About this episode
🎄 November 1st is Christmas Podcast Day! I don’t make the rules; I just use the hashtag. So join us as on a very important mission to dig up the original animated adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in a 1948 short film that predates the song. You can follow #ChristmasPodcastDay on Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter . And probably TikTok , but I’m not on that. **** 🎙 Guests: Gerry Davila ( Totally Rad Christmas , @RadChristmas ). Matt Spaulding ( North Pole Radio ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Watch Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Library of Congress). 2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s First Starring Film Role (Library of Congress, 2014). 3. The 1951 re-release , featuring the new Rudolph song. 4. The Advent Calendar House episode on Rankin/Bass’s Rudolph . 5. Disney’s Very Merry Christmas Sing-Along Songs . 6. Water Polo, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & Chevrolet: The Life of Jam Handy (Collegiate Water Polo Association, 2019). 7. Matt’s Little Golden Book of Rudolph , illustrated by Richard Scarry. 8. Paul Wing’s Rudolph record from 1947. 9. Rudolph’s 2nd Christmas . 10. George Klensinger , who arranged the original Silent Night intro, also composed Tubby the Tuba . 11. The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree . 12. James Bond and Blofeld fight on a bobsled in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service . 13. Ear trumpets , and Daisy Duck’s mother using one in Donald’s Diary . **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: Closer to Christmas . **** “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” ©1948 The Jam Handy Organization. Say hi on Twitter , Facebook , and Instagram . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .