For those of you not “in the know”, lookee right here There’s a movie. 
Anyway, my question;
I vaguely remember doing something like it when I was a kid, around 1962 to 1965 or so. It wasn’t something we did in a big way, and we didn’t ride on the car, but we did let the car idle along as we walked (and maybe danced) alongside. With the drivers door open and the radio blaring.
My question is, did anyone else in SDMB land do the same?
No newbies, please. I’m talking about before the fad started. Maybe you could ask your dad. Or mom.
BTW; there’s a scene in an old silent movie where the character (Buster Keaton?) gets out to open and hold a gate while his car passes through, then jumps back in.
Peace,
mangeorge
This belongs in MPSIMS.
Please pretend.
Thank you.
:o
Why pretend? Let’s make your wish come true.
samclem
I don’t know if I believe that this video is real, but if it is, then it will all be worth it.
I knew a guy in high school who fucked himself up real good doing something like this. The whole right side of his body got torn up pretty bad after he fell off. He probably could have perished, but luckily he got away with just some scarring. I’d advise extreme caution, and copious amounts of safety gear, for beginners in this pastime.
Thanks, o benevolent one.
I don’t care what they do as long as they stay the fuck off my goddam lawn.
If any old folks here care, this is the video that the newscasters were talking about when they said that a recent E-40 song (re)popularized ghost riding. If you fast forward to 2:15 it gives you a good shot of a mass ghost ride.
Back in the early 90s my friends and I used to ghost ride bicycles but it was never really that interesting. Of course, that was over a lifetime after 1962 so I guess it does not count for much except to show how long ago you were a kid.
ducks thrown cane and sprints off of mangeorges lawn
You got a pretty pessimistic outlook on how long a lifetime is, kiddo. And ducking will do you no good, as my aim is true.
Ghost riding a bicycle? Enlighten me. Am I whooshed? :smack:
I just havent been around for 25 years yet.
We would get onto one pedal of the bike then jump off and see how far it would go before falling over. The fad died on my block after a few of us slammed our bikes into curbs. Looking cool is not worth the headache of explaining how you damaged the very expensive bike they bought you.
You can’t tell me that don’t look like fun, hangin’ wit da homies.
Which Ben’s is that? Good burgers.
I’ve seen guys do that (sorta) on dirt bikes with suicide throttles. Fun to watch, but also expensive.
There’s not a lot to do in Bakersfield.
Remember when songs had melodies, and lyrics that had real words in them, and the videos didn’t have so many baseball caps? I remember those days. Good days, they were.
Yup, I must be getting old - my gut reaction is not ‘oh, wow, how cool!’, it’s ‘stupid fucking irresponsible kids’.
It would be cool if it was being performed in an arena at a motor show, it is just a parade of stupidity if done on a public street.
Isn’t the guy ghost walking the same guy who did the ‘Message to the Crips and the Bloods’ video? I’m sensing a spoof here.
And the neighborhood he’s doing it in hardly looks like the 'hood. I also vote for “fake, but would be nice if it was real”.
I remember;
And;
Ah, yes. Lyrics. 
One kid in our neighborhood (circa 1958) could step off, run a few steps, and get back on. I thought it was cool, so I tried it. I muffed the “run a few steps” part, and I fell flat on the street. My bike continued on without me, down the hill, for another block and a half before it crashed into a curb. Even after the road rash healed, I never tried it again.
That so fly, yo.
Yeah, Mr. Cake knows all about this. Flew a teen not long ago (he’s an EMS pilot) who’ll spend the rest of her life as a vegetable, although if one was uncharitable, one might say that’s not too big a difference from what she was before.
Stupid kids. At least try to live long enough to grow out of the stupid.