Comments on: The Angry Projectionist pays respect to christmas cartoon legends.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:31:41 +0000

I have no knowledge of any of these apart from the grinch & LOTR cartoons… I don’t think they were ever played over here.

By: Saberj

Saberj — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:07:27 +0000

I always went around saying the “Haaaaaaaappy Birthday” line to people. They gave me weird looks. I always have to explain it. Bizarre, given how popular it is.

By: TheAngryProjectionist

TheAngryProjectionist — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:38:27 +0000

and the guy who sings the Grinch song is Tony the TIger. :D

By: TheAngryProjectionist

TheAngryProjectionist — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:30:13 +0000

Favorite Frosty Line: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” what a weird first ever thing to say.

Also I think Rankin/Bass are also at least a little bit responsible for “The Last Unicorn” as well.. could be wrong tho… also never saw “The Last Unicorn.”

By: TotallyNotNick

TotallyNotNick — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:46:56 +0000

HUGE fan of Rankin/Bass. I always loved the voice of Frosty. He could say the most horrible things and it would sound pleasant.

By: Sunshineyness

Sunshineyness — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:13:29 +0000

Song first. Same with Frosty. I was confused by that as well for a long time. :P

By: rachelg

rachelg — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:01:17 +0000

fun bit of triva. the woman who did the voice of Rudolph, also did the voice of Tender Heart on the 80’s/90’s Care Bears Series.

By: Polygon_Wizard

Polygon_Wizard — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:00:44 +0000

I just wanted to say that the crappiness of the animated Lord of the Rings is actually the fault of Ralph Bakshi. I believe Rankin and Bass were only involved in the Return of the King cartoon made after that.

By: Prettz

Prettz — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:47:49 +0000

Wow I had always hear dof Rankin and Bass as a team, but I honestly never kn ew what they where famouse for. Being in australia and havign christmas be an excuse for a family meal and gift givings probly helped me not know these guys but the names seem to be globally known.

By: Polygon_Wizard

Polygon_Wizard — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:29:27 +0000

As an animator myself, I am very familiar with Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass. Some of their stuff is great (Rudolph, The Hobbit), and some of their stuff is not (Lord of the Rings), but they definitely made their impact on the animation world.

By: Rock Solid

Rock Solid — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:01:40 +0000

Yeah I think I knew that all these were directed by the same guy, could be wrong, it might just be myself being cocky… My fav out of all of them is definately Rudolph… Which begs an interesting question… Rudolph was a song before it was a movie, right?