The Usual Beast Wishes Suspects

How's this for a lineup? Taken at a recent screening panel for one of the studios. From Left to right: Frank Dietz, Trish Geiger, Bob Burns, Kathy Burns, Rick Baker, Joe Dante, Tom Woodruff, Jr., Pat McClung and John Goodwin. And on the table in the front: King Kong, Mighty Joe Young and Bernie the Gorilla!

DVD Cover Art For Beast Wishes

Here's a sneak peek at the cover art for the upcoming DVD!

From left to right on the bottom row are Rick Baker (GORILLAS IN THE MIST, ED WOOD), Joe Dante (PIRANHA, THE HOWLING, GREMLINS), Dana Gould (THE SIMPSONS, UNITED MONSTER TALENT AGENCY), John Landis (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON) and Greg Nicotero (THE WALKING DEAD). More info on how to order soon!

Mighty Joe Dante!

A current resident of Bob's Basement who shares
his first name with our guest star.

We had the great pleasure of filming an interview with director Joe Dante, who created such classics as PIRANHA, THE HOWLING and GREMLINS. Joe spoke of his great admiration and fondness for Bob and Kathy Burns, and the importance of men in gorilla suits, among other things. Take note of the very nice nice paperweight to Joe's left in the photo below: