Starting to shut things down for the holidays!

 

This is the guy who created the Bumble, Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius, Sam the Snowman, The Island of Misfit Toys, Clarice, The Heat Miser, The Snow Miser and many more! Often, he based the characters on friends and used their names. This is one of many newspaper interviews I have from his personal scrapbook. Romeo Muller, Jr. was the genius writer behind the characters! #romeomuller #rudolphtherednosedreindeer #santaclaus #rankinbass #writer #creator #genius

Paul

More Soles in my collection...

Wallopin' Websnappers! I want to Thank my pal Stan Shabaz for picking these up for me last weekend! Collector's Call #hermeytheelf #spiderman #paulsoles #autographs

Sunday night Hermey art

 

Another character from Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer solely created by Rankin/Bass writer Romeo Muller, Jr. (based on one of his dear friends) and designed by Antony Peters!

Paul Soles talks about Hermey the Elf from our Official Rankin/Bass Prod...

Our last one!

Hermey

Joel is selling his last batch of Hermey signed pics! We will have on site soon 🎅

Who created Rankin/Bass' The Island of Misfit toys? Hermey the Elf? Yukon Cornelius? the Bumble? Sam the Snowman?

 

Romeo Muller, Jr.

I have been doing tons of interviews already this season and I get asked about why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the others have lasted so long?!   Not hard to figure out why with the great writer Romeo Muller, who created the Burgermeister Meisterburger, the misfit girl doll, the Heat Miser and Snow Miser, etc.   Look for the article in REMIND MAGAZINE's holiday issue and more!   I will be on the radio and TV coast to coast again talking about the creator and creators of these beloved classics!  

Hermey the dentist! (Created by Romeo Muller, Jr.)

Romeo Muller, Jr., Creator of the Island of Misfit Toys and most of the Rankin/Bass characters and writer of most of their Enchanted stories!

     Romeo Muller, Jr. is the man who created most of the Rankin/Bass characters and wrote about the Island of Misfit toys, Hermey the elf/dentist, Clarice, Yukon Cornelius, Sam the Snowman, Charlie-in-the-box (The only character he didn't create in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was Rudolph and Santa Claus), Professor Hinkle, Winter Warlock, Burgermeister Meisterburger, Heat Miser, Snow Miser, etc.   Most of the time Paul Coker, Jr. created the designs, based on what Romeo wrote.   In the case of Rudolph, it was Tony Peters who created the designs.

     I am going through Romeo's original scrapbook for various projects right now and will post some cool things!   His brother Gene gave me the scrapbook and many of Romeo's original demo recordings for the various productions.  Romeo saved every article about him and all of the reviews for the Rankin/Bass Productions and many of the ones he did for other companies later in his career.

     His name has mysteriously disappeared from Productions based directly on his writings, and as a member of the writer's guild, his estate is working hard to rectify that situation.  I have written much about him in my books and featured his early draft script for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in my Making of Rudolph book.