BATMAN

from Ron Murphy

MUNSTER, GO HOME is on this Saturday on SVENGOOLIE on ME TV at 9pm Central!

 

Just a reminder to check out SVENGOOLIE this Saturday night for a book mention of the 15th ANNIVERSARY EDITION of THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS:  A PORTFOLIO (sometime just after 10:30pm Central time)

SDCC BATMAN 1966

THANKS to Chris Wolfson for sharing!  I believe this is the HOT TOYS figures distributed by SIDESHOW.  You can't get much better than this :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to James Cagney!

I was just reading that James Cagney visited Larry Fine when he was at the Motion picture Country home in the early seventies.  James Cagney did the voice of Big Bear in RANKIN/BASS' classic TV special THE BALLAD OF SMOKEY THE BEAR, which I have on DVD and it is some of my favorite RANKIN/BASS 'Animagic."   We added some new pictures in the 15th ANNIVERSARY EDITION of THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS:  A PORTOFLIO and added lots of images from RANKIN/BASS' THE SMOKEY BEAR SHOW.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Phyllis Diller!

I missed her Christmas card last Holiday season BUT was glad I got to meet her grandson last October at the VAN EATON GALLERIES' MAD MONSTER PARTY event!  What a dear friend over the years!  Gone...BUT not forgotten!

Some more STOOGES...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Gale Garnett!

 

Gale was the voice of Francesca in RANKIN/BASS' MAD MONSTER PARTY!  For more on Gale and her entire recording career, pick up my book RANKIN/BASS' MAD MONSTER PARTY!

BJ

Got this nice email from my friend Bill Jackson! :

Dear Rick,

 

What...a...FABULOUS book! "  Enchantment" arrived today and enchanting it is.  I quickly sampled my way through it and kept marveling at this truly wonderful, incredibly visual tribute to Rankin/Bass that you have created.  I can't imagine the length of time such an achievement must have taken.  Well, your effort paid off in grand style.  I have never seen a more impressive portfolio in my life.  You have provided me with hours of pure pleasure. 

 

Thank you for your extraordinary thoughtfulness.  The book is a beauty.

 

Appreciatively yours,

 

Bill 

You can visit his site and order DVDs of some of his classic shows at www.dirtydragon.com

GIN BLOSSOMS at Ravinia this Saturday in Highland Park, IL

MERRY CHRISTMAS IN JULY!

c. 1964 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES from the 15th ANNIVERSARY EDITION of THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS:  A PORTFOLIO

Around the house...

THE MONKEES MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S 2013 TOUR Merchandise

I was just posting on THE MONKEES TOUR FACEBOOK page, that the handling of this merchandise has been poor at best.  They still have not offered the merchandise on-line (And they said they would be).  When you get to the show, they make you line up all the way around the building for one concession stand, handled by one or two people?  When you finally get up to the counter, they are  SOLD OUT of just about everything.  They don't bring enough merchandise to meet the demand to each show...as if the stuff is scarce.  There is money to be made on this stuff BUT it seems like they don't care.

THE MONKEES

PIELS

THE GREEN HORNET

Thanks to Chris Wolfson for sending this over..

WIKIPEDIA and IMDB

     I have never given WIKIPEDIA or IMDB much thought over the years and never used them in writing my books.  Some RANKIN/BASS fans would occasionally email me and asked is this true?  I read it on WIKIPEDIA or IMDB and 9 times out of 10, it was wrong.  I decided to take a look at what WIKIPEDIA had up on Arthur and Jules about a week ago and I found all sorts of errors.  They list one film for Arthur and Jules' filmography and they made many.   They have Arthur listed as Supervising animator on THE FOX & THE HOUND and THE BLACK CAULDREN?????

     I made several attempts (after registering there) to correct and add to the incorrect information, without any luck at all.  I emailed one of the people at the site and told them what was happening and that I am Arthur and Jules' biographer and they said it was reverting, because I was capitalizing some of the words....untrue (like much of their site).   It turns out that WIKIPEDIA has many programs in place that revert changes back to the original, incorrect information.   Several of my historian friends have had the same problem as I.  Why would anyone want to support a site with all sorts of errors?

     For the correct information on Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass, pick up my books and/or keep visiting my blog.  We hope to have www.miserbros.com back up in the near future too :)

BATMAN

From the first time I met Adam West & Burt Ward in 1989...I took lots of pictures at this event