The Love Bug filming. The car was later given the name "Herbie" from one of Buddy Hackett's skits about a ski instructor named Klaus, who speaks with a German accent as he introduces his fellow ski instructors, who are named Hans, Fritz, Wilhelm, and Sandor. At the end of the skit, Hackett would say "If you ain't got a Herbie (pronounced ""hoy-bee"), I ain't going." Herbie's trademark "53" racing number was chosen by producer Bill Walsh, who was a fan of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player Don Drysdale (Drysdale's jersey number, later retired by the team, was 53). Walsh also gave Herbie his
In the Name of the Law (1922 film) from the Pittsburgh event. In the Name of the Law (1922 film) In the Name of the Law is a 1922 American police melodrama silent film. It was directed by Emory Johnson and starred veteran actors Ralph Lewis and Claire McDowell. It was filmed entirely in California. The film is an early example of an exploitation strategy, in this case, targeting a profession that had been cinematically maligned. The producers also encouraged local merchants to use the graphic of the officer holding his hand up to sell their products. In late August 1922, a feature film about a police officer