Rudolph's Shiny New Year

TV Movie
1976
TV-G
1h

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Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Holiday Musical

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.

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6.6/10

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Red Skelton

Father Time
(voice)
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Frank Gorshin

Sir 1023
(voice)

Morey Amsterdam

One Million (O.M)
(voice)

Harold Peary

Big Ben
(voice)

Paul Frees

Santa Claus
(voice)
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Billie Mae Richards

Rudolph
(voice)
(as Billie Richards)

Don Messick

Papa Bear
(voice)
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Iris Rainer

Mama Bear
(voice)
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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)

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Featured review

10/10

Outstanding Holiday Animation

Another Rankin-Bass holiday classic I grew up with - I was 4 years old in 1976 and watched it every year after it first aired for years.

What is cuter than this New Years Baby and his ears? I always thought he was adorable.

I always loved the Rankin-Bass specials - well made, nice stories, sometimes funny, and lovable characters - even the bad guys are great villains.

In this tale, Santa sends Rudolph out to find Happy, the New Years Baby, who had wondered far away from his home because others laughed at those cute ears of his. Happy just wants a friend but time is running out - you see, New Years is coming soon.

Highly recommended viewing.

10/10.