With our Tambourine girl Maddy Sigel

Former SPORTMART employees

BUN E CARLOS

Here comes the sun (Photo by Valentina Ricupati)

GRADUATION PARTY 06-27-09

Tom Sigel, Tom "Slim Pickens" Frederick and Davey Peleckis

FRANCESCA by Mark Christiansen

My pal Mark did a new piece for the NEW DVD!

MR. ZIP

I have to mail some RANKIN/BASS packages right now! Do you remember when the post office had a cool advertising character like MR. ZIP (Image from the NEW book AD BOY) instead of rising postal rates that change every three months?

SUMMER IS HERE!

...and I am on vacation right now! :)

RANKIN/BASS' THAT GIRL IN WONDERLAND

$20 paypal Rickgoldsc@aol.com This is RHODA MANN's copy with commercials taped in the 1970's

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FLANKIN!

c. 2009 RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

RANKIN/BASS Music

Made some changes at www.myspace.com/rankinbass last night! ENJOY the RANKIN/BASS music! For a complete set of the MAD MONSTER PARTY Sheet music send $15 through PAYPAL to Rickgoldsc@aol.com

ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS

Here is another great piece of art Mark did!

Ahhhhh! FRANCESCA

DELL RANKIN/BASS' MAD MONSTER PARTY comic book pages

LANE SMITH

My pal LANE SMITH did this piece of art for me back when we issued the MAD MONSTER PARTY soundtrack on CD, for the booklet. LANE designed JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH and has illustrated and written many wonderful children's books including THE STINKY CHEESE MAN and the last DR. SEUSS book.

ALLEN SWIFT

Here is a picture ALLEN gave me of himself from about 20 years ago. ALLEN did all the voices in MAD MONSTER PARTY except the women voices.

FARRAH FAWCETT 1947-2009

MICHAEL JACKSON 1958-2009

JULY 18th gig booked

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After this Saturday's SUMMER BASH at my place, we are going to play some LIVE shows in JULY! The first of which is July 18th at DE-JA-VU RT.66, 113 E. Baltimore street, Wilmington, Illinois 60481 815-476-7774 showtime 9:30pm to 1:30pm. Come out and say hello and check our NEW show out! If you have one of my books, bring it along and I will sign and draw in it for you! We will also be playing in Burbank, IL and Joliet, IL very soon too! Details to follow!

The Dynamic Skateboard duo!

photograph taken with my LG DARE phone camera

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THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO

SUMMER is definitely heating up and so are sales on my first book! I have 3 currently in-stock. ORDER SOON! PAYPAL $55 shipped to Rickgoldsc@aol.com

SCREEN-NOVELTIES/SPARKHILL MAD MONSTER PARTY New York interviews a success!

Seamus Walsh of http://www.screen-novelties.com/ interviews ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. as he reads a copy of my book THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO (3 copies left right now...ORDER soon!)

Seamus interviews DON DUGA (legendary RANKIN/BASS Storyboarder)

My friends Lenore and Allen Swift! Allen also voiced many of the TOTAL TV cartoon characters including Simon Barsinister from THE UNDERDOG SHOW!

ARTHUR RANKIN talks about the wonderful FUNKO MAD MONSTER PARTY figures that my pal Brian Mariotti created! The first GREAT product created from the classic film!

I want to THANK my friend MARK CABALLERO for taking and sending along the pictures! I also want to THANK Seamus and Mark for making the trip to New York to interview these legends in animation for the love of the art! Can't wait to see the finished SPARKHILL Documentary on the LIONSGATE DELUXE DVD release this Fall!

SMOKEY

Get your BALLAD OF SMOKEY THE BEAR DVD for $20 shipped PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com ENJOY!

JUNE PARTY PRACTICE

NEW book

AD BOY!

Absolutely love this book by Warren Dotz and Mausad Husain from TEN SPEED PRESS! Wonderful art and ads! Where has the GREAT Advertising art gone?

They even included this nice MARY BLAIR piece! I have one of her MEADOW GOLD ice cream boxes in my collection!