MAD MONSTER PARTY

The MAD MONSTER PARTY DVD currently available with the orange cover...still has the booklet I wrote and the same content. I like the new cover better. ANCHOR BAY DVD really did the MMP DVD right! This is the way a RANKIN/BASS DVD should be done. They also did an exceptional job with THE DAYDREAMER and THE WACKY WORLD OF MOTHER GOOSE.

HALLOWEEN gets closer...

Here is a cool HALLOWEEN single! Heard from the OPRAH show today! Hope to take SANTA & RUDOLPH on for a visit. The BROOKFIELD ZOO event is really sounding good. Hope to see everyone there December 8 and 9th!

PETE pics from FENDER.COM

MMP

Mark Ciesielski sent us this graphic image he did of MAD MONSTER PARTY in the style of the band THE MISFITS art. I helped THE MISFITS some years back with a video and CD single they did of MONSTER MASH using images from MAD MONSTER PARTY.

Mitch has an Art exhibit coming up in Pittsburgh, PA

check out www.mitchoconnell.com

SARA & her bass

HALLOWEEN Party!

Josephine and I are looking forward to our HALLOWEEN party this weekend! Looks like THE STARVING ARTISTS will be playing some music there too.

PETE!

I took my daughter to meet PETE WENTZ from FALL OUT BOY yesterday and to buy his new FENDER SQUIER BASS. Super nice guy and it looks like I may be assisting with a FALL OUT BOY book project! Cool stuff!

MILTON DVD set

Watched some of the MILTON THE MONSTER DVD set, that came out earlier this year, today. There is a RANKIN/BASS connection...My late friend BOB McFADDEN did all of the voices. He did mucho work for RANKIN/BASS over the years. The cover art on the DVD set is scary...so I replaced it with this GREAT vintage comic book cover. Nice to have this at HALLOWEEN time!

EBAY

I have some cool HOLIDAY stuff up on EBAY right now under seller ANIMAGIC1 and MISERBROS. If you don't see what you are looking for, e-mail me: Rickgoldsc@aol.com THANKS!

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS at www.timeandspacetoys.com

These are VERY nice McFarlane figure sets and now they are part of www.timeandspacetoys.com SALE-O-WEEN sale! CHUCK JONES Produced this wonderful special that is well remembered by RANKIN/BASS fans!

RANKIN/BASS RUDOLPH DVD edition 2000

Many RANKIN/BASS fans ask me which edition of the RUDOLPH DVD should I buy? Here is the cover of the one you want to get and it is from the year 2000. You would think they would add more content to subsequent releases BUT they have actually taken content off in the latest releases of the classic RANKIN/BASS TV Special! For this release, which properly had the RANKIN/BASS name on the front cover, I assisted with the extra content, restoral and the cover image is directly from me. ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. appears with a lengthy introduction and I supplied all of the pictures used in the introduction of people that actually worked on the special. I am starting to hear a buzz that CLASSIC MEDIA wants to do a RANKIN/BASS Documentary for a Christmas 2008 box set and restore the name RANKIN/BASS to the covers. This is a no brainer in my opinion. People want extra content that relates to the classic TV special...not a bad CGI video from the latest pop fad singing group. If you are going to do this thing...do it right or don't do it at all!

NEW FROSTY DVD missing some things....

While the cover is improved, it is still missing the RANKIN/BASS name on it! It also appears to be missing other content that was on the 2001 edition including the introduction by ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. !

JACK DAVIS art

This cool JACK DAVIS art was sent over by our friend Rick!

Patrick Owsley does the art for the NEW DVD release of FROSTY THE SNOWMAN

Check Patrick's LINK on the side of the page!

RANKIN/BASS VARIETY AD from my first book

Artwork by PAUL COKER, JR. from THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO

THE STARVING ARTISTS play BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC

It appears we will be performing LIVE at BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC in Schaumburg, IL Saturday night November 10th at 6pm. We will have plenty of CDs on hand for the event. This will be a full band performance. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Our Annual visit to BENGTSON'S PUMPKIN FARM

We had an INDIAN SUMMER all the way up to October 10th in Chicago, so we took advantage of it. http://www.pumpkinfarm.com/

THE STARVING ARTISTS to play BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC in Schaumburg, IL

Looks like THE STARVING ARTISTS will be playing BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC in Schaumburg, IL on a Saturday night in November (date to be announced)! We are also adding a book signing event at this BORDERS at Noon on December 8th and 9th with the ANIMAGIC RUDOLPH & SANTA 'ANIMAGIC' figures!

SCREEN NOVELTIES in action!