# The Rudolph Special is on this Friday! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055 "2002-12-11T18:11:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/1 "2002-12-11T18:11:40Z")
It just isn’t Christmas without that show, commercials and all. Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/2 "2002-12-11T18:12:41Z")
… and I forgot the link to [CBS’s write-up on it](http://www.cbs.com/primetime/movies_specials/mas_rudolph.shtml/). ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/3 "2002-12-11T18:13:02Z")
Someday I’ll get that reindeer for what he did to me in Guatemala back in '86. I’ll get him, and that little red nose of his, too … ---
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/4 "2002-12-11T18:28:45Z")
This thread needs a link to [the SDMB’s own holiday tradition](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=48886). Notice, by the way, who wrote the OP. \<_sniff_\> ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/5 "2002-12-11T18:32:09Z")
I can’t wait. I love the misfit toys. That elf that’s wants to be a dentist always gave me the creeps though. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/6 "2002-12-11T18:35:44Z")
Thanks for the link, **Truth Seeker**. Hard to believe that was two years ago-- I remembered debating Hermey’s name as I was writing this OP. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/7 "2002-12-11T20:15:08Z")
BUMBLES BOUNCE! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/8 "2002-12-11T20:19:56Z")
Hooray!! I missed Charlie Brown this year - I was called away on a family emergency. But I will watch Rudolf. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/9 "2002-12-11T23:01:03Z")
Ever since I was a child I thought the Rudolph special was very vaguely creepy. :eek: What is it? Not a cartoon, not claymation exactly, just what in the world is it?!?! ---
**Author:** ![CaptEgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@CaptEgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptEgo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/10 "2002-12-11T23:05:14Z")
I just caught the ‘Robbie the Reindeer’ shows that were on last night. They have immediately leapt several light years past that “vaguely creepy” Rudolph show in terms of my sense of entertainment. Do yourself a favour…find out if anyone near you is showing ‘Robbie’ the reindeer shows…they are hilarious…and appear to be the bastard children of Wallace and Gromit. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/11 "2002-12-11T23:05:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miss Xanax \* > \*\*Ever since I was a child I thought the Rudolph special was very vaguely creepy. :eek: What is it? Not a cartoon, not claymation exactly, just what in the world is it?!?! \*\* It’s “Animagic.” Stop-motion animation with puppets. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/12 "2002-12-11T23:48:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Khadaji \* > \*\*Hooray!! I missed Charlie Brown this year - I was called away on a family emergency. But I will watch Rudolf. \*\* FYI, according to my tv listings here in Chicago, Charlie Brown will be replayed this friday. At 8 pm central, I think, but I’m not sure. Consult your local listings. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/13 "2002-12-13T19:46:08Z")
Tonight’s the night, baby! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/14 "2002-12-13T20:05:24Z")
And after the Red One, stay tuned for what **CaptEgo** mentioned. Making his first major American appearance is the BBC’s Robbie the Reindeer, the son of you-know-who, in two British clay specials: _Hooves of Fire_ and _The Legend of the Lost Tribe_. The American versions feature a new voice cast including Ben Stiller, Brad Garrett, and Britney Spears, among others. Look for him tonight after _Rudolph_ on CBS. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/15 "2002-12-13T22:22:51Z")
I saw the program when it airred the first time in 1964. **Mrs. Duckster** bought the DVD for me this Christmas. Gonna watch it on TV this year. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/16 "2002-12-13T23:33:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by interface2x \* > \*\*FYI, according to my tv listings here in Chicago, Charlie Brown will be replayed this friday. At 8 pm central, I think, but I’m not sure. Consult your local listings. \*\* Here too! Thanks for letting me know! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/17 "2002-12-14T02:02:40Z")
☹ I always manage to miss it. Goddamnit…But I think we have it on tape, back from when I was six or seven. At least I hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/18 "2002-12-14T05:07:03Z")
I do a mean “Charlie-In-The-Box” impression. But it’s Linus’s Bible recitation that gets the Christmas season started for me. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/19 "2002-12-16T13:27:24Z")
I have a new holiday favorite: _Robbie the Reindeer_! What a damn hoot! I wish I could see it with the original British voice cast, but the US version was still cool. Just the right mix of jaded attitude and seasonal joy. [Carlos the Hamster] My reign of crime, he is over.[/Carlos the Hamster] ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055/20 "2002-12-16T14:12:24Z")
[Off Topic]Does anyone know if **“Olive, The Other Reindeer”** will be on this year?[/Off Topic] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rudolph-special-is-on-this-friday/142055.md?page=2)