Okay, I saw that the original Batmobile sold for $4.6 million the other day, which makes sense because I think that there’s no debate that it is the COOLEST. TV CAR. EVAR!
Seriously, it is. Nothing else even comes close—the paint job, the fins, the pipes, the bubble windshields, the flames coming out the back, the ejector seat … AN ICON OF COMPLETE AWESOMESAUCE, as my son has forbidden me from saying.
That nonetheless having been said, I would love to be in a financial position to own this vehicle! Oh well, I can still dream about buying it, or any of these other car that I loved growing up—
Five Coolest TV Cars of My TV Childhood (After the Original Batmobile, of course)
1. The General Lee
Okay, I’m not just a good ol’ boy never meaning no harm, but that doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t want to jump my car over rivers, swamps, lakes, ditches, gullies, trucks, other cars, old shacks, trailer homes, semi-detached houses, churches, junk yards, football stadiums, the Georgia Bulldog cheerleaders …
Oh, and I’m pretty sure all I would have to do was pull up and hit the horn, and Cousin Daisy would come over and her drop her Daisy Dukes for me.
2. KITT (the original!)
Rather than explain why the ORIGINAL Knight Industries Two Thousand is so cool, I’ll just say that this Nerd clip from “Robot Chicken” comes remarkably close to the truth.
“We’d fight all my enemies … and murder them …”
3. The Munsters Koach
I’m not sure there’s really a lot of explaining I have to do with this one—bad ass all around and pretty much every seat is a cool, even in the back. Oh, and if Cousin Marilyn (from the recent “remake” that only got one episode) comes along for the ride, that’s good by me, too.
4. The Mach 5
If you think I never danced around in front of the TV singing “GO SPEED RAYCER, GO!” then this is clearly the first time you’ve ever been to this blog. Thanks for stopping by!
5. Starsky & Hutch’s Gran Torino
I’m not saying that I was an impressionable youth who learned to slide over the hoods of cars in the hopes of one day being cool enough to drive this car, but … oh wait, I *am* saying that.
Don’t give up on me baby … some day, some day …
Jim Rockford’s gold Pontiac Firebird was pretty sweet, too!
That car would be in the top 10!