Saturday, June 20, 2009
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!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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 :)
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
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
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.