Rankin/Bass-historian: 12/9/12

Saturday, December 15, 2012

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/billleff/wgnam-leff-rankin-bass-christmas-special-rudolph,0,7230032.mp3file

SHAG

A cool ARTIST PROOF from my pal Josh!

Johnny Mathis - I'll Be Home for Christmas (1965)

Johnny Mathis - Sleigh Ride (1967)

15th ANNIVERSARY EDITION ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO

www.miserbros.com Arthur Rankin said, "Buy Rick's book! It's fantastic and beautiful, it's better than the first! It has much more source material and I have no idea where Rick got it." Arthur said this a few days ago on a radio show we did together :) I want to THANK Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, for making this book a reality. When I put together the first book and it was released through TIGER MOUNTAIN PRESS in 1997, I thought that was it...I could do no better BUT I was wrong. This version blows away all of the previous releases and then some. Also, it is not just a CHRISTMAS book. We added tons of material from THE KING KONG SHOW, THUNDERCATS, THE BERMUDA DEPTHS, THE DAYDREAMER, WILLY McBEAN & HIS MAGIC MACHINE, SILVERHAWKS, THE JACKSON FIVE SHOW, etc. There are sections on WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The ANIMAGIC figures, the RANKIN/BASS collectibles, TRIBUTE ART from great artists like MATT POTT, PATRICK OWSLEY, JIM ENGEL, CHRIS MASON, MARK CHRISTIANSEN, etc. Wes Garlatz laid this thing out in an AMAZING way and updated all the indexes and a few of the episode guides. We are down to our last few books BUT will be getting a second shipment closer to Christmas day, so hurry!

www.miserbros.com

Friday, December 14, 2012

RANKIN/BASS' RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER is on CBS for the 2nd time this year right now!

I wonder if it will repeat with 10.6 MILLION viewers again :)

SEASON'S GREETINGS

Doing my annual RANKIN/BASS radio interview with Bob Mangels from WJQZ on Monday :)

THE STARVING ARTISTS

Boy was I tired after this practice! Still managed to scamper into WGN RADIO :)

RANKIN/BASS' RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, the longest-running, highest rated TV special of all-time!

From Dean Griffith! THANKS Dean!

PAUL COKER, JR.'s 2012 CHRISTMAS CARD

WGN RADIO 720AM with BILL LEFF, RICK GOLDSCHMIDT & RANKIN/BASS

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/billleff/wgnam-leff-rankin-bass-christmas-special-rudolph,0,7230032.mp3file

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Paul McCartney featuring Nirvana - Cut Me Some Slack (live)

WGN RADIO with BILL LEFF tonight (actually tomorrow am)

Listen in tonight at 12:30AM via CHICAGO WGN RADIO 720AM with BILL LEFF. I believe it streams live and their signal is a far reacher :) Talking RANKIN/BASS, the NEW book, NEW MAGAZINE WEBSITE and other things!

ANIMAGIC MAGAZINE

www.animagicmagazine.com coming VERY soon!

I want to wish Peter Robbins well!

ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. is joining us today at 2pm

2pm Steel Shores, from 2-4 p.m. CST. Your segment will be at 2 p.m., and we'll open the phone lines to calls if we have time. It broadcasts live on WLTH 13

70 AM in Northwest Indiana/South Chicago, and it streams live on WLTH1370.com

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Taped the PATRICK PHILLIPS SHOW tonight :) He said it will be up in a week or two..

AMAZON

If you ordered your book from AMAZON, you may want to cancel the order and order from www.miserbros.com soon (for many of the same reasons I just talked about regarding REVIEW COPIES). We have a very small supply of the book before Christmas and won't be shipping to AMAZON in the near future.www.miserbros.com

REVIEW COPIES

A great illustration from MATT POTT featured full page color in my book the 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION of THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO

I have recieved several requests for REVIEW COPIES of the book. I would love to supply everyone who wants to help with a FREE book BUT unfortunately, that is NOT possible. I lost my day job to the recession/depression (Don't get me started on AT&T..a living hell!) and that is the hard, cold reality of today's economy. This book cost a large fortune for a third party to produce and cost a mini-fortune to ship (it weighs 4 pounds). REVIEW COPIES can be found at www.miserbros.com under books for $59.99 plus shipping..

www.miserbros.com

Tomorrow at 2pm in INDIANA

Steel Shores, from 2-4 p.m. CST. Your segment will be at 2 p.m., and we'll open the phone lines to calls if we have time. It broadcasts live on WLTH 1370 AM in Northwest Indiana/South Chicago, and it streams live on WLTH1370.com. Archived broadcasts are available on Ustream.TV.

Then I will be on WGN RADIO with Bill Leff at 12:30am (Actually FRIDAY AM)

AUSTIN, TX today at 6pm

http://www.patrickphillipsshow.com/) ROKU Stitcher and via iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-patrick-phillips-show/id354587623
He has an interview posted with MAURY LAWS from a few years back :)

RADIO REMINDER

Will be on the radio in AUSTIN, TX today at 6pm. I will be on tomorrow in INDIANA at 2pm and then on WGN RADIO 720 AM with Bill Leff at 12:30am (actually Friday AM). We will be talking about the NEW book, RANKIN/BASS and the launch of a NEW RANKIN/BASS web magazine!