While walking in Atlanta yesterday, I stumbled upon a small film crew who had just finished loading up a VW Type 2 passenger van. Apparently they were with a show called Painting The Town With Eric Dowdle.
It’s a relatively obscure Amazon Prime exclusive where he experiences the culture of a famous town and then paints a piece of folk art to symbolize it. I’ll definitely be watching the Atlanta episode when it drops though this sort of program rarely interests me.
Also, when you’re a very minor celebrity, all of a sudden you don’t need license plates. ‘Murica.
I asked about what role the van plays. It is basically a stage prop as I suspected. It’s a pretty eye catching livery though.
I get the feeling it’s pretty low budget though. It was just Dowdle and some other guys in the van with a Ford Expedition (just barely in frame) loaded up with not all that many equipment cases. Seemed like a lean operation.
I’m pretty sure that’s Eric Dowdle driving in this photo. He wasn’t very good at letting out the clutch. The guy who handed me the pamphlet I’m about to show you had to stand behind the van and hold it to avoid him smashing into the Impala SS parked behind it. I get maybe wanting some extra insurance but it took over a minute for him to pull out into an empty street. It was uphill but not that uphill even with 50 horsepower.
This is the “television bling” I was given. It’s a neat little notebook designed to look like a passport with a picture of many cities he’s visited printed on the pages just like a real one.
So now here’s the other stuff.
I seem to notice many more Trailblazer SSs than Impala SSs. This one was clean though.
I can’t think of a single reason why you’d want to drive a big old military truck through downtown yet this guy is just going for it. And with a trailer nonetheless!
Does anyone want to identify the truck for me? I couldn’t quite read the poster on the side but it has a picture of someone on it.
And finally, a random traffic altercation involving an Accord wagon. The person in the Jeep Commander just barely visible on the right was screaming out the window about these people running a red light. For some reason, the Accord has just wandered out into the intersection and the impatient Escape driver was just trying to run a red but was getting blocked in. It was pretty funny.