With all that good will in mind, Rudolph doesn’t necessarily seem like a logical choice to receive the Honest Trailer treatment, as fans tend to look back on the special through a holiday appropriate set of rose-colored glasses.
Arguably the grand master of such Christmas special programming was the now long-since defunct Rankin/Bass Productions.
The studio behind such perennial classics as Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, Rankin/Bass is perhaps best known for their first such effort, that being 1964’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Based on the ubiquitous Christmas carol of the same name, Rudolph has long been a yearly tradition for many families, and has been introduced anew to each successive generation.
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Honest Trailers - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)