Thread: Any Rankin Bass fans out there?

Quote: Originally Posted by Hey Steve Why Nestor? That special is already commercially available on "The Year Without a Santa Claus" DVD. What Warner should've done was included "The Story of the First Christmas Snow" and "The Little Drummer Boy Book II" on that disc so that they would have all their R-B Christmas specials available to own on DVD. I was puzzled by Nestor being paired...

I stand corrected, there is a standalone DVD release of "Cricket on the Hearth".

The music is classic in most of the specials, I have alot of it on cd. Custom cd packages are available on ebay. A couple of other Saturday morning shows I like from RB that are animated...The King Kong Show 1966, The Smokey Bear Show 1969, The Jackson Five show 1971, Thundercats 1985. They also did the Osmonds 1972, Kid Power 1972, the Hobbit 1977, The Coneheads 1983, the Wind and Willows 1985 among many many others.

I'm more familiar with Rankin/Bass' Christmas output. And I must say that I find their pre-1975 library to be pretty good, but then after that, it sort of seems as if their shows were hit and miss. Some of my favorite Rankin/Bass specials are: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Santa Claus Is Comin To Town Frosty The Snowman The Easter Bunny Is Comin To Town Jack Frost Rudolph's Shiny New Year Some of my least favorites The Year...

I am a huge Rankin Bass fan. ABC Family is one of my favorite channels in December. On a side note, who else found their closing theme a little creepy as a youngster?

I am.... I like the Rudolph and Frosty specials out of the 1960s.. My movie pick is an un usual one, the 1966 production "The Daydreamer", both live aciton and puppetry, and it features as the voices and onscreen appearances Paul O'Keefe of "The Patty Duke Show" as young Hans Chirstian Anderson, aka Chris, and in fatc, Patty Duke HERSELF later as Thumbelina, plus some Disney stars such as Burl Ives...

I loved the stuff that Rankin-Bass did, especially their work on shows from the 80's, it's legendary stuff in my book.

Quote: Originally Posted by MeanMachine00 Oct. is here time for Mad Monster Party!!!! Man, I haven't seen that movie in literally years. There was a time when Mad Monster Party was an October staple on TNT, but that was back in the days of the "Wild World of Shorts".

Quote: Originally Posted by Ioz The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (paired with Nestor) & The Flight of the Dragons were released by the Warner Archive brand today. You can get them on the wbshop.com website. Yahoo! I can finally own a legal copy of Flight of Dragons.

I always thought the Rankin/Bass holiday specials were some of the best, and they were a big part of my childhood. The Classic Media releases are now on my shopping list.