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Podcast: Critically Acclaimed Network
Episode: Canceled Too Soon #88 - Herbie, The Love Bug (1982)
Description: In 1968, Disney introduced the world to HERBIE THE LOVE BUG, an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle who won races, warmed hearts, and starred in six feature-length, live-action motion pictures over the course of nearly 50 years. But most people forget that Herbie also starred in a Disney Channel television series in 1982... possibly because it's one of the most milquetoast television series ever made. In HERBIE, THE LOVE BUG, the little car cancels his racing career to settle down with a family in the suburbs. But was he... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take this long-forgotten...