Santa And Rudolph, Good As New!
A while ago, a whole bunch of Rankin-Bass stop motion figures were unwittingly discarded in a company move. These two puppets, kept at (an employee's?) home and used as Christmas decorations for decades, may be the only two left.The new owner's just had them restored. Bask in their holiday goodness! This almost looks like Santa went to Sears and had their picture taken! Either that, or the yearbook photo place.
Labels: kidvid, rankin bass, rudolph, santa, stop motion
posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
3:25 PM
4 Comments:
This has got to be my favorite Christmas special ... but then who can't relate to feeling a bit like a misfit at some point in their life?
As well as I know the holiday classic, I don't think I ever paid enough attention to notice that Santa and Mickey Mouse share the same 4-fingered gloves. I'm certainly going to take a closer look at all the characters' hands the next time I sit down to watch "Rudolph."
I'm glad that Rudolph and Santa were found and restored ... it's a shame that Sam, Bumbles, King Moonracer, the nice variety of elves, reindeer and other characters have been lost.
You would have thought someone on the production team would have wanted to keep and care for these amazing AniMagic puppets.
Have a great holiday Jeff & Anita ...
It's one of my favorites, too! I think the misfit theme is a big source of its popularity.
To be honest, so many animated characters - 2D and 3D alike - have four-fingered hands, I'm surprised when they don't!
I'm sure there were plenty of employees who wanted to own the puppets. It sounds like it was a communication error between the studio and the movers.
Have a happy holidays! I don't know how I can top this picture on Christmas Day, but I'll try!
They just repeated the Antiques Roadshow where these first resurfaced. They looked like a near total loss that day. I'm really glad these were so expertly restored.
I hope they wind up in the Smithsonian someday. I'm glad the current owner is taking care of them, though!
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