3,000-MILE TAXICAB RIDE CHRONICLED IN TV MOVIE.Byline: Evan Henerson From the moment in the summer of 1996 when Patricia Fry of Pasadena and cabdriver/good friend Steve Baird of Burbank pointed their cab north and took a spur of the moment "<B>Spur of the Moment</B>" is an episode of the American television anthology series <em>The Twilight Zone</em>. <H2>Details</H2>*Episode number: 141*Season: 5*Production code: 2608*Original air date: February 21, 1964*Writer: Richard , imagination-tickling trip from California to Canada, observers along the route and throughout the country have uttered a collective: ``You did what?'' When she contacted Baird, Fry had simply wanted to go to the beach. They ended up in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . Then, with Baird's agreement and the blessings of the Yellow Cab
Fry and Baird have largely shrugged off the wonderment, as though a 3,000-mile, $4,000 cab ride - taken with no advance planning - was as natural as a daily commute across 10 miles of the 210 Freeway. ``I had never been north of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden on the West Coast,'' recalled Fry, a retired hotel worker in her 60s who loves to travel. ``I had always wanted to see Washington and Oregon. We got to Santa Barbara and Steve said, `Is this far enough?' I said, `Couldn't we go a little bit farther?' '' They have told their story to newspapers and TV crews, even to Jay Leno Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Biography Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. on ``The Tonight Show.'' On Sunday, they'll get to see someone else's interpretation of their story when the TV movie ``Cab to Canada'' premieres at 9 p.m. on KCBS KCBS Kansas City Barbecue Society KCBS Korea Christian Book Service (now called KCB; Seoul, Korea) KCBS Kerala Catholic Bible Society (Kerala, India) (Channel 2). Both Fry and Baird have small, nonspeaking roles in the film, which was shot primarily in the Long Beach area. Maureen O'Hara and Jason Beghe play the Fry and Baird characters. The filmmakers have tweaked things a bit, but by and large, Fry and Baird expect what's on What's On (Traditional Chinese: 熒幕八爪娛) is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television. Format Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. screen to be consistent with the trip they actually took. The traveling duo are still taking trips together, although they haven't come close to duplicating their 1996 jaunt. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Patricia Fry and Steve Baird's cab ride from Pasadena to British Columbia has made media celebrities out of them. Michael Haering |
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