The Love Bug brought to the United States, Walt suggested a different car story for him, which was "Car, Boy, Girl", a story written in 1961 by Gordon Buford. "Car, Boy, Girl;" "The Magic Volksy;" "The Runaway Wagen;" "Beetlebomb;" "Wonderbeetle;" "Bugboom" and "Thunderbug" were among the original development titles considered for the film before the title was finalized as "The Love Bug." Herbie competes in the Monterey Grand Prix, which, except for 1963, was not a sports car race. The actual sports car race held at Monterey was the Monterey Sports Car Championships. Peter Thorndyke's yellow "Special" is actually a 1965 Apollo GT,
Bucky Bug wife), Bo Bug (a hobo and Bucky's best friend), the Mayor (June's father), Grandpa Bootle Beetle (Bucky's adopted grandfather), and others. American Bucky stories almost always had the characters speaking in rhyme. Bucky's regular monthly feature ended in 1950, but he still makes frequent appearances in Dutch stories up to the present time. Bucky is the first Disney character to make his first appearance in a comic strip outside The Mickey Mouse Universe. He made a very brief cameo early in the 1988 Touchstone Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". His first story is "Bucky Makes His Name", published