Does this bug anyone else?

[Awesome Possum]

Santa never made fun of Rudolph. I don't know how you're managing to both overthink and underthink this at the same time.

Oh I was always rather disappointed in Santa's behaviour toward Rudolph. He was actually a pretty big asshat, wasn't he? Making some "what a shame" comment or some such ugly remark.

Never quite liked Santa as much after that. Only liking the pretty reindeer. Pssht.



FYI...Actually, there were worries at the time of having a "red-nosed" reindeer in a Christmas tale for kids anyway because of the association of red noses with drunkenness *hic*

Santa was just having trouble dealing with his wife. The woman force feeds him for her own twisted desires. So he vents on malformed infant reindeer.

 

[Entcv65]

The Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer song has a very poor moral in it.

The moral is that people only like you when you can do something useful for them.

Isn't that generally how life goes as a rule for all of us?

 

[opali]

Santa never made fun of Rudolph. I don't know how you're managing to both overthink and underthink this at the same time.

Oh I was always rather disappointed in Santa's behaviour toward Rudolph. He was actually a pretty big asshat, wasn't he? Making some "what a shame" comment or some such ugly remark.

Never quite liked Santa as much after that. Only liking the pretty reindeer. Pssht.



FYI...Actually, there were worries at the time of having a "red-nosed" reindeer in a Christmas tale for kids anyway because of the association of red noses with drunkenness *hic*

Santa was just having trouble dealing with his wife. The woman force feeds him for her own twisted desires. So he vents on malformed infant reindeer.

Hmm. Yes I can see that. "No one likes a skinny Santa!" she sneers as she piles transfats in front of him. He then spreads that inner dissatisfaction he feels onto any other creature who is vulnerable to attack. There is more than one victim before the movie ends, however, as he instructs his elf to throw a misfit bird who can't fly plunging to his death over the edge of the sleigh, thousands of feet in the air, without a parachute.

Accident? I think not.

Anyway,Yukon Cornelius was The Man. Manly and grizzly, like a big teddy bear or a misplaced Texan, and as tolerant and accepting as the best of 'em, he and his pups rocked.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Forget Rudolph. Is there anything creepier than 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'? I keep waiting for Santa to say "It puts the cookies on its plate," Buffalo Bill style.

You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
O! You better watch out!
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

That's right kids, don't pout to your parents or cry out in horror when this scruffy old fat lush who's been watching you in your sleep and writing your name down in his creepy serial killer naughty/nice list breaks into your house. You better watch out, because Santa Claus is coming to town to touch you in your bathing suit area.

I haven't been this frightened of being stalked by an icon of my youth since watching 'Superman Returns.'

 

[SPOCKED]

Forget Rudolph. Is there anything creepier than 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'?

Oh yes. Yes indeed it gets much worse...

AunT'Bonz Is Coming To Town

Oh, you better not flame
You better not troll
Your thread should be tame
Or face the wrath of khan-trol
AunT’Bonz is moddin’ tonight

She’s shakin’ her fist
She’s warned you all twice
Her thong’s in a twist
So you’ll pay a high price
AunT’Bonz is bannin’ with spite

My father has a sister
My mother thought was dead
She moderates a trekkie site
Twentyfour-seven from bed
Oh, she’s royally pissed
She partied all night
And totally missed
A nasty TOS fight
AunT’Bonz is losin’ her sight

Her innocent demeanor
Belies an inner rage
Her litany of sailor words
Frightens newbies from the page

Oh, she never gets out
She draws the shades tight
In darkness she’ll spout
Total (B)BS tripe
AunT’Bonz recoils from daylight

And secretly it’s well known
By niners she can’t fool
She’s been spamming in the The Neutral Zone
As the quixotic Jayson duel
So, you better think smart
And not get too cute
The way to her heart’s
Through a chocolate conduit
AunT’Bonz mops floor with your rights

AuntT’Bonz delights in her bite

 

[Crewman47]

What bugs me about Rudolph is the fact that he isn't given a mention in the Santa Clause movie or the Tim Allen movies. Is this a copyright issue or something with both these movies?

 

[The Borg Queen]

What bugs me about Rudolph is the fact that he isn't given a mention in the Santa Clause movie or the Tim Allen movies. Is this a copyright issue or something with both these movies?

I think it's more a case of him not actually being one of Santa's Reindeer.

 

[Trekker4747]

What bugs me about Rudolph is the fact that he isn't given a mention in the Santa Clause movie or the Tim Allen movies. Is this a copyright issue or something with both these movies?

I think it's more a case of him not actually being one of Santa's Reindeer.

Not according to the strictest sense of the "legend" but Rudolph is, unoffically, part of the Santa myth and the only part addition to the Santa Claus tale in all of the 20th century. Him not showing up in the 1980s movie or the Tim Allen movies probably has more to do with copyrights than it does him "not being part of the lore."

One man, actually I guess at this point his surviving family, owns the rights to Rudolph, the original creator won them back from Montgomery Ward in the 1940s after he created the Rudolph character for them to center a coloring book around to distribute/sell during the Christmas season.

I think that today Rudolph is very much part of Santa's team.

 

[trekkiedane]

What bugs me about Rudolph is the fact that he isn't given a mention in the Santa Clause movie or the Tim Allen movies. Is this a copyright issue or something with both these movies?

I think it's more a case of him not actually being one of Santa's Reindeer.

Now that depends on where n the world you are.

The Julemand (~Santa) that delivers in these parts has only one reindeer: Rudolph! -But of course the US-American Santa Claus needs a bigger engine in his vehicle

 

[Hoser]

I thought the moral was 'Everyone has a purpose, so don't torment the weak'.

 

[Snow]

Oh yes. Yes indeed it gets much worse...

AunT'Bonz Is Coming To Town
...
AuntT’Bonz delights in her bite

Looking to Mod TNZ or MA?
Hilarious.

 

[Goji]

The Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer song has a very poor moral in it.

The moral is that people only like you when you can do something useful for them.

Isn't that generally how life goes as a rule for all of us?

Yeah, I'd say so.

 

[SPOCKED]

Oh yes. Yes indeed it gets much worse...

AunT'Bonz Is Coming To Town
...
AuntT’Bonz delights in her bite

Looking to Mod TNZ or MA?
Hilarious.

Hence my "new" avatar

 

[The Borg Queen]

Well I don't know about the rest of you but I choose my friends based on if they're people I like, not on if they're people who I can take advantage of...

 

[Lindley]

Oh I was always rather disappointed in Santa's behaviour toward Rudolph. He was actually a pretty big asshat, wasn't he? Making some "what a shame" comment or some such ugly remark.

Never quite liked Santa as much after that. Only liking the pretty reindeer. Pssht.



FYI...Actually, there were worries at the time of having a "red-nosed" reindeer in a Christmas tale for kids anyway because of the association of red noses with drunkenness *hic*

Santa was just having trouble dealing with his wife. The woman force feeds him for her own twisted desires. So he vents on malformed infant reindeer.

Hmm. Yes I can see that. "No one likes a skinny Santa!" she sneers as she piles transfats in front of him. He then spreads that inner dissatisfaction he feels onto any other creature who is vulnerable to attack. There is more than one victim before the movie ends, however, as he instructs his elf to throw a misfit bird who can't fly plunging to his death over the edge of the sleigh, thousands of feet in the air, without a parachute.

Accident? I think not.

Anyway,Yukon Cornelius was The Man. Manly and grizzly, like a big teddy bear or a misplaced Texan, and as tolerant and accepting as the best of 'em, he and his pups rocked.

Bumbles bounce!

 

[RJDiogenes]

The moral of RtRR is this: 60s claymation is creepy and frightening

You really need to see Mad Monster Party.

I remember back around 1969 or so asking my mother why Rudolph would want to be friends with a bunch of jerks who made fun of him. She told me that you must always do whatever it takes to make people like you! My mother was always a bit insecure. Which is obviously Rudolph's problem.

 

[opali]

Santa was just having trouble dealing with his wife. The woman force feeds him for her own twisted desires. So he vents on malformed infant reindeer.

Hmm. Yes I can see that. "No one likes a skinny Santa!" she sneers as she piles transfats in front of him. He then spreads that inner dissatisfaction he feels onto any other creature who is vulnerable to attack. There is more than one victim before the movie ends, however, as he instructs his elf to throw a misfit bird who can't fly plunging to his death over the edge of the sleigh, thousands of feet in the air, without a parachute.

Accident? I think not.

Anyway,Yukon Cornelius was The Man. Manly and grizzly, like a big teddy bear or a misplaced Texan, and as tolerant and accepting as the best of 'em, he and his pups rocked.

Bumbles bounce!

I like it when he says they need to outwit the Bumble with their superior wit...run like crazy.

The moral of RtRR is this: 60s claymation is creepy and frightening

You really need to see Mad Monster Party.

I remember back around 1969 or so asking my mother why Rudolph would want to be friends with a bunch of jerks who made fun of him. She told me that you must always do whatever it takes to make people like you! My mother was always a bit insecure. Which is obviously Rudolph's problem.

Donner: Alright, son, try it on.
Rudolph: I don't want to, Daddy. I don't like it.
Donner: You'll like it and wear it!
Rudolph: But Daddy, it's not very comfortable!
Donner: There are more important things than comfort: self respect!

 

[anti-matter]

Well if Rudolph is so special when is he the farthest away from Santa?

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

what do you expect from a montgomery ward creation? all businesses want to do is make moolah.

 

[Trekker4747]

Well if Rudolph is so special when is he the farthest away from Santa?

Why is Rudolph the furthest away?

Well I suspect it has something to do with either a) "leading the sleigh" can't be done from the back and/or a NAV light that's sitting in the back and not lighting the way isn't very useful.