A bit of nostalgia, probably only a few here know of...
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Consider this a very informal and unscientific survey -- how many participants at JoeUser (etc.) have ever been to a Drive-in movie theatre?
I ask this since I'm an individual that grew up "enjoying" the fun of going to the drive-in movies with my siblings, under the care of a cousin or other designated "guardian", where we all piled into the biggest family vehicle we could and enjoyed $$ (can't remember the exact amount, probably something like $5) car-load nite at the movies.
I say "enjoying" because a very recent (this past week-end) trip with my own family was made to one of the few remaining drive-in theatres in the area (for that matter, in the country, with something on the order of 360 to 370 operating drive-ins remaining in the U.S.A.) During that trip, memories of past times of my youth came back while I sat in the car (SUV actually, only slighty more environmentally friendly than the old station wagons of my youth) feeling the heat and humidity around me.
Even with the humiture going on, it was still an enjoyable time. As the barker for the drive-in reminded the movie-goers several times, they do feature one of the largest screens (if not the largest) on the entire east coast of the U.S.A.
The drive-in's snack bar/concession area was a throw-back also, though the prices had been thoroughly modernized (not that bad, but in line with traditional theatres).
In anycase, I am curious how many out there have ever been to a drive-in movies. It's something that I remember well from my youth, though I grew up towards the end of the drive-in era. Many closed in the last 2 decades especially, when real estate and property values soared, and the owners of the old drive-in's realized that their prime real estate was worth much more as a strip mall or parking lot for same than it was as a theatre.
Even with advances in the sound technology (broadcasting to movie-goers via AM and then more recently FM stereo to the attendee's own built-in car radios, rather than the old ratty speakers that hung from poles in the drive-in's designated spaces.
Given the relatively small number of drive-ins, I'd bet that most in the under 40 crowd have almost no knowledge of the drive-in experience, while those in the 40 and older crowd know of which I write and comment on here.
I ask this since I'm an individual that grew up "enjoying" the fun of going to the drive-in movies with my siblings, under the care of a cousin or other designated "guardian", where we all piled into the biggest family vehicle we could and enjoyed $$ (can't remember the exact amount, probably something like $5) car-load nite at the movies.
I say "enjoying" because a very recent (this past week-end) trip with my own family was made to one of the few remaining drive-in theatres in the area (for that matter, in the country, with something on the order of 360 to 370 operating drive-ins remaining in the U.S.A.) During that trip, memories of past times of my youth came back while I sat in the car (SUV actually, only slighty more environmentally friendly than the old station wagons of my youth) feeling the heat and humidity around me.
Even with the humiture going on, it was still an enjoyable time. As the barker for the drive-in reminded the movie-goers several times, they do feature one of the largest screens (if not the largest) on the entire east coast of the U.S.A.
The drive-in's snack bar/concession area was a throw-back also, though the prices had been thoroughly modernized (not that bad, but in line with traditional theatres).
In anycase, I am curious how many out there have ever been to a drive-in movies. It's something that I remember well from my youth, though I grew up towards the end of the drive-in era. Many closed in the last 2 decades especially, when real estate and property values soared, and the owners of the old drive-in's realized that their prime real estate was worth much more as a strip mall or parking lot for same than it was as a theatre.
Even with advances in the sound technology (broadcasting to movie-goers via AM and then more recently FM stereo to the attendee's own built-in car radios, rather than the old ratty speakers that hung from poles in the drive-in's designated spaces.
Given the relatively small number of drive-ins, I'd bet that most in the under 40 crowd have almost no knowledge of the drive-in experience, while those in the 40 and older crowd know of which I write and comment on here.
