Cars are also a means
of transportation, meaning that some people mainly regard them as signs of
status. If anybody is sensitive to
status, it is a TV star. So, it is
interesting to look some famous TV couples, i.e. human and vehicle.
My favorite
tandems are in the travel/cooking field.
The world’s sexiest (from my point of view) tour guide is France’s Julie
Andrieu of Les Carnets de Julie. She speeds around the hills and dales
of France in a small red Citroen 304.
Being a two-seater and very low based, it is entirely impractical but so
are high heels. Who cares? It’s the
style that counts. Her male counterpart
is Guy Fieri of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives fame. He also gets around in
a red sports car, a Camaro in his case. Not being female, I cannot say if his
vehicle adds anything to his aura but I imagine it works for some people.
Of course, the
marriage between stars and cars predates these food shows. Detectives are often
identified by their wheels. What would have Miami Vice been without a fancy
Ferrari or the more recent CSI Miami without its Lamborghini? On the other side
of the lake, Inspector Morse motors around in slightly more understated manner,
appropriately for the English, sporting a red Jaguar. On the blue collar side of
the road, the famous shlumper Columbo maintained his image with a beaten
up greenish Citroen 403. Likewise, the cynical Ironside of San Francisco got
around the hilly city in a 1940 Paddy Wagon and always found parking for it,
not to mention spare parts.
To update and paraphrase
Descartes, in TV at least, I drive therefore I am.
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