All Rankin/Bass orders go out Tuesday!

The late, great Romeo Muller! Writer and co-creator of all the characters in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with Antony Peters! #rudolphtherednosedreindeer

Denny's commercial with all of the characters created by Romeo Muller and Antony Peters

 

My 6' 3" Yukon shows up on the hottest day of the year! I am Thankful he made it here in August 🌞 What other Rankin/Bass characters would you like to see in animatronics by Tekky? #rudolphtherednosedreindeer #Rankinbassproductionsofficial #Yukoncornelius #lifesize

Wednesday! I saw a few characters that Romeo Muller and Antony Peters created 🎄

Rankin/Bass' Bumble

One of my favorite Rankin/Bass Monsters is their bouncing, toothless Bumble (Abominable Snowmonster) created by Romeo Muller and designed by Antony Peters for Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 🎄 I have written quite a bit about him and in fact, working on something tonight ❄️ #Romeomullerestate #Antonypetersestate #Rankinbassproductionsofficial

 

One of Romeo Muller and Antony Peter's creations!

 

Always working with Rudolph!

Bouncing

Bumble! These would make Excellent Valentines for any Rankin/Bass Fanatic!

I have some cool Rankin/Bass Production prints by Tom Webb on EBAY under MISER BROS!  They are all backed with thick cardboard and in mylar bags ready for display too!

CBS NEWS

C. 2019 Jake Barlow/CBS NEWS

Merry Christmas! C. 2019 CBS NEWS/Jake Barlow #merrychristmas #wednesday #christmas2019 #christmas #rankinbassproductions

C. 2019 CBS NEWS/Jake Barlow

Here is the Smithsonian Magazine article I helped with, that was posted today! Many more articles to come this Holiday season and in 2020! Also, I picked up various books today and shipped some out for delivery tomorrow and this week! I am told the Frosty book should be done by the end of the week, which means more than likely they will ship on Saturday!

 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/magical-animation-rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer-180973841/?fbclid=IwAR0UtaTH-BqpAFaPUh8mS1umTFycTDPldYI7_ENntka0ANoTrxwzDDr4kxQ

C. 2014 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt archives from The Arthur Rankin, Jr. Scrapbook:  The Birth of Animagic

Sam Saturday

I have been talking a lot about the creators of all the characters in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on the radio and at my appearances lately! In fact, one interview will air today on WJQZ in Wellsville New York at 8:45 AM and another in Rockford Illinois this week on WKCL 96.7 FM

 c. 2001 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives

 Antony Peters was a very close friend of mine and designed all of the characters as we know them in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer including the lettering style used in the credits!  He started very early with Rankin/Bass as their original designer/Artist in the 1950s.  He worked on all of their commercials and developed The New Adventures of Pinocchio and later The Tales of the Wizard of Oz.  He even went to Canada to oversee the animation at Crawley studios for Oz.  He developed their feature film, Willy McBean & His Magic Machine and then designed all of the characters in Rudolph such as Hermey the Dentist, Yukon Cornelius, The Bumble, The Island of Misfit toys, etc.

Romeo Muller, Jr., seen here behind the great Sid Caesar, whom Romeo wrote for, created all of the characters in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV Special including Clarice, The Misfit Doll, Sam the Snowman (Who he based on Nicely Nicely from Guys & Dolls), the foreman elf, etc.   Romeo is the reason we are still talking about Rudolph on it's 55th Anniversary!  I recently did an interview for Smithsonian Magazine about all of this, that will be out before Christmas!

I got these Amazing prints in the mail this AM from my artist pal Thomas Webb! Thomas has art in out book The Making of Santa Claus is Comin' To Town and The Daydreamer 🎅 I will have some prints for sale this Sunday at Scott's vintage antiques and collectibles in North Aurora from 3 - 5 pm! The prints are all in mylar and cardboard backed ready to display 🤶 #rankinbassproductions #christmas #heatmiser #snowmiser

I love Tom's rendition of the Romeo Muller created characters and the Antony Peters/Paul Coker, Jr. designs!

We're A Couple of Misfits came on as I walked up to these Romeo Muller/Antony Peters characters!

I visited Romeo Muller and Antony Peter's creations from Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer today! The new figures were made by Kate Stransky! Awesome job! 🎅👍🦌www.miserbros.com #rankinbassproductions #theislandofmisfittoys #rudolphtherednosedreindeer — in Chicago, Illinois.

 As I stated before, Romeo Muller based most of the characters from Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer off of his friends and family!  He added all of the characters we know and love from the TV Special version of the story, as Stan Lee did for Marvel Comics.   Antony Peters designed all of the Rankin/Bass Characters from the 1950s through 1966.  It was his designs we see in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, as he was the Jack Kirby in the Rankin/Bass Universe!

 Kate Stransky did a wonderful job with these new renditions!

We went to Michael Jordan's Steak House for lunch before my WGN Radio appearance!  Always great!

55 years for Roemo Muller and Tony Peter's creations this Friday and I believe Freeform is showing then. Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

 C. 2019 Peter Lutrario

 Santa and Rudolph got to watch themselves on CBS again last night!   Unfortunately, CBS is still showing a badly edited version we talk about every single year.  The Blu Ray/DVD is also a mess!   Santa and Rudolph were restored in 2006, but the actual Rankin/Bass special is still waiting for a proper restoral.  Thanks to my friend Peter for sending the pictures.

 My sister took my niece and nephew to Sea World today to actually meet some of the creations of Romeo Muller and Antony Peters, under the direction of Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass.  Clarice was actually named after one of Romeo's closest friends.  I am so glad I keep in touch with both families to keep in the loop.

 Merchandise based on the Muller/Peters creations from Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as far as the eye can see!  My sister said it is all over the place.

Someone just sent me this program after they noticed that the actual creators of the classic 55 year old TV Special's names were nowhere to be found, even though it is the exact same story written by Romeo Muller and the exact same Antony Peters character designs.  No mention of the Producers Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass either.  There never would have been a TV Special, if not for them.