Happy Birthday (yesterday) to the wonderful Hayley Mills (79)! #HAYLEYMILLS #BIRTHDAY #THEDAYDREAMER

My dear friend Bill Jackson passed away yesterday, the last of the Chicago Kid's TV Greats! I just spoke with him recently. Some years back, we talked about doing a scrapbook type book of his career, but he decided against it, as he felt it would not sell. He was a very modest guy. He sent me tons of behind-the-scenes photographs over the years and I kept them all in a ring binder. I wrote a chapter about him in the TV PARTY book, many years ago and he liked that. He was a great lover of Rankin/Bass Productions and my books and even contributed to our 20th Annicversary Edition of The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass. His favorite character was the Bumble, but he had a special place in his heart for The Little Drummer Boy. The Little Drummer Boy was part of one of his very first Television broadcasts. This legend and great guy will be missed dearly. #Billjackson #Restinpeace #Dirtydragon

Happy 85th Birthday to Johnny Mathis!

R.I.P.

Ricky

happy 94th birthday to James Bama!

Happy Birthday to the wonderful Hayley Mills! #HAYLEYMILLS #BIRTHDAY #THEDAYDREAMER

I just got word that Chicago Cub legend Glenn Beckert died at 79. He was the first pro baseball player I met. He came to my school in 1st or 2nd grade and my dad took me, so it was very special. Years later, I took my son Josh to the 1969 Cubs reunion (when they were all still living) and that was very special! Glenn could not have been nicer! They do not make baseball players like that anymore! #glenmbeckert #chicagocubs

Happy David Cassidy's Birthday! #davidcassidy

Mort Drucker R.I.P.

my friend Mort Drucker is 91 today!

nice issue!

Svengoolie and Screamin' Yellow Theater from WFLD is about to hit Fifty!

My favorite horror host of all-time is Svengoolie!  I remember learning to draw from watching How To Make A Monster on his show and seeing those great opening titles of an artist drawing Teenage Werewolf!  I popped in my DVD of Jerry's Svengoolie and I am always floored by how funny he was!  He signed many things for me, when I visited his restaurants in San Diego many years ago.   What an incredibly talented guy and he is definitely missed!

It looks like our friend Jimmy Nelson passed 😥 Danny O' Day was one of my earliest childhood memories. Jimmy enjoyed our Rankin/Bass books and going down memory lane. He was a talented guy who will be missed. #jimmynelson #dannyoday #farfel

I heard from Bill Jackson yesterday! He says he is doing well! One of the last surviving Chicago TV Legends!

Maury's Variety Obituary

https://variety.com/2019/music/news/maury-lewis-rankin-bass-composer-arranger-rudolph-dies-1203177202/?fbclid=IwAR0nGghl6DRJ0AWNNDodL8z2tvxI4KRU4dkuAYDaX5OSgvAoRW6Mc2eeSHY

Still thinking about Maury!

Still remembering the great Maury Laws! Going through some of my ring binders and old pictures and gave a few quotes for the Variety obit. What a great guy! #musicalsupervisor #conductor #composer #maurylaws #rankinbass 

 C. 2019 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives

....and it really came together when Mom sang along.

It's hard to believe it is a little bit past five years that we lost Arthur...wow! #rankinbass #arthurrankinjr #legend

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