WWTD 161 - Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo: Pitching Woo

The Summer of Love Bug continues on We Want The D, and we've hit our inevitable first speed bump in the franchise with Disney's HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO. After establishing the little car with a big personality as a multi-faceted entity who perhaps feels the highs and lows of life a little too extremely, the third installment in the franchise takes a step back by putting Herbie back on the race track. The only interesting thing Herbie gets to do in this movie is fall in love...the rest comes down to some familiar faces from the franchise and from other Disney movies our hosts have watched from this era - both welcome and, well, Don Knotts. The racing sequences are longer, the villains are less broad and funny, and Herbie's been mellowed out. It's all a bit disappointing, save for one truly incredible French inspector with a dynamite moustache.