Rankin/Bass-historian: 10/30/11

Saturday, November 05, 2011

Svengoolie - Rankin/Bass Mad Monster Party Book

Batman!

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RANKIN/BASS' THE MOUSE ON THE MAYFLOWER

c. 1968 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

Friday, November 04, 2011

My radio interview with Jon Waterhouse on the MMP book

http://1690wmlb.com/wwe-the-muppets-and-mad-monster-party/

The RANKIN/BASS ABC FAMILY Christmas schedule 2011

Monday, December 5
(6:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) RUDOLPH'S SHINY NEW YEAR

Tuesday, December 6
(6:00- 6:30 PM ET/PT) 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Thursday, December 8
(6:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) JACK FROST
(7:00-7:30 PM ET/PT) FROSTY'S WINTER WONDERLAND
(8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN
(9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS

Friday, December 9
(6:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS
(7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN

Wednesday, December 14
(6:00-6:30 PM ET/PT) FROSTY'S WINTER WONDERLAND

Saturday, December 17
(7:00-7:30 AM ET/PT) NESTOR, THE LONG-EARED CHRISTMAS DONKEY
(7:30-8:00 AM ET/PT) THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
(8:00-9:00 AM ET/PT) PINOCCHIO'S CHRISTMAS
(10:00-10:30 AM ET/PT) 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
(11:00 AM -12:00 PM ET/PT) JACK FROST
(12:00-1:00 PM ET/PT) THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS
(2:00-3:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN
(3:00-3:30 PM ET/PT) FROSTY'S WINTER WONDERLAND
(10:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN

Wednesday, December 21
(12:00-1:00 AM ET/PT) RUDOLPH'S SHINY NEW YEAR

Saturday, December 24
(7:00-7:30 AM ET/PT) THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
(7:30-8:00 AM ET/PT) THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY BOOK II
(10:00-11:00 AM ET/PT) PINOCCHIO'S CHRISTMAS
(11:00-11:30 AM ET/PT) 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
(11:30 AM-1:30 PM ET/PT) RUDOLPH & FROSTY'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY
(4:00-5:00 PM ET/PT) JACK FROST
(6:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) RUDOLPH'S SHINY NEW YEAR
(7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN
(8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS

Sunday, December 25
(7:30-8:30 AM ET/PT) JACK FROST(8:30-9:30 AM ET/PT) PINOCCHIO'S CHRISTMAS(9:30-10:00 AM ET/PT) FROSTY'S WINTER WONDERLAND(10:00-10:30 AM ET/PT) 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS(10:30-11:30 AM ET/PT) RUDOLPH'S SHINY NEW YEAR(11:30 AM-12:30 PM ET/PT) SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN(12:30-1:30 PM ET/PT) THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS

* Maybe they (ABC FAMILY) will have one of us on to talk about the RANKIN/BASS Specials, that are such a BIG part of their Holiday line-up! I heard from CBS SUNDAY MORNING and ARTHUR RANKIN yesterday :)

Thursday, November 03, 2011

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Happy Birthday to my brother Chris!

SPUMCO

This cool art came in the mail just a few days ago!

Picked this up many years ago...

Love this time of year...looks great around here in the Fall!

Sweet!

RANKIN/BASS' CRICKET ON THE HEARTH

c. 1967 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

WDCC

a few pages!

FINAL BOOK COVER!

If you want to get in on this first print run....order soon! http://www.miserbros.com/ THANKS to all that ordered already and reserved your copy! SOFT COVERS should be shipping next week and HARD COVERS the following week! As I said before, this 2011 printing is LIMITED...if you want it for the Holidays, order now :)

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

ROGER KASTEL

This is Roger!...artist of the well known JAWS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK movie posters!

Our good friend Chris Wolfson handed out cards at the CHILLER THEATRE show...

in New Jersey over the weekend! THANKS Chris! The East Coast was hit with some snow during the weekend too....

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RANKIN/BASS' THE MOUSE ON THE MAYFLOWER

NOVEMBER

RANKIN/BASS' THE KING KONG SHOW

RANKIN/BASS' THE SMOKEY BEAR SHOW

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Petitions seem to be the only way to get justice these days...PLEASE sign my WHITE HOUSE petition..

Dear friends,

I wanted to let you know about a new petition I created on We the People, anew feature on WhiteHouse.gov, and ask for your support. Will you add your name to mine? If this petition gets 25,000 signatures by November 25, 2011,the White House will review it and respond!
We the People allows anyone to create and sign petitions asking the Obama Administration to take action on a range of issues. If a petition gets enough support, the Obama Administration will issue an official response.

You can view and sign the petition here:

http://www.wh.gov/Ty1

Here's some more information about this petition:

prevent large corporations like AT&T from firing senior employees (I was fired for sickness) to avoid pensions/health care!

Large corporations, such as AT&T, are getting rid of their senior employees by firing and making them leave for unjust reasons. I was fired, after 20+ years, for sickness and they turn around and say it was because 'I did not return during an unapproved absence.' All three of my doctors advised against going back to work and spoke with AT&T by phone and faxed medical documents. They claim they had no knowledge of my sickness. The driving force behind this is to avoid paying me a larger pension and health care as was negotiated in our union contract for my job title. Now they hire people under a different job title 'SERVICE CONSULTANT' with no pension and no benefits. IBEW LOCAL 21 went along with this under the guise of it saved jobs BUT it did not...it lowered the quality of jobs.

Help my pal STEVE 'THE DUDE' RUDE out! www.steverudeart.com

Put MAD MONSTER PARTY under your Christmas tree!

www.miserbros.com

THANKS for all the Pre-orders...right out of the gate!

c. 1967 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

Looks like Hard covers are out selling soft covers by a mile! We wanted to keep the book price down BUT suddenly we realized we had 272 pages and 55 of those IN COLOR! Wes Garlatz did the book layout (I couldn't be happier with it) and coordinated the printing. Instead of printing a cheaper book (With mostly black and white pages), we opted to put QUALITY first and print the book that was meant to be. I put everything I had on MAD MONSTER PARTY and then some...into this book! I don't think this book will be a VEEBLEFETZER...as seen in Mr. Cronkite's store :)