CHONGO!

Two of my favorite ALEX TOTH drawings in my collection (Thanks to Lance Falk)! ALEX TOTH is a big influence and one of my favorites. This art is from DANGER ISLAND as seen on THE BANANA SPLITS.

DICK LOCHER

My friend DICK LOCHER (Dick Tracy, Chicago Tribune Editorial cartoonist) was in the newspaper today. He designed a nine foot statue that will be dedicated October 4th, 2009 in Naperville (Where Locher resides). He assisted Chester Gould with the DICK TRACY comic strip from 1957 to 1961 and returned as the sole cartoonist in 1983. Gould was from Woodstock, IL.

One of my favorite SPUMCO items in my collection

A few still pics from Bill Jackson's CARTOON TOWN DVD!

CARTOON TOWN dvd

My good friend BILL JACKSON sent along this cool DVD! It is a documentary of clips from CARTOON TOWN narrated by Bill himself! A must have if you grew up on this wonderful show.
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THE COWSILLS by Jack Davis

Here is a portion of a COWSILLS die-cut display that Jack Davis did that I have in my collection!

KING KONG by Jack Davis

SMOKEY & WILLY

Having a special on THE BALLAD OF SMOKEY THE BEAR DVD and RANKIN/BASS' WILLY McBEAN & HIS MAGIC MACHINE today! Both for the package price of $30 shipped. PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com BOTH are wonderful ANIMAGIC Productions by RANKIN/BASS!

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Skate Box for Josh!

Dennis is the man! Trick skate box custom made for Josh's graduation present!

The finished product ... several hours later.

MAD MONSTER PARTY wood carved ANIMAGIC

Arthur Rankin, Jr. gave me these wood carved salad untensils some years back as a Holiday gift! I took them out for the new DVD material and Paul Baker photographed them. The figures of FANG and DRAC were cerved by the ANIMAGIC figure makers and given to Mr. Rankin as a gift during the making of MAD MONSTER PARTY in 1967. He found them in his Bermuda home and thought I would appreciate them. These are very cool and slightly smaller than the ANIMAGIC figures that were used in the feature film.

I can't wait to see all of the materials that are going to be used for the LIONSGATE Disc. I am glad they are trying to get the people that actually worked on the film. I am tired of seeing animation documentaries with people that I really don't even know who they are or why they are in the doc. What is really upsetting is knowing that some of the animators are still around and could have been interviewed, but were not. There are also many voice actors that could add something to the releases.

MAURY & KAREN LAWS

Maury Laws and his beautiful wife Karen were visited by SPARKHILL this past weekend! Maury is the legendary musical composer and conductor for RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS. His interview is back in Hollywood and part of the upcoming DELUXE MAD MONSTER PARTY DVD release by LIONSGATE. Visit Maury's website at www.maurylaws.com Maury and Karen have always been wonderful friends and I am so glad that Maury could be part of this project. His score for the film is one of his best!
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My Oak Lawn, IL house

As much as I love my house and living in Oak Lawn, Illinois, it looks like I will be putting my house up for sale this week. My son Josh wants me to move to Elk Grove Village, Illinois so that he can go to CONANT HIGH SCHOOL and continue skating at OLYMPIC and the other parks he skates at.

I spent four happy years here and made many, many improvements on the home with my friend Dennis Riordan and professionals. It was also great living a block away from CHICAGO RIDGE MALL (WESTFIELD) and a few blocks away from JR's HOT DOGS and PALERMO'S PIZZA.

My Daughter Sara's high school graduation was today...

DOROTHY IVES

I spoke with my friend DOROTHY IVES (Burl's widow) on MEMORIAL DAY and it was great to catch up BUT was sorry to hear she lost her daughter Barbara about a year ago. We are both very commited to keeping Burl's memory alive and there are a few projects on the horizon. Check www.burlives.com

PHYLLIS DILLER

Hopefully my very dear friend, PHYLLIS DILLER, will be able to do an interview for the DELUXE MAD MONSTER PARTY DVD. She is the one that turned FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER into FANG! We are also trying to get the participation of ALLEN SWIFT and GALE GARNETT...the entire living voice cast for the classic film! BORIS is well missed!

MAURY LAWS did his interview today for SPARKHILL

MAD MONSTER PARTY SPARKHILL/LIONSGATE interview in the can!

The NEW DELUXE MAD MONSTER PARTY DVD is coming to a store near you this Halloween from LIONSGATE! I think the documentary by SPARKHILL is going to be something special. MAURY LAWS is doing his interview this weekend too. We covered alot of ground and are sharing some cool stuff for the disc! Many will be involved with this one. This is the way a RANKIN/BASS DVD should be!

TWANG!

PAUL BAKER from SPARKHILL with some bright lights!

Just made an EL KABONG noise on my guitar for the doc

Paul Baker adjusts the lighting. He knew his stuff and we got alot done for the doc!