Modern Buddy

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:30 am**

We'd heard that NoHo Scooters had provided a couple Buddys for an upcoming episode of "Chuck." Tonight's episode ended with a preview with our first glimpse. I think the episode airs in 3 weeks. From the promo, it looks like the Bud gets ridden through a big glass window!

There was a scoot in tonight's episode, but I didn't get a good look at it.

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:50 am**

Yay I love Chuck, but it looks like we have to wait 3 weeks to see the scoots in action! They are taking a little break.

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:06 pm**

+1 My whole family loves Chuck!

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:14 pm**

Well I always knew the Buddy was the perfect Spy transport vehicle. Now we have proof!

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:38 pm**

I missed seeing the scooter! We love Chuck!

-v

Posted: **Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:54 pm**

Read the subject line and thought it was going to be about Chuck Norris! Dang. Well, I guess spies riding Buddies through plate glass windows is still pretty cool...

When the boogeyman goes to bed at night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris on a Buddy!

Posted: **Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:59 pm**

GrittyTacoman wrote:Read the subject line and thought it was going to be about Chuck Norris! Dang. Well, I guess spies riding Buddies through plate glass windows is still pretty cool...

When the boogeyman goes to bed at night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris on a Buddy!

Well, everyone knows the Buddy is the Chuck Norris of scooters....

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:05 pm**

Kaos wrote:
GrittyTacoman wrote:Read the subject line and thought it was going to be about Chuck Norris! Dang. Well, I guess spies riding Buddies through plate glass windows is still pretty cool...

When the boogeyman goes to bed at night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris on a Buddy!
Well, everyone knows the Buddy is the Chuck Norris of scooters....

It's the beard!

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:34 pm**

Using a St. Tropez may be a 'tribute' of sorts to the BEST TV spy ever, Simon Templar, The Saint!!

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:24 pm**

I just recently started watching Chuck (got drawn in by the fact that it had one of my fav Firefly alums in it), I was thinking that was a buddy I saw in the previews.

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:28 pm**

laxer wrote:I just recently started watching Chuck (got drawn in by the fact that it had one of my fav Firefly alums in it), I was thinking that was a buddy I saw in the previews.

And that the theme song is by Cake!

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:33 pm**

BuddyRaton wrote:
laxer wrote:I just recently started watching Chuck (got drawn in by the fact that it had one of my fav Firefly alums in it), I was thinking that was a buddy I saw in the previews.

And that the theme song is by Cake!

Yeah, I love that part. Makes for a great intro theme too

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:53 am**

Firefly was great it deserved to survive.... Oh well there is always the comic book version of it:)

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:34 am**

It's a brief cameo, but the Buddy made its first on-screen leap into International espionage in tonight's episode of Chuck.

Spoilers:

The Buddy can be glimpsed briefly in the background as Chuck and Sarah (handcuffed together) subdue the guys holding them. They have no time to spare to save Casey and Morgan from a bunch of bad guys. Chuck spots a vehicle nearby: Glamor shot of the Buddy International, nameplate easily legible if you have an HD set, still recognizable even if you don't. After apparently using their super spy skills to start it without the key, we next see the Buddy turn a corner and come to a halt, Chuck piloting, Sarah on his lap (see above screen capture) with dramatic horns playing. (Think "Fanfare for the Common Man".) They see Casey and Morgan through the cafe window. Dramatic pause. Close up of Chuck twisting to WOT. Close up of the Buddy's rear whitewall burning rubber. Interior shot as the Buddy (without Chuck and Sarah) crashes through the window, apparently landing safely(!). Chuck and Sarah follow and lots of kicks and punches ensue, as the Buddy wisely lays low in the background.

So, not a huge spotlight on the Buddy, but he plays the role well. And while there's a bit of a geeky undercurrent to their choice of vehicle, it's also culturally appropriate for the setting (they're in the Alps), and it isn't played for laughs.

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:08 pm**

I was dissapointed

the 'sacrificial' scooter

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:26 pm**

The buddy in question.

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:52 pm**

I have to admit that I can't stand that show

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:13 pm**

booleanman wrote:The buddy in question.

Awesome! Thanks!

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:15 pm**

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:26 pm**

I now know what my Buddy needs...
casters / training wheels.... just like those in this TV show

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:25 pm**

iMoses wrote:I now know what my Buddy needs...
casters / training wheels.... just like those in this TV show

I was trying to figure out what that was

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:45 pm**

Had fun checking out the show. Was oddly nervous though. It was like watching my kid in the school play!

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:32 pm**

GrittyTacoman wrote:Had fun checking out the show. Was oddly nervous though. It was like watching my kid in the school play!

We watched it off my DVR last night. My son was SOO excited to see a Buddy, he kept making me rewind it to see the Buddy again and again.

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