Billie Rae Bates's Blog, page 19

Six Feet Under Hollywood: Who Loves Ya, Baby?

We all know Tell Savalas as the longtime star of the classic TV series "Kojak," but he appeared in lots of other great stuff over the years. He's the latest to be profiled on our pal Brian's "Six Feet Under Hollywood" blog ...

Six Feet Under Hollywood: Who Loves Ya, Baby?:   "Kojak is the kind of guy who couldn't arrest a hooker, he'd send her home.  He operates on instinct and decency, but if you ...

Terrific TV Toys: General Lee Christmas tree ornament, 2019

It's not the first time you've seen a General Lee Christmas tree ornament on the Terrific TV Toys series, and heck, maybe it won't even be the last! And if it seems like it's a bit early for Christmas ornaments, well, we've got another Christmas item to feature next month on the series, so we simply had to fit everything in! This little goodie is handmade, unlike the previous General Lee ornament you saw by Hallmark, and it's rather unique. We're guessing there are no two alike in this custom item from Cooter's Place.

As you make your way through that Halloween candy, catch the latest Pop Ninja podcast, a Halloween special in costume!

It’s always so great for this author to hang out with Patrick and Lisa for the Pop Ninja podcast, and this time they were kind enough to invite me to join their special Halloween episode, which like last year is visual as well as audio! Yep, we recorded on Zoom, and it’s loaded on YouTube for you to laugh along. I wore my 1966 Batgirl costume, while Patrick was Westley from “The Princess Bride,” Lisa was a vampire girl, and Jamie Ray was Yukon Cornelius from “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.” So much fun!

Halloween is this weekend, so how about a spooky new podcast?

Ghouls and goblins are all about, and one classic TV series that had lots of spooky things was Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone," originally airing decades ago in black-and-white and remade a few times over the years, though not quite to the glistening splendor of the original. Our buddy Brian, whom you've seen on a couple episodes of Terrific TV Toys, and his friend Bruce have a relatively new podcast / web series that discusses "The Twilight Zone" in light of current events and other sociological musings. It's called "Just Beneath the Surface." Check it out, like and subscribe ...

By request: Images of the manual for the "Batman: The Animated Series" alarm clock

We've received a couple requests for photos of the instruction manual for alarm clock celebrating "Batman: The Animated Series" featured in an episode of T3. The easiest way is to post them here, so here they are! If you have the clock and don't have the manual, now you can set the thing! LOL

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Terrific non-TV Toys: Halloween Batgirl statue by DC Collectibles Bombshells

DC Comics must be making bank from its Bombshells series, because they sure have churned out a ton of these statues. Any kind of female from the DC Universe has been cast in the Bombshells vintage look for a sort of alternate take on the character. These ladies are lovely, they're so feminine, and they're quite powerful. You saw a Batgirl Bombshells statue in this same series on a previous episode of Terrific non-TV Toys, and now we turn to a variant released at Halloween time in 2016. She's clad in black and orange like a Halloween specialty item certainly would. This item is numbered, limited-edition and specially designed. She's quite exquisite ...

Spookiest shirt ever! Thanks, Jason!

Just a quick note of thanks to Jason, and a happy Halloween greeting to all. This Spooky Snoopy shirt rocks!

Terrific TV Toys: CatDog figure from Burger King Kids' Meals, 1999

Talk about a blast from the past! This author had forgotten about this series but truly loved it when it originally aired on Nickeloeon from 1998 to 2005. A critter that's half-cat and half-dog? I mean, wow. How can that be? Burger King celebrated this crazy animated series in 1999 with a set of toys in its popular Kids' Meals, and you'll see one of those toys in the latest episode of Terrific TV Toys ...

 

 

Burger King promotional image from eBay.

Terrific non-TV Toys: Wonder Woman Barbie by Mattel, 2003

A couple weeks back on our sister series for collectibles, you saw a Poison Ivy Barbie by Mattel based on the character's appearances in "Batman: The Animated Series" and "The New Batman Adventures." Now for Terrific non-TV Toys, we turn to another femme of that Barbie set, another gal of the DC Universe, and arguably the most famous one.

Mattel has done a few different Wonder Woman Barbies over the past couple decades, but this one was part of a set released around 2003-2004. She doesn't have that luscious satin cape that you saw on the Wonder Woman Barbie featured in the T3 episode a few years ago, but she's definitely got better boots ...

Back at a con after a year and a half -- thanks, Monroe Pop Fest!

It was a sunny day, and that fit just right, because it was great to be back at a comic-con again, first time since lockdowns hit at the beginning of the pandemic. It was the Monroe Pop Fest south of Detroit, and it was a cool little show this author had been to a couple years back. I really went there to do a quick interview with my buddy Tom Hutchison of Big Dog Ink (first photo below), for an upcoming BRBTV project yet to be disclosed, and ran into some other friends, as well, like T.J. And took a few photos!!!

This guy looked so good -- I could have totally bought the idea that Michael Myers stepped off the movie screen and into this friggin' parking lot.

My friend T.J., featured on a couple Terrific TV Toys videos for his "Dukes of Hazzard" collection, brought his Rosco sheriff's car. His friend Dylan, who has employed both T.J. and his car in some of his independent Detroit area movies, was there, as well, showcasing his screen-used TV and movie prop collection, below.

Photos by Billie Rae Bates / BRBTV
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