Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials
English - December 24, 2019 09:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB - â â â â â - 32 ratingsTV Reviews TV & Film christmas holidays holiday specials christmas specials christmas commercials classic tv advent calendar christmas tv Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
đ Itâs the 50th episode of the Advent Calendar House, so itâs time to address the spotted elephant in the room and tackle the 1964 Christmas special that put Rankin/Bass on the map and into our hearts. Â
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đ Guests: ÂBrandon Medley (@brandmed, Blessed Are the Geek). Â
Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, Words with Nerds, @ImGonnaDJ24). Â
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đŹ Topics & Tangents: Â1. Is Santa really this big of a jerk or just hangry? Â
2. The History Channel on the creation of Rudolph. Â
3. Mashableâs 12 âRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeerâ facts. Â
4. Burger King and Hallmarkâs Rodney Reindeer plushes, which at one point doubled as stockings. Â
5. Rudolph almost had huge, glowing eyes instead of a red nose, and all I can think of is the terrifying original version of Mr. Snuffleupagus. Â
6. The rare and expensive Santaâs Castle play set, which includes Santa and Mr. Clausâs maybe queen-size bed. Â
7. A lot of voices in this cast were later part of the 1960s Spider-Man and Marvel Super Heroes animated series. Â
8. The first mention of Santa having a wife was in a short story by Philadelphia missionary James Rees in 1849. Â
9. The mystery of the head elfâs suddenly changing voice: Wikipedia claims itâs intentional, but weâre not buying it. Â
10. Carl Banas, the voice of the head elf, was also the original voice of Sweetums in Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince. Â
11. Fame and Fortune, a song that replaced Weâre a Couple of Misfits as Rudolph and Hermeyâs duet from 1965 to 1997.Â
12. You can meet characters from this version of Rudolph at SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and Sesame Place. Â
13. Arthur Rankin Jr. explains why Dollyâs on the Island of Misfit Toys on NPRâs Wait Wait⊠Donât Tell Me. Â
14. Santaâs still âskinnyâ on Christmas Eve, but fattens up by that night. What did he eat? Â
15. The original ending included Yukon Corneilius finding a peppermint mine, later replaced by popular demand with the scene of Santa stopping to pick up the misfit toys. Â
16. The Enchanged World of Rankin/Bass: A Portfolio. Â
17. Original figures of Rudolph and Santa were found in an attic and appraised on Antiques Roadshow in 2005. They were later sold and restored. Â
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âRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeerâ ©1964 Rankin/Bass Productions. Â
Closing music: âRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeerâ by the California Raisins, from Will Vintonâs Claymation Christmas Celebration. Â
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house. Â
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Theme song by Bronwenâs Ghost. Â
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.