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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''). By the time of ''[=ThunderCats=]'', the studios were now owned by Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures; Telepictures had acquired the studio in 1983 after distributing their post-1974[[note]]the pre-1974 library was owned by GE, who had owned Tomorrow Entertainment, R-B's parent firm, for a while then; they eventually sold the library to [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] and his company, Broadway Video; he eventually sold it to Golden Books, who integrated it into their library, which eventually became part of Classic Media, which was sold to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2012[[/note]]library from Telepicture's founding in 1978. Creator/WarnerBros now owns the rights to those programs, having acquired L-T in 1989.
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''). By the time of ''[=ThunderCats=]'', the studios were now owned by Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures; Telepictures had acquired the studio in 1983 after distributing their post-1974[[note]]the pre-1974 library was owned by GE, who had owned Tomorrow Entertainment, R-B's parent firm, for a while then; they eventually sold the library to [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] and his company, Broadway Video; he eventually sold it to Golden Books, who integrated it into their library, which eventually became part of Classic Media, which was sold to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2012[[/note]]library 2012. [=DreamWorks=] Animation would later be acquired by [=NBCUniversal=] in 2016, which GE had ironically owned a majority of at one point before selling to Comcast[[/note]]library from Telepicture's founding in 1978. Creator/WarnerBros now owns the rights to those programs, having acquired L-T in 1989.
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Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|2011}}'' ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
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Now dormant, the company still exists.only exists nowadays to manage the Rankin/Bass trademarks. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|2011}}'' ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''). By the time of ''[=ThunderCats=]'', the studios were now owned by Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures; Telepictures had acquired the studio in 1983 after distributing their post-1974[[note]]the pre-1974 library was owned by GE, who had owned Tomorrow Entertainment, R-B's parent firm, for a while then; they eventually sold the library to [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] and his company, Broadway Video; he eventually sold it to Golden Books, who integrated it into their library, which eventually became part of Classic Media, which was sold to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2012[[/note]]library from Telepicture's founding in 1978. Creator/WarnerBros now owns the rights to those programs, having acquired L-T in 1989.
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''). By the time of ''[=ThunderCats=]'', the studios were now owned by Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures; Telepictures had acquired the studio in 1983 after distributing their post-1974[[note]]the pre-1974 library was owned by GE, who had owned Tomorrow Entertainment, R-B's parent firm, for a while then; they eventually sold the library to [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] and his company, Broadway Video; he eventually sold it to Golden Books, who integrated it into their library, which eventually became part of Classic Media, which was sold to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2012[[/note]]library from Telepicture's founding in 1978. Creator/WarnerBros now owns the rights to those programs, having acquired L-T in 1989.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI'' (1999) (with Morgan Creek Productions and Nest Family Entertainment)
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing more or less annually since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in childhood,[[labelnote:*]]in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], least,[[/labelnote]] you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing more or less annually since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
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Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.). Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. The co-producing Japanese company was known as Topcraft and soon after, they went on to form the company Creator/StudioGhibli.
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Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.). Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. The co-producing Japanese company was known as Topcraft and soon after, they went on to form the company Creator/StudioGhibli.
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Arthur Rankin Jr. passed away in 30th January 2014. Rest in peace.
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Arthur Rankin Jr. passed away in 30th on January 2014. Rest in peace.30th, 2014.
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''). By the time of ''ThunderCats'', the studios were now owned by Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures; Telepictures had acquired the studio in 1983 after distributing their post-1974[[note]]the pre-1974 library was owned by GE, who had owned Tomorrow Entertainment, R-B's parent firm, for a while then; they eventually sold the library to [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] and his company, Broadway Video; he eventually sold it to Golden Books, who integrated it into their library, which eventually became part of Classic Media, which was sold to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2012[[/note]]library from Telepicture's founding in 1978. Creator/WarnerBros now owns the rights to those programs, having acquired L-T in 1989.
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''; ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''). By the time of ''ThunderCats'', ''[=ThunderCats=]'', the studios were now owned by Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures; Telepictures had acquired the studio in 1983 after distributing their post-1974[[note]]the pre-1974 library was owned by GE, who had owned Tomorrow Entertainment, R-B's parent firm, for a while then; they eventually sold the library to [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] and his company, Broadway Video; he eventually sold it to Golden Books, who integrated it into their library, which eventually became part of Classic Media, which was sold to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2012[[/note]]library from Telepicture's founding in 1978. Creator/WarnerBros now owns the rights to those programs, having acquired L-T in 1989.
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''). By the time of ''ThunderCats'', the studios were now owned by Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures; Telepictures had acquired the studio in 1983 after distributing their post-1974[[note]]the pre-1974 library was owned by GE, who had owned Tomorrow Entertainment, R-B's parent firm, for a while then; they eventually sold the library to [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] and his company, Broadway Video; he eventually sold it to Golden Books, who integrated it into their library, which eventually became part of Classic Media, which was sold to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2012[[/note]]
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''). By the time of ''ThunderCats'', the studios were now owned by Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures; Telepictures had acquired the studio in 1983 after distributing their post-1974[[note]]the pre-1974 library was owned by GE, who had owned Tomorrow Entertainment, R-B's parent firm, for a while then; they eventually sold the library to [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] and his company, Broadway Video; he eventually sold it to Golden Books, who integrated it into their library, which eventually became part of Classic Media, which was sold to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2012[[/note]]
2012[[/note]]library from Telepicture's founding in 1978. Creator/WarnerBros now owns the rights to those programs, having acquired L-T in 1989.
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''). By the time of ''ThunderCats'', the studios were now owned by Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures; Telepictures had acquired the studio in 1983 after distributing their post-1974[[note]]the pre-1974 library was owned by GE, who had owned Tomorrow Entertainment, R-B's parent firm, for a while then; they eventually sold the library to [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] and his company, Broadway Video; he eventually sold it to Golden Books, who integrated it into their library, which eventually became part of Classic Media, which was sold to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2012[[/note]]
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Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.). Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. The co-producing Japanese company was known as Topcraft and soon after, tney went on to form the company Creator/StudioGhibli.
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Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.). Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. The co-producing Japanese company was known as Topcraft and soon after, tney they went on to form the company Creator/StudioGhibli.
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Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
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Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
). Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' The co-producing Japanese company was known as Topcraft and soon after, tney went on to work for form the company Creator/StudioGhibli.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
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* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
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* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
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* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
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* ''{{Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's donkey
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* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously more or less annually since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
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The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
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The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer co-producer/co-director Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' ''[=ThunderCats=]'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''Tigersharks'' ''[=TigerSharks=]'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
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Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
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Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|2011}}'' ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
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** ''TigerSharks''
** ''TheMiniMonsters''
** ''KarateKat''
** ''StreetFrogs''
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** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
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!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Greer Garson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** ''TheMiniMonsters''
** ''KarateKat''
** ''StreetFrogs''
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (live action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (live action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a giant turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (live action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (live action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (live action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
----
!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Greer Garson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** ''TheMiniMonsters''
** ''KarateKat''
** ''StreetFrogs''
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (live action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (live action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a giant turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (live action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (live action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (live action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
----
If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
----
!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Greer Garson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** ''TheMiniMonsters''
** ''KarateKat''
** ''StreetFrogs''
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (live action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (live action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a giant turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (live action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (live action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (live action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
----
to:
If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
----
!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Greer Garson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** ''TheMiniMonsters''
** ''KarateKat''
** ''StreetFrogs''
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (live action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (live action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a giant turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (live action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (live action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (live action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
----
!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Greer Garson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** ''TheMiniMonsters''
** ''KarateKat''
** ''StreetFrogs''
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (live action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (live action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a giant turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (live action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (live action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (live action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
----
!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Greer Garson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** ''TheMiniMonsters''
** ''KarateKat''
** ''StreetFrogs''
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (live action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (live action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a giant turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (live action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (live action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (live action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
----
If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
----
!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Greer Garson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** ''TheMiniMonsters''
** ''KarateKat''
** ''StreetFrogs''
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (live action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (live action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a giant turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (live action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (live action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (live action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
----
to:
If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Creator/PaulFrees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for Creator/StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
----
!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin/Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Greer Garson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** ''TheMiniMonsters''
** ''KarateKat''
** ''StreetFrogs''
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (live action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (live action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a giant turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (live action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (live action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (live action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
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The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Paul Frees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''TheComicStrip'').
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''TheComicStrip'').
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The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Paul Frees.
Creator/PaulFrees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as''TheComicStrip'').
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Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as
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Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
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Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for StudioGhibli.
Creator/StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part inthe the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Paul Frees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
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!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's Donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** TheMiniMonsters
** KarateKat
** StreetFrogs
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''King Kong Escapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (Live Action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (Live Action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a Giant Turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (Live Action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (Live Action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (Live Action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
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If you had a childhood[[labelnote:*]](in an English-speaking country, at least)[[/labelnote]], you know '''Rankin/Bass Productions'''. Founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, the company is responsible for a series of (usually) StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday specials that are virtual fixtures of seasonal television programming. Works such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' and ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'' have been airing almost continuously since the early 1960s, when they were first produced. Many subsequent holiday specials produced by other companies will contain salutes to these shows.
The general formula of these holiday specials was to take one or more classic holiday songs and to build a script (usually by staff writer Romeo Muller) around the music, featuring a celebrity narrator as an InkSuitActor in the story and interspersing it with original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Very likely a majority of the characters will be voiced by Paul Frees.
Rankin/Bass also produced non-holiday AnimatedShows. Best known is probably ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''; its other series included ''Tales from the Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', ''{{The Jackson 5ive}}'' and ''The Osmonds''. The popularity of ''Thundercats'' resulted in two follow-up series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''Tigersharks'' (the third appearing along with three other shows as ''TheComicStrip'').
Its most ambitious projects were animated adaptations of Creator/JRRTolkien's books, with ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. (Not to be confused with Creator/RalphBakshi's [[SoBadItsGood ill-fated]] [[LordOfTheRings attempt]], which bridged the series.)
Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' and ''TheFlightOfDragons'', these films were the first major [[{{Animesque}} U.S.-Japanese]] animation production crossovers. Many of the animators of ''The Hobbit'' went on to work for StudioGhibli.
Now dormant, the company still exists. In 2001, it released its latest holiday project, ''Santa, Baby!'', which featured a mostly black cast. The duo also had a part in the the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] ContinuityReboot. Nonetheless, Rankin/Bass will forever be remembered for virtually defining the concept of specialized holiday programming.
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!!'''Shows Produced or Distributed by Rankin/Bass'''
''TV Specials'' (with Narrator)
* ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964) Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
* ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'' (1965)
* ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'' (1966) Jimmy Cagney
* ''Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967)
* ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' (1968) Tennessee Ernie Ford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy'' (1968) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969) Jimmy Durante
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians'' (1970)
* ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Creator/FredAstaire as S.D. ("Special Delivery") Kluger, also established MickeyRooney as the official voice of the Rankin Bass Santa.
* ''HereComesPeterCottontail'' (1971) DannyKaye as Seymour S. Sassafras
* ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'' (1972)
* '''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' (1974) George Gobel as Father Mouse
* ''TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (1974) Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus
* ''The Story of the First Christmas Snow'' (1975) AngelaLansbury as Sister Theresa
* ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976) Burl Ives as the older Stuffy the Rabbit
* ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) Andy Griffith
* ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (1976) Red Skelton as Father Time
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleDrummerBoy The Little Drummer Boy, Book II]]'' (1976) Creator/GreerGarson as Our Storyteller
* ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' (1977) Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger
* ''{{Nestor The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey}}'' (1977) Roger Miller as Speiltoe, Santa's Donkey
* ''The Stingiest Man in Town'' (1978) Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug
* ''[[RankinBassJackFrost Jack Frost]]'' (1979) BuddyHackett as "Pardon-Me" Pete the Groundhog
* ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) Red Buttons as Milton
* ''Pinocchio's Christmas'' (1980)
* ''The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold'' (1981) Art Carney as Blarney Kilarney
* ''The Coneheads'' (1983)
* ''Wind in The Willows'' (1985)
* ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' (1985)
* ''Santa, Baby!'' (2001)
''TV Series''
* ''TheNewAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1960)
* ''TalesOfTheWizardOfOz'' (1961)
* ''TheKingKongShow'' (1966)
* ''TheSmokeyBearShow'' (1969)
* ''TheTomfooleryShow'' (1970)
* ''TheReluctantDragonAndMrToadShow'' (1970)
* ''[[TheJackson5ive The Jackson 5ive Show]]'' (1971)
* ''TheOsmonds'' (1972)
* ''KidPower'' (1972)
* ''FestivalOfFamilyClassics'' (1972)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' (1985)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' (1986)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}''
* ''TheComicStrip'' (1987)
** ''TigerSharks''
** TheMiniMonsters
** KarateKat
** StreetFrogs
''Films''
* ''Return to Oz'' (TV; no relation to Disney's 1985 live-action film) (1964)
* ''Willy [=McBean=] and his Magic Machine'' (1965)
* ''The Daydreamer'' (1966)
* ''Wacky World of Mother Goose'' (1966)
* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' (1967)
* ''King Kong Escapes'' (1968)
* ''The Red Baron'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid'' (TV) (1972)
* ''Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters'' (TV) (1972)
* ''That Girl in Wonderland'' (TV) (1974)
* ''Marco'' (Live Action) (1973)
* ''The Last Dinosaur'' (Live Action) (1976)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' (TV) (1977)
* ''The Bermuda Depths'' (Live Action) (1977) -- In which Burl Ives is eaten by a Giant Turtle
* ''The Bushido Blade'' (Live Action) (1979)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' (TV) (1980)
* ''The Ivory Ape'' (Live Action) (1980)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982)
* ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' (Live Action) (1983)
* ''TheFlightOfDragons'' (TV) (1986)
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