Rudolf

Rudolf the red nosed raindeer,reighndear, ranedere.

This time of year there are a bunch of shows that air on TV for the christmas holidays. One of them is Rudolf. With the invention of DVD's and the licensing rights and whatnot they actually released these classics on DVD. Usually this is a good thing since alot of these specials air on weird nights or when we aren't home, so I thought this would be a good thing. Pop it in and let my 2.5 year old get into the spirit whenever he wants. But I forgot then when my son sees a show or movie he likes he watches it over and over and over. This was the case with Rudolf. He has even learned to hit the button to repeat this 40 minute classic(no commercials), which is good for us so he is not dragging us over to the TV. I need to find the remote control (packed in a box) so I can use the picture in picture.Upon watching this show numerous times I saw some things that I had never noticed as a kid, because I only saw the show once a year.

On the island of misfit toys, there is a bird with fins who says he can't fly and jumps into a bowl of water to swim around. At the end of the show during the credits you see this same bird/fish. All of the other toys are getting umbrellas to float down from Santa's sleigh, but you see the elf just about to give the bird/fish an umbrella, pause, and then push the bird/fish off the sleigh without the umbrella!!!! He just killed the bird/fish since he can't fly and he is smiling about it !!

When Rudolph comes back from running away, he is told his parents and girlfriend left to look for him and have been gone for months, he turns around and finds them in a day (since it is said that Christmas is only 2 days away). Where the heck have his parents been for the past couple of months? and how does Rudolph find them in a day. Obviously Rudolphs GPS was alot better than his parents.

Santa is so harsh since he blames Donner for Rudolphs nose. How is this Donners fault?

At the end of the show when rudolph is leading Santa's sleigh there are only 6 instead of the usual 8, so Rudolph replaced two reindeer. Is this the first sign of corporate downsizing?

Hermie (the dentist wannabe) doesn't have pointed ears and blond hair. Maybe the illegitimate child of Santa?

Why does Mrs. Clause have such a heavy Bavarian accent when no one else does?

Yukon Cornelius has a freakin gun !!! Why not just shoot the bumble??

And last.... for now... Rudolph can fly.. why the heck is he walking everywhere???


I might write more observations on Rudolph later, just depends how many times I see it this weekend. We are trying to get the 2.5 year old to get into a better rotation.