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R.I.P. Jules Bass, one half of the iconic Rankin/Bass team that brought us 'Rudolph', 'Frosty', 'Mad Monster Party?' and more
MeTV ^ | October 25, 2022

Posted on 10/26/2022 7:40:59 AM PDT by lowbridge

Jules Bass, the producer behind one of the most nostalgic holiday TV movies of all time, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, has passed away. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bass passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 at the age of 87. 

In 1960, Bass began working with art director Arthur Rankin Jr. for a new film production company called Videocraft International, according to Deadline. 

Four years after inception, the pair found major success with what is considered a classic stop-motion holiday movie called Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The TV movie was based on the Gene Autry song from 1949 with the same name. 

Though Rudolph had major success, it wasn't the only holiday production Bass became known for. Also in the stop-motion category was the 1968 TV movie The Little Drummer Boy. In 1969, the Frosty the Snowman holiday special debuted, and has since graced millions of television screens. The special can still be seen several times a year today. 

His successful pieces surrounding the holidays didn't stop at Frosty. Bass also produced the 1970 TV movie Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, the 1971 Easter movie Here Comes Peter Cottontail, the 1974 short 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, and the TV movie The Year Without a Santa Claus in 1974. The 1967 Halloween film Mad Monster Party? with Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller stood in the shadow of other holiday Rankin/Bass productions for years, but has since gained a cult following.

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41 posted on 10/26/2022 11:32:29 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: Brookhaven; Waverunner

Re: Rankin/Bass “The Hobbit”

It was a classic. Yes, it was cheesy, but I can still hear “The Greatest Adventure” play in my head from time to time.

It probably helps that I looked it up on the utoobz recently.

Classic stuff, though.


42 posted on 10/26/2022 11:37:34 AM PDT by Kommodor (Solzhenitsyn was an optimist...)
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To: Kommodor

That was the only song RB added. All the other songs were directly from the novel “The Hobbit”.


43 posted on 10/26/2022 11:44:35 AM PDT by Brookhaven (Ted Cruz said Jan. 6 was terrorism; don't forget that the next time you vote.)
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To: lowbridge

This man gave us true art. What someplace like Netflix gives us, along with other entertainment corporations, is trash.


44 posted on 10/26/2022 2:46:01 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ("None of the people I know who didn't take take the Jab regrets their decision" ZERO)
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To: lowbridge

Frosty the Snowman is a mini masterpiece.


45 posted on 10/26/2022 2:51:14 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant
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To: Daffynition; Phinneous; SJackson; BTerclinger; null and void; yelostar

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bass passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 at the age of 87.

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Genesis 37

9. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brothers, and said, Behold, I have again dreamed a dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me:
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It was a question that had been in search of an answer. [3:39]

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~ EZ

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I was merely looking for a clip of the Miser Brothers agreeing with their mother, when I happened upon this 7:35 min video montage of The miser brothers fighting.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Miser_Brothers%27_Christmas

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46 posted on 10/28/2022 8:36:09 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man.)
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