What I liked was that the driver cameos, with the exception of "Darrell Cartrip", all featured their real names. Richard Petty, a relation of mine by the way, is The King, of course. The egregious vehicle-related pun names were kept to a minimum, thankfully avoiding the Flintstones Factor. You know, the plague on the show where every reference had some tired rock pun in 'em, even if it was just tacking on "rock" to the end of someone's name.
But in the flick, California was California. Hollywood was Hollywood. Mario Andretti was Mario Andretti. That was nice. Though I do admit I kinda got a kick out of "Darrell Cartrip."
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dancing_serpent
(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-16 01:31 pm (UTC)Paul Newman steals the movie, in fact.
(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-16 02:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-16 03:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-16 03:29 pm (UTC)The cameos were priceless, and some of the visual gags. I also really liked the nod to Richard Petty.
(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-16 03:41 pm (UTC)But in the flick, California was California. Hollywood was Hollywood. Mario Andretti was Mario Andretti. That was nice. Though I do admit I kinda got a kick out of "Darrell Cartrip."