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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.
Red Skelton
- Father Time
- (voice)
- …
Frank Gorshin
- Sir 1023
- (voice)
Harold Peary
- Big Ben
- (voice)
Paul Frees
- Santa Claus
- (voice)
- …
Billie Mae Richards
- Rudolph
- (voice)
- (as Billie Richards)
Don Messick
- Papa Bear
- (voice)
- …
Iris Rainer
- Mama Bear
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRed 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.
- GoofsFather Time mispronounced the "arch" in "archipelago" several times as "ARCH", before switching over to the correct pronunciation "ARK" later on in the story.
- SoundtracksRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Written by Johnny Marks (uncredited)
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While not as good as either "Year Without a Santa Claus" or the original "Rudolph", this was still must-see TV when I was growing up. Since it's one-hour long (when broadcast), you get more bang for your buck than the many half-hour Christmas shows.
When watching this recently, it seems to me they cut one of Red Skelton's songs. Wasn't there a song titled "The moving finger writes...", where Father Time explains to Rudolph how Baby New Year grows into an old man by the end of the year? I have a distinct memory of that. Perhaps it shows up on the DVD? In a similar vein, there's a song I know they routinely cut from "Year Without a Santa Claus"--Mrs. Claus singing "Anyone Can Be Santa Claus". I realize that they're probably squeezing in more commercials than when I was a kid, & something is bound to get cut. Still.
When watching this recently, it seems to me they cut one of Red Skelton's songs. Wasn't there a song titled "The moving finger writes...", where Father Time explains to Rudolph how Baby New Year grows into an old man by the end of the year? I have a distinct memory of that. Perhaps it shows up on the DVD? In a similar vein, there's a song I know they routinely cut from "Year Without a Santa Claus"--Mrs. Claus singing "Anyone Can Be Santa Claus". I realize that they're probably squeezing in more commercials than when I was a kid, & something is bound to get cut. Still.
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- Also known as
- El brillante año nuevo de Rudolph
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- Runtime1 hour
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976) officially released in Canada in English?
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