Waste of time

one of my absolute favorites!

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

This is a great story. Rudolph ends up the hero and saves Christmas. No different that Happy Feet. The kind of stories my mom read to me. For all of you that hate it as adults but loved it as a child, you are what is wrong in the world today. You will try to find the worst in people rather than finding the best in people. Come on, It is a kids story! It teaches kids to not judge others and to be kind. It ends with everyone loving Rudolph. Just a great story. Wish there was more of this today.

Every kid who celebrates Christmas looks forward to seeing their favorite animation short, and one of the most popular is 1964's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". I know, because I used to look watch this every year it came on as a kid, even with the trillion commercials the networks now put into it! We all know the story, Rudolph has a nose that's red and glows so bright, none of the other reindeer let Rudolph play reindeer games, "than one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say, Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" And on and on it goes. Except for this animation classic, the producers add in a few new characters, such as the dreadful abominable snowman of the north pole, gold prospector Yukon Cornelius, Hermey the elf who doesn't like to make toys and who wants to be a dentist, not to the mention the most joyous of all, the island of misfit toys. Oh, just describing this brings back the memories of being a kid on Christmas! Chances are you've already seen this a million times, now just make sure your kids do too. Merry Christmas!

Sam the Snowman narrates the story of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. His parents, the Donners, try to hide his glowing nose but during the Reindeer Games, his fake nose falls off. He is ridiculed and kicked out of the games. Meanwhile, an elf named Hermey would rather be a dentist than making toys. He runs away and meets Rudolph. They join up with prospector Yukon Cornelius who is looking for gold and silver. They escape the Abominable Snow Monster and discover the Island of Misfit Toys.This is a classic with two of the best Christmas songs ever; "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "A Holly Jolly Christmas". The stop-motion animation has an old fashion charm. It also brings to the world the Island of Misfit Toys. The only minor complaint is that Santa needs to be more jolly. He's a little judgmental on Rudolph's nose early on. It's a small point in what is an imaginative icon.

While I gave Frosty the Snowman 10 out of 10 and feel it deserved it,Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is a classic to behold and EASILY the best of the Christmas specials of the 1960's. A good place to start is Rudolph himself. Rudolph is wonderfully voiced by Billie May Richards and is an easy character to root for right from the start. We see a wonderful character progression from Rudolph being mistreated by everyone in Christmastown to him being on the run to him growing older and realizing he has to face his troubles rather than run from them and that he must go home to the big moment where Santa says "Rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight." Rudolph's journey is just fantastic. What the producers have also done with this show is expanded on the misfit theme and added other characters not in the song to obtain a reasonable length show. There's a misfit elf and a wonderful collection of "misfit toys" on the Island of Misfit toys. I especially like the train with square wheels on its caboose. The idea for the misfit toys was bloody brilliant! And then there's the music. All the music throughout this show is wonderful. But I especially love Holly Jolly Christmas and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Not many people know that Holly Jolly Christmas was originally written for the purpose of being included in this show and it's still one of the best Christmas songs there is. And Burl Ives's performance of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is far superior to the Gene Autry version of the song. Everything about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is wonderful and classic. I watch this show 2-3 times every December,including every Christmas Eve night. And last November I purchased the mp3 Versions of Burl Ives Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and 3 mp3 versions of Holly Jolly Christmas,including Burl Ives. Rudolph the Red Nosed is a timeless and classic Christmas special that can't be anything but 10 stars. :)