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Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

I was working out for the second time today (couldn't help it – I had a big meal of wonderful sushi and felt guilty) when I tuned into CBS and discovered the Rankin-Bass stop-motion Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer playing for kids young and old. I watched it for a little while and… had to change the channel. Rudolph just doesn't look the way he used to look, IMHO. The animation hasn't changed a bit since it was first broadcast – a fact that is blatantly apparent to any adult eye. I tried to view Rudolph with the same sense of wonder I once contained, but my logical senses were knocking me over. I don't want 'em to record a CGI version over the audio track, but I can't help but wonder if they could possibly do an updated stop motion animation over it? Older cartoons don't seem as dated to me, so perhaps it's just my eyes. I witnessed way too many “out of sync” moments between Rudolph, the Abominable Snow Monster, Hermie, Yukon Cornelius… between their “lips” and their speech. Kinda started driving me nuts. Anybody got a time machine so I can travel back to when I was three years old and watch it for the first time again? I'll try it one more time when ABC Family airs it during their Christmas show marathon. Rudolph: you're still cool in my book, but I think you need to see a speech therapist.

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4 Comments

Don't be talkin' shit on Rudolph, or you will get sent to the Island of Misfit Gnomes.

Rudolph looked better than ever this year, because it was shown in high definition for the first time. Or worse, depending on one's perspective. Looked better to me.

Some views on Rudolph in HD.

I remember the 1st season of MadTV had a parody of this cartoon and it actually used the puppets and stop motion animation. It had Santa as a mob boss who booted Hermie and Rudolph from the organization so they teamed up with Bumble and Yukon to take down Santa and take over the organization. Good Times. :)

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