Visit Some of Our Favorite Websites!

.....But be sure to come back!

QUISP 'The QUAZY Energy cereal!' Visit QUAKER OATS' QUISP website to see Jay Ward meets John K. in a GREAT commercial to bring QUISP back to your cereal bowl! Our Friend Patrick Owsley did the lettering which appears on the back of the NEW cereal box, which also features SPUMCO art in a comic book page.

MUPPETWORLD.COM! Visit the characters of one of the Kings of the puppet world: JIM HENSON! This is a fun site for the entire family. JIM HENSON PRODUCTIONS bring you a lavish website and games galore.

KIRSTEN ULVE OFFICIAL WEBSITE! Check out our friend Kirsten Ulve's site! The icon is a sneak peak from her illustration in Rick's upcoming book and she has done illustrations for TV LAND and ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY to name a few!

LIVINGISLAND.COM! The world of SID & MARTY KROFFT is a bizarre and wonderful world from two of our favorite puppeteers! From the adult LES POUPEES DE PARIS to shows like HR PUFNSTUF and LIDSVILLE, we love these SATURDAY morning icons!

JERRY LEWIS! He did make it to an 'ANIMAGIC' figure BUT didn't make it to a final special. You don't have to be FRENCH to like Jerry. We like him! We like him! (There is a GREAT New PHONEY PHONE CALLS CD there Now 10-24-2001!)

RON DANTE! Visit our friend Ron Dante's site for some "Sugar, Sugar!" Not only was he the lead singer on the ARCHIE records BUT he has Produced performers like Barry Manilow and Cher!

ANIMATION BLAST! Visit our friend AMID AMIDI's Magazine and learn about the world's BEST animators and artists! Each issue gets better and better and it is about animators of the past and present. Tons of content with minimal ads!

TIMEANDSPACETOYS.COM! Your one stop shop for ENESCO and PLAYING MANTIS RANKIN/BASS items! They even have EXCLUSIVE ENESCO items based on RANKIN/BASS' RUDOLPH there. You may want to pick up a CAPTAIN ACTION figure or a toy replica from your childhood!

TV PARTY! A great site! Lots of nostalgic television here! Be sure to click on BOZO's picture on the "Lost Children's Shows" page for an article on WGN's Bozo's Circus written by (once again!) Rick Goldschmidt!

This one takes you directly to Rick Goldschmidt's article on RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER at TVPARTY! What's the dentist elf's real name, Herbie or Hermey? What makes the doll on the Island of Misfit Toys a misfit? Answers to these and other burning Rudolph questions can be found here!

SPUMCO! A fun site from John K., the creator of Ren & Stimpy! Full of animation and artwork! See clips from their latest Ranger Smith cartoon produced in association with Hanna-Barbara!

BURL IVES' OFFICIAL WEBSITE! Everthing you've ever wanted to know about the man who voiced one of our favorite Rankin/Bass characters, Sam the Snowman!

MITCH OCONNELL'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE! Visit the site of our friend, talented artist Mitch O'Connell, for some more samples of his artwork! (Mitch designed and painted the group picture on our home page!)

DAVID SHELDON'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE! You've seen artist David Sheldon's work on Nick-at-Nite as well as on compact discs and other merchandise! Check out his site and see why we like his cartoonish style!

HERB THE VEGETARIAN DRAGON! One of Jules Bass' latest projects is this great children's book by Barefoot Books! Check it out at this site!

BJ AND DIRTY DRAGON! Puppets (of the other kind!) that we love! Anyone who grew up in Chicago in the early 70's will remember Bill Jackson, creator and star of Cartoon Town, The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show, and Gigglesnort Hotel! These shows also featured some of the most memorable hand puppets ever created (also by Bill)! Visit this site where you can finally order clips from these classic shows on video!

TOON TRACKER! This site has everything! If it's a cartoon, you'll find it here! This site also hunts down the best sites devoted to animation and posts a new link each month! By the way, we've been nominated as Toon Tracker Site Of The Month for the month of November!

THE MISFITS ROCK BAND! Check out the site of The Misfits, who have recenly incorprated MAD MONSTER PARTY clips into their latest music video "Monster Mash"! (Rare 45 rpm single of the song on green vinyl also still available at the site as well as Misfits T-shirts featuring Boris from Mad Monster Party!)

FLASHBACKS.COM! Come back to the 70's with us and purchase items from your favorite 70's shows and other nostalgic merchandise! T-Shirts! Posters! Stickers! Buttons! Trading Cards! ...and other Groovy Stuff! C'mon, you know you need that Vinnie Barbarino school folder....!

FLEXITOON.COM! Visit our friend Craig Marin's website and enjoy his world of PUPPETS including the ones he did for SHINING TIME STATION! His wife did some work with famous puppeteer Bil Baird and Craig's work was appreciated by Jim Henson!

PLAYINGMANTIS.COM! Visit our favorite TOY MAKERS this side of the North Pole! Tom Lowe and his staff have done the BEST job in recent years of re-issueing classic toys (CAPTAIN ACTION, AURORA Models, etc.)and our friend Bob Plant has done a phenomenal job with the MEMORY LANE line! 'RUDOLPH' toys at last!

FUNKO! Visit the world of WACKY WOBBLERS with our friend Mike Becker at the helm! This is a GREAT line of classic bobble heads and there are lots more to come. The box art is just as good as the item! BRAVO!