Well, that's what it do for me. I was like 6 or 7 when this came out.
What's with Father Time's freaky expression? Early botched face lift victim? And his scythe? Uh, ok.
I'm happy some people liked it, but I most certainly hated it. In 1976, animation like this was still a treat, so we were all excited. I guess it succeeded in one thing: preparing kids for disappointment.
Even at six years old, I was perfectly aware of educational content masquerading as entertainment. Archipelago of, oh stop.
And most of the songs were terrible, often with video that had no connection to the plot.
It really just seems Rankin/Bass made this with unused songs they had lying around, threw in a bunch of historical dates to make it educationalish, and tied it together with the barest pretense of a plot... while misusing the much beloved Rudolph.
I just realized, the Fonze wasn't the first to jump the shark! The Fonze did it the year after Rudolph did it!
What's with Father Time's freaky expression? Early botched face lift victim? And his scythe? Uh, ok.
I'm happy some people liked it, but I most certainly hated it. In 1976, animation like this was still a treat, so we were all excited. I guess it succeeded in one thing: preparing kids for disappointment.
Even at six years old, I was perfectly aware of educational content masquerading as entertainment. Archipelago of, oh stop.
And most of the songs were terrible, often with video that had no connection to the plot.
It really just seems Rankin/Bass made this with unused songs they had lying around, threw in a bunch of historical dates to make it educationalish, and tied it together with the barest pretense of a plot... while misusing the much beloved Rudolph.
I just realized, the Fonze wasn't the first to jump the shark! The Fonze did it the year after Rudolph did it!