Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a Christmas movie that has been around for over 50 years. The entire idea of Santa having a legion of elves who do all of the hard work for him is rather messed up when you think about it, and the way the elves are treated in Rudolph is especially disturbing.
When Hermey wants to be a dentist, he is yelled at by the Head Elf and treated with disdain. Many people have pointed out that this makes it seem like Rudolph is some sort of metaphor for being a child with a bigoted parent. This movie is all about the fact that being different than what society says is the norm can lead to a lot of ostracism. The toys on this island are all less than normal, and they have no place.
The year after his marriage into the May family, he began adding music and quickly felt sure he had a hit. Listen to the original recording of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. This included Paul Soles, who in a interview with CBC explained the appeal of the story: "Everybody's been to some degree separated out, found wanting, not quite fully fitting in," said Soles, who himself did not always fit in growing up Jewish. The popularity of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has never waned.
It has been broadcast every year since , making it the longest-running Christmas TV special in history. Time flies fast, as fast as Christmas past! But Rudolph is second to no one Christmas Eve!
Rudolph is 82 human years old. But in Christmas reindeer years, he is only 18 years old. That's young for a reindeer! The other reindeer are quite a bit older than Rudolph. They are in their mid's. So Rudolph has plenty of years left to guide Santa's sleigh. Did you know Santa's most famous reindeer has quite a history? I guess that's why he went down in it! Robert L. May first told the world the Rudolph the red nosed reindeer story in May's four year old daughter, Barbara, helped him write about Rudolph.
It was easy for May to write about Rudolph. May was very small and weak as a child so he wasn't asked to play in games either. Did you know that Rudolph's parents first thought of calling him Rollo or Reginald? No wonder the other reindeer wouldn't let him play reindeer games!
When Mr. May told his employer, The Montgomery Ward Department store, about the story, they didn't want Rudolph either. Donner as Mrs. Donner voice …. Larry Roemer. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his beaming honker, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector.
They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudolph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea Did you know Edit. Trivia In the original TV version of the show, Rudolph, Hermey the elf and Yukon Cornelius visit the Island of Misfit Toys and promise to help them, but the Misfits are never seen again, only mentioned as Santa's first stop before he flies off in his sleigh.
After it was shown, the producers were inundated with letters from children complaining that nothing had been done to help the Misfit Toys. In response, Rankin-Bass produced a new short scene at the end of the show in which Santa and his reindeer, led by Rudolph, land on the Island and pick up all the toys to find homes for them. This scene became a part of the standard version of the show run during the holidays.
Goofs Although the film was copyrighted and released in , the Roman numerals copyright date in the main titles is shown as "MCLXIV", which would be the year , eight centuries earlier.
Quotes Mrs. Crazy credits If you pay close attention to the opening credits, below the credit of " Burl Ives sings", you'll see a small house fly buzzing around on the fake snow! Alternate versions The showing did not have Santa picking up toys from the Island of Misfit Toys at the end.
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