A Maxfield Parrish Sky

 

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was one of the most popular artists during the Golden Age of Illustration. During the 1920s, it has been estimated that a quarter of all American households displayed a Parrish print on their walls. His other-worldly landscapes of ancient gnarled trees, tumbling waterfalls, azure skies, or nursery rhymes were painted with a dreamlike clarity. Parrish's art is characterized by vibrant colors; the color Parrish blue was named after him. He achieved such luminous color through glazing. This process involves applying alternating bright layers of translucent glaze separated by varnish over a base rendering. 

One of his techniques set the stage for future commercial illustrators working with constant deadlines. Some models were clothed in geometric patterns, enabling him to accurately capture the distortion and draping. Though a "grid system" produced similar accuracies before photography, Parrish would take photos of projected objects, cut the prints out and place them onto his canvas, then cover them with clear glaze. The American painter Norman Rockwell considered Parrish his idol.

Hey, Buddy Buddy Buddy!

 

Brak was originally a fictional character and supervillain on the 1966 Hanna-Barbera animated series "Space Ghost," as a catlike alien space pirate trying to conquer the galaxy. He returned to television in 1994 as a cast member on Cartoon Planet's animated show, "Space Ghost Coast to Coast." According to the network, 'Brak was irradiated by Pirranamyte, releasing him from the burden of intelligence.' He was transformed into a simple-minded 7-year-old, hilariously voiced by Andy Merrill. Cartoon Planet released two CDs with the cast from "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" singing a wide variety of funny, ridiculously silly songs. Brak would branch out in 2001 in his own show, "The Brak Show," as an even more childlike character with a diminutive, Spanish-accented father and a "June Cleaver' mother. Though rare, Brak continued to make unannounced appearances on other programs, yet the character is essentially part of history today.

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Kurt Russell tries to capture Kimball in two appearances as different characters on The Fugitive. In Nemesis (1964) he plays Philip Gerard Jr. His dad gets a phone call that Kimble is nearby, cutting their vacation short. Junior escapes the safety of a sheriff's cabin then encounters Kimble. The boy does everything he can to lead his dad to the fugitive. In a Plain Paper Wrapper (1966) Russell starred as Eddie, who pitches in to buy a mail-order rifle in order to bring Kimball to justice. Russell's dad, Bing, plays a police officer.