Rudolph's Shiny New Year: Father Time's Song

And a happy 2010 from Hanford

Dec-31-09, 3:39 am by Hanford
File under: fun, Video games

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To celebrate I thought I'd share Father Time's Song from the classic holiday special Rudolph's Shiny New Year. Unless you're a hardcore Rankin/Bass fan like myself, chances are the last time you saw Shiny New Year (if ever) was either 20+ years ago, or recently on the ABC Family channel. But ABC Family cuts this song out completely to make room for commercials.

But I actually think this is right up there with some of the best Rankin/Bass tunes they made, has a message appropriate to its theme, and is worth sharing here.

Although Rudolph's Shiny New Year has a completely contrived and absurd plot* it's actually one of my favorite Rankin/Bass specials. It kind of has a video-game-like plot to it -- a lot of weird stuff happening simply to give Rudolph a quest. In fact, for quite a while now I've had an idea for an RPG set in the Rankin-Bassiverse. Oh, someday. Omar Khayyám would be proud.

Happy New Year Everyone!

*Among other weirdness, it is acknowledged that this happens after Rudolph saved Christmas with his shiny nose, but in this special he somehow has reverted to a fawn, complete with undeveloped antlers)

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