General Forum

I just learned last week that David Graf, of Police Academy fame (who sadly passed away several years ago at age 50) attended The Ohio State University for a short time before he started acting.  I also already knew that Patricia Heaton from Everybody Loves Raymond attended Ohio State, as did Richard Lewis from Robin Hood Men in Tights (among many other credits).  None of these three have any cards listed in the database, but since my PC is every card of any former Buckeye, I would love to learn that they have cards that just aren't listed.  Were any of these three projects ever released in trading card form that anyone knows of?

Bummer that these don't have cards for them. Oh I found an auction on Ebay for it looks like a small 4 card lot of "Police Academy The Animated Series" playing cards made in Argentina. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/POLICE-ACADEMY-THE-ANIMATED-SERIES-LOT-CARDS-ARGENTINA-/272836948509?hash=item3f8659721d:m:mbOY6IQuMGUPbI5OaPoJ8mQ 

They don't appear to have made any sets of those shows/movies specifically. Some of the actors appear in sets from other shows or generic pop culture card sets like Donruss  "Americana" sets. I forget exactly when the trend to include certified auto cards in just about every type of card set became popular but unfortunately I think David Graf passed away before the trend had really caught on for Non-Sport cards. Now days Cryptozoic and Rittenhouse are THE Non-Sport card makers. Both makers have done retro sets of older movies and TV shows. Perhaps one day one of those two will release sets for those moives/shows you are interested in.

Found one Richard Lewis card on COMC.  Hopefully this link works.

When movies used to be released in theaters, they would make "lobby cards" which as I read were about 11x14 inches on cardstock.  They would make from 4 to 16 for a movie.  I've seen a few on EBAY, but never looked into getting them.  Here is one of David Graf though.

David Graf Lobby Card

There is some for Robin Hood Men In Tights as well.  I really thought they made a card set for the movie though but I guess not (really surprising since everything else got cards at the time).

True. Lobby Cards were more in vogue way back in the golden age of Hollywood. Back then when the movies were Black and White the lobby cards were usually "colorized" not always but often. I tend to think of them being more akin to movie posters than "cards". I"m not sure how many trading card collectors also collect movie lobby cards. I don't think there are many collectors who are the other way around lobby card collectors who also collect trading cards. LOL. I suppose like French landscapes and "nudie" post cards, movie lobby cards are not really in the scope of this database.