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Rankin/Bass Productions was an American production company, best known for its animated seasonal television specials. Television series and films pre-1974 are owned by NBCUniversal through DreamWorks Animation and post-September 1974 are owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment through Telepictures.
Rankin/Bass’s most biblical of their animated Christmas specials follows the little drummer boy after his encounter with three wise men. This special is a bit darker than the studio’s usual work.
Note: All Rankin/Bass Christmas specials were written and designed in the United States, and then animated in Japan; both in the stop-motion "Animagic" and traditional animation. Some of the holiday classics aired on television networks and were also available on VHS tapes , LaserDiscs , DVDs and Blu-ray Discs in Japan every Christmas season ...
Pages in category "Rankin/Bass Productions television specials" ... 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special) W. Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid; Y.
The Little Drummer Boy (NBC, 1968) Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. and others. Written by Romeo Muller. Two years after CBS got heavy with A Charlie Brown Christmas, the Peacock network ...
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 American stop-motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in New York. The film is narrated by Fred Astaire and stars the voices of Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Robie Lester, Joan Gardner and Paul Frees, as well as an assistant song performance by the Westminster Children's Choir.
The specials of Rankin/Bass have been parodied by the likes of TV series from Saturday Night Live [16] to South Park, [17] while non-holiday works like The Last Unicorn maintained a cult following. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The look and style of the Christmas specials heavily influences more modern holiday classics such as Elf (2003).
The Year Without a Santa Claus, a Christmas special from Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr., turns 50 this December. The beloved special was adapted from the book of the same name by Phyllis ...