Pop Focus: The Munsters

Following up on last week's Addams Family post, here's a tribute to TV's second family of comic-horror, "The Munsters."

A shameless knock-off of the Addams' show, this one did feature a great theme tune and a way cool car, designed by genius customizer George Barris, the man behind the Batmobile.






























 

Pop Culture Roundup: View-Master; Hembeck; Asterix

Via Calvin's Canadian Cave of Cool: 3-D View-Master slides adapting Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."


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Via The Untold Story: A great 1980s Fred Hembeck Marvel Comics house ad.

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The latest Asterix story draws inspiration from the Wikileaks scandal and even features a character inspired by Wikileaks founder, the embattled Julian Asange.
After their last escapade in Scotland, the boisterous Gauls will be back in their homeland in "Asterix and the Missing Scroll", fighting alongside a reporter inspired by the real-life WikiLeaks founder to counter a propaganda war launched by their Roman foes.
...  "Julian Assange was a model for this character," said writer Jean-Yves Ferri, adding "Confoundtheirpolitix" was almost called "Wikilix", in reference to the website known for revealing top secret documents.

New Music Friday: Guardians of the Galaxy; John Renbourn; Joe Bussard

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