Forget Star Wars old or new: Gumball Rally(and for that matter Corvette Summer) are my 2 most wanted DVD titles ever! I still pop in my old recorded-from-late-night-TV copy of Gumball every once in a while to watch it. My uncle has it on laser disc, I should pressure him into getting that sucker burned onto DVD.
Ok here's a related story pertaining to the real thing: As some of you might know the Gumball Rally, or
Gumball 3000 as it's known, is a real race that still takes place. A few months ago me and my buddy were chilling at Barney's Beanery over here in L.A. We look out of the window and a fresh little BMW with a big blue light on the roof rushed up to a stop light. It had a big INTERPOL sticker on the side of it. Me and my friend were like ok that's weird, doesn't that belong in Europe?? Suddenly this huge honkin' Rolls Royce mothership pulls up behind it. A brand new gray number, not an old joint like in the original movie. The Rolls had a smaller sticker on the back upper portion of the car. We couldn't make out what it said. The 2 cars drive off and my friend were like this
what the hell had we just seen? We had no clue.
Fast forward a week or two later, me and the same friend are driving around, I think we were near Santa Monica. An older Ferrari pulls up next to us at a stop light with 2 guys driving it. My friend notices that the car has the SAME sticker as the Rolls Royce had and it was this:
My friend talked to the guys and confirmed that they, as well as the BMW and Rolls Royce, were part of the race.
I just thought it was cool actually seeing the real thing since I like and want the movie so much.
