It truly remains a time-honored tradition that few specials can match. We spout random quotes at each other, some of which I find myself saying during the course of each year. My whole family watches and sings along, even making up our own lyrics. Watching Rudolph over the course of nearly 4 decades now, I’ve pretty much got the entire special memorized. Network television was where we watched Christmas specials and if we missed them, we had to wait a whole year until the next airing! That’s what really made these holiday programs “special” until VCRs came along and gave us more viewing opportunities. Even as a member of Gen X, my peers and I still waited with anticipation every year to watch those stop motion characters tell the story of the most famous reindeer. Rudolph has always been a TV special that I’ve looked forward to watching every Christmas season. In honor of the recent passing of Jules Bass, let’s take a look at the 1964 Rankin/Bass TV special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Instead of tackling a film script, I thought I’d switch to TV and look at one of the most beloved Christmas specials of all time. I thought I’d take a different approach this time around. So far in this series, I’ve covered National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, A Christmas Story, and Home Alone. It is time once again to examine a film script and reveal the differences between paper and screen.
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