Charles Stern Commercial Voice Reel 1986

Here's the voice talent reel from the Charles Stern Agency in Los Angeles from 1986. This is a state of the art reel, as they represented many of the top commercial voiceover talents. Click on each of the roster names to listen to their individual demos: Paul Frees, Herschel Bernardi, Merlin Olsen, Telly Savalas, Granville Van Dusen, Hoyt Axton, Dennis Weaver, William Daniels, Don Messick, Chuck McCann, Joe Sirola, Robert Stack, Jack Lester, Ed Peck, Martin Doyle, Richard Bull, Daniel Dorse, and Mitzi McCall & Charlie Brill. Wow!

Amiga Point of Sale Video Clip

Here's a clip from an Amiga Computer point-of-sale laserdisc from around 1990. The Amiga was one of the best of the early computers, capable of multi-tasking, animation, video editing, and more, all starting in 1985! Click below to watch.

aiwa JS216 AM-FM Stereo Cassette Recorder

This is one of the coolest WalkMan type devices that I've ever owned. The awia JS216 is a joy to use because it just works. A cassette player and stereo recorder, AM-FM radio, and it records off the radio to cassette!


I used this to record airchecks from radio stations as I went around the country. The aiwa never broke or quit.

It still works today, just put in the two AA batteries.

George Of The Jungle Storyboard

Here's a link to a George Of The Jungle storyboard that I bought from the Jay Ward store in the 1980s. I never saw the cartoon that was made from the storyboard. That's because this is the storyboard from the pilot episode, which was unseen until included on the George Of The Jungle DVD set released in February 2008. Here's a sample frame, the entire Flicker pool of images is here.

Art From Space World Magazine

Space World Magazine ran these pics in 1982 for an article called "Space and The Arts". NASA hired artists to record their impressions of the space program from behind the scenes. The result was some wonderful art. Click any pic to enlarge.

"On the Pad and Launch" acrylic painting by Paul Salmon.

"Launch of the Columbia - STS-1" mixed media painting by Chet Jezierski.

"Space Shuttle Orbiter" by Robert McCall.

"Columbia Launch Fantasy" mixed media painting by Andreas Notebohm.

"Solid Rocket Booster Recovery Tests" drawing by Maria Epes.


"The Labyrinth" gouache painting by Charles Schmidt.

"Flight Of The Columbia" oil painting by Jack Perimutter.

Happy Halloween from Ed Grimley

A fairly decent costume I must say. Dress up your son as Ed Grimley! Triangle not included.


Click for larger pics. And yes, it does say "Flame Retarded".

Jay Leno at Zanies

As long as we're on a celebrity kick, here's a concert flyer from the early 80s:



Love the endorsement. As always, click for larger pic.