Rankin/Bass-historian: 1/10/10

Saturday, January 16, 2010

RANKIN/BASS' THE CONEHEADS

Original art by Jack Davis (Another favorite of mine!)

Here is a cool FLASH drawing I have from Carmine Infantino (Another one of my favorites!)
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I love the art of Bob Bentavoja! My friend Gary Matheson owns this transparency.

from the making of RICK GOLDSCHMIDT SINGS...AGAIN!

This CD has some of the songs that are best received live and they were Produced by Robin Wilson (Lead Singer of GIN BLOSSOMS)

Many RANKIN/BASS fans ask about a documentary that was made during the Production days that shows how a RANKIN/BASS Special was assembled...This DVD has it!

Friday, January 15, 2010

RANKIN/BASS' KING KONG ESCAPES

DENNIS STOCK 1928-2010

We were sorry to hear that Dennis Stock passed away. He took many of the iconic photographs of James Dean, originally for a LIFE MAGAZINE story.

His most famous photograph.

His photographs made up much of the Robert Altman film THE JAMES DEAN STORY

James with his cousin Marcus Winslow

Marcus showed Josh and I many of the photographs that were on display for a museum event. We talked about Dennis Stock. Marcus was so happy that Stock preserved so much of his cousin's short life in photographs.

James Dean's last visit home to Fairmount, Indiana. Stock said, "I liked him sometimes, but not all of the time...But he was like family after awhile. We really bonded in Indiana. Not in New York, where he was distracted a lot. He was an insomniac and didn't get a lot of sleep and was a pain." I wrote the song "James Byron Dean" for RICK GOLDSCHMIDT SINGS with these photographs in mind.

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SPUMCO meets FLEXITOON

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The Marionettes were made for a Pontic Vibe campaign that never happened...

Jimmy the idiot boy with Soupy Sales

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Here he comes to save the day!

Some of my SPUMCO collection

I love Great cartoon art and design!

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My NEW ADVENTURES OF MIGHTY MOUSE DVD set came today! Looking forward to checking this out! I am glad they included three original Terrytoon MIGHTY MOUSE cartoons as well! I see there are interviews with my friends Andrew Stanton (PIXAR) and Bruce Timm (BATMAN Adventures) and I have always been a big fan of John K.'s art.

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RANKIN/BASS' WILLIE MAYS, THE SAY HEY KID

Another GREAT Baseball legend!

ROGER MARIS' 61 Home Runs in a single season is still the record!

I never changed my baseball record books! Something has smelled rotten in baseball for a very long time and it is all airing out these days. Maris' record was an amazing feat that has not been matched and may never be...
posted by Thomas Frederick