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Real Porky kept big cat, drove pink car, eluded law ("Porky's Based on Real Person/Bar)
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel ^ | July 1, 2015 | Robert Nolin

Posted on 03/08/2017 11:00:47 AM PST by PJ-Comix

"Porky's," a 1982 film, offered up a comedic portrayal of a group of teenage boys coming of age in South Florida. Though the movie was shot in Miami, it is generally believed to be based in large part on the Oakland Park roadhouse named Porky's Hideaway, which flourished in the 1950s and '60s.

That bar's owner, Donald "Porky" Baines, was a geniune South Florida character. He drove a pink Jeep and kept a pet lion in a cage behind his bar.

He let college kids drink all day for $1.50, and on Sundays, underaged teens were allowed in the bar to hear bands play. Don Ho and Flip Wilson played there, among other acts

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Florida
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To: Enterprise

There is a website that lists in detail the exact filming locations for movies filmed in Florida including Porky’s.


21 posted on 03/08/2017 11:24:22 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: circlecity

Motel Hell.....................


22 posted on 03/08/2017 11:29:28 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: PJ-Comix

Can rednecks be found closer to Cape Canaveral? Spacenecks?


23 posted on 03/08/2017 11:30:06 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Rastus

That’s one helluva picture.


24 posted on 03/08/2017 11:33:13 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: PJ-Comix

The closest I’ve come is in Dixie County Florida. My wife’s scum of the earth grandfather lived on the banks of the Suwanee River with some lady after he abandoned the family. They figured him for dead when he popped up after being gone for 30 years.

When he died, he ended up leaving his house to my FIL.

(Side note-He trusted Christ the day before he died)

We were down there once for a vacation. Gators in the river, some really memorable off-roading.

It was deer season. It seems the locals liked to hunt from the bed of their short box Chevy 4X4’s...with dogs.

We saw at least 100 of these trucks. Each one had an iron cage the size of the bed. The cage had a swivel chair like a bass boat and two coolers. We assumed one cooler was for beer. The other one was probably for beer. The “hunter” would loose the dogs and drink beer. When the dog ran a deer past the truck, the “hunter” would shoot it then drink some beer. Seemed kind of bizarre, but definitely redneck.


25 posted on 03/08/2017 11:37:10 AM PST by cyclotic (Republicans Are without excuse. Flood the Resolute Desk with sane legislation.)
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To: PJ-Comix

bfl


26 posted on 03/08/2017 11:39:42 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: PJ-Comix

Many years ago while I was Christmas shopping at Toysrus someone paged Mike Hunt. Pretty funny.


27 posted on 03/08/2017 11:54:47 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Complete with low-cut, white, Chuck Taylor Converse All-Stars

Now back by popular demand


28 posted on 03/08/2017 3:01:28 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: PJ-Comix

I know you guys are commenting on the direction, the writing and actors but the best scene was and will always be the shower scene : )

Now how do you post photos here?.....


29 posted on 03/08/2017 3:30:06 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

First, you have to be logged in....


30 posted on 03/08/2017 4:09:28 PM PST by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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