Rankin/Bass-historian: 5/31/09

Sunday, June 07, 2009

NEW LENOX, IL

GIN BLOSSOMS are coming to New Lenox, IL June 20th at 12:00 and we will be there! They close their set with an AWESOME version of Elton John's "Rocket man." Don't miss it!

GALE GARNETT

Gale Garnett, the sultry voice of FRANCESCA in RANKIN/BASS' MAD MONSTER PARTY

, had a MEGA hit song with "We'll sing in the sunshine." She performed and wrote the song, which would become a classic and performed by people like Dean Martin.

FRANCESCA by Bruce Timm

Looks like we are playing a private party Saturday night June 13th for a J.C. WHITNEY group of people.

SUNDAY

Josh's new box met the test, but he didn't have a good board here to try it out with. We bought a new deck at ZUMIEZ today, but he needs to assemble it.

Flowers are blooming!

Saturday, June 06, 2009

RANKIN/BASS' RETURN TO OZ (1964)

SUSAN CONWAY MITCHELL

My friend SUSAN CONWAY MITCHELL! She did the voice for Dorothy in RANKIN/BASS' first network TV special RETURN TO OZ (1964). It is available on DVD and looks GREAT!

KUNG FU

I have been watching a few first season episodes of KUNG FU. The documentaries are very well done for this set!

Friday, June 05, 2009

WARNER BROTHERS HOME VIDEO wake up!

My friend Patrick posted this today on his blog www.powsley.blogspot.com of concept art my friend Mark Christiansen www.markscartoonart.blogspot.com did of THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW. I would LOVE to see wonderful box art like this on the Warner Brothers cartoon boxes!!!! This makes me want to buy the cartoons and even own the box BECAUSE it represents the cartoons it is selling! The box art they have used on the WARNER BROTHERS cartoons for the past several years looks awful. I have said this time and time again and why it is airbrushed? I will never know. The person that did it doesn't even know how to use an airbrush. This is more like it! In fact, I will cover up the box art with this if WB issues the BUGS BUNNY SHOW on DVD.

THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!

Love this film from the opening credits to the end credits! Just put it on and fell asleep during it...I am exhausted. I especially love the CLIFF RICHARD and THE SHADOWS scene!

WILLY McBEAN DVD

ON SALE today for $15 shipped PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com

KEANE

www.keanemusic.com

Josh's 8th grade graduation

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Does anybody have some luck to sell?

Art by Al Hirschfeld

Your Friendly neighborhood SPIDER-MAN

Go see it in 3-D!

www.timeandspacetoys.com

www.myspace.com/rgoldschmidt

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO in ANIMAGIC on 2 DVDs for $25 on SALE! PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com

THE DAYDREAMER soundtrack CD

www.percepto.com I was listening to THE DAYDREAMER CD in my car yesterday and today! When I listen to this, it makes me proud to be a part of the RANKIN/BASS group! The soundtrack is outstanding by Maury Laws and Jules Bass! The CD also features some GREAT DEMOS from PUNCH & JUDY and the Jerry Lewis project HEY, BELLBOY. I don't think I ever talked about this before BUT the interview I did with Maury Laws on the disc is over 30 minutes long and besides talking about the DAYDREAMER score, we talk about RUDOLPH, THE BERMUDA DEPTHS, JERRY LEWIS, SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN, The miser brothers songs, MAD MONSTER PARTY, One Star In The Night from THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, etc. Maury gives a GREAT interview and really enjoys talking about his career with RANKIN/BASS.

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

CHONGO!

Two of my favorite ALEX TOTH drawings in my collection (Thanks to Lance Falk)! ALEX TOTH is a big influence and one of my favorites. This art is from DANGER ISLAND as seen on THE BANANA SPLITS.

DICK LOCHER

My friend DICK LOCHER (Dick Tracy, Chicago Tribune Editorial cartoonist) was in the newspaper today. He designed a nine foot statue that will be dedicated October 4th, 2009 in Naperville (Where Locher resides). He assisted Chester Gould with the DICK TRACY comic strip from 1957 to 1961 and returned as the sole cartoonist in 1983. Gould was from Woodstock, IL.