So, right in the middle of DC's desperate attempt to appear "hip" & "with it" to the Swingin' Sixties set, they pick an odious, criminal-type Ed "Big Daddy" Roth rip-off for their team of Young Super-Republicans to pick on, Ed Roth being the hero of many a model-buildin', comic book-readin' pre-pubescent & many a
genuine hot-rod and kustom-kar enthusiast.
Smart move? Probably not. Funny? Pretty much...
"Not too cherry but it could be worse, my Surfin' Hearse..."
Here's the first of the three Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos lps that the real Ed "Big Daddy" Roth had something to do with...
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This was one of my first DC comics--my very first exposure to all of theTT's except Robin and my very first exposure to the great art of NICK CARDY (as well as the bizarre "non-hip" hipness of Bob Haney's writing).
He may have been inspired by Big Daddy Roth, but for some reason I imagine him with Dom Deluise's voice.
see? Funny!...
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