Saturday, June 20, 2009

KRUSH w/ JOSH and ROBIN






ALLEN SWIFT

Jon Medford sent me this pic of ALLEN after he finished doing his interview for the NEW MAD MONSTER PARTY DVD documentary. ALLEN did all of the male and monster voices for the film! He is a living legend that did many of the voices on THE HOWDY DOODY SHOW, DIVER DAN, etc. etc. Very happy that Allen was able to participate!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

RANKIN/BASS' THE LAST DINOSAUR





A very popular title from the RANKIN/BASS catalog! Arthur Rankin was at a special screening a few years back in Tokyo! One of these posters was advertising that particular screening!


Today it's your birthday!

You're gonna have a good time! Sir Paul McCartney age 67


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A few more pics from last weekend






MMP DELUXE DVD


The LIONSGATE DELUXE DVD is coming right along! ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. is doing his interview this Friday with MARK and SEAMUS from www.screen-novelties.com for SPARKHILL and I will be posting pics shortly after! Hopefully ALLEN SWIFT and DON DUGA will be interviewed in NY as well! Look for the DVD this HALLOWEEN! I usually include the MMP AD sheet above with orders from my blog :)

3 pack for $35 shipped PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com

RANKIN/BASS' THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS


The classic RANKIN/BASS' THE WIND AND THE WILLOWS on DVD in COLOR for $20 shipped PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com

THE STARVING ARTISTS at BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC



RANKIN/BASS' THE TOMFOOLERY SHOW

I have the RARE RANKIN/BASS series THE TOMFOOLERY SHOW (4 episodes) on DVD
with WILLIE MAYS, THE SAY HEY KID (form the ABC SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE) for $20 shipped PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com

CHRISTMAS coming in JULY!




My favorite RANKIN/BASS footage I have on DVD is the GE ELVES commercials! This was my HOLY GRAIL! I love the Tony Peters designs and the wonderful jingles! I still have the DVD for $25 shipped (It includes the entire 1964 RUDOLPH broadcast + lots more!) PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS

collector's DVD $20 PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com

GIN BLOSSOMS

GIN BLOSSOMS will be in New Lenox, IL this Saturday at 8PM (NEW LENOX COMMONS PAVILION)! We will be there too! http://www.ginblossoms.net/ www.myspace.com/ginblossoms


Sunday, June 14, 2009

PIXAR's THE ART OF UP book a BIG thumbs UP!

Boy, am I gald I didn't listen to the reviewers at AMAZON on this book. This book is just as good as any of the other of the PIXAR Art of books...maybe even a little better. Tim Hauser did a bang up job! PIXAR also cites RANKIN/BASS as a HUGE influence on the film. They were trying to create that "Animagic" type look and feel, since it was to be in 3-D. I would love to storyboard the next PIXAR classic. After I did my first post about UP, two weeks later I heard the WGN radio morning team saying the same exact things about the heart and warmth, awful trailers from the PIXAR copy cats, etc.
My friend Albert Lozano designed and worked on alot of this film! I LOVE this design (My favorite in the film). Albert and I became friends when he was working at SPUMCO.