FUN FACT: The growls of the Bumble in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, were performed by Larry D. Mann (Yukon). "Larry was our go to guy," says Bill Giles (Sound engineer) "We knew he could do the laugh and growls of The Abominable Snow Monster!" #rudolphtherednosedreindeer

I am doing all kinds of interviews now 🎄 I just did one with my friend Jordan Newell White . I met Doug Herendeen at the Carlisle Comic Con, and we are taping an interview Monday to air next Saturday onWRTA Weekend (Saturdays 11 to 1) - Talk Radio 98.5 & 1240 WRTA in Pennsylvania. Rudolph's 60th is pretty big news, with the switch back to NBC-tv! Our Year without a Santa Claus and 'Twas the night before Christmas 50th Anniversary book is going gangbusters too! Bring on the best and busiest holiday season ever! 🇺🇸👏

They gave the Bumble the "Universal blu ray treatment" (defies common sense)...a hat and a puffy blue jacket???????!!!!! 🤣👌 #Homedepot

Bumble bounce

#Bumble #Rudolphtherednosedreindeer #Wednesday 🎨

Bumble Saturday 🎅

It's been a very busy Saturday in the Enchanted world of Rankin/Bass!  Thank you for all of the orders at www.miserbros.com.   I sent off our 2021 Christmas card to the printer today.  Rankin/Bass fan Alec Foisy asked me about my favorite Rankin/Bass character from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer...the Bumble.  He asked who did the roars and maniacal laugh?  I decided to go straight to the source for Christmas in July, and get ahold of my Canadian/Floridian pal Bill Giles.  Bill was the sound engineer on Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964 (for more on Bill, see my RetroFan magazine article in issue # 12).   Bill recorded all of the Rudolph actors at RCA Victor studios.  "The Bumble Roars and laugh were done by Larry D. Mann.  He was our go to guy and the most versatile of all the voice actors."  Larry was the voice of Yukon Cornelius, the prospector of the North and the original voice of Sam the Snowman, before Burl Ives was added to the cast.  #rankinbassproductions #rudolphtherednosedreindeer #bumble #theabominablesnowmonster

 

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!

One of the Enesco figurines I designed...

For my Sunday night art, I thought I would draw another character completely created by Romeo Muller, Jr. and Tony Peters!

Tony Peters, Co-Creator of the Bumble

 

C. 2001 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives 

Rankin/Bass designer Tony Peters signed this Bumble (A character which he co-created with Romeo Muller, Jr.) card with a Tee Pee.  Why a Tee Pee?   His initials were TP.   He had a great sense of humor, just like Paul Coker, Jr..  I love Tony's designs of all the Rankin/Bass Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV Special characters, which Romeo Muller created!

Going through my Kirsten Ulve book

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