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The convoy begins at night on June 6 on "I-one-oh" just outside "Shakeytown" (Los Angeles, California), as the Rubber Duck informs the two trucks that "it's clean clear to Flagtown" (Flagstaff, Arizona) and that he is going to "put the hammer down" ("hammer" being the accelerator pedal) as the convoy plans to "cross the USA".
Rubber Duck's truck is generally represented in the film as a 1977 Mack RS712LST, although several other Mack RS700L–series trucks were used as a double and as stationary props. [13] The restored 'Second Unit' 1970 Mack RS731LST on-camera–double truck tractor and the only original remaining tank trailer were to return in late 2023 to be on ...
From there, they cross the English Channel en route through Omaha Beach, the Berlin Wall via the Autobahn, the Soviet Union and Japan, before Pig Pen—recalled from Omaha at the beginning of the song—lands in Australia, where there is no 55 mph speed limit, and the Rubber Duck decides to take the convoy there. Interspersed through the song ...
C. W. McCall's Greatest Hits, as the title suggests, is a greatest hits compilation of country musician C. W. McCall's work, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) on Polydor Records, rereleased on September 21, 1993 and containing songs from the first five out of his six albums of original music, including the ever-popular "Convoy" and its sequel, "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck".
William Dale Fries Jr. (November 15, 1928 – April 1, 2022) was an American commercial artist who won several Clio Awards for his advertising campaigns. He was also a musician remembered for his character C. W. McCall, a truck-driving country singer that he created for a series of bread commercials while working for an Omaha advertising agency as an art director.
Five 1970s Mack RS700 series trucks and one Cruise Liner COE were used in the motion picture Convoy [57] starring Kris Kristofferson as Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald and Ali MacGraw as Melissa. A 1970s Mack R-600 truck with a "coolpower" engine setup is used to haul an oil tanker in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
"Rubber Duckie", a song by the Sesame Street character Ernie "Rubber Ducky", a song by Quincy Jones on the Dollar$ soundtrack; Rubber Duck, a character in the 1976 novelty single "Convoy" by C. W. McCall and related media; Rubberduck, a DC Comics character; Rubber Duck (sculpture), a floating sculpture by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman
CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s, [1] when it was an important part of the culture of the trucking industry.