Many thanks to Nate for the great suggestion of making a playlist of Scooby-Doo items from the Terrific TV Toys series -- it's created! Now there's one central locale for all the Scoobilicious stuff from the BRBTV collecibles series, including the two latest episodes this month on the Playmobil playsets.
He's written a book about "The Brady Bunch," so who better to profile Brady dad Robert Reed than our good pal Brian Lombard. And it's the momentous 100th post of the Six Feet Under Hollywood blog ...
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Six Feet Under Hollywood: #100: Robert Reed: John Robert Rietz, Jr. was born in Highland Park, Illinois on
October 19, 1932. He was an only child, born to a pair of high school
sweethearts. His father, John, Sr., worked for the government while his
mother ran the household.
During his formative years, his family
moved around a lot, settling in Texas and then later Oklahoma. While
there, he worked on the family farm and joined the local 4-H club, but
was more interested in being a performer. As a teenager, he wrote and
produced dramas for the local radio stations and appeared in stage
productions at Central High School. [read on] ...
Last week on Terrific TV Toys we embarked on a looooonnnngggg mission to put together a Scooby-Doo-themed Mystery Machine playset by Playmobil. We got about halfway through the on-camera assembly and decided to finish it this week, so detailed is this set. So, picking right up where we left off (literally, with placing the decals on the clear image slides that go into that odd little box that goes into the back of the van), it's the conclusion of the "Mystery of the Playmobil Playsets" ... (got your coffee or tea, parents????) ...
A flashlight, some stuff to eat, a light-up case viewer, all kinds of crazy things to help solve mysteries are included in this Mystery Machine playset by Playmobil, released earlier this year. And if you're a parent looking for a Christmas gift for your little Shaggy or Daphne (age 5 and up), this could be just the thing. In this week's episode of the Terrific TV Toys series, which borders on ridiculously long but we'll just call it very long, you'll see the blow-by-blow of a silly gal trying to put this thing together. And it's only part 1 -- we'll continue it (and conclude it; you're welcome) next week.
What's this? A Hazzard County Christmas featuring a couple Duke boys? Well, golly, if it ain't a pandemic-era "Dukes of Hazzard" event popping up on the calendar. Byron ("Coy Duke") Cherry and Chris ("Jeb Stuart Duke") Hensel will appear at the family-friendly show on December 12 at the Cusseta Event Center in Cusseta, Alabama. And best of all, this event raises money for toys for kids in need, sponsored by the Missiles for Christ Ministries. Very cool.
The latest Pop Ninja Podcast episode is up and ready for your enjoyment! Episode 14 is all about Saturday mornings in the '70s and '80s ... Join Lisa, Patrick, and this author (BRB!) as we reminisce about breakfast cereals, cartoons, and live-action shows from those glorious Saturday mornings in the greatest decades ever!
It's a marvelous mashup of two different pop-culture universes. Batgirl of the comics teams up with Donatello of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" to fight some crime, or maybe just eat some pizza. This two-pack of figures (and lots of accessories) takes the spotlight for the latest episode of the Terrific non-TV Toys web series. This set is part of a larger set based on the comics cross-over of these two universes, and it was just released earlier this year.
Happy Friday!!!
Next up: A ride in the Mystery Machine with Scooby and the gang, in December's episode of "Terrific TV Toys"!
Well, it was a really nice time last night, and I want to thank my hosts, Vince and Erika, along with Deidra in production, for having me on as a guest on the weekly "Live with Vince Eliot" show. This is a relatively new show, launching earlier this year, and these folks have their production down to a science, and things went really smoothly for this episode airing live on both Facebook and YouTube. We talked about all kinds of geeky things. I was the only geek in the room -- can you believe that? Often I am surrounded by other geeks. But they were very patient with me, LOL.
Anyway, you can watch last night's broadcast in the Facebook video or in the YouTube embed below, and you can hear all the chatter about Motor City Comic Con, San Diego's Comic-Con, the BRBTV book series, and much more ...
Many thanks to Vince Eliot, who produces an hourlong web series each week, on Tuesday nights. He asked this author to do a guest shot, and I can't wait to see what kind of craziness ensues. It's the "Live with Vince Eliot" show, and it airs live on both YouTube and Facebook. So tune in at 8 p.m. Eastern today!
Six Feet Under Hollywood: Blog #97: John Ritter: Jonathan Southworth Ritter was born in Burbank, California on September 17, 1948. Yeah, that's his real name. His father was of cou ...
The fact that it features that luscious cape really makes the piece -- don't you think? It even looks like satin despite the hard plastic / resin material of this 2020 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament all set to deck your Christmas tree this season. This one was released this past summer, not during the fall release you read about on this very blog a few weeks ago. And she is really a beauty, capturing the beauty of the beauty queen who stepped into this iconic role back in the 1970s. She would become the standard we would forever measure Wonder Woman against.
It was small, as toy shows go, but it was so wonderful to get back to a show again (first time since February) that this chick didn't care. It was the toy show at the New Baltimore (Michigan) Trade Center yesterday. Just look at the TV-related goodies that could be procured ... we've got "Star Trek," "I Love Lucy," "The Flintstones," "Happy Days" and so much more ...
To see a lot more TV-related collectibles, check out the Terrific TV Toys series on YouTube and Facebook.
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Are we getting to the end of the "Backlog of Batgirls" of 2020? Weeeeellll ... they keep multiplying. We're coasting to the end of 2020, gradually (thankfully), but I have the feeling that we will still have some Batgirls spilling into 2021, because the collection has seen some additions since the backlog series started earlier this year. This author has some great people in her life who keep procuring more of these beauties for her. The one featured this week on Terrific non-TV Toys, however, is one I snagged myself, as recollection says, and it portrays the Batgirl of Burnside of the DC Comics in recent years ...
Just as much as we love to share our own terrific TV-related memorabilia here at BRBTV, we love to look at the collections of others. Robert T. contacted BRBTV after seeing the Terrific TV Toys series on YouTube and passed along these photos of his collection of Kenner figures and toys celebrating "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman." (You can see he's a bit of a Bat-fan, too,) Thanks so much, Robert!
Be sure to like and follow the Terrific TV Toys Facebook page to see a lot more great stuff from collectors!
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"All in the Family," "General Hospital," "Columbo," our faves like "Dallas" and "Dynasty" and just so much more.
Even budding superheroes should take the time to read. And we're talking an actual book -- not necessary a Kindle or tablet (though, hey, those are cool, too). Here's an example of a nice book for the kid who admires the "DC Super Hero Girls," and it continues our "Backlog of Batgirls" miniseries on both collectibles shows -- Terrific TV Toys and Terrific non-TV Toys. This book follows the adventures of our young Babsy as she navigates life in high school as well as builds a career in crimefighting. Along with it, we've got a Pez of our hero.
The effects of COVID-19 ran pretty deep for today's special release of Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments at the local Hallmark stores. Missing was last year's long line outside the store waiting for it to open, and of course, only a certain number of people could be allowed into the store and at the wall where the ornaments were displayed. (And hey, there was even a relocation involved -- this author's own neighborhood store is closing, causing a diversion to one across town.) Nevertheless, I and my collectibles procurement chief, Mike, soldiered on, arriving before the 8 a.m. opening time and then stepping inside to behold the marvy items just released this year. I, of course, paid particular attention to those of a television persuasion. There was no disappointment in that area.
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