Wednesday, November 14, 2018
I am still being asked about the BEST Edition of Rudolph and the Rankin/Bass Christmas classics, which came out in 2001!
This is still the BEST DVD issued on Rudolph to date! The one with the CBS logo on it issued in 2001. Arthur Rankin, Jr. was gracious enough to do the introductions for us and I provided all of the photo and art content in those documentary introductions. I also provided the cover art photo from my original transparency and was credited. It features one of the rare promos on the disc (We found three different). It doesn't get any better than this. We now have the original 1964 ending in color, which I would love to add one day. I offered earlier this year, but no takers.
This is the full box set version! Frosty also features an Arthur Rankin, Jr. introduction and pencil test. I am getting so many interviews and emails about these, so I thought I would picture them again. Golden Books was wonderful! I miss the people I was dealing with there. They really cared about the content they were putting out.
Who created Rankin/Bass' The Island of Misfit toys? Hermey the Elf? Yukon Cornelius? the Bumble? Sam the Snowman?
Romeo Muller, Jr.
I have been doing tons of interviews already this season and I get asked about why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the others have lasted so long?! Not hard to figure out why with the great writer Romeo Muller, who created the Burgermeister Meisterburger, the misfit girl doll, the Heat Miser and Snow Miser, etc. Look for the article in REMIND MAGAZINE's holiday issue and more! I will be on the radio and TV coast to coast again talking about the creator and creators of these beloved classics!
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
21 years
21 years since my first edition of this book was released (November
20th)! Picking some of these up today from the printer and shipping
out a bunch! Arthur Rankin told me about his un-aired pilot for the
Charlie McCarthy show and I wrote about it in the book and featured some
rare photographs. One of my facebook friends located the Animagic
figure of Mortimer 
#rankinbass #charliemccarthy #edgarbergen #animagic
#rankinbass #charliemccarthy #edgarbergen #animagic
Mortimer Snerd
Rankin/Bass' Animagic Mortimer Snerd as he appears today (Upper right
shelf of glass case). I wrote about the un-aired Animagic pilot in my
book The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass: A Portfolio (now in it's 20th
Anniversary edition) www.miserbros.com The animation was shot in Japan, but the figure made his way to the states via Arthur Rankin and Edgar Bergen. #rankinbass #charliemccarthy #mortimersnerd #animagic #tuesday #fun
Monday, November 12, 2018
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