I want to Thank everyone for coming out for a night of laughs at the Comedy Shrine in Aurora tonight! A fun Rankin/Bass holiday event that I won't soon forget! 🤣 #Christmas #holidayseason2019 #rickgoldschmidtappearance

Tonight at the Comedy Shrine in Aurora, IL

In AURORA, IL. Thursday at 7 PM – 9 PM The Comedy Shrine 4034 Fox Valley Center Dr, Aurora, Illinois 60504 Join Official Rankin/Bass Productions Historian/Biographer Rick Goldschmidt for a night of Christmas history, humorous stories, rare Rankin/Bass TV Special clips and Questions and Answers. He will also be bringing an array of Rankin/Bass items and doing a book signing for those last-minute Christmas gifts. Rick is the expert on the television classics Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman (The subject of his new 6th book on Rankin/Bass), the Heat Miser and Snow miser from Rankin/Bass' The Year Without A Santa Claus, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, The Little Drummer Boy and more! This will be a fun, family night to celebrate the holidays and the work of Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. Rankin/Bass also created their highest-rated comedy special called The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians in 1970, which was the lead into the Academy Awards. It featured Jack Benny, George Burns, Phyllis Diller, Groucho Marx, The Smothers Brothers and many other legends in Comedy. Rick will have that on DVD as well.

For my 2nd appearance in Aurora this week, come and see me Thursday night at this Amazing Comedy Shrine, which has a museum loaded with Comedy stuff everywhere including the Marx Bros, Martin & Lewis, The Munsters, etc. Get your tickets now!

Join me! This is the cool place that is also a comedy museum, loaded with collectibles from anything that has to do with laughs! #christmas #rankinbassproductions #holidayseason2019 #fun — at The Comedy Shrine.

Get your tickets at www.comedyshrine.com

I am going to be appearing at The Comedy Shrine December 19th at 7 pm!

https://comedyshrine.com/

 This event will feature a presentation by me for Christmas, including some rare clips, music, questions and answers, etc.   Tickets are $10.  The admission also allows you to peruse the fantastic museum (Sample picture below).  Rankin/Bass Productions Produced The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians and worked with some of the great comedians of all-time!   I will have my regular table of Rankin/Bass items at the event and do a book signing as well!

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

Lucy Van Pelt

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,

Bang! Zoom! To the Moon!

This place was loaded with cool items!