THEN & NOW

from Ron Murphy

Do you remember when someone with good design sense designed those cool HOLIDAY INN signs?  What happened?

Thursday, April 25, 2013

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END OF THE CENTURY



I watched Michael Gramaglia's END OF THE CENTURY:  THE STORY OF THE RAMONES this week and we would like to bring you THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS DOCUMENTARY :)  LIKE US on FACEBOOK at THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS DOCUMENTARY

IDEAL'S HAUNTED HOUSE


I got this canvas print from my friend Greg Pair!  Looks better than the original box (And I have seen several)!

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SPACE ANGEL



Another favorite of mine from CAMBRIA STUDIOS.  I wrote Alex Toth, who designed this series and many of the HANNA-BARBERA SUPER HERO series, and told him I bought the board game and he said he wasn't aware of the board game.
 This is the cover from the DVD set I helped with...my memorabillia is featured on the last disc.

CLUTCH CARGO


 This is a postcard I got some years back....wish someone would do the nodders like this!


The side of my GET SMART Sunbeam model box...

STEVE AUSTIN


I watched A BIONIC CHRISTMAS CAROL from season 4 last night!  What a great episode...don't think I have seen it since it originally aired.  I love how they had a JAWS game and a STEVE AUSTIN doll in the store Steve was buying presents at.

One of my 3-D Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis photos from MONEY FROM HOME.  I bought them many years ago from the photographer that took them...PAUL A. HESSE

POW! BAM! ZAM!


I am going to put together my second ROBIN kit soon...

MATTEL'S HOT WHEELS



 This is the HOT WHEELS set my Dad bought us at BARGAIN TOWN in Oak Lawn, IL...



JAYNE MANSFIELD


 from the Excellent book CANIFF:   A VISUAL BIOGRAPHY


 Ironically, I pulled out my Jayne Mansfield box set a few days ago and watched THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (THE BEATLES favorite rock film of the 1950's) and then realized it was Jayne Mansfield's birthday (I think it would have been her 80th?).  Frank Tashlin directed the film (One of my favorites from the MARTIN & LEWIS and LEWIS solo films) and he directed WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? too!




Adam West wrote Holy Expose? and on Burt Ward's pages 'My Life In Tights' signed Adam West - Batman

RETURN TO THE BATCAVE


Rewatched RETURN TO THE BATCAVE tonight :)