It's the Holiday season! See you in Columbus, Ohio!!!

Looking forward to saying hello to all the RANKIN/BASS fans in Columbus, Ohio at http://www.midohiocon.com/ ! We will have a panel discussion SATURDAY at 3pm. The original RANKIN/BASS TV Spectacular ANIMAGIC figures of SANTA & RUDOLPH will be there along with tons of RANKIN/BASS merchandise at the http://www.timeandspacetoys.com/ booth! You can have your picture taken with the puppets and Santa! I will be signing books, answering questions, offering RARE stuff and showing some RARE stuff at the panel. Come out and say hello!!!

BOOK

BOOKS, BOOKS & MORE BOOKS! You can pick up my RUDOLPH book at BIG KID COLLECTABLES on the West Coast, BROOKFIELD ZOO, BARNES & NOBLE (on-line), www.amazon.com OR right here at www.rankinbass.com and I will be signing all books ordered at RANKINBASS.COM thoughout the season! I am talking to a Publisher about an UPDATED version of my first book for Christmas, 2008! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

MID-OHIO CON November 24 & 25

The original RANKIN/BASS Animagic figures of SANTA CLAUS & RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER from the TV Musical Spectacular will be JINGLE, JINGLE, JINGLING their way into Ohio this holiday weekend! You can come and get your picture taken with them at the www.timeandspacetoys.com booth! Plans are for me to sign and sell books and RARE RANKIN/BASS merchandise the entire weekend and we will be doing a RANKIN/BASS Panel Discussion at 3pm on Saturday! I will also get to meet up with my old friends STEVE RUDE (World's Finest, Nexus), DAVID SHELDON (LOG Commercials, OLD NAVY) and TV's LOIS LANE NOEL NEILL. Come and say hello! www.midohiocon.com

BLOG

Check out my friend PATRICK OWSLEY's BLOG...link is at the right of this page. Also, my friend JERRY BECK has a NEW book out as of today called the HANNA-BARBERA TREASURY!

THE WORLD OF FLEXITOON

Check www.flexitoon.com for THE WORLD OF FLEXITOON at THE BENDHEIM GALLERY in Greenwich, CT from November 29 through January 5th! Our friends Craig and Olga are pulling the strings on the puppets!

MONROEVILLE MALL

The original RUDOLPH & SANTA ANIMAGIC figures will appear at the MONROEVILLE MALL near PITTSBURGH 12-15-07 and 12-16-07 at a new store www.timeandspacetoys.com opened up!

RADIO show

http://www.timetravelispossible.com/ourradioprograms.html

Back in June, I visited with my friend DAN HOLLIS on the radio airwaves and he has the program archived on this page along with many other entertaining interviews!

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

Who could forget the song "One Star In The Night" written by JULES BASS and MAURY LAWS and sung by THE VIENNA BOYS CHOIR? Did you know THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, BOOK 2 was the only RANKIN/BASS ANIMAGIC TV Special to be nominated for an EMMY?

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

With the Holiday season kicking in, wanted to mention a few things! We still have some nice stuff in our SHOPPE at www.rankinbass.com For all of your toy and figure needs, check out www.timeandspacetoys.com and for the RANKIN/BASS Collector looking for RARE stuff, search me out on EBAY under seller ANIMAGIC1 and MISER BROS. AND if you have any questions e-mail: Rickgoldsc@aol.com HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Another band practice BEATLES style

The DELUXE DVD Edition of HELP! came this week and inspired us to do a little BEATLE music. Still practicing for the BORDERS Dec. 1st gig in Schaumburg, IL near Woodfield mall.

THE STARVING ARTIST Rhythm section: DENNIS RIORDAN on Bass and CHRIS GOLDSCHMIDT on Drums

INTERVIEWS

I did an interview with Doug Whiteman at the ASSOCIATED PRESS today! Looking forward to reading the RANKIN/BASS article he is writing. Will be doing a radio interview tomorrow with Doc Kirby from WTBF in Troy, Alabama! The MID-OHIO CONVENTION is coming up Thanksgiving weekend in Columbus, Ohio and the original RANKIN/BASS RUDOLPH & SANTA will be there!

December schedule in Illinois

THE STARVING ARTISTS Practice 11-11-07

Lots of pics here....testing out a new digital camera. Preping for our December 1st BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC set at 6pm! We added the GIN BLOSSOMS' "Learning the hard way" and DEL AMITRI'S "Tell Her This" to our set today. Our set is mostly made up of songs from my two solo CDs.

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DENNIS RIORDAN bass player

THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS Deluxe Edition

My Mom reports that at TARGET right now, you can buy THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS Deluxe Edition DVD and get a $5 TARGET card. It is like getting the DVD for $10 and you can buy as many as you want and get as many $5 cards as you like.

BROOKFIELD ZOO times

Some have e-mailed to confirm the time of our HOLIDAY MAGIC appearances on December 8th and 9th! We will be there both days from 5pm until 9pm. Earlier in the day, both days, we will be at BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC in Schaumburg, IL at Noon! Come out and say hello to the original RUDOLPH & SANTA RANKIN/BASS 'Animagic' figures! Pictured is my daughter Sara enjoying the Zoo. She has interned at a ZOO in Alabama and is now working at a Vetenarians.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE Patriots Win the Championship!

My son Josh's football team won their championship yesterday and went undefeated and almost unscored upon for the entire season! CONGRATS Josh!