BLUES BROTHERS, Badasses, Trinity Hot Rod & Andy Griffith!
Welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY!! It’s Monday and time to kick it into high gear with THE BLUES BROTHERS, BLADE RUNNER & BLACK MOON RISING MASTERPRINTS!! Huge THANKS to those of you who snagged our Custom Collectible MUGS this weekend! 10% goes to Dog Rescues!! Post a PHOTO of you with your Collection, TAG US @fireballtim (IG) or on FB or just email us the snap and YOU COULD WIN A FREE MUG out of HUNDREDS OF DESIGNS IN THE GARAGE!
DID YOU KNOW?? The Bluesmobile was a 1974 Dodge Monaco sedan that was prominently featured in the movie. Director John Landis claimed that the portion of the final chase sequence filmed beneath the elevated train tracks was actually filmed at the speed indicated on the car’s speedometer! Real police officers participated, the stunt driving in the movie was all real, they used 13 different Bluesmobiles and more than 60 old police cars… and the movie held the record for the most cars destroyed in a movie at the time, with 103 cars wrecked!!
Also in today’s WE’RE ON A MISSION FROM GOD BLAST… Badassery continues with Fireball Car Show Peeps hitting WHEELS AND WAVES! This includes JONATHAN BANKS (Better Call Saul), JOHN PAUL DeGORIA (Paul Mitchell), Director and START TREK #1 JONATHAN FRAKES & Mustang Fan JOHNNY GALECKI!
IN THE NEWS!! Fireball’s WHEELS & WAVES Car Show in Channel Island’s premiered Joe Magliato’s ALL-NEW TRINITY HOT ROD!! Holy cow, what an amazing 4-year build and to finally see this Copper & Brass Masterpiece in person was a huge treat for fans. Still more to do on the car, but we’ll keep you posted on appearances!!
And lastly, a super cool Classic T-Bird from THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW!
Check out the latest episode of CAR SHOW SAFARI with Fireball & Tommy! HYSTERICAL!! New Shows across the nation, GNRS and SNOW BALLS OF FIRE!! WATCH on FACEBOOK NOW!
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HILLBILLIES, Leno, Jerry Reuss, Red Wrecker & 1-ADAM-12!
Happy Superbowl Sunday and Welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY!! We know you’re probably watching the game, but when you WIN… let’s celebrate with THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, BJ & THE BEAR, THE BEATNIK BANDIT & a Mopar Fireball SUPERFAN!! (Did you win??)
DID YOU KNOW??
- $7,584: The average cost of a ticket to the past five Super Bowls.
- $6,733: Lowest price of a Super Bowl LIX ticket on the resale market just after the conference championships (14% decrease from 2024).
- $500M+: Estimated economic impact for the Louisiana economy in 2025.
- 17.6M: Americans plan to watch the game at a bar or restaurant.
- 192%: 20-year increase in the cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad.
Wow. Also in today SUPER BOWL BLAST… Classic Car Collectors come in all shapes and sizes including BIG DOG JAY LENO, JOE MANTEGNA, JESSE JAMES and Baseball Pitcher Hall of Famer JERRY REUSS! What’s in their Collections?? Fireball’s on the case…
PLUS, some beauties from GNRS 2025 include the Barris GOLDEN SAHARA, Redd Foxx’s LIL’ RED WRECKER, a Stunning Black SLED and a Scary PINTO WAGON Bastardo!! Also, one of the original COP CARS from ADAM 12!! Should Fireball SKETCH this one, too??
More BEST OF SHOW Episodes from GNRS coming this week?? Have you seen all three episodes yet? Here’s a RECAP!! WATCH Below or on YOUTUBE!
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MULTI-BATS, Celebs, Concept Art, Jeanie & GNRS SUEDE PALACE!
Happy Frikkin’ Saturday and WELCOME TO AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY here in the Fireball Tim Garage! (We have Moon Pies in here somewhere too… ) Let’s cork outta this pop stand with some NEW BATS ART!! Fireball’s BATMISSILE, BATGIRL 1955, THE KAPOW ’66 and the Ball’s original 1989 BURTON BATMOBILE! Snag your fav in the garage on a Shirt, Mug or Canvas Print and we’ll HELP DOGS FIND HOMES!
DID YOU KNOW?? Tim Burton maked a cameo appearance in the 1989 film Batman as one of the Joker’s goons in the museum scene. Go back and WATCH! Batman creator Bob Kane personally recommended Jack Nicholson for the role of the Joker in Batman because… Nicholson loves jokes at his expense! So much that he showed up at every Academy Awards hosted by Billy Crystal, who in turn would incorporate Nicholson somehow in the telecast.
Also in today’s BAT-A-TASTICAL BLAST… Fireball snaps with Car Show Peeps JANE SEYMOUR, PENNYWISE and Celebs of SOLDIER CON! Also, more Concept Art from Six Cities with the main HERO TRUCK, Fireball at the Hollywood Museum with I DREAM OF JEANIE’S Original Bottle, Kustom Kruiser of GNRS 2025, original Concept Art (unknown) from THE BATMAN and today’s episode…
Fireball Scoots the GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW 2025 SUEDE PALACE!! Watch Below or on YOUTUBE!
We’re off to COUNTY LINE CARS & COFFEE this morning!! Have a great Saturday… ya filthy animals!!
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AIRWOLF!! Celebs, HeliTruck, Rods, Batmobile & BEST OF SHOW!
Welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY!! It’s Friday and we celebrate with Fireball’s all-new AIRWOLF MASTERPRINT!!! What an awesome piece for your Collection and comes as STICKERS, a 500-Piece PUZZLE, MUGS & More! CHECK IT OUT in the Garage!!
DID YOU KNOW?? The Airwolf TV Series with Jan-Michael Vincent debuted on January 22, 1984. The helicopter was a modified Bell 222 with stealth systems invisible to radar! The show’s creator, Don Bellisario, also wrote an episode of Magnum P.I. that had a similar plot to Airwolf! But the helicopter was eventually sold and became an ambulance helicopter in Germany, where it crashed in 1992! Ouch! 🙁 – A replica of Airwolf was created in the early 2000s and from 2007 to 2015 was displayed in a Tennessee museum until it was sold to a collector. It’s now on top of a $250 million mansion in Bel Air, California!!
Also in today’s COPTER CHASE BLAST… Fireball Vintage Snaps with long-time friend GEORGE BARRIS in Culver City, Pinstriper JEFF STYLES, Car Designer HENRIK FISKER at Art Center College and Malibu Mayor PAUL GRISANTI at Hot Wheels Legends Tour. Also, Fireball’s Concept for another HELITRUCK (Copter Themed… See how we just did that? Oh, yeaaaa…)
PLUS, some SoCal Car Snaps with the Ball and HOT RODS, original Batmobile Concept Art by Harald Belker for BATMAN AND ROBIN and some CAMARO Love from Fireball’s Coloring Book and Canvas Print! This one’s ON A MUG too!
Today’s BEST OF SHOW episode sends Fireball through Building 7 at the 2025 GNRS! WATCH BELOW!!
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AMERICAN GRAFFITI, Avengers, Winfield, Shagging & COMMISSIONS OPEN!
Welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY!! Let’s Bang the Gong this morning and launch with a Funkadelik Foursome… starting with Fireball’s new SHAGMASTER FEMBOT CADILLAC from AUSTIN POWERS, Emma Peels’ Classic Roadster from THE AVENGERS, BARBIE’S PINK CORVETTE and a nasty visit from THE JOKER in this hot BATMAN FOREVER SKETCH! Check out the Selections by smashing those LINKS!
DID YOU KNOW?? The fembots in the Austin Powers movies are a spoof of the fembots from television. Primarily from the hit series THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN. They have been called robotesses, cyberdolls, and “skin-jobs” in other media. They were also spoofed in the Futurama series, many other films and it looks like we may be on the verge of making them real!! Won’t THAT be a hoot!
Also in today’s TITACULAR ATTACK EBLAST… Fireball celebrates friend GENE WINFIELD with a nostalgic snap with LEONARD NIMOY! (Gene built the Space Shuttle Galileo for the series STAR TREK!). Fireball COMMISSIONS ARE BACK OPEN!! Want Fireball to SKETCH UP YOUR CAR? Here’s how…
PLUS, Fireball snaps with the EVEL KNIEVEL VAN, reveals the original Concept Sketch for the AMERICAN GRAFFITI Poster inside the Lucasfilm Archives. “Mort Drucker created the theatrical poster for the 1973 movie American Graffiti. Drucker was an artist known for his work on MAD Magazine, which was a favorite publication of George Lucas!”
IN THE NEWS!! Fireball launches EPISODE 1 of BEST OF SHOW from the 2025 GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW Building 9!! Check it out BELOW! Watch, Drool, Repeat…
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ALIENS, ANDY & ATEAM, GNRS Mad Max Bike & Fantastic 4!
Howdy folks, and WELCOME TO AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY!! Some new features today, so let’s start out with some cool MASTERPRINTS with THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, ATEAM, ARK 2 and an all-new ALIENS LV427!! Which one you like BEST? LEAVE A COMMENT below and you could WIN A FREE MUG!!
DID YOU KNOW?? James Cameron’s APC TANK from the film ALIENS was built around the air towing tractor Hunslet ATT77. It had as six wheels instead of four and the interior set was much larger than the actual vehicle! Welcome to Movie-Making… It was designed by the late Concept Artist RON COBB and you can see some of Ron’s Original Marker SKETCH Work from THE FIRST FILM below!
Also in today’s “WE’RE DEAD, MAN BLAST!!… Fireball hits GNRS and spots friend JOHNNY AGNEW from the TV Show, “FUNKY JUNK!” Fireball’s HeliTRUCK Concept Art from the film SIX CITIES, GNRS Fireball BEST OF SHOW went to a guy named Keith Young who built this insane MAD MAX-inspired Bike built from Copper and SLAMMED. AMAZING!! And lastly, Ron Cobb’s SKETCH from the original film ALIEN had the NOSTROMO being called THE LEVIATHAN!
IN THE NEWS!! The all-new FANTASTIC 4 Movie is coming (See the Trailer Below) along with a cool new RETRO CAR! Oh yes… THIS WILL BE SKETCHED! Also check out the NEW TRAILER from JURASSIC PARK REBIRTH!! Fireball worked on the very first JURASSIC PARK and LOST WORLD, and now it seems to be starting over! Also, a funky weird CHEVY BEL AIR Concept… What do you guys think??
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ALL NEW ROBOCOP, Ponch, Concepts Munsters, Foose and PINUP!
Good morning and WELCOME TO AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY!! Today, Fireball busts out a new ROBOCOP MASTERPRINT with the OCP Taurus Police Car! Oh, but there’s more ROBOCOP in the queue! Can you guess what they are?? Check out the MUGS, TEES & PRINTS in the Garage Now!!
DID YOU KNOW?? When Robocop’s Peter Weller needed to be in the car, he wore the top part of the costume and sat in his underwear!! To maintain the illusion that RoboCop wears the entire suit while inside a car, most shots show his robotic feet exiting first…. The RoboCop suit was so hot and heavy that Peter Weller was losing 3 lbs a day from water loss! Zoinks! Although the movies are set in Detroit, Michigan… they were filmed in other cities. For example, RoboCop 2 was filmed in Houston, Texas!
Also in today’s “YOU’RE COMIN’ WITH ME BLAST…” Fireball does events with CHiPs’ Ponch ERIK ESTRADA and Ghostbuster ERNIE HUDSON, an early STARSHIP TROOPERS Fireball Concept Weapon called the H20BLITERATOR, The Ball hits the GRAND NATIONALS and spots the original DRAGULA, ELVIRA, MUNSTER KOACH & 66 BAT… and buddy CHIP FOOSE! Lastly… today’s PINUP ART called “DIGI-DONNA!”
New GNRS BEST OF SHOW Episodes starting tomorrow!!
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NEW JOHN WICK, Celebs, Concepts, 89 Bat & a Punisher PINUP!
Welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY!! Today, we launch a Thermonuclear Threesome of CANVAS MASTERPRINTS starting with the JOHN WICK MUSTANG in HITMAN GRAY, Keanu and Fireball in Malibu, FISKER ADAM 12 and the AC COBRA for Muscle Car Fans! The John Wick is ALL- NEW and a Special Request! Want Fireball to do up your special car? REACH OUT NOW!!
DID YOU KNOW?? Luca Mosca, the costume designer for the John Wick movies, also played the Italian tailor in John Wick: Chapter 2. Le Castle Vania, who composed music for both John Wick movies, also played the DJ at the Rome party in John Wick: Chapter 2. The original title for the John Wick movies was Scorn, but Reeves insisted on changing it to John Wick. Done deal…
Also in today’s BLOODBATH BLAST… Fireball does an event in Hollywood with Actor DJIMON HOUNSOU (Blood Diamond, Gladiator), Concept Art from the film A CIVIL ACTION, Fireball with the ECTO 1, a snap by the infamous Photographer PEP WILLIAMS with Fireball and his 89 BAT at the Petersen… and all-new PUNISHER PINUP ART!
Tons of new BEST OF SHOW episodes coming this week from THE GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW! Stay tooned! Check out the OTHER EPISODES HERE!
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VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM, Celebs, Grinch, Batman & JUDY JETSON!
It’s SATURDAY!! Welcome to the spectacular AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE DAILY!! If you’re into Cars, TV & Movies, then you’re in the right place… starting with a Foursome of Force with VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, THE WICKED TRAIN, RED PANDA SPY CAR & YELLOW SUBMARINE! All Canvas Prints, Mugs and Tees are in the garage NOW!
“Some of the BEST ART I’ve ever purchased!” – Steve Victor, Chicago, IL
DID YOU KNOW?? The “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” Seaview Submarine was designed with a futuristic look far beyond the capabilities of real submarines at the time and the show’s model sets and interiors were incredibly detailed and expensive to create. The series often featured colorful uniforms for the crew, deviating from traditional navy attire; with later seasons even incorporating a “flying sub” for underwater exploration storylines. Oooo, do a FLYING SUB, Fireball!!
Also in today’s THERMONUCLEAR KOOL BLAST… Fireball Car Show Peeps include DICK VAN DYKE and son, BARRY VAN DYKE, DIECAST GIRLS, Car Show Safari Co-Host TOMMY SCALERA & Fireball DISNEYLAND SUPERFANS! Also, early Fireball Concept Art for the film THE GRINCH, Fireball at SEMA with his DEMONIZED DELOREAN, Sketching last week’s FAST & FURIOUS LANCER EVO, BATMAN Behind the Scenes in the Old West and an all-new JUDY JETSON PINUP ART!! (Plus, a Honda just for fun.)
OFF TO GNRS this morning!! See ya!!
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TRUCKSTER, Enterprise, Hornet, Kustoms & Behind the Scenes!
Happy Friday and Welcome to AUTOMOTIVE POP CULTURE ART DAILY!! We’re rockin’ like Rock’m Sock’m today with a QUAD OF COOL! Four Fireball Canvas MASTERPRINTS featuring U.F.O., THE FAMILY TRUCKSTER, VEGAS (baby) and VIPER!! Which show was YOUR FAVORITE?? *Also available ON MUGS!
DID YOU KNOW?? “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” was the final film of Mae Questel, who voiced Betty Boop from 1931! The cast members had a bad time filming the scenes at Walley World, where they rode all the roller coasters and other rides. Shoulda called it BARF CITY!
Also in today’s BLOWN CHUNKS BLAST… Fireball Pal and Star Trek Actor DENISE CROSBY scoot a new ride for BEST OF SHOW, Fireball’s early Concept for the BLACK BEAUTY from THE GREEN HORNET, a quick-snap with the DEATH RACE MUSTANG, Behind the Scenes from BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 and lastly… some Pinup Art entitled “TRIXIE TRUKSTER!”
Fireball will be filming tons of episodes of BEST OF SHOW from GNRS (Grand National Roadster Show) on Saturday, so stay tuned! But for now… how about a 1955 HUDSON ITALIA Paris Show Car?? WATCH below or on YOUTUBE!!!
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