BENGTSON PUMPKIN FEST 2008 Opening day!

We kicked our FALL season off just right today! It was a gorgous day in Homer Glen, Illinois at BENGTSON's PUMPKIN FARM! It is like a DISNEYLAND for Halloween!

Sara and friend

inside the HAUNTED BARN

I need to spit

My mom and my sister Lindsey met us for some sweet corn

The annual Hay ride

This guy has been playing "The Ghost & Mr. Chicken" on his organ for years!

The Goldschmidts in a land of pumpkins

Lindsey milks a cow

Lots of bees buzz around this place...they have BEE traps that trap them and keep them alive to release on the farm.

a creature

petting zoo

FUNNEL CAKES

Milking a cow

Good music! THE STARVING ARTISTS play another gig!

THE BERMUDA DEPTHS DVD

Get your BERMUDA DEPTHS Collector's DVD by PAYPALing $19.99 + $2 shipping to wonderfullife01@aol.com

3rd Printing of THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO is going to the printer soon!

My original publisher, DOUG RANNEY (TIGER MOUNTAIN PRESS), is transferring the files and sending them to me early next week! I will then be taking them to the printer and getting a LIMITED SUPPLY of hardcover copies printed up for the Holidays 2008! Stay tuned!!!

BILL JACKSON & his new book!

Bill Jackson sent me his GREAT new book, hot off the presses! It is called THE ONLY KID ON THE CARNIVAL: An Extraordinary Childhood, A Memoir (IUNIVERSE) $18.95 and it is available at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ What a super talent! This book gives insight as to where all that creativity came from. He is a legend in Chicago Kid's Television and I wrote about him at http://www.tvparty.com/ and in the TV PARTY book available at http://www.amazon.com/

RARE RANKIN/BASS on DVD!

SUPER RARE RANKIN/BASS from 1970 on DVD. Only aired once on ABC before the Academy Awards and was the highest rated RANKIN/BASS special of all. If you love classic comedy, this is for you! $16.99 w/ shipping PAYPAL: Wonderfullife01@aol.com

THE FLIGHT OF DRAGONS collector's DVD

THE FLIGHT OF DRAGONS collector's DVD has been very popular here! You can purchase one for $19.99 shipped by paypaling wonderfullife01@aol.com Many copies have sold on EBAY for more than this price and here is your chance to buy direct. ENJOY!

Some cool NODDER pics from Ron and Mike Murphy!

The Surgeon General says smoking causes cancer

JACK DAVIS and the drawing he did for my first RANKIN/BASS book

Jack designed MAD MONSTER PARTY for RANKIN/BASS and a few other Monster things including KING KONG. He often told me that Boris Karloff's FRANKENSTEIN scared him as a child.

FRED GWYNN: HERMAN MUNSTER

AL LEWIS: GRANDPA MUNSTER

Here is a drawing I found that I did in the early 1990's. I did several of AL LEWIS and THE MUNSTERS, that he used for his restaurant in New York. AL and I talked about CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU?, Fred Gwynn and other things. He was super nice and signed a ton of things for me.

FIREBALL is coming!

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

It is the RARE RANKIN/BASS RUDOLPH soundtrack CD with all the songs PLUS RARE bonus stuff with the RARE 45 sleeve cover! $14.99 PAYPAL: Wonderfullife01@aol.com Price includes shipping! GREAT to listen to in the car or wrapping presents during the Holidays!

Fairmount, Indiana volume 4

Arthur Rankin, Jr. actually worked on an episode of TALES OF TOMORROW with JAMES DEAN, as the art director, during his early days at ABC TELEVISION!

MARK "MARKY" WINSLOW in his office

The JAMES DEAN GALLERY is owned and operated by my friend David Loehr (Foremost JAMES DEAN collector) and Lenny. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND visiting his place for all of your JAMES DEAN needs. Visit http://www.jamesdeangallery.com/ or contact Lenny at lennyshirts@netscape.net This gallery also houses many James Dean artifacts on display.

A statue just outside the JAMES DEAN GALLERY

RARE pic on the set of GIANT

Artifacts from REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE