Bushwack Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 FWIW...Steve (our beloved SteveSkyhawk) sent me a text that he saw a Reatta on the TV series Young Sheldon (on CBS). Anyone see it (or have it taped)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 You had to look quick to see it flash by. I was able to pause the TV and take a photo with my camera. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cargirl Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Wow, very cool. Perhaps you should have photo shopped a white convertible top on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 HaHa. If I had we would never hear the last of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDirk Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) It does almost look like it may be a polo green coupe in that still, but it has 88-90 wheels on it so probably not. More likely either black or sapphire blue with odd lighting (those orange hued sodium street lamps). Note too the full sized station wagon, could be a Buick or Olds. I don't think the Chevy version got "woodgrain" vinyl after the 70's but could be mistaken on that. Could also be a Ford full size wagon though. Now, what I want to know is where they procured the car for shooting that sequence. I know therd are outfits that specialize in renting cars for period correct work in tv and movies, but do we really think such an outfit would be sitting on a Reatta of all things, versus some other readily recognizable (to the public at large) late 80's vehicle? That leaves two other possibilities. One is that someone on the crew has (or at least knew of) a Reatta personally, and they arranged to work it in, maybe even as an inside joke. Or, the studio rented it from a private owner (and this does happen frequently when shooting movies and tv shows where specialty or period specific vehicles are needed) to use for the shoot. In the latter case, it might not be that difficult to find out who's car it is as there is usually a fairly short list of go-to people who work that part of the business. Edited March 31, 2018 by KDirk (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The color could be off because of me taking a photo of my TV screen. The TV show Young Sheldon is set in 1989 so the Reatta would be period correct. Sheldon, in the TV show Big Bang Theory, often refers to the year 1989 according to my daughter who is a big fan of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDirk Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Ronnie, it has less to do with your hardware or taking it direct of the screen than the lighting of the setting in which the car was filmed. Look at the the streetlight. Low pressure sodium bulb in the streetlamp=orange tinted light. Put a blue car under it and will look a bit greenish. The same effect would be seen on a black car, to a lesser extent. Even with the motion smear, there's no mistaking that those are 5 spoke wheels, so not 91 style rims. Not that any of this really matters, it's just nice to see someone chose a Reatta for a few seconds of screen time. When's the last time that happened? Probably 20 years or more ago now in any mainstream production that got decent exposure. And no, YouTube vids don't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The car was just on the screen for a split second. I watched that episode of Young Sheldon with my daughter and I didn't see the Reatta. SteveSkyhawk must truly have an eye like a hawk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I say it and glad someone posted the picture. I'm not sure the car is green.....the wheels look like pre-1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domodude120 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I know that this thread might now be old, but in a recent episode (maybe) the same Buick reatta was shown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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