the madman muntz movie muntz jet james muntz madman muntz jr

[Patequi]

cont'd, they too wanted one, this is when Mad Man Muntz saw the potential and began manufacturing 4 track players for cars. My first car bought in 1966, had a 4-track player, At So Cal swap meets, they used to sell bootleg concerts on 4-trks of the leading rock or soul bands of the day. A few years later the 8 trk came out and eventually the cassete player

[Patequi]

Mad Man Muntz helped launch the car steroe business after he got the idea from Sammy Davis jr who went to him to have him make a cart machine with music as he saw used in radio stations for ads. It was better than having a record player in the car subject to bumpy roads

[jetjime]

@Patequi thank you for your comet the car stereo was born when my dad first saw mine i had built in the fifty's using a early inverter and a real to real tape deck for my car Then in 1959 dad found a company that made continuous loop tape.in monaural format .

[jetjime]

@Patequi the first car stereo was born in my car in 1956 I use a real to real deck and 110 inverter.Dad found a company called mood master that used a monaural format for back ground music in 1959 At that time stereo anything was very limited and stereo records were just coming out so dad and i modified at that time a Conley continuous playback deck and put 2 record and playback heads and staggered them ,rerecord Ampex real to real stereo music .And that was the birth of Car Stereo

[NelsonMuntzPhoto]

the Simpsons character Nelson Muntz is named after "Mad Man Muntz"

[RideswithChuck]

Really, when is this coming out on DVD?

[jetjime]

@RideswithChuck THANK YOU CHUCK LOOKING INTO IT UNFORTUNATELY IT OUT OF MY HANDS.

[RideswithChuck]

@jetjime That's too bad.

[Patequi]

@RideswithChuck

Your background story is fascinating, however it doesn't account for mass production of car systems. Sammy Davis was known to be a music lover & always had a portable record player in his limo. When he was interviewed at a radio station he noticed that a cart machine-4 track cartridge loop player was used to air the ads. when he discovered the nmanufacturer of the device he went to them to purchase one and gave them records to record for the carts. When Sammy's pal saw this....

[stevekosareff]

I have a related video on YouTube you might be interested in about how television sets were sold from the 1950s-1970s entitled, "TV MAN: THE SEARCH FOR THE LAST INDEPENDENT DEALER."

[jetjime]

@stevekosareff thank you Steve for the info TV MAN: THE SEARCH FOR THE LAST INDEPENDENT DEALER.

[jetjime]

The fellow that Ran that store was Jim Foaster

[richie649]

there was a muntz car stereo store on holt blvd in pomona when i was a kid, i can't believe they haven't made a movie about this man paul giamatti would be great!

[SovietTelevision]

When is this coming out on DVD? I want to see it!

[Afterglow2046]

This man was amazing-I would also like to see the whole film

[CassetteMaster]

I'd like one of the 4-track cartridge machines!

[baldguy96]

I can't wait to see this whole film!!! Where can I buy it? He was a Great American electronic History, Legend. His story needs to be told.

[7lloyd777]

Yes indeed it surely does! VERY interesting man!

[TubeDupe]

What a name!

[Tennesseegrits]

I saw the Premier of the movie in Sarasota FL where it got a wonderful reception. The theater was overflowing and the crowd loved it. Following the movie Jim Muntz went onstage and answered many questions from the audience. Very entertaining.

[grahamkeithtodd]

was this film ever released on video/dvd?

i would love to see it! the man was a true nutter but a wonderful fellow! wish i could have met him!