I wanted to give a shout out to my buds around Oklahoma.......you know who you are.
I've only shared this with Tim so far (#21) and have messaged Raul about it as well. (#10)The B and B Movie Theater in Claremore OK (about 20 min north of Tulsa)is trying something new. They are calling it "Retro Night."
The B and B Movie Theater in Claremore is a fairly large theater with 8 different screens I believe it is, and who'd a thunk it......they picked Jurassic Park for their first go at this Retro Night.
Since discovering this, I decided to go inside and introduce myself to the General Manager of the theaters for the Tulsa Market, and when he saw my JP Jeep sitting outside by the curb, his jaw dropped.
He said he had heard of a certain Jurassic Jeep running around Claremore, but had no idea there were so many in the N.E. Oklahoma area. Long story short.....he wants the Oklahoma crew and their Jeeps. I showed him some of the pics of our recent outings we had when some of us got together at Mohawk Park in Tulsa. He was damn near speechless.
I showed him those two pics....and I think his mind was made up.
He offered, up-front, on the curb parking for all the Jeeps, full comped movie passes and refreshments for the Jeep drivers and their guests, and even said they would market it as a "One Time only, back in theaters Jurassic Park showing" with all our Jeeps.
First off.....Jeeps or no Jeeps......no amount of arm twisting could stop me from going and seeing that movie on the big screen again. If I had to walk....I'd still go.
At any rate, they have flyers all around the theater and I took a pic of one while I was there....
Notice, it is being held on August 30th. They said that if a different date warranted it, they could try for a weekend date in August prior to the 30th to accomodate the Jeep owners since the 30th is on a Thursday. But the reason for that day, is cause it is a pretty good sized theater....and I gathered that most of their income comes from Friday and Saturday night New Releases. But it was the General Manager that made the weekend option comment.
I think it's safe to say, that Tim and myself are already game for this showing. But how big of an ass would I be if I didn't give a shout out to our buddies around Oklahoma to come and join us
bring your Jeeps, and all you would have to do is hang out, talk Jurassic, pig out on popcorn, and watch JP on the big screen again. Sooooo.......lets see how much the heat out here is affecting my memory.......humor me guys.......
MrScorpio
cpltony
DrewSmith007
TulsaJurassicPark
ratrace427
Kni1ght
I know I'm forgetting a couple of the guys..........my bad my bad my bad......
It's about a month and a half away guys......what do you think? At least I don't need to plan on bringing a projector this time.
And food for thought......myself and Raul held a small Theme car show at this theater back when it first opened. Just for the heck of it.....here is that video shortly after the theater first opened......and no points off for inaccurate vehicles.
Back then, several of our rides were still in their infancy, and it was 4 years ago......so no points off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICSvnrHsFDI
Since then, the theater and it's crowds have grown immensely. And I say, if they wanna attempt a "Retro Night" with Jurassic Park.....with an attempt to sell out all their seating tickets (as the general manager mentioned) then myself, and my Jeep are there. Tim told me he's all in too.
So.....who's coming?
And before I forget to mention it......I know Claremore isn't exactly right around the corner for many of you.....as I said above...it's about 20 min North of Tulsa.....but both Claremore and the Theater are right on Highway 66.
And my place is less than a mile from the theater. So if your drive has got you a little stressed....and need a bit of a relax.....my place is gonna be the acting Visitor Center. Nah....just playin.....but you guys are welcome to visit as well. Peace guys.
Mike
I'm very curious to see what "marketing" he has in mind for making this more than just your average showing of an old movie. He did tell me they really want to draw a crowd with this JP showing on their Retro Night, so I'm sure the Facebook comment either will be addressed, or I'll ask him what sort of links they have for the theater in town that may offer a way to get the word out more. I'm not sure all the specifics he has in mind for promoting that night.....will find out more tomorrow afternoon, but I did send him several of the group pics of all the Jeeps.....so who knows.....he does sound just as excited about this as we do.