Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for December 15, 2014

Katy has seen a lot of Christmases.

i guess those kids are older than they look

Rankin-Bass also did the stop-animation, “The Little Drummer Boy” (narrated by Greer Garson) and the regular cartoon, “Frosty the Snowman” (narrated by Jimmy Durante).

Those shows are all old but they’re on every year so it doesn’t mean Katy has to be old to have seen them. Besides, Adam may be the type to have all those shows on DVDs.

Rankin-Bass also did Saturday Morning shows as well:The Reluctant Dragon & Mr.Toad, Tomfoolery,King Kong, The Jackson 5ive and The Osmonds.

They remind you of now?

Rudolph is 50 this year

Rankin-Bass characters in the Christmas specials were designed by Paul Coker, Jr who also drew for MAD magazine.

I remember those Christmas special. And they are special.And the original “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” is way better than the movie.

It was a special the other night on CBS. It is the original Rankin/Bass production with stop action photography. It was also shown in the original for TV 4:3 format as broadcast back in 1964 when it first appeared. I remember watching it as a kid, and later as a parent when our two girls sat glued to the set..Unfortunately, in today’s high definition world, the stop action is now very jerky instead of just a bit blurred as it was in it’s original incarnation. The audio, with Burl Ives and others is fine; but, the video is now just so-so. Too bad, because it is actually a nice piece of Christmas entertainment..Oh well, as Mrs Donner says: “We’ll simply have to overlook it.”Donner: “How can you overlook that? His beak blinks like a blinking beacon.”.Time for another serving of eggnog, with brandy and rum of course…

Speak for yourself! I’m only 3 years old (with 50 years experience)!!!