In the late 1950s two young guys named Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman set out on a road trip. Hackman, who'd just dropped out of the Pasadena Playhouse, was headed to New York to give Broadway a try. Hoffman, a fellow struggling actor, hitched a ride only as far as Colorado, where he was going to do summer stock. Well along the way, as the elevation climbed, Hackman got stuck behind a clunker. After he finally managed to squeeze past on a muddy mountain road, his wheels skirting the edge of the highway, Hoffman yelled out: "Damn, that was good driving." … Back to Article
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