The Funniest Ever, April 12, 2000

When I saw this film it was the support for Blazing Saddles. Despite its poor reviews it went down far better with the entire audience that night than the main feature did. I consider it the funniest film I've ever seen.

In the mid-1970's the Texas Film Commission provided considerable assistance to local filmmakers in an effort to grow the in-state film industry. One benefit of this was a little film appropriately titled "Drive-In"; a feature about drive-in movies meant to be shown at drive-ins. Although set in a small town outside Dallas, it could be Anywhere, USA; or at least any place where teen entertainment is centered around a town's roller skating rink and the drive-in theater.If "Drive-In" was nothing more than a loving look at drive-ins and a time-capsule of the mid-70's it would be a treat, but this film is actually very well made. I originally saw it at a drive in Orange County, CA a few months after moving there from Texas. Although most of America's drive-ins have vanished, the entertainment aspect of this film has held up very well.Don't go looking for a lot of familiar faces in the cast, part of the film commission's mission was to utilize local talent so you...

I saw "Drive-In" at a real drive-in in 1976 -- and then I watched it on HBO countless times afterward.