I'm watching HELP! again..."You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" is on right now. I recorded a version of that song in 1985 at HAIR BEAR STUDIOS in Evergreen Park, IL before Jeff Islinger moved his studio to Alsip. If you don't have it, the 2007 HELP! box set is amazing and the sound on the re-mastered DVD is Amazing!
www.jafosnews.blogspot.com Made us aware of some FUNKO product based on the RANKIN/BASS TV spectacular. Looks like they got Santa's boots wrong among some other things. Looks like there is a line of very strange plush as well.
Lil' Jimmy doesn't like pictures
A room in the HUGE Espo mansion
My friend Kurt Esposito
Kurt's friend Scott...knows quite a bit about pop culture!
I really don't like talking about WARNER BROS home video releases....not sure who is minding the store there anymore??? This fairly unknown RANKIN/BASS special is coming out on DVD February 16th and they are calling this a DELUXE release. How can it be DELUXE with no extras? The special is 25 minutes long and should have been included as an EXTRA on the so-called DELUXE THE EASTER BUNNY IS COMIN' TO TOWN DVD years ago. If they were planning on releasing this on it's own special DELUXE DVD, it should have included a nice RANKIN/BASS documentary with ARTHUR RANKIN, PAUL COKER, etc. I never even heard from WB about this one! I did for THE EASTER BUNNY IS COMIN' TO TOWN and when I asked for a fee, I never heard from them again and they put that disc out with three unrelated Easter shorts. Well, at least they got the cover right and included the RANKIN/BASS logo (which was taken from my book and drawn by Patrick Owsley).
www.burlives.com Burl Ives won the ACADEMY AWARD for his performance in THE BIG COUNTRY, the same year CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF came out...which helped make him a shoe in!
THE BRASS BOTTLE...one of Burl's fun films...coming to DVD soon too.
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