Back in the Seventies, my parents had a Finnish exchange student who stayed at our house. Very nice, very smart, and became one of our family.
The last time she visited before my mother passed on, I dropped by during the visit to say hello, and met her young son who may have been ten or twelve.
She said that she was trying to think of something completely American to have him see or experience, the light bulb went on in my head, and I said "I have just the thing!"
Drive in Movie.
So, we looked to see what was playing (there were two screens, two movies at each one!) One of the main features was "The Simpson's Movie" and with no hesitation, they both chose that one! Heh, now THAT'S where people around the world get their impressions of America!
They were both delighted with the whole experience. The only thing missing was the speakers you used to have to put on the car window...:) (Having it on the car radio IS an improvement, however! But for nostalgic purposes...
I love Drive In's. The bad, bad fried food and the smell from the Snack Bar...all the stale looking commercials for local businesses, intertwined with the absolutely tacky, immortal, and delightful cartoons imploring you to visit the Snack Bar!
And while they were showing those, they often had a small playground right up underneath the screen with kids. The sun has just gone down...there is still light, and you can hear the kids and see the swings going back and forth, occasionally punctuated by the headlights of cars on the screen and they enter on their way to a parking space to view the movie from.
Then, when I was a teenager and young adult, going to the Drive-In, hiding kids in the trunk, setting out the old aluminum yard chairs with the green and white plastic webbing...
Boy, that makes me very nostalgic. Those were good times.