NEW COVER

Steve Banes did this wonderful NEW cover for one of my favorite RANKIN/BASS films! Wanted to put something nice on our collector's DVD!

My pal legendary Musical composer for RANKIN/BASS MAURY LAWS!

www.maurylaws.com

DISNEY TREASURES

It was a BIG day for DVDs! The long awaited DR. SYN, ALIAS THE SCARECROW came out starring Patrick McGoohan! My favorite SECRET AGENT MAN/DANGERMAN. The 4th DONALD DUCK set came out too with some of his BEST cartoons from the 1950's including DONALD IN MATHEMAGICLAND, TRICK OR TREAT and GRAND CANYONSCOPE.

The ANNETTE Serial from THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB was in the new batch of releases and features a complete MICKEY MOUSE CLUB episode featuring ANNETTE!

Hopefully ZORRO will not be too far behind!

THE POLICE: CERTIFIABLE

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the NEW 2 DVD/2 CD set that came out today of THE POLICE for $20 at BEST BUY! I have had a long history with THE POLICE and have followed them straight through their solo careers. This is by far, the BEST they have ever sounded. They took a step away from the band for 20 years and came back to it 4 times better as musicians. Andy's solos are complex and powerful and he use more power chords where appropriate. Sting is filling open spaces with amazing bass runs as he sings and Stewart is at his kinetic BEST! It is to their credit that they took the "Less is more" motto to this tour and just performed as a three piece.

Stewart backstage at the PARK WEST in Chicago around 1991, during a show with his band ANIMAL LOGIC. He is holding up a picture I drew of the band on Duo shade board, back when I was the Editorial cartoonist for THE REPORTER NEWSPAPERS. The band signed it as well.

This is me circa 1985, when THE ARTISTS (Now STARVING ARTISTS) performed as "sort of" a POLICE TRIBUTE band to get gigs. I played the STING/ANDY SUMMERS parts, since I was the guitarist and lead singer.

Book Reservations

The book reservations are working out REALLY well! THANK YOU for responding! E-mail Rickgoldsc@aol.com I will most likely have books by the weekend and we can get an early and orderly start to the Holiday season! Like I said, the printing will be very LIMITED so it will be done on a first come, first serve basis. ENJOY! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

BOOK SIGNING of LIMITED EDITION of THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS!

By Popular Demand! I am now reserving signed copies of my LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER 3rd PRINTING of my book THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO for $75 + $6 shipping. I placed an order tonight with the printer and should have books by the weekend. I am not taking PRE-ORDERS BUT if you e-mail me at Rickgoldsc@aol.com and reserve a book, I will e-mail you when I have them for payment and then you will for sure get a book for the holidays of 2008! TERA is first on my list, she e-mailed today. Sorry I have to charge so much per book BUT it is very expensive to print these up at the quality I knew fans would want for this coffee table type book.

BILL JACKSON

Don't forget about our GIFT FOR GRANNY DVD offer! Check my postings in OCTOBER! Also, Be sure to pick up Bill's NEW book for the Holidays! Posting in September.

and the ads keep coming from RON MURPHY!

OAKLAND NEWSPAPER article coming...

I did a phone interview with Chuck Barney, the TV columnist/critic for the Oakland Tribune and Contra Costa Times in the Bay Area today. He is getting ready to do a fairly lengthy piece on classic Chistmas specials -- what made them last so long. Keep an eye out for the article.

RANKIN/BASS BUBBLERS

www.timeandspacetoys.com I got one of these over the weekend and they are VERY cool! One of the better RUDOLPH products and there are a few different characters.

THE WACKY WORLD OF MOTHER GOOSE ad WGN TV 12-26-1975

Courtesy of Ron Murphy

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS (1975)

I should have THE FIRST CHRISTMAS on DVD this week! Here is a promotional picture of CYRIL RITCHARD and the cast (I owned two of these ANIMAGIC figures). ANGELA LANDSBURY voiced SISTER THERESA and it was originally called THE FIRST WHITE CHRISTMAS. It is a popular title in the RANKIN/BASS catalog.

SUNDAY MORNING BAND PRACTICE

I programmed lots of cool songs in the new ALESIS HIGH DEFINITION DRUM machine last night and they sounded really good this am. We even played a new JAZZ tune called "Tom Margarites." My sister Stacey couldn't make it for the video shoot...BUT she will shoot it soon. Dennis once again helped me with some more house projects and we added two really nice doors on the back of my home.

ROSES in 35 degree weather...

I had to take a picture of these ROSES that are still living at the front of my house in the frigid weather....winter has arrived. It isn't helping my ASTHMA much.

SUNDAY practice

THE STARVING ARTISTS are having another SUNDAY AM practice! May have found a NEW drummer in a guy named VICTOR tonight. He is a young manager at WALGREENS that developed my pictures. We definitely have the same interests in music. For all of the posts in OCTOBER, click the archives buttons at the right side of the page.

FACEBOOK

HO! HO! HO!

from the collection of RON MURPHY. The weather here was quite wintery today and bought some cool CHRISTMAS decorations for my house today at AMERICAN SALES. It will definitely be a WINTER WONDERLAND here this year!

AUCTIONS

I have some cool things on EBAY right now and more coming under seller ANIMAGIC1 and MISER BROS. This is a cool SID & MARTY KROFFT auction catalog I have up that was limited to 3,000. The KROFFTS sold off alot of their original costumes, artwqork, props, etc. about 10 years ago and one of their former employees told me about the auction at the SAN DIEGO COMICON (When I was appearing at the con signing books). My pal PATRICK sold his copy yesterday for well over $200. My ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS One-Of-A-Kind softcover already sold for the $100 I was asking. The remaining hardcover that I have in stock is on EBAY right now at about $89.

Have a GREAT weekend from THE KRINGLES!

PITTSBURGH, PA

I still have RUDOLPH books BUT they are in short supply. I have been asked to make an appearance at a cartoon museum and a MALL store in PITTSBURGH, PA in December and may not have any books left by then. Get yours while you can.