
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Labels:
DOUBLE-GLO,
THE SWORD AND THE STONE
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 09, 2010
BRADLEY BOLKE


A nice Mary Blair that my friend Ron Murphy gave me from the May 1958 issue of AMERICAN ARTIST magazine
Labels:
CHARLES SCHULZ,
CLASSIC PEANUTS,
SNOOPY
Maury Laws:
I didn’t write cartoon music or what I call hot licks, trendy stuff that would be outdated in five years. Something that’s very hot this year, they run away from in five years.
I couldn't agree more :)
I didn’t write cartoon music or what I call hot licks, trendy stuff that would be outdated in five years. Something that’s very hot this year, they run away from in five years.
I couldn't agree more :)
2010 RANKIN/BASS T-Shirts are in!

Romeo Muller:
Live television did have an electric quality to it that’s missing today. I try to stay away from gratuitous violence as much as possible. I use violence only in a comical way. One of the threads that run through my work is that I always try to reform the villain.
Muller says he does not strive for moral themes in his stories but rather aims for “goodwill toward men”. Rudolph is about a little being with a flaw that makes him a hero. It’s simple, the children identify with it. We worry about ourselves & our faults & it’s gratification when somebody else saves the world.
I couldn't agree more :)
Live television did have an electric quality to it that’s missing today. I try to stay away from gratuitous violence as much as possible. I use violence only in a comical way. One of the threads that run through my work is that I always try to reform the villain.
Muller says he does not strive for moral themes in his stories but rather aims for “goodwill toward men”. Rudolph is about a little being with a flaw that makes him a hero. It’s simple, the children identify with it. We worry about ourselves & our faults & it’s gratification when somebody else saves the world.
I couldn't agree more :)

photograph by Tom Repetny
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BOB MANGELS,
New York,
Wellsville,
WJQZ RADIO
Arthur Rankin :
"Atrocious" and "garbage" are his assessements of NBC's remake of Year Without a Santa Claus. "If something is good the first time, why remake it"? Mr. Rankin has also recently directed plays in Bermuda.
I could not agree more :)
"Atrocious" and "garbage" are his assessements of NBC's remake of Year Without a Santa Claus. "If something is good the first time, why remake it"? Mr. Rankin has also recently directed plays in Bermuda.
I could not agree more :)
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Labels:
remembering John Lennon,
THE BEATLES
Here is a cool company ad that didn't make my books...
Labels:
1969 AD,
RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS
Jules Bass :
"I attribute it all to the story." He suspects the unabashed simplicity of the Rankin-Bass specials explains their durability. "It was so simple, had it been less simple, it would have failed." Bass believes today's scriptwriters are fatally wedded to smart-ass irony. "The writers of today are brought up on The Simpsons," he says, and are unwilling to leave a story to its essence.
I could not agree more :)
"I attribute it all to the story." He suspects the unabashed simplicity of the Rankin-Bass specials explains their durability. "It was so simple, had it been less simple, it would have failed." Bass believes today's scriptwriters are fatally wedded to smart-ass irony. "The writers of today are brought up on The Simpsons," he says, and are unwilling to leave a story to its essence.
I could not agree more :)
Labels:
Chicago Tribune,
John Lennon,
THE BEATLES
My favorite Holiday songwriting duo!

Labels:
COREY DUFFEL,
FOUNDATION SKATEBOARDS,
OSIRIS
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
GIN BLOSSOMS entertaining the troops!

Labels:
GIN BLOSSOMS,
Iraq,
Kuwait,
ROBIN WILSON

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