Trivia / Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

• Accidentally-Correct Writing: Real reindeers can have reddish noses, because of the blood flow being concentrated around their nose (they still need to feel what they're eating, after all).
• Baby Name Trend Starter: Many red-nosed pets, especially dogs, are named after Rudolph.
• Outlived Its Creator: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer not only outlived Robert L. May after his passing in 1976, but has also outlived Montgomery Ward after shutting down in the late 1990s.
• Reality Subtext: Rudolph getting ostracized and bullied by the other reindeer for his red nose is based on Robert L. May's experiences at school where he faced similar treatment with students and classmates.
• Referenced by...: Has its own page.
• Role Reprise: Paul Wing who narrated the 1948 animated short by Max Fleischer. Would return to do narration of the 1939 story for the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" LP Record by RCA Camden. He also did narration for "Rudolph's Second Christmas" in the same record, 27 years before it got published by Montgomery Ward in 1992.
• Swan Song: Max Fleischer's final cartoon was adapting Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer into an 8-minute cartoon in 1948. This cartoon would also mark Rudolph's animation debut before the beloved 1964 special by Rankin/Bass Productions.

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