Just for fun -- Meatballs

pd4501-771 · January 13, 2019, 07:46:38 AM

Quote from: richard5933 on January 11, 2019, 12:05:41 PM
Has anyone ever catalogued classic bus appearances in movies?

I pay attention to Scenicruiser appearances in movies and TV. Just caught "Breakfast at Tiffany's" last night, which includes a great Greyhound terminal scene and second livery 4501. I leased mine to "The Identical" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326574/ I included in my contract that only I would drive the bus, no alterations to bus allowed (paint, etc.) It was a fun experience, and they paid really well.

Jeremy · January 13, 2019, 11:20:16 AM

If you're interested in Scenicruiser especially one appears multiple times (as a band bus) in the "Homerpalooza" episode of The Simpsons.

Lots and lots of buses and motorhomes have appeared in The Simpsons at different times (plus of course one of the characters is a bus driver), and they almost always make the effort to draw actual bus models and not just the generic cartoon type you might expect.

The motorhomes tend to be more invented creations though, some more than others...:

Jeremy

DrPattyCakes · January 15, 2019, 04:30:14 PM

While looking through the IMCDb database..I noticed lots of movies use the same buses in various moves. Looking through you can find the exact bus used in multipal movies. FOund that pretty interesting.

Sebulba · January 16, 2019, 06:52:57 AM

Watching North by Northwest in the deserted road scene the one that Cary Grant gets off in a Scenic Cruiser I would say.

But what is the next one that comes?

Seb

pd4501-771 · January 16, 2019, 07:49:04 AM

The Scenic was s/n PD4501-832
Pacific Greyhound Lines K-2334
   Western Greyhound Lines P-2334
   Western Greyhound Lines 8034

Currently in the Netherlands. The next bus is a Flxible

pd4501-771 · January 16, 2019, 07:59:16 AM

s/n 832 was also used in Love Field (1992)

https://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=104765

Sebulba · January 16, 2019, 10:04:23 AM

All I can say is WOW!

Quote from: pd4501-771 on January 16, 2019, 07:49:04 AM
The Scenic was s/n PD4501-832
Pacific Greyhound Lines K-2334
   Western Greyhound Lines P-2334
   Western Greyhound Lines 8034

Currently in the Netherlands. The next bus is a Flxible

pd4501-771 · January 16, 2019, 10:58:38 AM

When one is obsessed with something, one finds lots of useless trivia!

Jeremy · January 16, 2019, 03:36:43 PM

I do know that there is at least one Scenicruiser in the UK because years ago I saw it being advertised for sale by Pinewood studios - I've always wondered where it ended-up after that, but it's also just occurred to me that you could probably identify exactly which bus it was if you cross-referenced a list of all the movies made at Pinewood with that IMCDB database.

If anyone fancies giving it a go the list of Pinewood movies is available on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pinewood_Studios_productions

Jeremy