Here is another PAUL COKER, JR. painting/model sheet from my RANKIN/BASS Project THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR with ANDY WILLIAMS and THE OSMONDS. I was just watching complete episodes of THE ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW from TIME-LIFE and what an amazing talent Andy is! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND those DVD sets!
Another cool item is the MATTEL talking hand puppet of KING KONG & BOBBY BOND from 1966. One of the few RANKIN/BASS shows that actually had some toy items released before my book THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS came out in 1997.
JULES BASS plays the piano as SUSAN "Dorothy" CONWAY sits on the piano. I got in touch with Susan a few years back and she was very happy to read my first book and think back on her RETURN TO OZ days. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the DVD release of the very first RANKIN/BASS TV Special.
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Bernard 'Bunny' Cowan played a huge role in the recording of the Canadian voice actors for the early RANKIN/BASS Productions including RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER! We hope that his archives, courtesy of his son Elliot, will be part of a RANKIN/BASS DVD box set this year! It is all up to CLASSIC MEDIA & SONY WONDER.
Here is another one. A COLLEGEVILLE COSTUMES costume of PINOCCHIO from RANKIN/BASS' TV series THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO. My plans are to do the third printing of THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO like Jerry Beck's HANNA-BARBERA TREASURY book. It would be nice to flip through and pull out some cool RANKIN/BASS collectibles.
Cold these days in Chicago! Still getting lots of orders and packing them all right now and every day! I do have more RUDOLPH 1964 DVDs now with extras. You do not have to buy as part of the collector's package either. Expecting NEW ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO and TALES OF THE WIZARD OF OZ soon too. Have a GREAT weekend!
I still have a few of these wonderful RANKIN/BASS Soundtrack CDs available. The fine folks at PERCEPTO put this out and it sounds Amazing! A GREAT soundtrack to a somewhat forgotten RANKIN/BASS feature film.
I heard from ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. yesterday and he wanted to wish all a very happy and prosperous 2008!
You might be able to get these at 50% off now. Nice RANKIN/BASS Plush dolls.
There were even RANKIN/BASS RUDOLPH bubble light ornaments this Holiday season. Click to Enlarge. Also, click DECEMBER NEWS 2007 at right to get all of the DECEMBER NEWS. THANKS to Chris Wolfson for the ad.
Dom Carpani was kind enough to send some pics of his home during Christmas! He even does tours for nursing homes, etc. Very nice!
Here is an interview with KEVIN at his new store TOY GALAXY in the MONROEVILLE MALL with the ANIMAGIC figures of RUDOLPH & SANTA!
The song from this scene in SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN is called "Santa's Song" and it is available on a CD I Co-Produced with Patrick Milligan for WARNER BROTHERS MUSIC GROUP that includes the entire soundtrack to SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN and FROSTY THE SNOWMAN. The booklet in the CD (Which features original LP artwork from the PROMO COPY ONLY releases) has RARE photos and has an interview with me about RANKIN/BASS. I think you can still find it on AMAAZON (possibly in marketplace). It was released in a nice DIGI-PACK. 
I want to THANK everyone that purchased my music this year! DECEMBER was a BIG month on ITUNES, AMAZON.COM and CD BABY for RICK GOLDSCHMIDT SINGS! I think it was due to the many Radio interviews I did and the exposure that Doug Whiteman of the ASSOCIATED PRESS gave us! The individual songs were some of the BEST sellers for an independent artist on ITUNES for the month of December. THANKS to all!
THE BALLAD OF SMOKEY THE BEAR DVDs are a little late. They will actually be in early next week and on their way shortly after. Arthur Rankin, Jr. actually took the recording equipment out to James Cagney's farm in upstate New York to record his voice for this special back in 1966. He also had to provide a letter from President Johnson to get Cagney to do it!
I did an interview tonight with Philip Potempa at THE TIMES NEWSPAPER and they are planning a weekend section featuring RANKIN/BASS and FATHER TIME.
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Got in a few collector's DVDs of THE LEPRECHAUN'S CHRISTMAS GOLD (1981) starring Art Carney.
Got this ad from my pal GREG EHRBAR! He wrote a book recently called MOUSE TRACKS: The History of DISNEYLAND RECORDS that I would recommend. I offer both of these soundtracks on CD now.
The guys who made it all happen! I can't say enough good things about ARTHUR RANKIN & JULES BASS! They send their BEST WISHES during this holiday season!
I will have a Collector's DVD of THE BALLAD OF SMOKEY THE BEAR starring the voice of JAMES CAGNEY just a few days after Christmas! It is a very nice print of one of my favorite ANIMAGIC RANKIN/BASS shows too! I paired it up with THE RED BARON, which was on the ABC SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIES. RANKIN/BASS eye candy for all to enjoy!
