Ep. 5: White Line Fever

The late Jan-Michael Vincent stars in Jonathan Kaplan's 1975 ode to honest truckers White Line Fever, also starring Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, Sam Laws, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Dick Miller, and Leigh French. Written by Ken Friedman

Trucking is hard! Ernest Borgnine explains Airwolf! Goober! Gomer! Pot euphemisms! Billy Jack! Walking Tall! Movin' On! Merle Haggard! Martin Scorsese! Symbolism! Leather pants!

Theme by William Sherry Jr. Art by @stephenmullinax

Thanks to Foreign Exchange Blu-Ray Imports: https://4xblu.com/

Ernest Borgnine interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFC4HwUcww

Scott Von Doviak's (https://twitter.com/vondoviak) encyclopedic redneck-movie round-up Hick Flicks: https://www.amazon.com/Hick-Flicks-Rise-Redneck-Cinema/dp/0786419970

Jonathan Kaplan discusses White Line Fever at Trailers From Hell: https://trailersfromhell.com/white-line-fever/

Goober's Truck Stop Paradise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6uTNBjzeM8

Roger Ebert's review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/white-line-fever-1975

Truckers Go To Washington: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-truckers-go-to-washington-democracy-in-action-on-the-interstate-68811/

Truck Strike: https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike

Movin' On Episode One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1ivj5rxiE

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