An Evening with RANKIN/BASS musical composer MAURY LAWS!

KEVIN KREISS www.timeandspacetoys.com and I met up with MAURY LAWS, his beautiful wife Karen and his son John on the Magnificent mile at the DRAKE HOTEL Friday night! We had a wonderful time and talked further about the RANKIN/BASS Symphony project. MAURY will have a RANKIN/BASS concert this Thursday in APPLETON, WISCONSIN. This will be a prototype to the larger symphony that will tour the states Christmas 2007! My CONGRATS goes out to MAURY! Check his website at www.maurylaws.com Also, he did some suites for the current BASEBALL MUSIC PROJECT that is playing accross the country right now. His HEAT MISER/SNOW MISER themes will be used in the new live action NBC special THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS Dec. 11.

AMAZING FANTASY BOOKS & COMICS Tinley Park, IL 11-24-06

We had a GREAT time meeting everyone that came out to AMAZING FANTASY BOOKS & COMICS in Tinley Park, IL www.afbooks.com ! People loved seeing the ANIMAGIC figures in person and could not have been nicer! We signed books for two solid hours and CHRISTMAS definitely came early this year for alot of people. The Staff at AF BOOKS was super and our sincere THANKS go out to GARRETT & JOE for hosting this GREAT event! That is KEVIN KREISS from www.timeandspacetoys.com in the pictures with me. He sells all the wonderful RANKIN/BASS merchandise you see in the pictures! To see larger images...just CLICK on the pictures. People loved the FREE MISER BROTHERS ornament set which is an EXCLUSIVE to TIME & SPACE TOYS. You can buy them there NOW! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

WGN MORNING NEWS 11-24-06

If you missed the segment: http://wgntv.trb.com

DAILY SOUTHTOWN article 11-24-06

RANKIN/BASS on CBS MORNING NEWS Chicago 11-24-06!

If you missed it: http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=27921@wbbm.dayport.com&cid=10

A mention for RUDOLPH & SANTA's appearance at the CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS in ATLANTA, GA Dec. 8 - Jan. 7 in the ORLANDO SENTINEL!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Here is a RUDOLPH quiz by Lowry Davison! A HOLIDAY gift to you!

www.joobli.com/quiz.php HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN & FROSTY THE SNOWMAN Soundtrack CD!

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this CD! AND not just because I Co-Produced it. It was a top rate release from RHINO/WARNER MUSIC issued in a deluxe packaging in 2002 with a very nice booklet and RARE photos and graphics. The soundtracks sound excellent from the original masters and I believe it is still available from www.amazon.com When these soundtracks were first issued on LP in 1970, they were both MGM Promotional only radio releases and very hard to find. The FROSTY image on the cover was inked by my friend PATRICK OWSLEY too! Pick this CD up today! It was also beautifully pencilled by my friend MIKE FONTANELLI (SPUMCO) HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

FRIDAY 11-24-2006

Looks like all of our RANKIN/BASS events are happening this FRIDAY! Here is the schedule: THE DAILY SOUTHTOWN NEWSPAPER and THE CHICAGO SUN TIMES newspapers. 6:45 am CBS MORNING NEWS, 7:50am WGN MORNING NEWS with Larry Potash, LUNCH with MAURY LAWS RANKIN/BASS Musical Composer and then it is on to AMAZING FANTASY BOOKS & COMICS at 159th & Harlem Avenue in TINLEY PARK, IL from 5-7pm! The original RUDOLPH & SANTA ANIMAGIC figures will be with us the entire day! Come out and see them at AF BOOKS! Take pictures with them too!

UNCLE MISTLETOE!

Here is another CHRISTMASY Chicago Kid's item courtesy of RON MURPHY! MARSHALL FIELD'S own UNCLE MISTLETOE! This is the first year in CHICAGO for a long time that MARSHALL FIELD'S is no longer...it is now MACY'S. MACY'S did keep up the window decoration tradition though with MARY POPPINS and the WALNUT ROOM still has the big tree!

CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS in Atlanta, GA Dec. 8 - Jan. 7

THE STARVING ARTISTS to return to THE OLD BARN in Burbank, IL!

We have been doing quite a bit of rehearsing lately in preparation of some Holiday gigs! It looks like we may be playing a show at THE OLD BARN this December. We played a Holiday show there last Holiday season. THE OLD BARN is a VERY nice restaurant with GREAT food! It has alot of history as well. W.C.FIELDS was a former patron and it has been there for years. ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. took me to dinner there when he was in town and was very impressed with the PRIME RIB and their wine list. As soon as I know a date, I will post it.

More DISNEYLAND and a update on the DAILY SOUTHTOWN/SUN TIMES NEWSPAPER article!

We had a GREAT time in California this past weekend at PATRICK & LESLIE OWSLEY's wedding at the UNIVERSAL CITY SHERATON and here are a few pics from our trip! The double exposure, dark picture is the only one I have of myself with my friend TAYLOR WHITE. Just got word today that the article being done on myself for the DAILY SOUTHTOWN NEWSPAPER by George Haas will run this Friday 11-24! It may also be featured in the SUN TIMES, the JOLIET HERALD, NAPERVILLE SUN, GARY POST and in Aurora (BEACON NEWS) and Elgin newspapers.

We made a BIG Splash at DISNEYLAND!

We just got back from California and it was a whirlwind trip! I was there for my very good friend PATRICK OWSLEY's wedding! CONGRATS to PATRICK & LESLIE OWSLEY! I enjoyed standing up in their wedding! I also got to take in some DISNEYLAND with my son JOSH and my good friend TAYLOR WHITE and his daughter Claire! Taylor and I discussed possibly re-issueing my first book THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO with some new content and a new PAUL COKER cover! I will keep you posted! Check out Taylor's website www.percepto.com for some GREAT CDs! More to come on my brief visit to CALIFORNIA!

RUDOLPH arrives from JAPAN! RUDOLPH is small in JAPAN!

RUDOLPH arrives straight from JAPAN in my mailbox today. KAORI TANABA sent me his 6" x 6" hardcover book he published with PETIT GRAND PUBLISHING, INC. and I REALLY like it! It is a cute little book that touches on various things about the classic RANKIN/BASS Special. It even has a little color cardboard cutout of RUDOLPH. I provided alot of the pictures and information BUT it also pictures merchandise, includes sheet music and even cookie recepies! It's a cute, little book...the kind you would see in a HALLMARK store. We will try to carry it at www.rankinbass.com for all the RANKIN/BASS fans in the US! I will keep you posted.

I'll be away from my desk for a few days....

BUT I will respond to e-mails and requests when I get back to my Desk on Sunday night!

DEMO: How Can You Sleep At Night?

My recent demo of the song "How Can You Sleep At Night?" has been getting quite a few listens at www.myspace.com/rickgoldschmidt lately. DENNIS RIORDAN from my band THE STARVING ARTISTS plays Bass guitar on it. I hope to record it next year at Robin Wilson's URANUS STUDIOS in Tempe, AZ. The song is about a girl I thought I knew very well and it turns out that I didn't know her at all. I will have copies of my CD RICK GOLDSCHMIDT SINGS at AMAZING FANTASY BOOKS & COMICS 12-24 at 5pm. It has been reviewed favorably in the NOVEMBER ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER.

CHICAGO KID'S TV! GARFIELD GOOSE & FRIENDS! CARTOON TOWN with BILL JACKSON!

With friends like RON MURPHY, who needs RESEARCHERS for my book about CHICAGO KID'S TV? Ron constantly tracks down GREAT material like this and often lists it on EBAY under seller MURPHY8780. This ad features GARFIELD GOOSE & FRIEND (Frazier Thomas) before it became FRIENDS on WGN-TV. My friend BILL JACKSON is featured on a TV PREVUE in Illustrated form...visit www.dirtydragon.com This brings me back to my childhood and we recently discovered some video footage of RAY RAYNER, GARFIELD GOOSE, CAREFREE CORNERS and CREATURE FEATURES we didn't have!

THE DAILY SOUTHTOWN NEWSPAPER RANKIN/BASS article!

I did an interview and photo session for THE DAILY SOUTHTOWN NEWSPAPER with GEORGE HAAS and it will be out sometime next week! It may even be on THANKSGIVING DAY to promote our appearance at AMAZING FANTASY BOOKS 11-24! The color photos will include some of my collection and the article will cover quite a bit. Look for it in the CHICAGOLAND area! The pictures you see here are from WIZARD WORLD August, 2006. That is KEVIN KREISS of www.timeandspacetoys.com in the small group shot!

BURL & JOHNNY!

BURL IVES & JOHNNY MARKS played a HUGE role in the creation of a CHRISTMAS classic and are featured in a chapter of my book THE MAKING OF THE RANKIN/BASS HOLIDAY CLASSIC: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (MISER BROS PRESS) Available at www.rankinbass.com and I will sign the book during the Holidays! If you are looking for original RANKIN/BASS signed art...check with my friend DAVID SCHEVE at www.thedeeparchives.com