Friday, May 27, 2011

RANKIN/BASS' CRICKET ON THE HEARTH (1967)







Cool Ad!

This will be on the upcoming DVD release of RANKIN/BASS' MAD, MAD, MAD MONSTERS from the ABC SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE...wonder if they will include the ABC Promo I have?





DELUXO: MAD MONSTER PARTY doc





WB Animator and friend Dan Riba's DRACULA Halloween costume!



We did this Documentary, Hosted by Billy West (REN & STIMPY, M & M's), for the DELUXO VHS release of MAD MONSTER PARTY. I remember that the camera man had worked for OPRAH (not alot of kind words). My pal Dave Whitting was behind the Production and I thought it turned out well.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

ARTHUR RANKIN on set

c. 1960 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

Arthur Rankin, Jr. working on the last five episodes of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO with a character named Willy Nilly, who was able to go back in time. These episodes lead to the premise of their feature film WILLY McBEAN & HIS MAGIC MACHINE (1965).

DON DUGA



Don has always been a great friend and a great help with my research! He contributed tons to my books and still does some great work at his company POLESTAR ANIMATION. The day my first book came out....ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. and DON DUGA gave a talk at the SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS in New York and did a book signing (I have this on video).....while I was at the NEWBERRY LIBRARY in downtown Chicago, doing the same :)




THANKS Dale!


Paul Did this for my friend Scott Jerald's sketchbook!



This was one of the earliest kits I had...I remember showing him to Arthur Rankin back in 1997.





RANKIN/BASS' MARCO







Cool cards by my friend Dale!