Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 stop motion Christmas animated television special produced by Videocraft International, Ltd.. It first aired December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in
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Puppets from the film on display at the Center for Puppetry Arts.
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Dolly for Sue, a character from the television special
Frosty the Snowman is a 1969 American animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. It is the first television special featuring the character Frosty the Snowman. The spec
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…Electric. This was Rankin/Bass's marketing strategy to employ a bigger celebrity, which would later happen in other specials, such as Jimmy Durante in Frosty the Snowman and Fred Astaire in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. In the original production, Billie Mae Richards, who voiced Rudolph, was credited under the name of…
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