Trivia

Located with the help of a friend the original Time Machine from the George Pal classic The Time Machine (1960) in a thrift shop in Orange, California. The Time Machine was in pretty bad shape, but was restored with the help of a young Dennis Muren (later an Academy Award-winning SFX pioneer at ILM), D.C. Fontana (one of the original Star Trek (1966) writers) and motion picture art and SFX directors Michael Minor (Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)) and Tom Scherman.

Staged elaborate theatrical Halloween shows in his front and back yards, based on classic science-fiction and horror films. These Halloween shows were more than just "walk-through haunted house-spook shows", as many shows were created and performed by Academy Award-winning special effects artists and technicians. Rick Baker, Dennis Muren, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak, Greg Nicotero of KNB FX and Walter Koenig (of the original Star Trek (1966) series cast), and film and TV actor Daniel Roebuck were just some of the talent involved in creating and performing these shows.

Owns one of the largest collections of film memorabilia from sci-fi/horror films. His collection includes, but is not limited to, the original time machine prop from The Time Machine (1960), the wolf's cane handle from The Wolf Man (1941), an original replica of The Creature suit from Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and make-up pieces from The Mummy's Curse (1944) (the only still existing work of Jack P. Pierce).

In 2014, Bob Burns - Behind The Scenes "Bob Burns' Basement", was inducted into "The Official Horror Host Hall of Fame".

Was credited on The Ghost Busters (1975) as the one who "trained" Tracy the Gorilla (he was actually the one in the gorilla costume).

Was a close friend of Glenn Strange, the last actor to portray the classic Universal Studios Frankenstein Monster.