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i have been watching the old specials like peter cottontail,jack frost,and frosty and i wondered what other ones you think i sould buy?


also what ones do you like? perhaps we can say fave quotes of them as well :)

at the time i have The Original Television Christmas Classics: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town / Frosty the Snowman / Frosty Returns / The Little Drummer Boy,Jack Frost,The Year Without a Santa Claus/Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey/Rudolph's Shiny New Yearand Here comes peter cottontail.


and last of all is mad moster party any good? can you show me clips?
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Rankin Bass kicks a--. :P

Anyways I can't recommend any really since it's been so long since I've seen any. I also have that Original Television Christmas Classics that you have. When that came out I could only find it at Sunrise and all my friends missed it and now they are all jealous. :roll:

I want to get Mad Monster Party as well.

please... anyone share your thoughts. :D
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Year without Santa Claus is a classic!

Heatmizer was my fav..

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My top three favorites would be.... Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and The Year Without a Santa Claus.

I taped them from television like CBS and ABC Family Channel but plan on buying them his year.
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Lightyear wrote:Year without Santa Claus is a classic!

Heatmizer was my fav..

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Well,it's not a holiday special,but my favorite Rankin Bass animation is The Last Unicorn(which was based on a book by Peter S.Beagle)...I also like the original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,Frosty the Snowman,and Year Without a Santa Claus...
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I love Frosty the Snowman!!! It's just not Christmas without it! :santa:
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Mr. Toad wrote: I stand by my original theory. Heat Mizer is Syndrome's dad.
:lol: I wouldn't be surprised if there's a lot of truth in that.

I love all of Rankin-Bass' stuff and own most of their Christmas specials on DVD. Year Without A Santa Claus is hands-down my favorite. Whatever happened to the live-action remake???

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Mr. Toad wrote:
Lightyear wrote:Year without Santa Claus is a classic!

Heatmizer was my fav..

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Well, after making The Year Without Santa Clause.. There wasn't much work for a red headed flame like hair type of actor..so I heard he settled down and started a family, was selling fire insurance (how ironic).. It's good to see he passed along the acting bug to his sons.. (boy Syndrome & Adult Syndrome).
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The only one I have is The Hobbit, which isn't bad. The music is crazy! The big war scene is pretty weak though.
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Lightyear wrote:
Well, after making The Year Without Santa Clause.. There wasn't much work for a red headed flame like hair type of actor..so I heard he settled down and started a family, was selling fire insurance (how ironic).. It's good to see he passed along the acting bug to his sons.. (boy Syndrome & Adult Syndrome).
LOL! :lol:

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I have Rudolph. That's it.

Wasn't Last Unicorn and Flight of Dragons Rankin/Bass? I have those too if so.
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awallaceunc wrote:Year Without A Santa Claus is hands-down my favorite. Whatever happened to the live-action remake???
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Siren wrote: Wasn't Last Unicorn and Flight of Dragons Rankin/Bass? I have those too if so.
Yes, they both are. I'd love to see Flight of Dragons get released on DVD!

I almost bought the 5-disc Christmas holiday box set with all the specials last year (including Rudolph, Frosty, Nester, and such) but hoped the price would go down after Christmas. Silly me, I should have learned from my mistake just a few months before:

I almost bought Mad Monster Party last halloween but they shipped the DVD's back after the holiday and I was a little too late. This year, I'll be ready, I swear!

I loved these as a kid (well, except for Mad Monster Party since I've never seen it) but I think I under-appreciated them for while. I've been dying to give them a fresh look in the past few years.
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I bought this during xmas. http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=SON058613

They're not remastered or anything but you get most of the christmas movies in 1 set. :P
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They run so frequently on TV, that I just taped rudolph, the year without a santa claus, santa clause is coming to town, and rudolph's shiney new year. I almost hate to buy them on DVD because they come on TV every year, and I don't think I'd watch them very much.
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Zombi6422 wrote:I bought this during xmas. http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=SON058613

They're not remastered or anything but you get most of the christmas movies in 1 set. :P
That's the set I wanted to get from Wal-mart! I'm still thinking about getting it, but I'll have to buy it online. Thanks for the link! :thumb:
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I've got The Hobbit and The Return of the King, and both are classic and hillarious. I recommend them to anyone
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Well October 31st is near and I still have not got nor seen Mad Monster Party but I was planing on (eye twichs) blind buying it but I wondered the SAME thing I wondered about 'Here Comes Peter Cottontail'. I wonder how do the 2 dvds (NEW: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A0 ... d&v=glance

OLD: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006 ... d&v=glance ) differ? Or is the only different thing that Anchor Bay made the new cover art (with slipcover Alan) match the ones by Sony?
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