I assisted with something that will be shown on NBC's TODAY SHOW Christmas morning (It will include Jules Bass and possibly Paul Coker, Jr.). I also assisted with the Children's and family EMMYS.
Friday, December 09, 2022
Season's Greetings!
I assisted with something that will be shown on NBC's TODAY SHOW Christmas morning (It will include Jules Bass and possibly Paul Coker, Jr.). I also assisted with the Children's and family EMMYS.
Thursday, December 08, 2022
There is still plenty of time to order!
I am getting tons of orders still, but I am still getting shipments of books up to Christmas week! I ship Priority mail, so plenty of time still! Today I helped with NBC's TODAY Show. They are airing some of the deaths from 2022 on Christmas Sunday morning and are including Jules Bass (I told them about Paul Coker, Jr. and sent images of him too). They said they will share the clip with me after it airs, but keep a look out!
Wednesday, December 07, 2022
General Electric Holiday Appliances
Antony Peters designed this and it is pictured in my book, The making of the Rankin/Bass Holiday classic: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Videocraft International (Later known as Rankin/Bass Productions) did many commercials, both live action and Animagic (See my book The Arthur Rankin, Jr. Scrapbook: The Birth of Animagic). Tony was always involved with these commercials and his designs were used through 1965. Maury Laws told me, he developed his Rankin/Bass Christmas music, through these 1962 General Electric commercials. He said he borrowed some from the Nutcracker, but it turned into his own unique style. This is Maury's music with the session voice people that were also used in the 1964 Rudolph GE Commercials. The same actors also appeared in the soundtracks for Willy McBean and his Magic Machine and The Daydreamer.
