Rankin/Bass-historian

Sunday, September 22, 2013

FALL arrives!

c. 1967 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

Joe Cutoni told me that this year's ice sculptures will be based on RANKIN/BASS' FROSTY THE SNOWMAN. Joe was kind enough to take pictures and share them at past events and said he will share some from this years :) Always worth checking out!

SVENGOOLIE

Rich Koz had a nice little tribute to JERRY G. BISHOP tonight! I hope there is some more to come on future shows! He barely got a mention in the Chicago NEWS media or papers this week and was such a HUGE part of Chicago TV History!

Saturday, September 21, 2013

RANKIN/BASS' RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER appearaces in 2014

Peter Lutrario, DREAMWORKS and I are looking forward to a 50th Anniversary celebration in 2014! Starting to think about a few places we can display the original ANIMAGIC RANKIN/BASS RUDOLPH & SANTA figures :) Stay tuned!

Friday, September 20, 2013

from Ron Murphy

THE STARVING ARTISTS "Travelin' Man" cover

Thursday, September 19, 2013

CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU?

If you were to put a list of BEST TV SERIES COMEDIES, this would have to be high at the top of the list :) Modern comedies are nowhere near this funny or creative.

HALLOWEEN is coming!

Still have a few books ....

DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS

My DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS blu ray came from AMAZON yesterday and I must say...it was a pleasant surprise! The collector's cards are cool, the film is better than I remembered (with an amazing transfer) and it had a very good documentary and original trailer (cool lettering graphics only). A perfect cast and an engaging story. The "ritual" scene was shocking and gory (which they talk about in the documentary) BUT overall the film is a very good sequel to the the original (which has always been one of my favorites). I hope STUDIO CANAL soon issues many more HAMMER films including the original DRACULA with the extra footage they found from a JAPANESE print. Love it!