TV Shows On DVD

Here's some upcoming DVD releases that might interest some of you. Click on the links to read more about the specifics of each release.

Voltron: Defender of the Universe - The Legend Begins

Isis - The Secrets of Isis
The Secrets Of Isis

Tom and Jerry - Fur Flying Adventures, Volume 3

Sigmund And The Sea Monsters: Season 1
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters - Season 1

Herman and Katnip: The Complete Series
Herman And Katnip: The Complete Series

The Herculoids - The Complete Series
Herculoids: The Complete Series

No Ordinary Family - The Complete 1st Season

No Ordinary Family

Kojak - Season 2

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Manos: Hands Of Fate Special Edition

An Early Father's Day Gift

I got an early Father's Day gift in the mail today. It's from my son Kenny's girlfriend Jordyn. She knows I'm a big ol' dork and that I love trading cards. So she went to mytradingcards.com and made a trading card for me for Father's Day. Here it is --

Here's what she wrote on the back --

It all started on the night of
Akron Ohio's Trick-or-Treat.
The relationship grew and
the crazy Jordyn and the
ridiculous Erick became
buddies. The adventures of
scrapbooking and non-stop
talking began and became a
part of their daily routine.
And they each became a
part of the other's life.
Jordyn now has finally found
a father figure to count on.
And Erick has someone to
consider a daughter.

Happy Father's Day
Love always; Jordyn

This card will hold a very special place in my collection.

I gotta go now, I think there's something in my eye.

Raiders of the Lost Ark 30th Anniversary

Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark. I remember seeing it in the theater and loving it. I feel really old now.

Check out the Dave Lowe Design blog for a Raiders of the Lost Blog-a-thon. From his blog --

The plan for my blog-a-thon will be 30 daily posts celebrating it's 30 years. Some posts will be nostalgic fanboy tales growing up. Some will spotlight the art and design of the movie (always a favorite topic here). Some will be inspired sketches or doodles of mine. Some just random cool or fun things I've found on the web. I may even make a themed prop or two. Overall, it will be smorgasbord of things, but hopefully fun to read. My web comic Para Abnormal is also celebrating with Indiana Jones themed cartoons all month.

He also has a link to other sites that are joining the blog-a-thon.

Leonard Stern, Mad Libs creator and TV writer, R.I.P.

From EW.com --

Leonard Stern, an [adjective] writer best known for writing [number] episodes of classic TV shows like “The Honeymooners” and “Get Smart,” [verb ending in "ing] [adverb ending in "ly"], and creating the fill-in-the-blanks party game Mad Libs along with partner Roger Price, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 88. Stern got his start in show business at the tender age of 16, when he began writing jokes for Milton Berle. He and Price came up with the idea for their popular game in 1953, according to The L.A. Times.

At the time, Stern was working on a “Honeymooners” script and struggling to come up with the best word to describe how Ralph Kramden’s new boss’s nose looked. “I asked Roger for an idea for an adjective, and before I could tell him what it was describing, he threw out ‘clumsy’ and ‘naked.’ We both started laughing,” Stern told Publishers Weekly in 2008. “We sat down and wrote a bunch of stories with blanks in them. That night we took them to a cocktail party and they were a great success.” The pair would go on to self-publish the first Mad Libs in 1958. Today, more than 110 million copies of various volumes of the game have been sold.

MegoMeet 2011

What is MegoMeet?

MegoMeet is a chance for the Mego toy collectors community, (people interested in the great things put out by the toy company Mego) to get together in person to trade and buy parts and action figures, sit in on sessions designed to educate and answer questions about Mego Corporation and the Toys they made, but more than anything a chance to hook up with friends and fellow collectors live and in person, instead of over the internet.

One day I will make it to this show!

North Coast Comic Con

I don't think I'll be able to get to any of the big cons this year. So I hope I can make it to this smaller local one next weekend.

North Coast Comic Con

Awesome People Hanging Out Together

Check out these photos on tumblr.

Awesome People Hanging Out Together

Here's some of my favorites --

Sophia Loren and Jane Mansfield

Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein

Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury



Colonel Sanders and Alice Cooper

Clarice Taylor, R.I.P.

From The Hollywood Reporter --

Cosby Show and Sesame Street actress Clarice Taylor has died. She was 93. Taylor succumbed to heart failure and was surrounded by family when she passed, according to People.

Taylor played Bill Cosby's TV mother Anna Huxtable on the long-running comedy. Her performance earned her an Emmy nomination in 1986 for outstanding guest performer in a comedy series.

Taylor was also well known for playing the character Harriet on Sesame Street for 14 years.

Taylor's other credits include Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me, Sommersby, Wayne Wang's Smoke and an episode of Sanford and Son. She also appeared in the original Broadway production of The Wiz and won an Obie award in 1987 for Moms, a play about comedian Jackie "Moms" Mabley.

The actress, along with her Cosby Show co-star Phylicia Rashad, was also a member of the Negro Ensemble Company, which presents shows by and about black people to a culturally diverse, and traditionally underserved, audiences.

Happy Birthday Mel Blanc

Today is Mel Blanc's birthday. He would have been 103!

Grab Your Balls, We're Going Bowling!

My parents were avid bowlers back in the day. I have fond memories of my brother and I hanging out at the bowling alley on Sundays through most of the 70s.

Here's a few photos I found of my folks bowling team. My dad is the tall guy and my mom is next to him. I don't know who the other couple are. Colonial Village Lanes is long gone. It's now a thrift store.