Monday, July 26, 2010

BARRIS TV AND MOVIE CARS


Great coverage of TV's Batmobile and the Munter's cars. Authors also remind you about cars you didn't know Barris did: The Beverly Hillbillies truck, the Flintstones (film of course) cars, updates of the Knight Rider Firebird, the Jurassic Park Explorers, and the infamous sitcom "My Mother the Car" (the butt of many Johnny Carson jokes). But also taking up space are forgotten cars from forgotton projects...the Bugaloos dune buggy and a TV special "Romp". Cars I would have liked to have seen but didn't make the cut include the Monkee Mobile, the Green Hornet's "Black Beauty" and the Stutz replicas made for the TV adventure series "Bearcats!". Overall a good book, but I have a hunch that only the surface of Barris' career has been scratched. How about a large format book with lots of color and details on the surviving movie cars and "Kustoms" that made Barris the legend he is? Buy it now

1 comment:

Kin said...

Hi TU,

Fantatic & great showcase of your collection.

I do collect diecast as well.I have 1989 Micheal Keaton Batmobile 1:64 from Bandai & Chistian Bale Batman Return the "TUMBLER" 1:18 from hotwheel.
I will showcase it very soon.

Thanks,
kin.