Episode Twenty Four-Christine

Stephen Kingcast

Constant Reader

Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2015

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode of the Stephen Kingcast, I examine King's first time behind the wheel of an evil car. In later years, he'll revisit the atrocities of what cars can do with entries such as From a Buick 8, Mr. Mercedes. And in 1999, King experienced first hand the dangers of what cars can do to a person as he meets the real life version of the evil car. But is Christine more than just a book about an evil car? Could it actually be a profound examination on the death of childhood friendships, growing up and a parent's fear of letting go? It couldn't possibly be his first great love story, could it? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!

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0:00.0	And I will always love you.
0:10.0	I will always I'm always
0:21.6	Love you
0:23.6	She was gold
0:24.6	A two-door sedan
0:26.6	With flip-up headlights and teetops that led in the sky
0:29.6	She had cow print-covered seats
0:32.6	A tape deck that was never not in use
0:34.6	A rewind feature missing a button that built up a callus on my finger
0:37.8	and a broom handle in the trunk named Jimmy Picker Upper.
0:41.5	Her glove compartment was Velcro taped in place, and she had a button that went pushed,
0:45.7	didn't do anything.
0:47.0	A button, we joked, would eject us through the open roof in an emergency.
0:51.7	Her windshield wiper squatters could be pushed sideways allowing me to spray idling cars,
0:55.8	passing bikers, and unlucky pedestrians. She was temperamental, broke down every other week,
1:02.3	and was lovingly referred to as the bomb. Her undercarriage was completely rusted, and I'm shocked
1:08.9	that I never fell through the floor.
1:11.3	She let us ride around like wild maniacs, moronic youth, donuts and parking lots, street
1:16.8	races on Saturday nights.
1:19.4	Her interior was so cramped it felt like piloting some underwater submersible as I explored
1:23.9	previously uncharted territories.
1:26.5	When it rained, it sounded like we pushed through the open seas like a boat upon the waves.
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