Monday, June 21, 2010

Some RANKIN/BASS Alumni!

from RANKIN/BASS' THE MAD, MAD, MAD COMEDIANS


From RANKIN/BASS' FROSTY THE SNOWMAN


from RANKIN/BASS' SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN and THE EASTER BUNNY IS COMIN' TO TOWN

2B INDEPENDENT SKATE SHOP Burbank, CA




HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SUMMER!


A STAR IS BORN is out on BLU RAY tomorrow! I have really been looking forward to seeing the restored film starring JUDY GARLAND for a while now. I watched the documentary on JUDY featured on the EASTER PARADE DVD and it talked about the editing that occured when the film was released. It was also Judy's return to film after a long break and she financed the film with her then husband.

It's NATALIE WOOD month on TCM and they just showed a very cool short documentary narrated by Robert Redford on her! WEST SIDE STORY just got over and GYPSY is on now...filmed just after she signed and put her hands and feet in this sidewalk slab!

GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE







DISNEYLAND'S HAUNTED MANSION




TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: MOJO

The NEW TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS CD is definitely a good one! I especially like "I Should Have Known It" and "First Flash Of Freedom"!

It's cool that he used the original Frank Sinatra REPRISE label on the CD too!

George Barris' IDEAL TOYS BEVERLY HILLBILLIES car in his collection...

Poster from BARRIS event a few years back.

IDEAL HILLBILLIES car in my collection...

A few weeks ago, I did a posting about the HANDMADE RHINO box set for THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES. Well, it came Saturday and I could not believe the beautiful packaging and the wealth of RARITIES it contains! It comes in a beautifully designed box about 2 inches bigger than a 45 record sleeve and has a nice book, 3 discs in cardboard sleeves and a pinback. I love the 8 track commercial featuring a Davy Jones interview and many GREAT out-takes and RARITIES. A MUST HAVE for any MONKEE fan!