Not sure about Mel - But the great - the super great - Paul Blaisdel lived in Topanga. That’s the top of the heap for me - to make Corman monsters for a couple hundred bucks and play the monster in the suit was real show biz. Low budget monster movies were all I ever cared about as a kid -
Cool stuff was just trash in North Carolina when I was growing up. Didn’t even have to pay for it. I’d show up at a theater and they’d say take what you want. I'd call my father - he’d pick up the biggest Uhaul and hook it to his caddie - Hire 2 guys and clean the place out for me. Told you my daddy knew his stuff. I was just a kid, but he helped me. Would wake me up at night after I had gone to bed and tell me new window cards were out on the telephone poles - And we’d go get a few. I was about 8 or 9 - mid 1950’s. Have still go poster ink in my veins. Alan And Our Ebay Store: http://stores.ebay.com/Museum-Store-Gifts > On Jul 5, 2017, at 5:45 PM, Tom Martin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > awesome story Alan!!!My ex wifees dad was frm sweden andshe had a original > carving from Thomas Dam who made the 1st trols..she also has a collection of > them and she sold that one carving for like 10K!!! yes i would have loved t > meet yourdad..i love the old novelty biz and closeuts and nventors of gag > gifts and the like...I used to find huge wharhouse of old stock..liek Gumbys > and major matt mason ,, marx toy figures, and i still havea few hings from > 60s liek storks and nuns....i would go in and buy all they had and they would > laugh at me..bec i bought the costumes before they rereleased he gumby..i > paid 20 cent each... and now i think people as 30-7[0- each dollars..i had > cases///they where lakeside toys 1965 > my fave story is i had case of stuper stuff by whamo from 1968..I sold them > in my shop 50 cents.. and theni sehntthem in orders...so this guy says thanks > for te superstuffi got 80.00 on ebay!! ithought it was a joke...i later pu > one up...80.00 then wondered why??it was just slime powder ina margeriem > container.. > found out its what they used as the guys in -Night of the living dead... > george Romero...i guess they could not find anything that worked better then > super stufdf...funny eh?? so we had original unopened 1967 super stuuf at the > dream factory for 50 cents ithe 80s.... > I think mel blanc lived in Topanga as then he moved to Pacific palisades.. > > On 2017-07-05 20:16, Alan Adler wrote: >> Hey Tom - >> Send me one of those doggone things to look over and try out - sounds >> like fun. >> I used to use an earlier version of the voice box - called a message >> repeater - back in the 1960’s. >> Sold good luck trolls and we had this little silly voice talking for >> them. >> Whenever someone came close we hit the remote control button. >> The trolls started talking and people damn near flipped out! >> Didn’t even have sensor to start automatically in those days. >> Everything was by hand as they say. >> My father’s store sold tens of thousands of dollars worth of those >> good luck trolls from Sweden when they first came out - >> Before anyone else in Charlotte had them! >> Now, he was a salesman! >> You and my father would have liked each other. >> Taught me everything I know about selling stuff and I’ve kept myself >> alive so far doing just that. >> I’ll enjoy it, so send whatever you want to: >> Alan Adler >> P.O. Box 1160 >> Topanga, Ca. 90290 >> Thanks >> And Our Ebay Store: >> http://stores.ebay.com/Museum-Store-Gifts [2] >>> On Jul 5, 2017, at 4:00 PM, Tom Martin >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks mopop for the great responce to my post.. >>> so far Ive given away to : Alan Day , Jim Episale, I have one >>> requeded by Toochis Morin just need her address as its packed and >>> ready to mail.. >>> I sent one to Tommy Barr in UK, Michael Denese, and im sending one >>> to Ed and Sue Poole at LAMP and also Bruce Hershenson at e-movie >>> poster >>> I want your input and reviews so i can improve this item and >>> extensive market it.. Sue Heim is getting one.. >>> I will wholesale these to dealers and shops.. >>> also..I may make some additional design changes.. >>> so I will give away two More and that should give a idea of what >>> they are so speak up.. >>> Hollywood Dream Factory® >>> Talking Movie posters ™- Pat Pending 2017 >>> " Making Movie posters talk in REEL TIME" >>> Hollywood Dream Factory 40th year celebration/aa >>> ---- >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com [1] >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> ------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> [3] >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://www.filmfan.com >> [2] http://stores.ebay.com/Museum-Store-Gifts >> [3] https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ---- > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. 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