Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Happy New Year! It's your episode guide to the past seasons of Terrific TV Toys and Terrific non-TV Toys

With a new year will come a fresh crop of episodes for BRBTV's two web series, because we just love sharing this stuff. But first let's take stock of the past year, the grand 2018 and all it entailed for our ongoing examination of cool toys and collectibles from every corner of pop culture.

We're up to 137 episodes now for the T3 series (138 if you count the Christmastime Eggnog addendum), nothing to sneeze at for a web series that has run five years. And in 2019 you'll continue to see one episode a month from each of the two series, totaling 24 for the year again.  Hopefully we can get a friend or two to guest-host, as in the past!

Terrific TV Toys

Season 5



Season 4
Season 3
Season 1 and 2

Terrific non-TV Toys

Season 1


Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Relive some more great moments from A Hazzard County Christmas with ChunkeyMonkey40's new video

Derek, aka ChunkeyMonkey40 on YouTube, really covers it all in this new video on his YouTube channel, chronicling lots of fun moments from the Hazzard County Christmas at the Shiawassee Harvest Church in Corunna, Michigan, a few weeks back ...

Monday, December 24, 2018

Merry Christmas from BRBTV!!!

We here at BRBTV see a world where good things happen. A world where peace can prevail, amid the turmoil. Where even warring factions backbiting at each other can come together to accomplish great things. Where the human spirit seeks joy and kindness and good things, when it comes right down to it. Are we dreaming? Are we being cynical? No, not at all. That's the world we live in, and the shot below, supplied by our friend Bjørn, expresses that so nicely!

You see, even at the Carrington mansion, between these warring factions, peace and joy and the holiday spirit can prevail!!!



Merry Christmas from BRBTV!!

Image courtesy of Bjørn; see more of his "Dynasty" dollhouse on previous posts of this blog.

Friday, December 21, 2018

TGIF! How about some action figure love? This time, it's all sorts of Super Friends ...

With ole Supes perched on top, it's looking like an amazing collection. And Will Rodgers, author of the BRBTV book "The Ultimate Super Friends Companion," has been compiling Super Friends figures from both Mego and Figures Toy Company for the past few years. Good for him that these companies keep releasing great stuff like this! Keep up with Will on his Facebook pages for the two-volume book set and for the great onetime era of Saturday-morning cartoons.








Photos by Will Rodgers
Please do  not copy without permission

Friday, December 14, 2018

Terrific non-TV Toys: Snoopy figurines by Enesco

It's Christmastime again, and we love a Christmas episode here at BRBTV. For the 12th and final episode of the very first season of the Terrific non-TV Toys web series, it's gotta be Snoopy. This author got these two porcelain figurines as a gift from Cuz Don last year for Christmas, and you'll see them come out of the box for this episode. One has Snoopy harnessed up and ready to pull a sled, while the other has him all wrapped up in old-fashioned Christmas lights. Nicely detailed, these are fine collectibles.

Friday, December 07, 2018

Well, somebody is certainly a "Dukes of Hazzard" fan

There is a Hazard, Kentucky, spelled just a bit differently than on the classic TV show we all know and love. And there's bound to be plenty of diehard "Dukes of Hazzard" fans there in the state, especially given this amusing site, spotted in Glendale, Kentucky, earlier this week. Thanks to our roving reporter Jason for capturing this on the road!


Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Terrific TV Toys: Batgirl PVC diorama and production cel from "The New Batman Adventures"

In the "Holiday Knights" episode of "The New Batman Adventures" animated series, you see some fun stuff. You see Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy kidnapping and drugging poor Bruce Wayne so they can go on a shopping spree at a department store in Gotham a few days before Christmas. And you see Clayface rampaging through a different department store a couple days later, on Christmas Eve. But fear not -- Batgirl arrives on the scene. She jumps on that nasty ole Clayface, throws him around a bit, tells everyone to clear the area. It's two of those wonderful moments that are captured in the pieces you see on the latest episode of Terrific TV Toys.

The PVC diorama just came out last year and is part of a set by Diamond Select Toys, a set featuring a variety of characters in the Timmverse from which "TNBA" sprung. The diorama goes for about $45. THEN ... the crème de la crème ... an original production cel used in the shooting of that episode back in 1997, all nicely framed and matted and for sale in the gallery of a Warner Bros. Studio Store back then. Original price for that was about $500, and these cels can go for a few hundred more than that now. Nice stuff ...

Monday, December 03, 2018

This time at Autorama Detroit, the Bandit jumps!

It was great to see Ray Kohn and the Northeast Ohio Dukes crew at the Hazzard County Christmas in Corunna, Michigan a week and a half ago, and we just had to ask him about the rumors we heard, that as a follow-up to his amazing jump of the General Lee in downtown Detroit two years ago at Autorama, this time it was going to be a "Smokey and the Bandit" car. Yep, indeed. It was Ray's idea to do this, after the sad passing of Burt Reynolds a couple months back. A special tribute to the star beloved by so many fans ...



The 2019 Autorama in Detroit is on March 1-3. Watch the NEOD Facebook page and the event website for more details. We'll see ya there!

Friday, November 30, 2018

"Dukes of Hazzard" 40th anniversary celebration set for Cooter's in January

It's been quite a "Dukes" week here at BRBTV, between sharing the love from last weekend's Hazzard County Christmas event in Corunna, Michigan, and now seeing the details being released of the 40th anniversary celebration at Cooter's in January. Here's what Cooter's has sent around ...


Come Celebrate the 40th Birthday with us!

HAZZARD COUNTY’S 40TH BIRTHDAY TO BE CELEBRATED IN NASHVILLE’S MUSIC VALLEY JANUARY 26, 2019
On January 26, 1979, “The Dukes of Hazzard” premiered on CBS Television as an unheralded midseason replacement. Now, 40 years later, the cast and fans of the show will join together in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, January 26, 2019 to celebrate “40 years of good times in Hazzard County.” Several events are planned, centered around “Cooter’s in Music City” on McGavock Pike off Briley Parkway.
The event will include “Meet and Greet plus pix and Autograph sessions” with cast members, a screening of the very first “Dukes” episode at The Troubadour Theatre, followed by a cast concert at The Nashville Palace, with Cooter’s Garage Band and very special guest Whey Jennings, the grandson of Waylon Jennings, who narrated “The Dukes” and wrote and sang the ever popular theme song, “Good Ol’ Boys.”
Cast members who plan to attend are Tom Wopat, who created the role of “Luke Duke,” Catherine Bach, known to the world as “Daisy Duke," Sonny Shroyer, who played “Deputy Enos,” and Rick Hurst, who portrayed “Deputy Cletus.” Ben “Cooter” Jones and Alma Viator, the proprietors of Cooter’s in Music City, the Dukes of Hazzard Museum and shop on McGavock Pike, are hosting the shindig.
“The amazing thing about our show is that it seems as fresh and new as ever,” says Ben Jones, who played the sidekick mechanic “Cooter” on the show. “All over the world, folks watch the 'Dukes' in different languages, and they watch it with their children. The kids who grew up watching it back in the early '80s are watching it with their own kids now. And some of them are watching with their grandchildren! That’s the greatest compliment our show could have.
“When we first came on the air, the television critic for the Los Angeles Times said, 'This show won’t last past the first commercial break,'” says Jones. “Just goes to show you, never pay attention to your critics!”

Hazzard County 40th Birthday Celebration is FREE to attend
@ Cooter's Place in Nashville!

10:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Special events will have VERY LIMITED AVAILABILITY and will require a ticket purchase to attend so get yours NOW!

TICKETS 


Thursday, November 29, 2018

A Hazzard County Christmas, Part 3: Clips of Tom Wopat's concert

Ahhhh ... We've been listening to our new CD of Christmas music by Tom Wopat and John Schneider of "The Dukes of Hazzard," and it takes us back to last Sunday, when we saw the former live in concert. What a holiday treat it was at the Shiawassee Harvest Church in Corunna, Michigan, for A Hazzard County Christmas. We bring a portion of that concert to you now with the latest video on BRBTV's YouTube channel ...

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

A Hazzard County Christmas, Part 2: Church with Sonny and Byron, the continuation

And we thought Byron Cherry was always the life of the party! In this second part of our coverage of A Hazzard County Christmas at Shiawassee Harvest Church in Corunna, Michigan, this past Sunday, Sonny Shroyer thoroughly delights and entertains with his stories. In part 1, posted yesterday on BRBTV's YouTube channel, Sonny gave his testimony and told other tales of growing up in Valdosta, Georgia. This time, Pastor Steve Rau asks about his professional work, including the "Enos" spinoff in the 1980s, "The Longest Yard" with Burt Reynolds, and even his most recent stint on "The Resident" with Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

For his turn, Byron Cherry tells the tale of getting his part as Coy Duke on the series, and how he and John Schneider were going to all the same auditions back in the day, before "The Dukes of Hazzard" ever happened. It's a great story. Cherry also reminisces about his good friend and "Dukes" co-star, Christopher Mayer, whom we lost at too young an age several years ago.



Our coverage continues tomorrow as we hear some of the wonderful sounds of the season from the handsome Tom Wopat, our own Luke Duke, who gave a Christmas concert both Saturday and Sunday night at the church. Many thanks to the church for hosting this great "Dukes" event!

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

A Hazzard County Christmas, Part 1: Church with Sonny and Byron

Did you know Sonny Shroyer was saved as a teen? Our own Deputy Enos Strate of "The Dukes of Hazzard" shares that story as well as other stories of his family and upbringing in south Georgia in the latest video on the BRBTV YouTube channel. And Coy Duke from the show, Byron Cherry, gives his own powerful testimony, framed in the famous poem "Footprints." It's the first half of their talk at the Hazzard County church service at Shiawassee Harvest Church in Corunna, Michigan, on Sunday, November 25, 2018. Sonny and Byron were joined by Tom ("Luke Duke") Wopat that weekend at the church, signing for fans, and Tom gave a wonderful concert that you'll see clips of on this same BRBTV channel! Stay tuned for those later this week!

Monday, November 26, 2018

Coming this week: Complete video coverage of A Hazzard County Christmas in mid-Michigan

It was a more-intimate affair, the kind of "Dukes of Hazzard" event you really love because you're not winding your way around a million people or waiting in lines for hours. And with three cast members of "The Dukes of Hazzard," how can you go wrong? The Hazzard County Christmas at the Shiawassee Harvest Church in Corunna, Michigan, this past weekend was rather blessed and magical. Pastor Steve Rau said in yesterday morning's service that this church loves on people, and he was certainly right. Everyone at the church was warm and welcoming. This particular author gave up organized religion a few years back, but if I lived in the area, I would totally attend this church. The worship team even performed a very sweet song that's popular right now, Lauren Daigle's "You Say" (which was also performed by a young female contestant on "The Voice" last week). Great stuff.

But anyway! On to the "Dukes" thing! Wow, it was nice to see Byron Cherry again! Such a great guy -- always the life of the party, anywhere he goes. He was in his Santa suit for the parade on Friday night, even, just as he had earlier donned the Santa suit to record a video promoting the event. Byron looks great and gave a wonderful testimony at the church service, his own version of the well-known "Footprints" poem, made so personal from tragic events that have shaped his beliefs over the years. Besides our own Coy Duke, Sonny ("Deputy Enos Strate") Shroyer, a very keen age 83, also shared some powerful words as part of the service. You'll see video of both later this week on BRBTV on YouTube.


BRB and Jason with Coy Duke! Below, a moment from the morning church service, with Pastor Steve on the right ...


You had two General Lees at the event, along with two Hazzard County Sheriff's cars, supplied by Ray and the Northeast Ohio Dukes, Brian and Kristy of B and K Star Car Rentals, and T.J., who also brought just a few (!) of the cool items from his "Dukes" collection for display.


Oh, and then that wonderful, still-so-handsome, one-third of what we call The Big Three of "The Dukes," Mr. Tom Wopat, happened to give a concert last night! You'll see that video, too! Wopat had performed to a sold-out audience the night before, and spent the weekend signing for fans. He has a new Christmas album out with John Schneider -- so very cool! Ten bucks got you that item, signed (below), best friggin' deal I've seen all year.




BRB and buddy Andrea with Tom Wopat, last night.



And .... history was made yesterday at the event. Sonny Shroyer now owns an actual gumbush, below. You see, he's been talking about possums on these things for years, and who has ever even known what the heck a gumbush is? Well, our friend Mike did wonder that, and asked Shroyer what a gumbush was at the Hazzard Homecoming event in Virginia a few years ago. Did Sonny know? Well ... he mentioned it being a Kentucky thing. Anyway, Mike decided to make one for ole Enos. You might see video of that little presentation from yesterday, too, if it turns out! Sonny says he'll find himself a possum for it somewhere ...



First three photos courtesy of Jason G.; second and third photos courtesy of Andrea M.; last photo courtesy of Mike.