This is one of my favorite autographs in my collection. Way back in 1997 I was very excited to get Dave Prowse's autograph at The Pittsburgh Comicon. In 2006, Jeremy Bulloch signed the same photo at the Twisted Nightmare Weekend. Now all I need is Billy Dee Williams.
Charles Nelson Reilly, who acted and directed on Broadway but came to be best known for his campy television appearances on talk shows and “Match Game,” died on Friday in Los Angeles. He was 76 and lived in Beverly Hills.
My personal memories of Mr. Reilly in the 1970's are as a panelist on The Match Game and as Hoo Doo The Magician on the Sid & Marty Krofft show Lidsville.
Most recently, he was the voice of The Dirty Bubble, enemy of Mermaidman and Barnacleboy on SpongeBob Squarepants.| Your Star Wars Name And Title |
 Your Star Wars Name: Eribo Wiakr Your Star Wars Title: Ranche of Ynnig |
Back in the late 70's, Darth Vader and a Jawa made an appearance at, I think, Summit Mall here in Akron. I remember my parents took me and my brother to see them and my dad took these (bad) photos. I don't remember much about it though. I'm sure I was excited to see them.
Some years ago (I think it was around 2000), a local comic book store had a "meet and greet" with Phil Brown, who played Uncle Owen in the original Star Wars movie. I'm glad I got to meet him, he passed away February 9, 2006.
Here's a picture of my brother, Scott™, unwrapping his birthday present in the late 70's (he got all the cool gifts). Below are more pages from the original catalogs that came with the toys.
"Help Luke™, Ben™, Chewbacca™ and Han Solo™ rescue Princess Leia™ from Darth Vader™. Manual elevator takes figures to any of the four floors. Top floor has an exploding laser cannon, third floor contains a manually operated light bridge, second floor houses the control area and the first floor features the famous Trash Compactor.--complete with removable garbage and Trash Monster! Over 22" tall. Figures not included. Assembly Required"
"Exciting play environment simulates DEATH STAR SPACE STATION. Features manual elevator, exploding laser cannon, "Light Bridge" with escape rope and trash compactor with foam garbage. Action Figures not included. Assembly required."
These scans come from my brother Scott. He still has some of the old Star Wars catalogs that came with the toys and some some of the instructions. The Droid Factory came out in 1979 with a Star Wars box and was re-released in 1980 with an Empire Strikes Back box. It came with blueprints to build several different droids including a three-legged R2-D2. Also included was an order form in case any of the many pieces were missing or broken. You can read more about it here.
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars. I was 10 years old when it premiered and probably saw it about 10 times during it's original theatrical release. My brother and I had most of the toys, comics, posters and anything else relating to Star Wars. I'm gonna try to make a few Star Wars posts before the month ends. First up is a Star Wars Burger Chef commercial from 1977. There was a Burger Chef restaurant near where we lived and I remember having all of these posters hanging in my bedroom.
I had a request for the Howard The Duck (1986) soundtrack, so here it is. I don't care what anyone else says, I enjoy this movie :)
T-shirt by comic legend George Perez.
Star Wars Chewbacca - Peter Mayhew.
Artist Mike Grell's autograph.
Monster stuff I bought for $7.00.
Martian Manhunter and Aquaman (thanks to paulv70 from The Pittsburgh Comicon Yahoo! Group for letting me use some of his photos).
1980 issue of The Hulk magazine autographed by artist Joe Jusko.
Superfreeks cards by artist RAK.
Colorist Tom Smith (above) and artist Neil Vokes and writer Bob Tinnell (below). All three are members of The Universal Monster Army. If you are a fan of classic monster movies and all the toys that go with them, I suggest you join this group. Neil and Bob are the creators of several horror comics, such as The Black Forest, which I bought from them and hope to read soon.
My 14 year old son, Kenny, and my 6 year old nephew, Seth, swimming in the hotel pool.
The End!
Here's the soundtrack to the 1962 animated movie Gay Purr-ee.
The 1987 movie "The Monster Squad" is finally coming to DVD on July 24. It will be a 2 disc 20th anniversary edition. It's about damn time!!!
