Smith School of driving (ca. 1960)
The "world famous" Smith School of driving is still active, so I doubt you could get permission, but the old-school driver's ed. films (somewhere from mid-'50s to late '60s I'd guess) are pretty damned funny, and ripe pickin's fer riffin'. Smith is a cantankerous pedant who likes to refer to trucks as "billboards" and admonishes drivers to "give the signal" (presumably their middle finger) at parked motorists as they pass. Nothing tops the combination of educational film cheese, with middle america values cheese, with ****** mid-century car cheese, with an over-determined and "five point system" taken all too seriously cheese, and the stilted attempts of a crotchety adult toi imbue proper skills in sixteen-year-olds who are just happy they aren't watching Blood on the Highway.
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The Smith School of Driving, a "world-famous" institution active since the 1960s, became a cult classic thanks to its hilariously outdated driver’s education films from the mid-'50s to late '60s. Featuring the cantankerous Smith, who referred to trucks as "billboards" and sternly urged drivers to "give the signal" (likely a sarcastic jab), these films combined cheesy mid-century car aesthetics, rigid five-point systems, and middle-America values in an over-the-top educational style. For a modern take on driving entertainment, you can explore games like Drive Zone Online at https://drivezoneapkz.com/