More Hembeck Horrors

Here's some modern day monsters by Fred Hembeck.

Lou Scheimer, R.I.P.

 

I am a huge fan of most of his Filmation work. You can check out his full credits on IMDB. Rest in peace Lou.

From Animation Magazine --

We are sad to report that TV animation giant Lou Scheimer has passed away at the age of 85. The Emmy and Grammy award-winning producer, was one of the original founders of Filmation and the exec producer of close to 70 different TV series, such as The New Adventures of Superman, Fantastic Voyage, Aquaman, The Batman Superman Hour, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Fat Albert, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Shazam, Space Academy, Tarzan and Flash Gordon.

Children of the 1980s will best remember him for influential toons such as Ghostbusters, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra Princess of Power and BraveStarr.

Scheimer, a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University, won a Daytime Emmy in 1975 for Star Trek and received four Daytime Emmy nominations for Best Children’s and Animated Series for his work on Star Trek and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. He received a primetime Emmy nom for the 1977 production Fat Albert Christmas Special. In 2003, ASIFA-Hollywood gave him an Annie for Special Achievement in Animation.

In addition to exec producing the Filmation toons, Scheimer also provided many of the guest or secondary voices for his studio’s toons. Among his famous animated roles were N’Kima, Tarzan’s monkey pal in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976-1981) and Dumb Donald in Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. A multi-talented artist, he also composed the music for many of his shows.

In his later years, Scheimer underwent quadruple bypass surgery and was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Scheimer was still working even as late as the April of 2012, providing consulting work for Gang of Seven Animation.

Vintage Paper Halloween Decorations

I bought these vintage paper Halloween decorations at the same flea market I got the Red Barn paper masks from. The two bigger ones were $1.00 each and the smaller ones were 50¢ each. The witch carving a jack-o-lantern was one my parents put up every year during the 70s. I was very happy to find that one!

POLL: What Is Your Favorite Monster Cereal?

 

Everyone should have tried all of the Monster Cereals by now. So I created a poll to see which one is your favorite. I know some people probably prefer the original flavors, but I want to know which of the current cereals do you like best. Please vote in the sidebar to the right.  ------>

Boo Berry
Count Chocula
Franken Berry
Fruity Yummy Mummy
Frute Brute

Red Barn Restaurant Paper Masks

Who remembers Red Barn Restaurants? I sure do. There were several of them in the Akron area in the 70s. According to Wikipedia the first one opened in 1961 and the last one closed around 1986. Most of the Red Barn buildings are still standing and house other businesses.

At the beginning of September, I was at a flea market and found these paper masks of the Red Barn mascots for $1.00 each. Now all I need is Fried Chicken Hungry to have a whole set of the Hungries.

Hamburger Hungry

Big Fish Hungry

Count Morbida's Monthly Puzzle Pages

From Dynamite Magazine # 54 (Nov. 1978). Plus a bonus from an article called "Ssshhhh... The Secrets Of The Stars".

The CRAZY Story of Frank N. Stein

From 1953 Comes the CRAZY story of Frank N. Stein. This is from Crazy #1 published by Atlas Comics (now Marvel Comics). The first of 3 Comic Books named Crazy published by them.

A big thank you to my brother for finding this!

Halloween Music Mixes

I used to do music mixes all the time, but I haven't done one in a while. I'm still thinking about it, but I'm not sure It will be finished before the month is over. We'll see.

Luckily some other bloggers don't procrastinate like me. Check out these Halloween music mixes below.

31 Days of Halloween Mixtapes on tumblr.

From the site --
ATTENTION TO ALL HALLOWEEN ADDICTS EVERYWHERE!: Welcome to 31 Days of Halloween Mixtapes! We present you 1 mix a day of Halloweenish musical goodness from the first all the way to the 31st! Each volume will have it’s own unique topic and contain a wide variety of musical genres to choose from! Please share this blog post with everyone you feel would enjoy this sort of devotion and Join us October first! The party is about to begin!

After you click on the download link you may have to close the window and then click on the link again. It took me a few tries before some of them worked.

In The Arms Of The Witch from HippyCreep.

From the site --
Welcome.....it's the witching hour and all the children are asleep. Then, suddenly you awake, the witch is at your feet. She opens her arms to let you in and the madness begins.......

This mix feature 21 witch related tracks.






Thanks guys for the wonderful mixes!

If anyone else has created a Halloween compilation, please leave a link in the comments.

The Pumpkin Patch 2004

Looking through my old Halloween photos, I came across these pics from 2004. They show me, my wife, son and nephew pumpkin shopping at Dussel Farm in Brimfield, OH and then our carved pumpkins. Enjoy!

Hembeck Horror

Here's Fred Hembeck's take on some classic silent monsters.