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Citizens Band [VHS]

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I'm just old enough to remember the CB radio craze of the mid 1970's. Citizens Band is a humorous, but pretty realistic look at that craze. Before the Internet changed the face of communication and chat rooms took over, we had CB. As this movie shows, you could be anybody behind the CB mic, and reality rarely met the fantasy of the voice on the other end. You had the good, the bad, and the ugly on CB as this movie shows.

Another rumination on the importance of and difficulties in communicating with the people who are closest to you. For which CB radio was the perfect medium in the 1970s. Paul Lemat is earnest to the point of being irritating. Candy Clark is pile of confusion and lust. You have to love them.

I Remember when this was first on Tv I was in to CB Radios I Love the Movie and Today I Still Love to watch it I Still use CB Radio and Monitor CB Channel-9 for Emergencys Iam a REACT Member and CB Radio Hear in Shelby,NC is Still Hopping I Miss the Good Old Days. REACT is Still Around and Going Good and it is 49 Years Old and All Over The Wrold We been in Shelby 16 Years. Take Care God Bless to all.

A little over exaggeration, but people really tore down the offenders Antennas! The 70's had Sex Drugs, and Rock n' Roll, all a microcosm of the Life on C.B. Many Marriages were broken, and some sprang from C.B.! A good Movie for any age.

I recently came across this on Netflix instant seeing the Rig on the cover and information,then sadly to my disappointment,the "Rig" appears briefly, A White Western Star(Just like in the James Brolin Movie Steel Cowboy). And A Wrecker, You have Charles Napier(Trucking Shows Movin' On Tv Series and Bj & the Bear Tv Series,Trucker Movies.) and a Silly even for a Movie plot. If you are looking for CB Action it will not disappoint but Trucking isn't it and the movie to top it all off does not make sense and is boring and long.(reminds me of Smokey and The Hotwire Gang-another CB Type Movie and just as Boring).You have some parts where it seems they just want to make fun of Hillbillies and Of A Priest(A CB Priest).

Although the characters of the movie are "amplified" somewhat, the movie gives a pretty good idea of how CB had taken hold of the average citizen in "bubbaville" USA. I found it nostalgic, and my only complaint is that all the radios used for the movie were supplied by Radio Shack (I was hoping to see some old favorites). END