FIRE!! Holidays, Ark 2, ATeam, Tony Dow & we lose GIL GERARD
Good morning, you SLITHERING STHUCKATASHES and welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE!! It’s hump-day and we celebrate with Fireball’s recent Commission for the LA CITY FIRE!! It’s a 1940’s AERIAL LADDER FIRETRUCK called LIGHTFORCE!! And it’s HOT!!
DID YOU KNOW?? 1940’s Aerial Ladder Trucks were often powerful, all-steel firsts (like Seagrave’s V-12s), featured unique designs, sometimes used as makeshift TVs with antennas for sports and transitioned from horse-drawn concepts to modern power. Though they lacked today’s safety features, relying on massive ground ladders and crew ingenuity, many were “tiller trucks,” needing two operators (a driver and a rear tiller) to steer the long rigs around tight city streets. These trucks bridged the gap between old horse-drawn methods and modern apparatus, proving aerials’ worth in major fires like Boston’s Cocoanut Grove in 1942.
And meanwhile, ON PLANET FIREBALL… Kim hands out Hot Wheels to kids at the recent 2025 HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE, the ARK II MUGSHOT is NOW AVAILABLE, B.A. Barakus’ A-TEAM VAN… SKETCHED, The Official TONY DOW (Leave it to Beaver) Celebrity Coloring Book is the full story and sadly… the world loses BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY’S Gil Gerard.
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BARETTA, Tony Dow, Eddie Munster, Vintage Fireball & UFOs!
Amazing Sunday Morning and WELCOME TO AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY!! Today, we head back to 1975 for the TV Show BARETTA with Bobby Blake. PI’s were in and he drove a beat up POS 1966 Impala! So… Fireball had to SKETCH IT and now it’s been MUGGED!! CHECK IT OUT!!
DID YOU KNOW?? The show’s theme song, “Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow,” was originally instrumental, but lyrics were added later and sung by Sammy Davis, Jr! Baretta ran from 1975–1978 and Stephen J. Cannell created the character Tony Baretta. Robert Blake also appeared as a child actor in 22 Red Ryder movies as “Little Beaver!”
Also in today’s CLASSIC TV BLAST… Fireball CAR SHOW PEEPS include TONY DOW, BUTCH PATRICK and BILLY GIBBONS from ZZTOP!! PLUS, some Vintage Fireball from SANTA’S VILLAGE Circa 1969, Fireball sportin’ a Classic SCHWINN, Scootin’ some Fireball Scooter Shooters and Ed Straker’s UFO CAR gets a MUG!!
Off to WHEELS AND WAVES today!! Episode of BEST OF SHOW coming this week! Have an awesome Sunday, folks!
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THE BEAVER, Tony Dow, Rockford, Pinups, Celebs & Kustoms!
Welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY! Let’s launch right into it with a stunning 1960 PLYMOUTH Fireball MASTERPRINT from the show LEAVE IT TO BEAVER! Plus, a great classic shot of TONY DOW gettin’ ready to drive!
DID YOU KNOW?? Tony LOVED Cars and had many over the years. From Porsches to Karman Ghias to Corvairs. Healso owned a bunch of cars and in the show, a 1958 Chevrolet Corvette and a 1957 Triumph TR3A made appearances as vehicles owned by members of The Barrons, the school car club. Wally spent $220 for a 1953 Chevrolet in one episode, and in another, he washes his father’s 1963 Plymouth Fury.
Also in today’s BEAVER BLAST… Rockford’s FIREBIRD was wired with microphones to capture the sounds of the car, the actors and other sounds on set. The car had a microphone plug-in junction box in the floor console with inputs for “Garner” and “Bay.” Fireball sits in one of the cars built for the film THE FLINTSTONES, WHEELS & WAVES is coming December 1st to Channel Islands, an all-new PINUP MASTERPRINT ART is in the Garage featuring “COLORFUL CARLY,” a shot from the Pete with Fireball, PhotoMaster PEP WILLIAMS & MAGNUS WALKER and lasty… Fireball sports a finished print Commissioned by enthusiast Pierre Bogros. This one, a Palm Springs CADILLAC AIRSTREAM Combo!
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In today’s GARAGE EPISODE… a KUSTOM HOT ROD PICKUP TRUCK that’s HOT! Also, check out Fireball and Tommy as they do an interview from SEMA for the SYRACUSE NATIONALS!
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KOJAK, Tony Dow, Pinups, Starsky & new CAR SHOW SAFARI
Welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE! Today, we not only rock it with a stunning Fireball KOJAK MASTERPRINT ART, but the boys are back from SEMA with an all-new hysterical CAR SHOW SAFARI Episode!! WATCH NOW on Facebook!
DID YOU KNOW?? Telly Savalas was close friends with actor John Aniston and was godfather to his daughter Jennifer… a successful TV and film actress. Savalas held a degree in psychology and was a world-class poker player who finished 21st at the main event in the 1992 World Series of Poker. He was also a motorcycle racer and lifeguard!!
Also in today’s WHO LOVES YA BABY BLAST… Vintage snap with GEORGE BARRIS at SEMA, the Bike Fireball designed for the film PRIEST, another design commission of a LAND ROVER ROCK TACKLER, a super cool BRUNETTE PINUP ART, SHOUTOUT to Fireball Pal Lou Cicciari and his Crime-Bustin’ STARSKY TORINO, Fireball Ventura SUPERHERO ART and more COOL CARS FROM SEMA!!
In today’s GARAGE EPISODE… Fireball zips a Black Corvair with the late TONY DOW!! WATCH BELOW!
TRON ART, Tony Dow, Chips, Kustoms, Rockabilly & FIRE!!
We’re you a fan of TRON? Well then, along with Fireball’s all-new TRON TANK MASTERPRINT ART comes some great news from Digital Hollyweird…
DID YOU KNOW?? There’s an new TRON MOVIE in the works! “TRON: ARES” follows a highly sophisticated Program… Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission… marking humankind’s first encounter with actual A.I. beings. A standalone sequel to Tron: Legacy (2010) and the third installment in the Tron film series, it is directed by Joachim Rønning from a screenplay by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne. Disney has announced Nine Inch Nails will be creating the upcoming ‘Tron: Ares’ movie soundtrack, replacing Daft Punk and it will star Jeff Bridges! Slated for Oct 10th Release.
Also in today’s CAR-A-LICIOUS BLAST… Fireball snaps with late-actor TONY DOW (They were Best Friends, but what did they drive in THE SHOW?), the boys in tan… CHiPS Jon and Ponch, Fireball doin’ the DIECAST Thang at a show in Malibu, RAT BUGS of Hot Wheels Legends, a ROCKABILLY STUNNER (Do you guys want Fireball Pinup Art??), a 1930 MOONSHINE RUNNER MASTERPRINT and…
FIRE!!! Just another day in SoCal, folks… WATCH HERE!
WHEELS & WAVES is happening this Sunday, Nov 3rd in CHANNEL ISLANDS!! HIT IT!!
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BONUS SKETCH! The Mummy, Bonkers Capri & Tony Dow…
I’ve always been fascinated with movies that would have been better with a Cool Car. But sometimes, my pen gets a bit bonkers, like in today’s case. I wondered what THE MUMMY would be driving, so… here’s a bit of MUMMY MUSCLE for you guys! Spot the Ark of the Covenant??
Plus, a heavily modded Ford Capri that I spotted recently in the wild and a shot of my two best peeps. Bruce Meyer from THE PETE and best friend TONY DOW before he passed. We did a ton of Car Shows together.
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Fireball makes good on a TONY DOW PLYMOUTH FURY WISH…
Many of you know that TONY DOW was one of my best friends. I miss him. But in some of thousands of conversations over the years, it was clear that Tony was a CAR GUY as his stories ranged from his first CORVAIR that he had in High School to the PLYMOUTHS on his show, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. And although the show featured many cars including the four-dor BELVEDERE, Tony expressed his desire to producers to have this car… the 1960 PLYMOUTH FURY COUPE in Aqua Blue. For the majority of its run, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER was a Chrysler-sponsored show and Ward generally drove the Plymouth Fury four-door sedan, but not the coupe and since the show was Black and White… Color didn’t matter so much.
Although the Producers never made good on his request for the Fury Coupe, Tony’s favorite Plymouth stuck in my mind for years as we went to Car Shows… so…
Today I make good on Tony’s favorite car with a Fireball SKETCH! The 1960 PLYMOUTH FURY COUPE was a stellar design. It’s 310hp SonoRamic-powered pointed toward the future and solidified a streamlined Jet Age coming to fruition. The Plymouths were designed under the direction of Virgil M. Exner, who was in his final days leading the Chrysler design department and it was an exciting time for them.
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER was mid-season in their run (1957-1963) and at it’s height when this ’60 Chrysler appeared and Tony wanted it. But Plymouth had already given them multiple cars and the Coupe never made it into Tony’s hands. If it did, he would have kept it and it may have stayed in his garage for years. But instead, his Corvair came back to him after 50 years and we restored that.
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Remembering TONY DOW and his love of CARS…
Tony was a good friend for a lot of years. And like me, he loved all sorts of cars… and we went to many car shows. But it’s the people that we enjoyed the most. You guys. Guys and Girls who love cars like we do and the adventures they take us on. So regardless of how the world is changing and it is… spend time with your friends and their cars. You don’t know how much time you’ll have left, so do it now.
Story time with Leave it to Beaver TONY DOW!
On today’s BEST OF SHOW, Fireball talks with buddy Tony Dow talk “Babylon5,” “Swamp Thing” and “Leave it to Beaver.” *Tony passed away recently and will be missed.
TONY DOW brings his awesome Corvair to Malibu FERRARI SHOW…
On today’s BEST OF SHOW, Fireball reveals the time his buddy Leave it to Beaver TONY DOW brought his Corvair to a FERRARI SHOW. Awesome…
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