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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 / BRBTVCopying with credit is OK; a link would be grand

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!

Terrific non-TV Toys: Wonder Woman 14" figure by Mego

She's a big girl, that Amazon we know and love from the printed comics page. And in this episode of the Terrific non-TV Toys web series, this figure is a fitting tribute at a whopping 14 inches! Not even 12 inches like a lot of larger action figure, but 14 inches. Meow. She's part of the revived Mego Corp. and continuing Mego Month here at BRBTV. Last time, it was a Kelly Garrett "Charlie's Angels" figure from Mego's new license for Terrific TV Toys, so this time it's that wonderful Wonder Woman on the sister series ...

Terrific TV Toys: Mego "Charlie's Angels" figure Kelly

We just don't know how we're going to survive, here at BRBTV ... News of the return of Mego Corp. to the retail scene broke a few weeks ago, and we've been reeling ever since ... New figures, new licenses, far less space in the basement!!!! Oooohhhh, it's just overwhelming. We had two great episodes cued up for this month on Terrific TV Toys and the sister series Terrific non-TV Toys. But then this happened ... Two wonderful brand-new Mego figures dropped into our laps (thanks, Mike) ...

This week's episode shows you the first of Mego's planned series on 1970s TV series "Charlie's Angels." This is Kelly Garrett, as portrayed by Jaclyn Smith. She's a lovely lady, with a smashing outfit (amazing shoes!), and frankly, we like.



Thanks, as always, to my buddy Mike, our honorary chief of procurement at BRBTV! He's the one that finds this stuff.

Terrific non-TV Toys: "Wizard of Oz" Megos Part 2, Witches

The June episode of Terrific non-TV Toys began a miniseries on the "Wizard of Oz" Mego dolls / figures of the 1970s, wherein you saw this author's Dorothy doll from childhood, almost purloined from the local store (it's a long story -- you've gotta watch it). For July and the second of this four-part series, we're turning to the other two females of this Mego line -- Glinda, the Good Witch, and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Just look at that pink sparkly dress ... Did you know it wasn't pink in L. Frank Baum's original book?

Another trip to Cooter's Place means some more fun "Dukes" stuff

Happy Friday the 13th! And it's now happy hour -- congrats, you made it through the workweek. BRBTV's roving reporter Jason loves to stop by Cooter's Place whenever he's in the area, whether it's Gatlinburg or Nashville or the newer store in Luray, to behold the cool "Dukes of Hazzard" merchandise. This author was delighted when he snapped this photo of "Them Dukes! Them Dukes!" on display -- thanks very much to Cooter's for carrying our "Dukes" reference guide.


Jason also captured this new display item on his trip there this week. Hazzard Bridge ... hmmm, could that be what they've called Kingi Bridge, in honor of "Dukes" stuntman Henry Kingi, Jason wondered?

 

And finally, we're going to throw in a couple more photos from Jason, because this will give you a clue what you'll see on the August episode of the Terrific TV Toys web series ...




Photos by Jason G.; please do not copy without permission.

Announcing a new Kindle edition of "Dynasty High" to include the CW's reboot series!

The CW releases a reboot of our beloved "Dynasty" series, and this author's keyboard is clicking away, gathering all the details. A younger Blake? A sassier Fallon (as if that were possible)? A male Sammy Jo???? A blond Alexis? It was quite an interesting ride, wasn't it, this first season of the reboot. And now all the details, the continuity differences, the episode synopses, for the CW's "Dynasty" are captured in the latest Kindle edition of the reference guide "Dynasty High." It adds quite a bit of heft to this e-book.

While we were at it, we added in a good long look at the collections of two diehard "Dynasty" fans, who have both been profiled on this very blog: Bjørn and the owner of the Nolan Miller Collector Blog. LOTS of lush color photos of their amazing original "Dynasty" wardrobe pieces have been added to this fourth Kindle edition.

Check it out on Amazon! And thanks, as always, for sharing the love of this great show.

Terrific TV Toys: Mary Marvel original animation cel

Original animation cels are a real treat for collectors, a slice of the old days where production of a cartoon is concerned. Who can imagine the patience and diligence it requires to create and photograph all of the cels that come together to portray the action in a half-hour animated series, let alone an hourlong show or even a two-hour movie feature?

The latest episode of Terrific TV Toys shows you a tiny bit of the action of the "Shazam" segment of the 1981-82 Saturday-morning cartoon "Kids Super Power Hour." This is an original production cel used to depict the action for the Mary Marvel character in a scene -- though we have no idea what scene or episode it was, so if you know, comment below! This particular Filmation cartoon only lasted a season, 12 episodes, so it's a little more obscure, and it's only the second time we've ventured into Shazam / Captain Marvel territory for T3.

Bjørn shows us some more "Dynasty" delights

Here are some wonderful "Dynasty" collectibles you may have never seen: dishware, a beautiful pillow of our divas Dominique and Alexis ... and some original art by Bjørn, whose amazing wardrobe pieces from the classic TV soap you have seen on this blog before.






Images courtesy of Bjørn; please do not copy without permission.