in theater are when I was little and the drive-in theater was the ONLY place momma and daddy would take us to see a movie at! LOL! They thought a car-full of kids were much easier to handle in a car than auditorium, I guess. I suppose us kids liked it because we did not have to sit still and quiet all night in a car. We could do anything we wanted! And if we chose to go to sleep, we could. 🙂
Then came the teen years and date nights at the Drive-in… ‘Nuff said. Not to go too far into the activities of two teens in a darkened car – let’s remember other ways teen-age kids had fun at the drive-in. 😉
We could meet friends, switch cars, run around the dark parking lot, sneak stuff in (including other kids) and other mischievous activities. Hey! What can I say? We were kids out to have some fun and a good time! We could STILL do most anything we wanted! 🙂
Come to think of it; it seems I probably had more fun at the drive-in than if I had watched the movie! LOL! 🙂
Yes. I am very sad to see Drive-ins go the way of the dinosaurs. It seems that kids now-a-days don’t have a lot of fun things to do to sow their wild oats with, in a harmless way, as their parent’s generation did. I mean, there isn’t even any dragging main anymore! Now that was a REALLY fun tradition that’s lacking in today’s world. Dragging Main and going to the Drive-in go hand-in-hand IMHO 🙂
What do you miss about “the good old days”?
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My drive-in story is somewhat jaded. I was 16. (And no, there are no hormones involved in this retelling. I was newly licensed to drive a car. And, in order to garner more usage of said car, I volunteered (VOLUNTEERED!) to take my two younger brothers to the drive-in. The movie we saw? Jaws. Turns out they’d seen it before. There’s a particular scene when the guy dives under a boat at night that seemed ominous. I asked my brothers if anything was about to happen. “No,” they answer in unison. Well, something WAS about to happen. And I screamed VERY loud.
Hmmm. Not quite sure I’ve forgiven them to this day. LOL.
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LOL, Laurie. That was one of the scariest scenes in the movie!
Still can’t believe you volunteered to take your younger brothers.
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Well, I’ll save my tales for Thursday. But there’s a local drive-in which still operates during the most moderate weather months … here in Somerset. Denise has been trying to get me to go, but I still think of all the discomforts of the old days and don’t want to mess with it.
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I don’t remember any “discomforts” about the drive-in in the “old days.” 😉
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Well, tune in on Thurs. and I’ll tell you the ones I recall
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LOL, Laurie! didn’t the recurring theme song clue you in that something WAS about to happen?LOL! I volunteered to do a lot of stuff when I got my license, too! (like driving my friends to school…) Oh! I did some stuff for my family, too! LOL!
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See You on Thursday, Jeff!
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I can’t add anything to the drive through/in/out theme … so sorry …. but I loved the idea of ” We could meet friends, switch cars, run around the dark parking lot” – that’s not the way they show it in the movies. LOL …. more romantic or creepy 🙂
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don’t get me wrong, there was PLENTY of romance at the drive-in. 🙂 Going there could/or not be a different adventure every time! Every theater has/had its own circumstances. Not all the same. 🙂
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Apparently, Kentucky is a hold-out; I know of two others in the general area.I have not gone to either one, although I had attempted to take my kids.Oh well, maybe the grandkids!My memories Friday.
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I only know of one in WA state, and I’m not sure if it’s even still running right now. 😦
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