Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Con '18: Ricou Browning

As a follow-up to our weekend post from another wonderful Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Con in Hunt Valley, Maryland, we present this chat with actor / writer / producer Ricou Browning. Mr. Browning is known as the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" in the famed movie series, and as such is actually the only surviving Universal movie monster. He was kind enough to take the time to tell us how the "Black Lagoon" gig came about for him all those years ago, as well as how he became involved in the "Flipper" movies / TV series.

Also included in this video is a quick glimpse of some great stars of '80s TV appearing at the show: Diahann Carroll of "Dynasty," Morgan Fairchild of "Dallas" and so much more, Robert Wagner of "Hart to Hart," whom we totally didn't realize has a modern gig on "NCIS" ...

Terrific non-TV Toys: Darci doll by Kenner

Whether is was the ‘90s print ad of Jenny McCarthy on the toilet or Deborah Harry on the ‘70s Blondie “Parallel Lines” album cover, you cannot argue the popularity of Candie’s shoes in modern fashion culture. This author would assert that the doll featured in the latest episode of Terrific non-TV Toys is wearing those iconic Candie’s slides. Essentially.

You can judge for yourself as we examine Darci, Kenner’s 1979 answer to the Barbie doll. Just a smidgen bigger and oh-so stylish, Darci attempted to give the Mattel bombshell a run for her money, but alas and alack did not last long on store shelves. She lives on in our hearts, however. And in our storage bins ...



Special shout-out to YouTuber BlytheWorld1972, who has a video of this blond Darci in the box, front and back:



And for good measure, here's an old TV commercial for Darci:

Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Con delivers up another great time

Robert Wagner, Diahann Carroll, Morgan Fairchild, Ed Begley Jr. ... lots of stars of great classic TV — and fantastic  shopping, too! This author is on the bus leaving out of Hunt Valley, Maryland, and the latest installment of the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Con. Again this year, the show did not disappoint. Take this fun moment getting a signed shot with Robert Wagner for buddy Brian …

The event hosted a reunion of “WKRP in Cincinnati” stars, and here's a money shot with Tim Reid, Jan Smithers and Howard Hesseman.

We dropped in on Jan Smithers and Kristy McNichols to get some photos signed, too.

Lots of other folks were there greeting fans, as well. Look for our interview with Ricou Browning, the "Creature of the Black Lagoon," this week on the BRBTV YouTube channel.

Love the TV-related goodies at the vendor booths. From "I Dream of Jeannie" to "Happy Days" to "Scooby-Doo" and more, there were just all kinds of yummy items …

The beauties below are by TheOrnamentGuy.com and celebrate just about any kind of TV show you can name, plus lots of superheroes.

Wagner photos by Brian Lombard

Other photos by Billie Rae Bates / BRBTV

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John Schneider has appearances planned in Texas, Tennessee, Oklahama and beyond

Our ole Bo Duke of "The Dukes of Hazzard" stays busy, busy, busy. Thanks to Phyllis once again for updating us on the comings and goings of John Schneider.

John will be meeting fans at the Fandemic in Houston, Texas, on September 15-16.

https://www.fandemictour.com/houston/

John and Tom Wopat will meet fans and do a concert on September 28 at the TriCities Hazzard Fest in Bristol, Tennessee. 
http://tricitieshazzardfest.eventbrite.com

John will perform in concert on October 6 at the Storytellers Music Festival in Bon Aqua, Tennessee.

https://en-us.fievent.com/e/storytellers-music-festival/17759842?force_subdomain=true

John will perform in concert on October 11 at the Red Dragon Listening Room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

https://johnschneiderdragon.brownpapertickets.com/

John will be meeting fans at the Tulsa Pop Culture Expo in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on November 2-4.

https://wwwtulsapopcuutureexpo.com

Bo's Christmas Bozaar will be November 30- December 1 at John Schneider Studios in Holden, Louisiana.

https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3233117/bos-christmas-bozaar-at-john-schneider-studios-holden-john-schneider-studios

John will be appearing at the Nashville Elvis Festival on March 29-31, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee.  He will be a judge on March 29- 30 and will do a concert on March 31.

http://www.nashvilleelvisfestival.com/

Bo's Extravaganza is scheduled for April 6-7, 2019, at John Schneider Studios in Holden, Louisiana.

No tickets available yet.

Buy your merchandise at  https://johnschneiderstudiostore.myshopify.com. 

"The Haves And The Have Nots" continues on OWN right now on Tuesday evenings at 9 p.m. Eastern / 8 Central.

Make sure you purchase John's new songs on CB Baby https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/JohnRSchneider1.

So many great TV-related toys -- in stores now!

It's a great day when you can walk through the toy aisles at your local store and see so many toys dedicated to the TV shows you know and love -- even the vintage shows! But that's the way it is right now. And in case you haven't been to your local toy aisle lately, here are some snapshots of what this author found on a pleasant little stroll yesterday.

On this endcap, we've got some goodies from the revived Mego Corp. collection. You've seen a couple of these new Mego treasures on the Terrific TV Toys web series (that was the Kelly Garrett figure) and its sister series, Terrific non-TV Toys (Wonder Woman). Here we have playsets from "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Star Trek" (the "Mirror, Mirror" episode, no less!!!) as well as figures of Peg Bundy from "Married With Children" and even Piper from "Charmed"! Wow. Besides these, we saw Tootie from "The Facts of Life" and Fonzie from "Happy Days," plus the large Harley Quinn figure, which you'll see photos of on an episode of non-T3 next month.

Then, step around the corner, and you have these lovely variants from the DC Super Hero Girls collection and TV show on Cartoon Network. Harley Quinn and Batgirl figures in different outfits! I've got one of the Batgirls at home, which will be featured in a future episode of non-T3, but oh, my ...

And can we just add in these, too?? These are not for a vintage TV show or characters, but this author absolutely loves the "Stranger Things" series on Netflix. Check out these goods ... too tempting!!!!

And finally, these duds that are TV-related, as well. The very popular Harley Quinn (well, she's from the comics, too, but she started out on "Batman: The Animated Series") and the Charlie Brown Halloween special. Only 10 bucks at Walmart! (The other items above were spotted at Target, BTW.) I've got to add these pajama pants to my Christmas list for Bro and family!

Photos by Billie Rae Bates / BRBTV

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Terrific TV Toys: "Dukes" diecast cars by Auto World, Tomy

We half-jokingly call our buddy Jason the roving reporter of BRBTV, because he travels the open road for his work and he sees all kinds of interesting stuff. But it's not really a joke, because a lot of that great stuff he sees just somehow happens to be related to one of his favorite TV shows, "The Dukes of Hazzard." Then, the photos of a lot of that stuff end up on this very blog!

Jason takes a turn on the Terrific TV Toys series this week, showing you his collection of "Dukes" diecast cars, which he purchased at Cooter's Place in Nashville while traveling. At the time this video was shot, which was a couple months ago now, he had one car missing, the green Camaro that Cooter is seen driving on one episode of the series. But then after that, he made another trip to Cooter's Place and got that car, too! So now Jason has the entire set, and you'll see it, whether by video or photo, in this latest episode of T3 ...




Jason remembers a lot more about these "Dukes" episodes than this author does at any given moment, so we talk through some of the show production details while showing these cool cars. Thanks again, Jason, for taking the time!