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#Christmas Specials
fibula-rasa · 3 months
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The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)  
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Director: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Studio: Rankin/Bass Productions & Pacific Animation Corporation
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sparklejamesysparkle · 3 months
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Holiday specials, network promos and commercials broadcast by CBS in December of 1986. Shows, brands and characters featured include How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Ronald McDonald for McDonalds, 7 Up, Snuggles the Bear for Snuggles fabric softener, Fred Flinstone and Barney Rubble for Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles cereals, Sega gaming systems, Nabisco crackers, Canada Dry, and Milk Bone dog biscuits.
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cactiaintracist · 3 months
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everyone who said 15 will just join in the next time the master or any arch enemy does a dance routine to a pop song was so right. After he just burst out into song and dance upon meeting the goblin king I have no doubts he’s just going to bust out the Macarena the next time he meets the master
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karmiculture · 1 year
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bring back the christmas special!
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princesssarisa · 4 months
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I was going to wait till December to share this poll, but so many Christmas decorations are popping up everywhere that I already have the spirit and can't wait anymore.
If you grew up with the classic Rankin/Bass animated Christmas specials – both stop-motion and traditional animation – which one is your favorite?
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animationnut · 3 months
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super-lazer-piss · 1 year
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twoheadedfilmfan · 3 months
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darkwingismycity · 3 months
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Attention stop motion lovers, Christmas enjoyers, and animagic enthusiasts!
If you love classic Christmas Specials, Mad Monster Party, The last Unicorn, or any movie under the RB name, this server is for you!
We invite you to the Rankin Bass Discord server! Here, you can chat, interact, roleplay, and so much more. With a tight and active moderater team, you can expect nothing more than a safe welcome, as security and keeping their members safe is their top priority. There are plenty of channels constantly buzzing with new art, oc’s, and headcanons. Not to mention game nights as well as movie nights of Rankin Bass classics, ya can’t miss out! Feel free to explore the community and make new friends within this niche fanbase. Whether you’re into the old content, or new content, there’s always something for everyone.
So what are you waiting for? Join today and see what excitements wait ahead!
(We by the way HIGHLY encourage new members to read the rules before introducing themselves please!!!)
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itsonlywright · 3 months
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I know I’ve been on a Malevolent kick lately…
But I just have to say I skipped some episodes and listened to the Benevolent episode…
It’s non canon anyways….Right? Since there was a suggestion of multiple timelines…
Also, we stan John all day, but Arthur is honestly my precious cinnamon roll…
John don’t remind us about the many holes he fell into, believe us we know 🤣🤣
Also yeah, holding hands the fans would die…
Also, Kayne…I am loving him too, but I still question him…lol
Loved it! Great little present for Christmas!
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thehappyspaceman · 1 year
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Ranking All the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Specials
So, I’m in the process of finishing the script for a review of all the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer specials. However, I don’t know if I will realistically be able to complete my video before Christmas, so here is my ranking of every Rudolph special, from best to worst.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964): Despite all the memes (“Deviation from the norm will be punished unless it is exploitable!”), the original Rankin/Bass Rudolph special holds up much better than most of the internet gives it credit for. It has memorable characters and songs, it is well-paced and does not try to cram too many subplots into its runtime, its stop-motion animation was quite good for the time (and has a unique charm nowadays), and it actually fixes most of the issues with the original song and story. It’s a classic. 9.5/10
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Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976): The follow-up to the Rankin/Bass special is not as good as the first one, and the lesson of “If people laugh at you, it’s because you bring them joy and that’s a good thing!” is kind of reprehensible, but it’s still pretty alright. It certainly has some nice songs and creative ideas, and Red Skelton is charming as Father Time, although I can see why it didn’t become a holiday staple like the first one. For one thing, it’s less well-paced, and doubling it as a New Year’s special and as a celebration of America’s Bicentennial felt stranger. Still pretty good. 7/10
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948): This Max Fleischer short aired a year before the song’s release and thus is more closely based on the original Rudolph story. The animation is kind of janky (as a lot of Max Fleischer’s shorts are in hindsight, even though he was an animation pioneer) and the story is a bit standard, but it’s still a decent short film and a noble enough screen debut for the character. 6/10
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Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979): Rankin/Bass pulled out all of the stops for this big epic crossover film between Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, their own Avengers: Endgame that also doubled as a sendoff for Rudolph and Frosty, who would never star in a Rankin/Bass project after this. However, despite some creative ideas, the plot felt all over the place, with far too many subplots and too much lore to keep track of, plus we did not need a explanation for Rudolph’s nose powers. We could have accepted it as simply being “magic,” and making him a chosen one poses more questions than it answers. Still, at least it was imaginative, which is more than I can say for the post-Rankin/Bass specials. 5.5/10
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998): GoodTimes Entertainment’s attempt at rebooting the franchise has diminishing returns, and reeks of the usual GoodTimes stench. The plot beats and characters felt very derivative of the original Rankin/Bass special, as a lot of GoodTimes movies feel derivative of other films, but this one felt even more obvious since even the songs themselves felt derivative of songs from the first Rankin/Bass one. And the $10 million budget clearly didn’t go to the writing or animation, so I have to wonder where it went. Presumably to the voice cast, and while it does bring in some well-known voice actors (including John Goodman, Whoopi Goldberg, Debbie Reynolds, and Monty Python’s Eric Idle), they cannot save this special from mediocrity. 4/10
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Rudolph’s Lessons for Life (1996): There’s a reason this special has been forgotten and isn’t even mentioned on Wikipedia. I only found out about it thanks to TV Tropes. Rudolph’s Lessons for Life feels like a remake of Max Fleischer’s Rudolph short, but a lot worse. At least the Fleischer short was good for the time. This special’s framerate feels like a PowerPoint presentation at points. The only copies that exist of this special are 240p VHS rips, so don’t bother watching unless you are a serious Rudolph completionist. 2/10
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (2001): GoodTimes Entertainment’s second attempt at a Rudolph movie, this one continues from the original Rankin/Bass special and ignores the two sequels. This movie easily has the worst animation of all of them, summoning memories of Foodfight! to mind, and even if you look past the animation, it’s seriously uninspired. The plot lifts beats from the original Rankin/Bass special, and the villain is ripped from Toy Story 2. Perhaps the only decent plot element is a subplot about an island where toys can get plastic surgery? But even then, it’s wasted because they do nothing with it. And the celebrity voice cast--including Richard Dreyfuss, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Rick Moranis--do nothing to help. This is bad. Awful. Burn it. Purge it with fire. 1/10
And that’s my ranking! What do you guys think? Leave your own rankings in the comments below, feel free to discuss if you have any questions, and look out for my review sometime next month!
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fibula-rasa · 3 months
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The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)  
[letterboxd | imdb]
Director: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Studio: Rankin/Bass Productions & Pacific Animation Corporation
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itsdlevy · 3 months
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We recorded a bonus episode of Muppeturgy about John Denver & The Muppets: A Christmas Together.
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cactiaintracist · 3 months
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love how they’re keeping Mavity as a running joke
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emotinalsupportturtle · 3 months
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The Goblin song kind of slaps!?
Murray Gold strikes again, except this time it’s with a song about eating children
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punster-2319 · 3 months
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My Top 10 Favorite Christmas Specials/Movies, because of boredom:
1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (TV special)
2. Rankin/Bass specials
3. Mickey’s Christmas Carol
4. A Christmas Plotz/The Little Drummer Warners (Animaniacs)
5. Wakko’s Wish
6. The Nightmare Before Christmas
7. Arthur’s Perfect Christmas (based on the PBS show)
8. Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
9. Holiday Knights (The New Batman Adventures)
10. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
WHAT ARE SOME YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SPECIALS/MOVIES?
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