RIP George Barris

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Legendary custom car builder George Barris has died, according to a Facebook post from his son. He was 89.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-v ... tor-837553

He designed and built many iconic TV cars over the years, most famously the 1966 Batmobile, as well as the Munster Koach, the iconic car from The Beverly Hillbillies, the Monkeemobile, the General Lee, and the Knight Industries Two Thousand (K.I.T.T.) from Knight Rider.

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I would hope that his funeral will have a kick-ass hearse.

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I would hope that his funeral will have a kick-ass hearse.

I wonder if he still has this in his collection - "Kargoyle" (from his website):



EDIT -- OMG, it has a matching kasket....

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I liked him when he hosted The Gong Show.

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I liked him when he hosted The Gong Show.

I also thought of Chuck Barris and thought he died long ago. But I looked him up, and he is still alive.

Sadly, however, Gene Gene the Dancing Machine passed away earlier this year.

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I would hope that his funeral will have a kick-ass hearse.

Not sure about the hearse, but the funeral procession was certainly kick-ass.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... story.html
Plus, check out the cars on the side of the casket (picture 2 in the series).

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History channel has been running some "Best of the decade" specials. In addition to that, "Pawn Stars" and "American Pickers" have been doing complementary "decade" shows. This past week, AP did "American Pickers - Best of the 60's," which included their meeting George Barris at the start of the show and William Shatner at the end.

It re-airs (twice here) on Wednesday.

RIP, George. I put together many models of your creations.