Some more of my GREENWAY collection

Westerns are big on ME TV right now and I have to say the writing is great in most of them! Here are a few illustrations by one of my favorites...Bob Bentovoja!

c. 1966 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

My copy of SHAZAM! THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE WORLD'S MIGHTIEST MORTAL by Chipp Kidd and Geoff Spear showed up today and it is a delight! Would love to do a RANKIN/BASS artifacts book with these guys! I wish they would have included the 1966 Serial re-release poster in the book, because I have always loved the design BUT what they did include is Amazing! SHAZAM!

I love the classic HANNA-BARBERA cartoons AND wish BOOMERANG would love them too! Why are things like BEN 10 and POKEMON on BOOMERANG now? It is all coming back to you?!*&% Also, why are DVD sets of the 1970's HB coming out before classics like THE ATOM ANT SHOW and THE SECRET SQUIRREL SHOW? Who is minding the store?

My pal Jack!

RANKIN/BASS' THE JACKSON FIVE SHOW

c. 1971 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS

SHOUT FACTORY does it again!

Another great set from SHOUT FACTORY with 5 beautiful prints of Bob Hope films that didn't look so good in previous releases. THE LEMON DROP KID is one of my favs and it looks great! The song "Silver Bells" originated from this film. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' first color appearance/cameo is in ROAD TO BALI and my friend Billy Gray (along with RANKIN/BASS Alumni James Cagney) is in the color VISTAVISION feature THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS. Good stuff!

RANKIN/BASS audio gold!

I am sure RANKIN/BASS musical composer MAURY LAWS was happy with the Packers win today :) He is a season ticket holder. This soundtrack is one of his finer moments and features some RARE demos for unproduced RANKIN/BASS projects with Jerry Lewis!

Still watching ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS and THE BULWINKLE SHOW

In case anyone doesn't know, today is a BIG BEARS game...that basically can go either way. I have seen many, many interceptions and sacks this season, so... hopefully it isn't one of those days :)

PANCAKES in the morning from the late, great ED BENEDICT!

www.ginblossoms.net GB at the PARK WEST

GB at WGN the next morning :)

Photographs by Rick Goldschmidt

from RANKIN/BASS' WILLY McBEAN & HIS MAGIC MACHINE (1965)

c. 1965 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

We are getting closer to a soft cover edition of THE MAKING OF THE RANKIN/BASS HOLIDAY CLASSIC: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (MISER BROS PRESS). The sample looks good...the pages have a nice, dark printing to them and it is in a vinyl type black binding with a plastic cover over the front. We just need to determine a price now.

Mayberry Gold!

This is a wonderful treat for one of my favorite shows (Maybe my favorite)! THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW pilot for the series is here remastered and uncut, with a really cool animated opening and close, with a SANKA commercial at the end, featuring ANDY and DANNY. There are nine of the greatest episodes of the series in network format with the original end credits, bumpers and cast spots. I really love hearing Andy, Opie and Aunt Bea sing about POST cereals. If they released the whole series in network format, I would buy the whole thing over again. There is a clip from the 1962 network night, that Andy tells a story of Christopher Columbus as well. The 1963 CBS Opening night clip features Don Knotts, Andy Griffith, Danny Thomas, Phil Silvers, Jack Benny and Lucille Ball! This is well worth picking up for any fan of the series!

RANKIN/BASS' THE TALES OF THE WIZARD OF OZ purse by Ponytail

COLLEGEVILLE COSTUMES masks from RANKIN/BASS' TALES OF THE WIZARD OF OZ

RANKIN/BASS' DANDY LION from THE TALES OF THE WIZARD OF OZ series by Artistic dolls

The cast of RANKIN/BASS' THE HOBBIT

c. 1977 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

from left to right: Arthur Rankin, Jr., Don Messick, John Stephenson, Paul Frees, Jack De Leon, Orson Bean, Jules Bass, Hans Conried

Just did an interview with the UK's SFX MAGAZINE about RANKIN/BASS' THE HOBBIT

ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS box set

I have to say, I REALLY like the packaging on this new box set! I am not just saying that, because my friend Patrick Owsley's art was used for Bullwinkle either. The book is very nice, the design of the box is spectacular and the Button/ribbon (Which also has Patrick's Bullwinkle on it) is a very nice surprise. Many people were complaining on AMAZON about the fact that they bought the first four seasons (Which I also did) and wanted season 5 alone (Which they are issueing now) BUT if you are a fan of great cartoon packages, this is the BEST I have seen. Blows away the RANKIN/BASS BLU RAY set packaging of a few months ago, by the same company.

Some of my GREEN HORNET collection