Today's Michael Berry Show Is Sponsored By, The Drive-In Movie Theater

The Michael Berry Show

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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0:00.0	The Michael Berry Show
0:01.8	Today's Michael Berry show is brought to you by
0:06.1	The Drive-In Movie Theater
0:08.2	You get more out of life when you go out to a movie
0:11.8	The show starts in two minutes
0:14.3	The first drive-in was in Los Cruces, New Mexico
0:17.0	way back in 1915
0:19.6	After World War II, rising car ownership and a large suburban and rural population
0:24.3	led to a boom in drive-in theaters with hundreds being opened every year
0:28.8	At its peak in the late 1950s and early 60s, there were over 4,000 drive-in
0:34.1	spread out all across the United States
0:36.7	By comparison, there are 2,200 indoor movie theaters in America today
0:42.4	The drive-in success was rooted in its reputation as being family-friendly
0:46.7	Parents could bring their children to the drive-in movie theater
0:49.4	They didn't have to worry about a fussy baby or a fidgety toddler
0:52.8	This also allowed them to spend time together without the expense of a babysitter
0:57.2	The drive-in movie theater was also thought of as a great place for a first date
1:01.6	because it was considered less formal than going to a cinema film at a brick-and-mortar theater
1:06.6	coincidentally, the greater privacy that made the drive-in so family-friendly
1:11.2	gave the drive-ins a bad reputation
1:13.8	A reputation as being immoral
1:16.4	And they were labeled passion pits in the media
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