Saturday, December 15, 2018
Today: StreetWise” WGBB1240AM & 95.9FM (LI/NY) Global/Live/Stream on AM1240WGBB.COM and STREETWISEPRO.COMSAT. 12/15/18 4:30pm (EST)
Lou talked about the song "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" being banned at some nutty radio station in San Francisco and in Canada???? I love talking about these nutty people on these radio shows. They openly show they are not stable people and then brag about it. The HUFF POST article about Rudolph was nothing more than "Click Bait"! No credible people interviewed at all.
They used Antony's art in the 1964 and 1965 GE TV Guide ads
) and you can clearly see they all have light bulb shape noses. He continued this look for the 1964 productions of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Romeo Muller came up with the concept of all the additional characters and my late friend Antony Peters designed them.
Antony Peters, Co-Creator of all of the characters in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
I have been doing a lot of interviews for radio, magazines, etc. this holiday season and I explain how Romeo Muller, Jr., writer of the TV Special created all of the characters in the classic, except for Rudolph and Santa Claus. This is true, all of the concepts came from the pen of Romeo, but it was visualized by Antony Peters. Antony and I became great friends before his passing. He worked at Rankin/Bass Productions when it was known as Videocraft International in the late 1950s. He always described himself to me as the art kid in the back room. At any rate, he designed The New Adventures of Pinocchio and The Tales of the Wizard of Oz and the lettering style in the titles, He even oversaw the animation on OZ at Crawley studios in Canada. He came up with the original concept of Willy McBean & His Magic Machine and designed all of the characters in Rudolph, which was his last project at Rankin/Bass Productions. It is his lettering style that was used in the titles (I like the original end titles from 1964 best, which we have now in color). Tony was a talented artist and designer and we can thank him for the look of the Animagic characters!
Bil Baird
Mr. Bones...Mr. Bones.. ahhh haaa. Still going through the most recent pile of goodies my pal Lil' Ron Murphy sent along. He always saves me clippings appropriate for my research and collection 🎅 #whitechristmas #martinandlewis #speedyalksseltzer #peanuts #bilbaird #myersberg #rudolphtherednosedreindeer #riverview #theloneranger
Friday, December 14, 2018
From Jorge Baeza
If you LOVE Rankin / Bass' Stop Motion Christmas Specials like I do, ORDER YOUR COPY of the new book: "The Making of Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town and The Daydreamer".There you will also find my latest contribution to this beautiful world -Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger.
Things are hopping!
Still waiting to hear from the printer for book pickup, but will still make Christmas!
Thursday, December 13, 2018
I will be on “StreetWise” WGBB1240AM & 95.9FM (LI/NY) Global/Live/Stream on AM1240WGBB.COM and STREETWISEPRO.COM SAT. 12/15/18 4:30pm (EST) this Saturday!
“StreetWise” WGBB1240AM & 95.9FM (LI/NY) Global/Live/Stream on AM1240WGBB.COM and STREETWISEPRO.COM
SAT. 12/15/18 4:30pm (EST)
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Thanks!
I want to Thank Julie Keaty and the Evergreen Park Public Library for hosting our evening of Rankin/Bass history! I felt like I was hosting (Festival of) Family Classics 🎅 I love this Christmasy time of year! ☃️ Don't forget to tune in to the Bill & Wendy show on WGN radio tomorrow morning at 11:05 am 720 am or stream at www.wgnradio.com #evergreenpark #evergreenparkpubliclibrary #rankinbass #Christmas
Fun Christmas Wednesday 🤶
I want to Thank Julie Keaty and the Evergreen Park Public Library for hosting our evening of Rankin/Bass history! I felt like I was hosting (Festival of) Family Classics I love this Christmasy time of year! ☃️ Don't forget to tune in to the Bill & Wendy show on WGN radio tomorrow morning at 11:05 am 720 am or stream at www.wgnradio.com #evergreenpark #evergreenparkpubliclibrary #rankinbass #Christmas
We have plenty of the Making of Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town & The Daydreamer to cover all orders going into Christmas, so continue to order away!
Just keep in mind that the 20th Anniversary book, may not make Christmas from this point on. We do have orders in that will cover orders to date, but with new orders Today on, it may come just after Christmas. You can order away on our NEW book, as we have plenty coming to cover all orders before Christmas! www.miserbros.com
