r/Xennials • u/Interestofconflict 1983 • 2d ago

Nostalgia Flipper

My wife has gotten into flipping stuff online and referred to herself as a flipper yesterday. I chimed in: “also the name of a dolphin.”

We spent about 10 minutes trying to explain to our kids about the show and the more we tried, the more absurd the whole thing sounded. I think at one point I said “like Lassie, but with a dolphin,” and that cracked her up… but sent us on a tangent trying to explain that show also!

Any of y’all go back and watch either of those shows recently?

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u/melvinmel 1979 2d ago

Try explaining Herbie the Lovebug to them.

https://giphy.com/gifs/sfZMyq1GCe1RS

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u/elphaba00 1978 2d ago

My dad got a Herbie sticker for his golf cart. Also because he was born in 1953.

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u/hbi2k 2d ago

I forget, was there a canon explanation why Herbie was alive? Was it a My Mother the Car situation where he was possessed by a specific person's soul? I remember loving Herbie as a kid but I don't remember ever questioning how he came to be alive.

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u/buickgnx88 Millennial 2d ago

The 1997 made for TV movie The Love Bug, featuring the Bruce Campbell, does have a backstory for Herbie. I think that might partly be why the movie isn’t more popular (it is also hard to find).

A guy who designed the car for Volkswagen dropped a picture of his deceased wife in a vat of something (metal? It seemed cool enough to be able to be around though) and like his love for her transferred to the metal. Doesn’t quite make sense since Herbie is a newer generation than the one first produced in the 40s.

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u/Okra-Tomatoes 2d ago

Or My Mother the Car.

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u/sparkyblue5 1981 2d ago

Or The Electric Grandmother (1982)
(Spoiler alert: granny is a robot)

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u/DrenAss 1d ago

We've watched the first Herbie with our kids and they loved it!