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OK, this isn't really Mr. T, but the picture, taken at the Bondurant driving school, was too good to pass up. Burnouts? Don't gimme no back-talk! Oversteer? Quit yo' jibba-jabba! Grr! You think those are socks? These are socks, fool! More »
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Yes! The A-Team movie's coming and thanks to the possible casting addition of Liam Neeson as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, it should be less campy. We love it when a plan comes together! More »
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All we know is what we're told by our tipster who wishes to remain anonymous. He claims that yes, the large burly man in the bed of the F-Series pickup is in fact Mr. T. Also, it's a photo shoot for an upcoming Snickers commercial. While none of that can be verified, what we do know for certain is we're doubled over because our sides are positively splitting from laughing so hard. Please help us out in our feeble weakened state by giving us your caption to this photo in the comments below. Tell us — what in the name of all that is salty and nutty is B.A. doing on the back of that early 80's Ford F-150? More »
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Television was largely a scripted thing before a million channels and equal number of chopper building shows plunged TV into its current fetid stew of reality programming. The cop drama was king. Network produced cop shows ruled the airwaves for years at a time. Stretching the cop drama slightly thin was Banacek, played by a turtleneck wearing George Peppard. Banacek was an insurance investigator of Polish-American heritage who always managed to solve the crime or mystery at hand. More unusual than any of this was that though Banacek himself lived in Boston, action on the show always managed to take place in Los Angeles or Las Vegas. From this regal age of the television network rule also came kustom kars built by the likes of George Barris. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=220459&view=rss&microfeed=true Before video games and remote control cars that run on nitromethane became commonplace under the old tree, a slot car set was the coolest thing a wee lad could expect to rip into on the most awesome of mornings. While racing tiny versions of the coolest cars around on the plastic track and pretending one was Jackie Stewart or Mario Andretti was the first order of business, it wasn't long before imagination got the best of convention. Something like a couple of Mini-Coopers mowing over an A-Team Hannibal action figure to an Elvis soundtrack was usually the end result. – Mike Bumbeck More »
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Mustang mod shop, Mustang Racing (MRT), builders of SEMA bait such as the SurfChaser, the Mach 1 racer and the 429 Cobra Jet Puf Marshmallow Man (my apologies), have introduced a new V6-powered ragtop tuner. The MRT Cherry 6T6 boasts intercooled twin turbos; adjustable sport suspension, brakes and shocks; and more audio and video kit than a month's worth of Tivoed "Cribs" episodes. On the outside, there's a custom black cherry paint job and custom grille treatment, aftermarket hood with dual hood scoops and 20" Foose-designed wheels over fat Pzeros. Is this a sign the V6 Mustang is finally getting some respect, or is the lack of a GT badge always going to be a credibility liability? What say you? More »
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TomTom's been offering the voice of John Cleese on its nav systems for a while now, but other companies are starting to get into the celeb-navigator act. NavTones has contracted with Dennis Hopper, Mr. T and Burt Reynolds to provide voices that can be loaded into navigation systems. CNN/Money took each actor for a spin, and surprise, surprise, the Bandit took the prize. While we're sure it would be fun to pretend we're in a short-wheelbase custom GMC van or a Patrol Boat, River, we'll take the '77 TA every time. Now if only GPS systems included Smokey reports... More »
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We're not too proud to admit we were the TV theme song jukebox of our elementary school's cafeteria. (We remember a kid named Earl calling out titles of TV shows for us to sing.) Our favorites were "Dallas" (which is actually even more awesome in its French incarnation), "Just Two Good Ol' Boys" (natch) and the "A-Team." Plus, the team of crack commando pariahs had a wicked-cool custom van, which we were saddened to see in a dilapidated state on a Universal Studios tour back in the '80s (along with a similarly abused Selleck-driven Ferrari 308. Have these Hollywood types no sense of decency? We're sure George Peppard is rolling in his grave. More »
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