Ep. 5: White Line Fever

The late Jan-Michael Vincent stars in Jonathan Kaplan's 1975 ode to honest truckers White Line Fever, also starring Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, Sam Laws, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Dick Miller, and Leigh French. Written by Ken Friedman Trucking is hard! Ernest Borgnine explains Airwolf! Goober! Gomer! Pot euphemisms! Billy Jack! Walking Tall! Movin' On! Merle Haggard! Martin Scorsese! Symbolism! Leather pants! Theme by William Sherry Jr. Art by @stephenmullinax Thanks to Foreign Exchange Blu-Ray Imports: https://4xblu.com/ Ernest Borgnine interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFC4HwUcww Scott Von Doviak's (https://twitter.com/vondoviak) encyclopedic redneck-movie round-up Hick Flicks: https://www.amazon.com/Hick-Flicks-Rise-Redneck-Cinema/dp/0786419970 Jonathan Kaplan discusses White Line Fever at Trailers From Hell: https://trailersfromhell.com/white-line-fever/ Goober's Truck Stop Paradise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6uTNBjzeM8 Roger Ebert's review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/white-line-fever-1975 Truckers Go To Washington: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-truckers-go-to-washington-democracy-in-action-on-the-interstate-68811/ Truck Strike: https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike Movin' On Episode One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1ivj5rxiE Follow us for more clips, links and background: https://www.patreon.com/redstateupdate https://twitter.com/redstateupdate Red State Update - Home | Facebook Red State Update podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/red-state-update/id580999234?mt=2 100 Ways to Love a Cat podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/100-ways-to-love-a-cat/id1357985387?mt=2