// JavaScript Document //Herbie Fast Fact: The Love Bug was released on March 13, 1969."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie Rides Again was released on June 6, 1974."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was released on June 24, 1977."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: One tagline for Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo read, ‘The Love Bug falls hood-over-wheels for a classy chassis!’"]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie Goes Bananas was released on June 25, 1980."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: A five episode miniseries titled ‘Herbie, The Love Bug’ aired on CBS in 1982 and starred Dean Jones."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie Fully Loaded was released on June 22, 2005."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: On November 30, 1997, ABC aired a made-for-tv movie, The Love Bug, starring Bruce Campbell."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: There were reportedly 26 Volkswagen Beetles used to play the part of Herbie in Herbie Goes Bananas. "]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: There were 10 Volkswagen Beetles used to play the part of Herbie in the original The Love Bug."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: There were 36 Volkswagen Beetles used to play the part of Herbie in Herbie Fully Loaded."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Disney Studios kept most of the Volkswagen Beetles that played Herbie for a while. Therefore, many of these cars appeared in more than one film."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie’s license plate never changes throughout the films. It’s always OFP 857."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: A VW Beetle that played Herbie in The Love Bug later appeared in two other Disney movies; The Boatniks and Million Dollar Duck. "]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: One VW Bug used in The Love Bug was equipped with a Porsche engine and brakes. This car is Herbie #2."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: A VW Bug that once played Herbie appeared briefly in an episode of Knight Rider."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Carey Loftin, Herbie’s stunt driver in The Love Bug, was one of the most well-known and experienced drivers in Hollywood history."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Love Bug is based on a short story by Gordon Buford in 1961 titled Car, Boy, Girl. "]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie is officially a 1963 Volkswagen Model 115 Sunroof Sedan, though Disney modified many other year Volkswagens to resemble this model."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie falls in love with Giselle, a 1976 Lancia Scorpion, in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. The only remaining Giselle of three built resides in Texas."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Extended steering and pedals enabled some of the Herbies to be driven from the rear seat. This created the illusion that the car was driving on its own."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Myth: Dean Jones owns the trick car from The Love Bug. In truth, this was a parade car that was never in a movie, and is now owned by fan Hugh Chitwood."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The race-equipped Volkswagens used in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo were built by Speed Unlimited."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The race-equipped Volkswagens used in The Love Bug were built by EMPI, perhaps the most famous name in vintage VW motorsports."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie’s color is L87 Pearl White, a stock Volkswagen color for the 1963 model year."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: In The Love Bug, Herbie was equipped with custom-made 15 x 6 inch wheels and Firestone racing tires."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Goodyear was a major sponsor for Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo and Herbie Goes Bananas, hence the Goodyear GT Radial tires seen in the films."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: In The Love Bug, the firehouse overlooks San Francisco Bay. In Herbie Rides Again, there is no water in sight."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Keenan Wynn plays the character of Alonzo Hawk not only in Herbie Rides Again but also in Disney’s The Absent-Minded Professor and Son of Flubber. "]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Volkswagen’s name and logo are not seen or heard in The Love Bug. After its huge success, VW becomes a major promoter of the sequels."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale’s number is 53. This was the inspiration for the film’s producers choosing 53 for Herbie’s number."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The hippie at the diner in The Love Bug is played by Dean Jones in disguise."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Love Bug was the last live-action film that Walt Disney was involved in producing before his death."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The name Herbie came from one of Buddy Hackett’s stand-up comedy routines. ‘Sorry, I only date guys named Herbie.’"]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The NASCAR Herbie from Herbie Fully Loaded appeared on the track during an actual NASCAR race to acquire the footage needed."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Each Herbie was given a number so the crew could tell them apart. This number was usually written on the glove box door or behind the bumper."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The hot rod that Herbie street races in The Love Bug still exists today, though it has evolved over time."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Michele Lee spells her first name with just one L."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Revell produced a 1/25 scale model kit of Herbie in 1969."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Love Bug was the highest grossing film of 1969, even outperforming Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie was the first car to be issued a genuine passport. It can be seen at the beginning of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. "]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Dean Jones began his career singing at Knotts Berry Farm in California. Many celebrities, such as Steve Martin, got their start there."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Buddy Hackett regretted turning down the sequels."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The yellow Thorndyke Special from The Love Bug was an Apollo GT."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Gold Key sold comic books based on the first three Herbie films."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Shreddies cereal included Herbie premiums in Canada for the first two films."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: In early promotional art, Herbie was a red VW. Disney also considered titling the film Thunder Bug. "]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: In 1978, Herbie left his tire tracks in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Dean Jones was born in Decatur, Alabama in 1931."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Ken Berry is an avid car collector."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: An original Herbie hangs in Planet Hollywood in Orlando, Florida."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: There is a Herbie-themed hotel at Walt Disney World. It features a large, fiberglass Herbie that is the largest VW in the world."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Laser 917 GT Coupe in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was built on a VW chassis."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Porsche-powered Herbie from The Love Bug currently resides in London, England."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Buddy Hackett narrated an LP record of The Love Bug story."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Love Bug musical theme originally had lyrics. A recording of them exists and they can be found in ‘The Disney Fake Book.’"]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Yvette Mimieux was originally cast to play Carole in The Love Bug."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Feb. '77 issue of Hot VWs magazine indicates that Herbie was to fall in love with the Laser 917 rather than the Lancia Scorpion."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Michele Lee's big break was in the 1967 film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett, and Harvey Korman all starred in a 1978 telefilm about Abbott & Costello called Bud and Lou."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Joe Flynn and Dean Jones again starred alongside each other in The Million Dollar Duck."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Love Bug was one of the first home video releases from Disney/Buena Vista Home Video in 1981 and retailed for more than $60."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Love Bug was the first film to air on Disney's 1981 anthology series 'Walt Disney' on the CBS network."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Ken Berry is an accomplished 'hoofer' or tap-dancer."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Love Bug Rides Again and Herbie were both titles considered for the film Herbie Rides Again."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie Goes Bananas was retitled Herbie Lands In Mexico for overseas distribution."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The L'etoile de Joie diamond is based on the famed Hope Diamond."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Dean Jones' first Disney film was That Darn Cat in 1965."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Buddy Hackett was involved with two other films for Disney, The Little Mermaid and its sequel. He provided the voice of Scuttle the seagull."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: With the exception of The Love Bug, all the Herbie films were released in the month of June."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Love Bug is the only film to give Herbie his own credit at the end of the picture."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The hairpin, brick street Herbie drives down in The Love Bug is Lombard Street in San Francisco."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Riverside International Raceway was a real track located in Riverside, California. It closed in 1989."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Most of the fictional El Dorado race in The Love Bug was filmed further South in the Big Bear area of California."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie crosses the same pond in The Love Bug and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. It is located on Golden Oaks Ranch in Southern California."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Wheelie effects were accomplished using a crane in The Love Bug. In later films, modified cars performed wheel stands under their own power."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Dean Jones once raced through the streets of Paris in Herbie under a false assumption that he was surrounded by stunt drivers."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie’s OFP 857 license plate can be seen hanging on a wall in Disney’s film No Deposit, No Return, starring Don Knotts."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: There are approximately 20 screen-used Herbies still known to exist from the classic series of four films."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Disney auctioned off 19 original Herbies along with other cars from the films in 1981. Some of these vehicles sold for just $25."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The ‘oil peeing’ gag in The Love Bug was considered racy for its time."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Lamborghini that Jim Douglas purchases changes to a Jaguar E Type after Herbie begins smashing it."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Notice anything odd in The Love Bug when Herbie runs away? San Francisco is never so deserted in real life, especially the Golden Gate Bridge."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: A stuntman was badly injured while playing a ship crew member trying to capture Herbie. The footage is included in Herbie Goes Bananas."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Joaquin Garay III had to tell the car’s rear seat stunt driver which way to turn during certain film sequences of Herbie Goes Bananas."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: An out-of-control Herbie stunt car once crashed into the spot where Joaquin Garay III had been sitting moments before."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Though a serious scene, Dean Jones couldn’t help but laugh the first several takes of filming Herbie’s attempted suicide in The Love Bug."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Mr. Wu states that Herbie has ‘the strength of 40 horses.’ This is an accurate statement for a 1963 Beetle."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: A cut scene from Alonzo Hawk’s nightmare sequence involved Herbie ‘doctors’ performing surgery on him. An image exists on the Viewmaster reels."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The VW Beetle was chosen to play Herbie after it received the most positive response from crew members in a lineup of cars during a casting call."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Some of the cars in Herbie Rides Again's Volkswagen Army scene were recycled Herbies refinished in a different color."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Despite his claims, famed custom car builder George Barris had nothing to do with the creation of Herbie."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Nicole Jaffe, the blond girl in the hot rod from The Love Bug, did the voice of Velma in ‘Scooby Doo, Where Are You!’"]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Andy Granatelli, a real-life race car driver, cameos as the racing association’s President in The Love Bug."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Dean Jones wears the same orange overalls in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, the television miniseries, and the made-for-tv movie."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Do you think it’s sad when Herbie walks the plank in Herbie Goes Bananas? 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Jim Douglas briefly smokes a cigarette on the cable car in The Love Bug."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: A logo for Dover Fan Belts appears in Thorndyke’s garage, on Wheelie’s ball cap, and as a sponsor on the Lancia, though no such company exists."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie’s Carello fog light in the 2nd and 3rd films is sometimes replaced by a small movie camera. 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Disney screwed sunroof covers to hardtop Bugs or built sunroof frames out of wood to aid in this deception."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Disney filled one Herbie with foam to enable it to float for Herbie Goes Bananas."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Buddy Hackett appeared in a skit with Herbie during ‘The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World’ on October 29, 1971."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Actor Fritz Feld played the Maitre d' in Herbie Rides Again as well as Captain Blythe’s Chief Steward in Herbie Goes Bananas."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Herbie can be spotted in an episode of ‘The Simpsons.’"]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The word ‘Herbie’ is only spoken once in all of Herbie Goes Bananas."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Actor Vito Scotti plays Alonzo Hawk’s taxi driver in Herbie Rides Again as well as Armando Moccia in Herbie Goes Bananas."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The Trans France Race from Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo is referred to as the Monte Carlo Grand Prix in Herbie Goes Bananas."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Claudia Wells, who plays the daughter of Jim’s love interest in the TV miniseries, is best known for her role as Jennifer in Back to the Future."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Dean Jones sings the theme song for the ‘Herbie, the Love Bug’ television miniseries."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: The opening sequence of The Love Bug is actual footage of figure 8 races filmed in Delta, Utah."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: Michele Lee’s racing helmet was modified to sit higher up off her head to allow some of her bangs to show."]; ads[n++]=["Herbie Fast Fact: In the script, The Love Bug opens outside a factory lined with identical VW Bugs. 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