Now that cars, SUVs, and minivans have the mounted TVs in them, it’s becoming more common to run into a show, movie, or video that’s playing in a nearby vehicle while you’re on the road.
Two nights ago, I was at a stop light behind a van, and they were playing some weird animated kiddie video. There appeared to be three adolescent frogs (standing upright, wearing clothes) who were talking to some guy (perhaps a dog) with bright red tufts of hair lecturing in a lab or classroom. There were also what appeared to be a couple of ordinarily-inanimate objects which were moving around the scene (they also had additional limbs). One of them was white and circular–like a breath mint–but didn’t have any eyes.
That’s when the light turned green, and we were on our way. So, what was the last thing you saw in someone else’s car?
An episode of Family Guy. I wasn’t behind them long enough to figure out which one in particular. I’d say that about 90% of the time when I see people playing dvds in their cars they’re watching Spongebob.
ArchiveGuy:
I am pretty sure that what you saw was from the LeapPad series. The “breath mint” was likely either an anthropomorphic zero or letter O. My children love the stuff, and I have to admit that they genuinely learned quite a bit from them. Those DVDs have been on the playlist in my own minivan on numerous occasions.
Labor Day weekend 2006, we were stuck in the bumper-to-bumper queue at the Otay Mesa border crossing waiting to get back into the US. I saw all 115 minutes of Cars in the minivan in front of us. And yes, that weekend was a good 2 months before the movie was officially released on DVD.
Just recently I saw a cartoon with subtitles playing in a mini van we passed. It kind of stood out for me because I can’t remember the last time I could actually see the picture in someone else’s vehicle. I didn’t recognize the cartoon, though. Probably anime.