Monday

25th Anniversary

The Mouse on the mayflower

25 years today!

Today is the 25th Anniversary of my first book, The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass:  A Portfolio (Miser Bros Press), which is now a 412 page mostly color hardcover in the 20th Anniversary Edition (Co-Authored with Wes Garlatz).   The original First Edition was 176 pages and when the Hardcover sold out, it was selling for $600-700 via used book dealers.  I am very happy that we were able to make it a much better and bigger book for the Anniversary! On November 20th, 1997 I was on my way to the Newberry Library in Chicago, for a book signing, when my light up large car bag phone rang on Lake Shore Drive...it was Arthur Rankin, Jr..  He and Don Duga did a talk and a book signing in New York at the School of Visual arts and he was very happy with the way it went and the book, and wanted to tell me.  Great memories! 🎅🎄  www.miserbros.com #theenchantedworldofrankinbass #huge #book #rankinbass #christmas #gift #history #Sunday #television #animation #fun

Rankin/Bass Productions

Here is a wide-screen photo I took after we had Breakfast at The Plaza in New York city. L-R Masaki Iizuka (Associate Producer), Donald Gladstone (Arthur's friend from the Navy, who leant him the money to finish The New Adventures of Pinocchio), Producer Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Peter Bakalian (Co-Producer).  This was the morning after the night in Arthur's honor at the Museum of Television in NY. #Rankinbassproductionsofficial

Jimmy

Still working on tree in-between orders...

A pretty Frosty 21 degrees right now! ☃️ #Saturday

Superman

The Tea Time's a clock

I found an ad I didn't have (probably the rarest one next to the newspaper Rudolph record ad I have)!  This one features Sam by my Tea Time's a clock! #Thegeneralelectricfantasyhour #Rudolphtherednosedreindeer

 

 

Season's Greetings 🦃

Thanksgiving day parade

A day at the races

Some of my images and art that accompany Rudolph and Santa at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA #Animagic #Rankinbassproductionsofficial

signing almost 25 years from the first book signed!

Thanksgiving

Thursday fun

White Christmas

They're too much!

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Fred and Al with George Barris in the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade