Rudolph's Shiny New Year

TV Movie
19761976
TV-GTV-G
1h

Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)

Animation Adventure Comedy

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(voice)
- Frank Gorshin(voice)
- Morey Amsterdam(voice)

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Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)

Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)

Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)

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Sir 1023as Sir 1023
(voice)

Morey Amsterdam

One Million (O.M)as One Million (O.M)
(voice)

Big Benas Big Ben
(voice)

Billie Mae Richards

Rudolphas Rudolph
(voice)
(as Billie Richards)

Happyas Happy
(uncredited)

Mama Bearas Mama Bear
(voice)
(uncredited)

Directors
- Jules Bass
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer
- Romeo Muller
All cast & crew
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Father Time sends Santa a message telling him that the baby new year, Happy, is missing! And without the baby new year, it'll remain the old year forever. But it's foggy and snowing, so Rudolph's the only reindeer for the job. Rudolph learns that Eon (ugly buzzard) is also searching for Happy, so that eon life will never end. With the help of 1 Million B.C. and Sir 1023, and 1776, Rudolph searches through the islands of the Archipelago of Last Year and races against eon to ensure a Happy New Year. —Kathy Li

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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
One Million: Hey, why for both edges of your mouth go down, not up?
Rudolph: I'm looking for Happy, the baby New Year. What if I don't find him in time?
One Million: "Don't"? Stop with the don't thoughts. Start with the do thoughts.

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)

Top review

Rudolph again...

This is the one with the villainous Vulture, and where Rudolph gets trapped inside a big snowball. And the kid with the huge ears too...Well, it's not bad-Santa mixed with New Years and whatever-it doesn't quite hold up as well's 'Heat Mizer' or the first Frosty, but it's a fun watch for the family.

*** outta ****

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Dec 2, 2000

Release date
- December 10, 1976 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Олененок Рудольф и маленький Новый Год
Production company
- Rankin/Bass Productions
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Runtime
- 1h
Color
- Color

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