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Merry Christmas...

 

 

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

 

I hope you enjoy.

 

Originally I wanted to edit in a bunch of 1984/1985 commercials, but I thought it would be best to post the special straight since it's pretty amazing. (Well, I like it anyway)

 

So here's the original Rankin/Bass special, from the original novel written by none other then L. Frank Baum. 

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It's been almost 12 hours and YouTube seems to be fine with hosting it. There was already a version there, but it was rather low quality.
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10 hours ago, CaptainBreakout said:

Merry Christmas...

 

 

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

 

I hope you enjoy.

 

Originally I wanted to edit in a bunch of 1984/1985 commercials, but I thought it would be best to post the special straight since it's pretty amazing. (Well, I like it anyway)

 

So here's the original Rankin/Bass special, from the original novel written by none other then L. Frank Baum. 

It's gone now (damn it), but I love that weird show.  It's...not a traditional Xmas film, that's for sure!  I have a copy laying around somewhere.  Probably the most Pagan (in ways) Xmas story ever aired on regular TV.  It's always difficult to decide where on the love / hate scale to go with Rankin/Bass.  Mostly, as one blog wrote, you love most of it but hate on the one most annoying "comic relief" character who ruins each film.  

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23 minutes ago, Curious Sofa said:

It's gone now (damn it), but I love that weird show.  It's...not a traditional Xmas film, that's for sure!  I have a copy laying around somewhere.  Probably the most Pagan (in ways) Xmas story ever aired on regular TV.  It's always difficult to decide where on the love / hate scale to go with Rankin/Bass.  Mostly, as one blog wrote, you love most of it but hate on the one most annoying "comic relief" character who ruins each film.  

Yeah, I agree. I almost used Pagan to describe it myself. 

 

And yeah, Rankin/Bass specials are a mixed but mostly beloved bag.  Characters have a tendency to break into song.  Sometimes it works seamlessly (ie. Rudolph)... Here it's a bit awkward.  ...Maybe that's why they call the main guy "The Great Awk".

 

I'm looking at it from an adult perspective now tho. I do remember seeing this when I was about six and thinking the song was mind-blowing awesomeness.  I think I rewound the tape and watched the opening musical sequence about five times in one sitting.

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On 11/11/2020 at 1:45 PM, CaptainBreakout said:

I'm looking at it from an adult perspective now tho. I do remember seeing this when I was about six and thinking the song was mind-blowing awesomeness.  I think I rewound the tape and watched the opening musical sequence about five times in one sitting.

Sounds like me & Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas (my perennial favorite!) As a kid we'd skip the 'Joy to the World' segment & put the California Raisins on repeat. Now, 'Joy to the World' is one of my favorite parts- guess it just took time for me to appreciate the visuals. (And to catch all the puns leading into 'The Carol of the Bells').

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Thinking of Christmas themed games, I realized a small game I did a few years ago is still available for download (PC/Mac) here: https://adsumsoft.itch.io/secret-santa-its-a-stealthy-xmas (on the other hand, the mobile versions were pulled out of Google Play and the Appstore because I did not update them to officially support the latest 64 bit architectures). Note that the download link will ask to name a small price first, but don't worry about it and just download it :) 

Cheers!

 

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Shipped this morning-

I've been on pins and needles to "get it done", so worried, but according to tracking it'll be there in a few days, lol.

Wouldn't bother me for my recipient to go ahead and enjoy the "stuff" thru the Holidays, kinda an early "Micro Christmas".

:)

Happy Holidays, Everyone, Stay Safe!!!

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*deep breath* Ok... so- I'm the only person in my household not working today. Last one out yells to me there's a box on the porch. "Ah", I think, "my Desert Bus pins are here" (since I got an Out For Delivery email.) I go to get the box- much too big for pins. Must be something for my sister. Hey, that's an AtariAge sticker. WAIT- THIS IS MY SECRET SANTA BOX?!

 

I am absolutely STUPIFIED as to what's in here- the box is over 2 feet tall! I'm going to be good and try to not open it right away... but there's no where to hide this, so I guarantee the next time my niece is around she will convince me to open it. Just consider this an early 'thank you' to my Santa for the surpise/shock!

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