Maybe Hermey was sneaking in dental tools under his big blond 'do and pointy little hat.
Did it get the “This program has been altered from its original format. It has been edited to fit in the time allowed.” treatment that NBC gave How the Grinch Stole Christmas (because there are more commercials now than when it premiered)?
We very recently acquired a stray parakeet(still looking for the owner), and the bird has been pretty much quiet since we hung his/her cage from the living room ceiling, out of reach of the cat…until Rudolph came on last night. He was singing and talking up a storm every time a new song came on, then stopped abruptly once the show ended.
Damn it-I have played rock, pop, country and/or western, classical, classical etc. and not a peep(so to speak), but cheap ass Rankin-Bass crap sung by off-tune elves is played and she/he is in heaven.
Just when I thought this 18 year old thread could not get any funnier, Czarcasm comes through. That is hilarious.
I hope the parakeet will be posting here for years to come.
Did you find the bird Hermie threw out of the sleigh? Should you be keeping this on the QT in case Hermie tries again?
My Beloved brought it home from a Wednesday night service last week. It was flying around the building so someone caught it, someone else contributed a cage and a few supplies, and she brought it home. It likes to watch television while hanging upside-down, so I’ve named it “Spider-Keet”.
One more time: it’s “Hermey.”
Who was not the bird murdering elf.
Perhaps it’s a Norwegian Blue and the show reminded it of home.
Wonderful name!
So I just watched this last night with the kids. We watched it on DVD. Aware of the Herbie / Hermie debate, I made a point to listen to the elf’s names’ pronunciation. His name is most certainly Herbie.
Here’s a Youtube vid of Herbie, sort of a “best of Herbie getting his ass reamed by the boss.” Listen as the vid begins, the boss clearly calls him Herbie. Then go to 1:10, the elf that’s defending the shitty chorus (“wasn’t our fault, boss!”) also calls him Herbie.
Also note that the video title itself uses both names.
I say Hermie, I call the doll Dolly for Sue like some of the merchandise. The Christmas Specials wiki calls her simply Dolly. Other merchandise uses “Misfit Doll” or “Misfit Dolly.”
I think the correct spelling is “Dollie.”
It didn’t look like it was pinin’ for the fjords.
I just watched it, and I’m not going back through this massive thread to see if it’s already asked.
What why was Dolly for Sue a misfit? I don’t remember her mentioning any handicaps. Maybe that was a bit chopped out to make the show shorter in length.
After reading the Herbie vs. Hermie discussion upthread, I listened closely and he was called both Herbie and Hermie at different points. Maybe one identity was Herbie the toy-making elf and the other was Hermie the dentist-elf.
I’ve looked at a couple of different shooting scripts for the show, and there are no “Herbies” or “Hermies”-only “Hermey”.
You dont have to read the whole thread, teela brown, it’s answered in post #3!
mc
While it is a common misconception that the toys are misfits because of a physical non-conformity, the show explains that all the toys are misfits because they are not loved by any child. The toys themselves look to blame this on some personal deformity, and that deformity may be the actual reason in specific cases, but the overall reason Moonracer picks up the toy is because it does not have a loving home. Children all over the world have damaged toys they love. I had a stuffed lion missing an eye that was very important to me. You can understand the toys looking to blame some physical design reason beyond their control. The truth is much more painful.