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Rudolph's Shiny New Year

  • TV Movie
  • 1976
  • TV-G
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
4.3K
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Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)
AnimationAdventureComedy

Rudolph must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.Rudolph must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.Rudolph must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.

  • Directors
    • Jules Bass
    • Arthur Rankin Jr.
  • Writer
    • Romeo Muller
  • Stars
    • Red Skelton
    • Frank Gorshin
    • Morey Amsterdam
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    4.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Jules Bass
      • Arthur Rankin Jr.
    • Writer
      • Romeo Muller
    • Stars
      • Red Skelton
      • Frank Gorshin
      • Morey Amsterdam
    • 26User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Red Skelton
    Red Skelton
    • Father Time
    • (voice)
    • …
    Frank Gorshin
    Frank Gorshin
    • Sir 1023
    • (voice)
    Morey Amsterdam
    Morey Amsterdam
    • One Million (O.M)
    • (voice)
    Harold Peary
    Harold Peary
    • Big Ben
    • (voice)
    Paul Frees
    Paul Frees
    • Santa Claus
    • (voice)
    • …
    Billie Mae Richards
    Billie Mae Richards
    • Rudolph
    • (voice)
    • (as Billie Richards)
    Don Messick
    • Papa Bear
    • (voice)
    • …
    Iris Rainer
    • Mama Bear
    • (voice)
    • …
    June Foray
    June Foray
    • Happy
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Jules Bass
      • Arthur Rankin Jr.
    • Writer
      • Romeo Muller
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    • Trivia
      Red Skelton voiced Father Time (whose model is based on Skelton's likeness), and also recreated his popular radio character "Junior" for the voice of the Baby Bear on Fairy Tale Island.
    • Goofs
      Father Time mispronounced the "arch" in "archipelago" several times as "ARCH", before switching over to the correct pronunciation "ARK" later on in the story.
    • Quotes

      Rudolph: I wish he would have come to me first. I know just how he felt. I bet they called him names and wouldn't let him play in any New Year games.

    • Connections
      Featured in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: The Top 10 Characters of the Rankin/Bass Holiday Specials (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
      Written by Johnny Marks (uncredited)

    User reviews26

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    8/10
    "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" was a nice sequel to the previous Rankin/Bass claymation special
    Just finished this, the sequel to Rankin/Bass' "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". With Red Skelton as narrator Father Time as well as the Baby Bear, Frank Gorshin as the knight Sir Ten-To-Three, Morey Amsterdam as the caveman-O.M. (One Million), Hal "Great Gildersleeve" Peary as the whale Big Ben, Paul Frees as various voices, Don Messick as Papa Bear, Iris Rainer as Mama Bear, and, returning as Rudolph, Billie Mae Richards. Written once again by Romeo Muller, "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" is a wonderful Tall Tale about how the reindeer with the shiny nose managed to make sure that it didn't become December 31st forever. Even as an adult, I was enthralled by the way Muller kept making things up as the story went along and didn't care a lick about logic or stuff like that as long as it was still believable. Although when Red said this story took place just after the events in the previous special, I did question why Rudolph's antlers had shrunk to when he was a kid. Other than that, I still highly enjoyed "Rudolph's Shiny New Year". P.S. I just found out Frees and Amsterdam were born in the same city as I, Chicago, Ill.
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    • Release date
      • December 10, 1976 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Олененок Рудольф и маленький Новый Год
    • Production company
      • Rankin/Bass Productions
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      1 hour

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