GIN BLOSSOMS Rockin' NEW YEAR'S EVE in Chicago!

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The parade is coming to Chicago this week! I'm Lovin' it! Who came up with that McDonald's slogan? All time worst slogan :) My friends and I joke about it all the time.

Maury and Karen Laws in the Downtown Appleton, Wisconsin Holiday parade 2006

MAURY & KAREN LAWS

I just watched RANKIN/BASS' SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN, which is Maury Laws' favorite RANKIN/BASS special and one of mine too! The soundtrack is outstanding! You can read more about Maury's musical career at www.maurylaws.com and check out some of his RANKIN/BASS songs at www.myspace.com/rankinbass I can not say enough good things about him! His music will live on forever and it perfectly captures the spirit of the season!

www.timeandspacetoys.com The HIT of the 2009 Holiday season! RANKIN/BASS' THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY Nativity scenes

BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP

I picked up a few HOCUS POCUS characters today. The FROSTY doll is selling well...he has lights that flicker in his face and in the flower on his hat. The BUILD-A-BEAR counter is well stocked with the RANKIN/BASS TV Special on DVD....too bad it has no extra content...they actually took off Arthur Rankin's introduction and explanation of the special???? One day, when the special is in the right hands, hopefully they will add some BONUS content to the DVD again, that includes something more than the horrible FROSTY RETURNS.

A few pages from my book THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO

The first published pictures of the restored SANTA CLAUS and RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER ANIMAGIC figures!

Order soon! Current stock is going quick! E-mail Rickgoldsc@aol.com for availability.

This reminds me of one of John Lennon's head shots from A HARD DAY'S NIGHT!

HIROSHI TABATA animates CHARLIE-IN-THE-BOX 1964

from the book THE MAKING OF THE RANKIN/BASS HOLIDAY CLASSIC: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER

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RANKIN/BASS' RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER as he appears today in ANIMAGIC!

www.powsley.blogspot.com Logo by Patrick Owsley

MUSIC

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ROUND 2

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY figures are the hit of the 2009 Holiday season! Check them out at www.timeandspacetoys.com

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC FANTASY HOUR

I love watching the complete 1964 GENERAL ELECTRIC FANTASY HOUR complete with RANKIN/BASS ANIMAGIC commercials! After seeing it this way....there is no other way!

Pick up the NEW MAKING OF MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL book! You won't be sorry!

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One of the first RANKIN/BASS T-Shirts

Cover by AMATO IMAGE DESIGN/Tempe, AZ Photograph by Dennis Riordan

Officially SOLD OUT!

I do have some personal 1st EDITION copies available BUT very few for $100. E-mail Rickgoldsc@aol.com for availability.

A RANKIN/BASS toy by ROSKO

BACK IN STOCK 11-19-09....BUT limited..

$55 shipped. PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com E-mail for availability.

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Chris Wolfson alerted me to this book. Pre-order at www.steelepublishing.com

RICK GOLDSCHMIDT: DRAMA FREE (cd #4)

Photo c. 1964 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/Rick Goldschmidt Archives

HAPPY 3rd ANNIVERSARY to my friends PATRICK & LESLIE OWSLEY!

I am watching this right now!

Broadcast THANKSGIVING DAY 1966