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B.A. Baracus Needs You to Caption This On Set Photo, Fool!

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?

4:30 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Ray Wert
27,356 views, 81 comments

Latest by bigusfickes: I dropped my contact foo!! more »

the a-team

A-Team Remake in The Works, Fools Sure To Be Pitied

Given the buzz surrounding Knight Rider and Speed Racer, we're surprised we haven't seen more people flipping out over the possible reamke of The A-team. Fox seems to get that nostalgia plus questionable acting equals buzz and has John Singleton (Boyz N The Hood) in the wings to direct. Oh, and Ice Cube may play B.A. Baracas! More »

11:00 AM on Wed Dec 19 2007
By Matt Hardigree
1,846 views, 46 comments

tv

When TV was King of Kustoms


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.
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12:45 PM on Fri Dec 8 2006
By Mike Bumbeck
451 views, 7 comments

Latest by lascauxcaveman: That is preposterous. It's not physically possible for a AMC to be worth $5 Million dollars! Of course its possible. All you need to do is stuff 50,000 benjamins in the trunk. more »

slot cars

Mini Slot Car A-Team Elvis Mayhem


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 »

12:47 PM on Tue Dec 5 2006
By Mike Bumbeck
156 views, 5 comments

Latest by Mike Spinelli: We must make this happen. I'll get on the phone today. I don't know what that means, but it sounds proactive. more »

retro

Car-Chase Madness Continues: Hannibal and Face Hork a Trans Am

In which Face and Hannibal, on the run from Pontiac-equipped minions of Colonel Decker, run off with an early 3rd-gen F-body from the General's Excitement Division. Action ensues, although the hilarity's a bit flat. Meanwhile, vegetable soup sounds very good right about now. More »

7:45 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
224 views, 5 comments

auctions

The A-Team Winnebago on eBay!

In 1972, Winnebago produced a sleeps-six recreational vehicle called the Chieftain. This motorhome was promptly adopted by adventurers who wanted to see the world and sleep where they parked. Today, still wanted by vintage-RV collectors, this model survives in tribute to a fictional band of soldiers of fortune. If you want it badly enough, if you love travel and helping the less-fortunate via automatic-weapons fire, and if your eBay bid is high enough, maybe you can score...the A-Team Motorhome. [Thanks to Brian for the tip.] More »

6:00 PM on Fri Jul 7 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
828 views, 2 comments

Latest by scotte: I pity the fools who'll overbid on it. more »

retro

We Love It When a Plan Comes Together: The A-Team Intro

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team.
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2:00 PM on Tue Jun 20 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
2,550 views, 4 comments

custom cars/hot rods

I Pity the Fuel: A Smart Fortwo, A-Team Style

Picture TV's "A-Team" not so much a group of special forces commandos — gone underground after being accused of a crime they didn't commit — as two guys just out for a nice drive in the West End. That's the vibe of the A-Team Smart Fortwo, created by the two guys who run the UK's Smart-R-us tuning house. Actually, it wouldn't be off the show's narrative for H.M. Murdoch to have shown up driving one of these, dressed in lederhosen and quoting wildly from Erich Fromm's "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness." Can anyone say "remake"? [Thanks to Lee for the tip.] More »

4:10 PM on Mon Jun 19 2006
By Mike Spinelli
1,626 views, 5 comments

Latest by Ted Striker: You'd have to drug B.A.'s milk to get him in that thing. more »

custom cars/hot rods

The Best Van Ever: The A-Team's GMC

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 »

3:27 AM on Mon Aug 1 2005
By Davey G. Johnson
17,185 views