Today is Smokey's 75th Birthday!

Smokey Sr. is pretty impressive too! We brought him to the Shag Store in West Hollywood and to the Dallas Comic book show!

Rankin/Bass' The Ballad of Smokey the Bear

Rankin/Bass' The Ballad of Smokey the Bear Premiered on Thanksgiving Day 1966 on the NBC General Electric Fantasy Hour! The photo of the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade 1966 is from our 20th Anniversary edition of The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass: A Portfolio C. 2016 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives #theballadofsmokeythebear #rankinbass #animagic #color

Here is a nice article on Smokey's 50th by our pal Tom Ward!

Smokey the Bear turns 50! By Tom Ward

Thanksgiving shows they don't show on TV anymore!!!

I have some classic R/B Thanksgiving dvds left over from Dallas! I went a little overboard knowing Smokey would be there! $20 shipped for the classic The Mouse on the Mayflower (NBC/McDonald's presentation). It also has a few Festival of Family Classics including The Christmas Tree and some classic Christmas shorts and my Wild Chicago appearance. The other is The Ballad of Smokey The Bear (NBC/GE presentation) celebrating 50 years this Thanksgiving day, for $20 shipped. It also has The Saturday Superstar movie of The Red Baron and another surprise. Both for $35. Message me or email Rickgoldsc@aol.com for ordering details. You don't see classics like these on TV anymore! Every order comes with a 20th Anniversary book announcement card and a signed Evil Irontail card too!!

Original Smokey the Bear Visits Texas Comic Book Show

Dallas!

 

I have many dvd left overs from Dallas!  Email me at Rickgoldsc@aol.com   Still have Jack Davis dvd, Mouse on the Mayflower, Pinocchio, Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians, The Ballad of Smokey the Bear, etc.  

Happy Birthday to Smokey the Bear!

Today is Smokey's birthday! He is over 70 years old now. He was about 20 when Rankin/Bass did this special with James Cagney, and George Petrie from the Honeymooners was the voice of the fox! DECADES has a segment on today, in their THROUGH THE DECADES and show a short clip of Jackson Weaver, the voice of Smokey for 45 years, who was the voice of Smokey in the Rankin/Bass Saturday morning cartoon series THE SMOKEY BEAR SHOW.

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THE GENERAL ELECTRIC FANTASY HOUR

RANKIN/BASS began their long run of TV Specials on THE GENERAL ELECTRIC FANTASY HOUR with RETURN TO OZ in 1964, followed by RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER and then THE BALLAD OF SMOKEY THE BEAR in 1966. It is wonderful to view these programs as they appeared originally on NBC!

Special on SMOKEY today $15 shipped in ANIMAGIC!!!

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Broadcast THANKSGIVING DAY 1966

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