the mog in popular culture

[SGTBILKO]

Watched a few episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus recently and was pleased to see some Minors in Terry Gilliam's animation sequences. Don't remember any real Minors in the series, though.

The killer cars?

[Fingolfin]

Hmm, no, it wasn't a standalone sketch. More of a transition. Perhaps it was in Spam? I've watched the whole series in order in the past, but right now I'm jumping around.

Higher education will do that to you.

[Ian46]

A Minor convertible appears briefly in the film 'Signs' starring Mel Gibson, when an alien creature is filmed walking past it. Surreal or what!

Ian

[Ian46]

Oh, whilst on the subject I remember a Minor saloon is parked in a street scene in the film 'Bullitt'.

Ian

[pyebibby]

i think he said popular culture...

Agreed!

[MissMarple]

how about the nice convertible in Lovejoy?

[Ian46]

Popular Culture -

The prevailing vernacular culture in any given society including art, cooking, entertainment, films, mass media, music, sports and style.

Ian

[twincamman]

I watched Wrecks to Riches USA last night (it's the one where they build the Chevy 11 gasser), and at the start of the programme, there's some drag racing footage and you see a Minor leaving a Camaro for dead.

[LouiseM]

This site has 15 pages of pictures of Morris Minors (pre & post war) in films / TV programmes, including Monty Python's Flying Circus: http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make= ... nor&page=1

[Fingolfin]

Nice find, Louise!

[chrisryder]

Fingolfin wrote:
Watched a few episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus recently and was pleased to see some Minors in Terry Gilliam's animation sequences. Don't remember any real Minors in the series, though.


The killer cars?

In 'Monty Pythons: And Now for Something Completely Different', Minors and (i think) Farina style Oxfords are indeed the 'Killer Cars'. It's a very random animation/sketch (perfectly normal for Monty Python actually...) where the cars just pootle around and then pounce on unsuspecting passers by.

I wouldn't call it 'popular culture' though, except for the fact that is that very sketch that provided me with the name for my first minor, 'Monty'

[Ian46]

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Total Recall!

'Bullitt' from 1968 and often repeated .
'Signs' from 2002.

Ian

[pyebibby]

Anybody notice this little Convertible on Top Gear this evening?[frame][/frame]

[chrisryder]

and no piano on its roof!

[Alex'n'Ane]

Anybody notice this little Convertible on Top Gear this evening?

I Did Couldn't get the reg though. And stop being silly chris, its a convertible, it couldn't support it...

[xpress]

can't believe this hasn't been said yet, worzel gummidge. the white convertible morris 1000 saloon .. the dude with the moustache and the flat cap used to nip in the bookies or the pub and left his kids to roam around all hours with a mincing scarecrow. i ask you! things never change..

[pyebibby]

Theres a Trav in that terrible west country Channel 4 proggramme... not even saying its name!

[xpress]

go on, say it ... River Cottage: Gone Fishing - The West Country?

[pyebibby]

um... nope!

[benb]

Just watched the Australian film 'Loves brother' and saw a gorgeous beige 1000 4 door