FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN - ON VOD
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Big DeLorean...Small World
As big as the world seems to be, there always seems to be something that happens to make it seem small.
Case in point...the D Rex and another story of it's origin...all connected to this recent TV Pilot.
As fate would have it, one of the TV Pilot's writers, Steven Cragg, was born and raised in Texas.
As the story goes, Steven had a cousin who did all sorts or crazy things and had some crazy projects.
One day, Steven went to his cousin's house, to see a project he was working on...a DeLorean 4x4.
Although Steven did not tell me too many details, he said that the vehicle was stuck in his memory.
Flash forward a couple decades and Steven Cragg gets a chance to write a TV Pilot about two brothers
who do all kinds of crazy things and Steven's thoughts flash back to an idea to include the DeLorean 4x4.
Not knowing if the DeLorean 4x4 still existed, Steven and crew check the good old internet, identify D Rex
and contact me through Tamir's website. The D Rex is cast in a leading role and makes a trip to Hollywood.
It was not until I met Steven in person that he told me the back story to selecting the DeLorean 4x4 and
why it needed to be in this TV Pilot. And it was at this time that Steven learned that D Rex was the very
same DeLorean 4x4 that he had seen, decades before, in Texas (with a few improvements and upgrades).
And as they say, the rest is history.
Later,
Rich W.
Last edited by Rich W; 01-08-2013 at 07:14 PM.
Reason: fixed type-o's
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Originally Posted by
jawn101
....anyone else notice Christopher Lloyd is credited in the cast??
With some other threads and posts about Christopher Lloyd being filmed with and next to other DeLoreans,
I thought this would be a good time to post a few photos of Christopher Lloyd with the D Rex last Spring.
Chris-sitting-next-to-D-Rex.jpg
Chris-by-D-Rex-end-of-day.jpg
Later,
Rich W.
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Robosaurus is now for sale, if you fancy another vehicle:
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/4504946742.html
$37k seems quite decent for such a vehicle
Year: 2002
Model: Truckasaurus
Mfgr: Maibatsu Heavy Industries
Engine: 500HP Cummins
Dermot
VIN 2743, B/A, Frame 2227, engine 2320
I don't always drive cars, but when I do, I prefer DeLoreans
http://www.will-to-live.org
No-one is to stone anyone, even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say "carburetor"
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Hollywood comes to D Rex
The Highlight of the DCS 2014 for me was after "being paged" while helping other DeLorean owners move their cars out of the tents.
"Paging Rich W" ... "Rich W, please report to the D Rex in front of the hotel, immediately"
I get out front, and Christopher Lloyd is waiting to see my DeLoreans out front. (I had just closed all the doors, minutes before)
Not only did Christopher Lloyd want a ride in the D Rex, he wanted to take his own photos of the D Limo, with all the doors open.
How cool is that? (thanks to Tony Swann for getting a photo with me and Christopher Lloyd in the D Rex, before our "Ride")
Chris-Llyod-Rich-W-and-D-Rex.JPG
Last edited by Rich W; 06-17-2014 at 02:12 PM.
Reason: fixed type-o's, as usual
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Dermot
VIN 2743, B/A, Frame 2227, engine 2320
I don't always drive cars, but when I do, I prefer DeLoreans
http://www.will-to-live.org
No-one is to stone anyone, even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say "carburetor"
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Originally Posted by
Rich W
Day 1 of filming (Friday) went well.
Off for the weekend.
Day 2 of filming (Monday) still to go.
More details soon.
Later,
Rich W.
(maybe a few sneak peek photos too)
March 30th ...
Five Year Anniversary of the first day of filming in Hollywood. (2012) Kings of Van Nuys (TV Pilot)
D-Rex-vs-Robo.jpg
The D Rex also had it's 15th Birthday about 2 months ago too. (2002) World of Wheels (Chicago)
Last edited by Rich W; 03-30-2017 at 05:57 PM.
Reason: added March 30th date
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Originally Posted by
Rich W
March 30th ...
Five Year Anniversary of the first day of filming in Hollywood. (2012) Kings of Van Nuys (TV Pilot)
D-Rex-vs-Robo.jpg
The D Rex also had it's 15th Birthday about 2 months ago too. (2002) World of Wheels (Chicago)
Wow ... Time Flies.
10 Year Anniversary of the first day of filming in Hollywood. (2012) Kings of Van Nuys (TV Pilot)
The D Rex also had it's 20th Birthday about 2 months ago too. (2002) World of Wheels (Chicago)
And ... a surprise addition ... a link to a clip of the TV Pilot that I found today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0V3eqiukg
The D Rex makes a couple brief appearances from about 48 second mark to the 55 second end.
Last edited by Rich W; 03-31-2022 at 11:04 PM.
Reason: Added TV Pilot clip link
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Finally
Full TV Pilot leaked to Internet
11 years later
Well, it only took about 11 years for this to leak to the Internet.
Wow … has it been that long?
I was doing some backstory research on the Johnny Carson car
over the weekend and I decided to take a look for the TV Pilot
again, and sure enough, there were a few links out there since
earlier this Fall, along with a few UK based commentary links.
I know the UK TV Show, Only Fools and Horses is a revered UK
comedy series through the 1980s and early 1990s, so there was
little chance that Hollywood could duplicate lightning in a bottle
with King of Van Nuys, but I have seen worse TV Pilots.
Yes, a few too many BTTF jokes (less than half made it in Pilot)
and many of the other jokes fell flat (too much laugh track). The
commentary links appear to be spot-on, even though I did not
grow up watching the original Only Fools and Horses.
Only a few minutes of D Rex video footage made it into the Pilot,
after filming for two days, but after having to squeeze onto the
Parcel Shelf for this Pilot in 2012, Christopher Lloyd sought me
out at DCS 2014 to ride in the passenger seat in the parking lot.
A little early Christmas present for all the D Rex fans out there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob02R52HK3U
Thanks,
Rich W.
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