NEW BOOKS, Corvette Summer, Hot Wheels & Car Show Safari!
Welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY! Today’s blast begins with a BLAST TO THE PAST with a CORVETTE SUMMER MASTERPRINT and a Behind the Scenes lost shot as the car was being delivered to set!
DID YOU KNOW?? The Corvette used in the movie was a 1973 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that was converted to right-hand drive. The car was painted candy apple red with metal flake and flames. It also had a clam-shell hood, Superior mags, Gabriel shocks, and Mercury tubes. Years later, the hero car was found wrecked in a junkyard by producer Matthew Robbins!
Also in today’s VETTE-A-LICIOUS BLAST… Fireball’s got 2 NEW BOOKS OUT as of TODAY!! ZANY ZIPSTERS for Kids and Volume 1 of AUTOPOP: HOLLYWOOD TV CAR ART! Check ’em out by clicking the LINKS!
Also… shots from WHEELS & WAVES, STALLONE and his Director converse on the set of COBRA, today’s PINUP ART is Glam, Glam, GLAM!! New Hot Wheels SILHOUETTE ART also! Should Fireball make it available in the Garage Store? PLUS, original Disney Concept Art for THE NEW TOMORROWLAND 2055 and Episode 10 of CAR SHOW SAFARI! Watch on FACEBOOK here!
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HART TO HART ART, Bats, Buicks & an all-new CAR SHOW SAFARI!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!! Automotive Pop Culture is STRONG, and this year will be even better! Today, Fireball not only launches his brand new HART TO HART ART (Check it out HERE!) with the Mercedes 450SL, but we have an all-new Episode 9 of CAR SHOW SAFARI!! HUGE CELEBRITY GUEST!! Watch here on Facebook before we BREAK SOMETHING!!
DID YOU KNOW?? Stefanie Powers was in the same ballet class as Natalie Wood and Jill St. John… who were both married to Robert Wagner! Yikes!! And the dog who played Freeway was named “Charlie Gray” and was found in an animal shelter. He was especially close to Stefanie Powers, who co-starred with Robert Wagner in the show. Charlie Gray’s offspring, Freeway Jr., appeared in the 1993 TV movie Hart to Hart Returns.
Also in today’s NEW YEAR’S BLAST… Fireball’s BATSHAKER ART kicks ass and takes pink slips, Car Show People are coming to WHEELS AND WAVES on Sunday, Behind the Scenes ON SET with the 1989 BATMAN and Keaton, Pfeiffer and Burton, a snazzalicious BUICK ROADMASTER ART, Behind the Scenes with Robert Pattison and the 2021 BATMOBILE from THE BATMAN and another one of Fireball’s Classic Art pieces from DISNEY IMAGINEREERING, circa 1992! Vintage Coolness!
Today’s BEST OF SHOW… LOWRIDER TAKEOVER in LONG BEACH!! Watch Below!
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FLINTSTONES, Chuck Norris, SEMA Girls & NEW CAR SHOW SAFARI!
What a week! So much going on in the Garage, but today, Fireball SKETCHES a new FLINTSTONES BEDROCK ROADSTER MASTERPRINT, but there’s an all-new Episode of CAR SHOW SAFARI! Teleportation IS REAL!!! WATCH NOW!
DID YOU KNOW?? On the Flintstones Movie, since the entire cast performed barefoot, glassware was banned from the set to prevent injuries. The appearance of the Flintstones’ sabre-toothed cat marks one of the first times for a furry CG character in a feature film.
Also in today’s Funktacular Blast… a Vintage Snap of Fireball with Family Friend CHUCK NORRIS in the early days! Fireball Pop gave him his break on an episode of ROOM 222! Plus, the Police Women of BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 need THEY’RE OWN SERIES!! Also, Fireball’s 4-HEEL DRIVE from the Flintstones Movie was built on a RAM TRUCK and Fireball interviewing SEMA GIRLS!! Yea, SEMA is tough to go to, but someone’s gotta do it! And lastly, Fireball’s concept art for the ARIZONA SUPERBOWL.
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NEW CAR SHOW SAFARI Episode, Titans, Bats and DUKES!
Welcome to THE BLAST!In today’s coolness, we’ve got Fireball’s DUKE OF SPACE and DUKE OF SAND Masterprints! PLUS, an all-new Episode of CAR SHOW SAFARI!! The boys talk Local and Nationwide Shows, Mustang Diecast, SEMA, Woodies, Nashville and the LANE MOTOR MUSEUM! PLUS, REALLY HORRIBLE ELIXIR! WATCH HERE!
DID YOU KNOW?? While John Schneider and Tom Wopat were the ostensible stars of the show, both the actors and the show’s producers quickly found out that the main attraction was the 1969 Dodge Charger—dubbed the General Lee—that trafficked brothers Bo and Luke Duke from one caper to another. Of the 60,000 letters the series was receiving every month in 1981, 35,000 were addressed TO THE CAR!
Also in today’s Fireball Blast, titans SCHWARZENEGGER and LENO talk cars in the Garage, Fireball with CHRIS PRATT and CHUCK NORRIS buying some Mopar. PLUS, an original vintage snap of the ’66 BATGIRL BATBIKE! Girl had it goin’ on and Fireball needs to do a SKETCH of this one!!
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NEW CAR SHOW SAFARI EPISODE, Chitty, Mopar & Terminator!
Happy Friday, folks! And to celebrate the beginning of the weekend, here’s an ALL-NEW CAR SHOW SAFARI EPISODE!! WATCH HERE as the boys slurp awesome & disgusting ELIXIR, prepare to hit 6 CAR SHOWS this weekend, including SANTA PAULA CRUISE NIGHTS, HOT WHEELS LEGENDS TOUR & WHEELS & WAVES in Channel Islands, plus discuss DIECAST, THE ADM CLOSING and the HUGE HERSHEY SHOW in Pennsylvannia! TONS OF HYSTERICAL SHENANIGANS too! New Episodes every Friday! Plus, we’ll be LIVE FROM SEMA in the TRW BOOTH for the whole week!
Also in today’s end of week blast, NEW CHITTY & 1977 CHRYSLER CORDOBA MASTERPRINTS!! Fill your Garage with your favorite MOVIE or TV CARS, CLASSICS or anything else you can dream up! Fireball’s done thousands from inside the garage and the next one COULD BE YOURS! Here’s how to GIT ‘ER DONE!
DID YOU KNOW?? Fireball is Chairman of the MALIBU ARTS COMMISSION and runs the MALIBU CITY GALLERY. Have you been to see shows with Dick Van Dyke or Jane Seymour?? The latest is to celebrate fallen Fireball friend and an amazing artist DEREK SCHIMMING!
Also… do you recognize the beastly pickup below from one of the TERMINATOR FILMS? Which one was it??
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NEW CAR SHOW SAFARI, SciFi Weapons, Woodies, Angels and BATS!
THEY’RE BACK, FOLKS!! Fireball and Tommy are back with another episode of CAR SHOW SAFARI!! After a stint of Food Poisoning, Covid, Travel and all around World Destruction, here’s another episode of the most hysterical Car Show on the planet! WATCH as the boys cover Car Shows locally, nationwide and some of the most DISGUSTING SODA you’ll ever try! Plus, English Cars in Channel Islands, this weekend’s Cruisin’ for a Cure and SEMA! New Episodes every Friday on FB!
DID YOU KNOW?? Until it’s end due to Covid in 2020… and after a 10-year run in Malibu, Fireball’s WHEELS & WAVES CAR SHOW was the #1 Cars & Coffee in Southern California according to the LA Times… with regular celebrities like Jay Leno, Keanu Reeves and Kevin Hart attending. Now the show is in Channel Islands Harbor, hosted by the Channel Islands Maritime Museum on the FIRST SUNDAY of every month starting at 8am!
Also in today’s BLAST, Fireball toys with Syd Mead’s Laser Blast Gun as one of the early concepts for the original film BLADE RUNNER, busts out another Woodie SKETCH, slips in the MUSTANG COBRA from CHARLIE’S ANGELS as a MASTERPRINT and gets some snap-time with the ’66 BAT! Will it be coming to WHEELS AND WAVES??
BEST OF SHOW?? A FLAMING DUECE HOT ROD!
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BATMAN’S BATSHAKER, Wild Cad, Classic Jag and the SUPERBOWL
Sorry we’re late on this one with an all-new BATSHAKER MASTERPRINT… but we’ve been at The Ventura Nationals all day! What a show and tons of content coming! But hey, even Batman needs a Hot Rod from time to time, and this one is inspired by Larry Wood’s BONESHAKER! Check it out in the Garage!
Plus, Fireball does up Gene Winfield’s WILD CAD and sketches THE BULLET for the Arizona Superbowl Committee! Will they actually build it??
And even though the Murphy Museum is now closed, memories of driving COOL CARS continues with Fireball about town in the Classic Jag! “Pardon me, do you happen to have any Scorpion Butch-laced Grey Poupon??”
WHEELS AND WAVES is tomorrow!! You comin??’ And don’t forget to check out Episode 2 of CAR SHOW SAFARI!
BEST OF SHOW is this incredible slammed 1948 PONTIAC SILVER STREAK! Just wow…
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DEMOLITION MAN, Maybelline and NEW CAR SHOW SAFARI Episode!
To wrap up the week, Fireball launches an all-new Masterprint with Stallone’s DEMOLITION MAN! A crazy funky Police Cruiser from the year 2032 where people lived in the utopianistic SAN ANGELES. And all is good until Wesley Snipes shows up!
DID YOU KNOW?? The GM ULTRALITE was a 1992 low emmissions concept vehicle intended to demonstrate the benefits of advanced materials and low fuel consumption. It was rated at 88 miles per US gallon by the EPA, but could achieve 100 miles per US gallon at a steady state cruising speed of 50 mph. Due to the unusual design, the Ultralite had been featured in several science fiction productions, most prominently among them was in the 1993 film Demolition Man as the squad cars used by the fictional SAPD (San Angeles Police Department).
Also in today’s blast, Gene Winfield’s MAYBELLINE CADDY, dumbfounded Superhero THE OWL and an all-new CAR SHOW SAFARI Episode! This time, the boys get SICK ON SODA!
PLUS, Fireball creates THE BULLITT Concept for the Arizona Superbowl. Will they build it??
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James Bond CITROEN, BMW, Chopped & Kitty Hawk Canines!
Yea, things get pretty wacky here in the Garage sometimes, but lets first start off with a brand new James Bond MASTERPRINT! This time, it’s the CITROEN 2CV from FOR YOUR EYES ONLY! One of the best Car Chase sequences of the time, this 2CV took a lickin’ and kept on tickin’ even through the trees!
DID YOU KNOW?? Rather than its standard 602 cm3 engine, the film’s vehicle was fitted with the flat4 engine taken from a Citroen GS which more than doubled the power. In the film, Bond is captured by Cuban hitman, whilst spying on his Spanish villa. He manages to escape when Gonzales is killed by a crossbow bolt, shot by the daughter of an intelligence operative he had assassinated. When thugs accidentally destroy Bond’s Lotus Esprit, the pair are forced to make their escape through the winding roads (and steep-sloping olive groves) in Melina’s Citroën 2CV6. Notably, in one scene the ultra light 2CV tips over and is quickly righted by hand. Citroën launched a special edition 2CV “007” to coincide with the film; it was fitted with the standard engine and painted yellow with “007” on the front doors and fake bullet hole stickers.
Also in today’s blast, Fireball sketches up a BMW 2002, memories of SEMA with Chop, Cut, Rebuild buddy DAN WOODS and another Wacky sketch of how the Wright Brothers REALLY learned to fly. At the Kitty Hawk Canine School!
Today’s BEST OF SHOW is this one CHEVY NOVA 2 Survivor!! And don’t miss the first episode of CAR SHOW SAFARI, now airing!! It’s hysterical!
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BATSHAKER, Bombs Away and CAR SHOW SAFARI is back!!
Very exciting NEWS today as we wrap up this final Summer month, starting with a BATSHAKER BATMOBILE! This is Fireball’s crazy take on a Batmobile and Larry Wood Diecast MASHUP! Yes, even Batman has a Hot Rod now… Plus, Fireball does a smackdown with a Bombs Away Kustom in the Land of Hot Wheels Sketch!
SUPER COOL NEWS!! Fireball and Tommy are back with ALL-NEW-EPISODES of Car Show Safari, every Friday morning on Facebook launching a new episode to give you the goods on upcoming CAR SHOWS, EVENTS, Interviews, Car Coolness and yes… tons of hysterical Shenanigans! WATCH EPISODE 1 NOW and give them some LOVE!
Plus, Fireball spots a slick JAG in the Wild and releases a new WACKY SKETCH… HELIScorpion Tours!! (If you’re a Frog, you’re definitely in trouble…)
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