Originally published at: Back when Richard Dreyfuss sold the AMC Javelin | Boing Boing
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love me some young Richard Dreyfuss. <3
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Geez that block of Sesame Street has really gotten rough.
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AMC Javelin, great car for going fast, but for some unknown reason did not like the corners/turns.
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It came with a bowl of goldfish on the seat.
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Thank you for proving my point. I had a 70’ Javelin, it was a sexy beast, never met a gas station it didn’t like, was not a rally racing / mountain switchback kind’a car.
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If any street gang member could sell a car, he would have to be portrayed by Dreyfuss. He looks like he was having a lot of fun with this.
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”Aye, that’s a car.”
With a statement like that, it’s hard to believe people didn’t flock to the dealerships mid commercial.
So their sales pitch is that it’s attractive to car thieves? That’s an interesting take.
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Dreyfuss: “Hey boys, rough up da old man and teach him a lesson while I hotwires dis amazin’ car!”
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Though in fairness to the Javelin were any American “sports” cars of the era mountain switchback kinda cars?
We had a Matador as a kid but I really wanted the Javelin.
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Couldn’t pick our Richard Dreyfuss, but that was Herb Edelman driving the Javelin…
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Ah! RD was in the first video, I watched the second.
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the guy on the motorcycle –– Jon Voight?
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Two videos? Page loaded with only one video for me. Explains that
omg i LOVED Flipper when i was a kid, lol. i had no idea he was on an episode. now i can see how this led to, you know, Jaws, lol.
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Definitely looks like him… Same dimpled chin.
Huh. I thought the Barracuda was AMCʻs sporty car.
It’s from the movie “Hello Down There” actually…but yes, it’s very flipperesque.
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