Merry Christmas!
Posted on 12/11/2014 7:49:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I was always struck by the careful PC editing that was done.
When Burl Ives tells the story at the time when both Donner and Mrs. Donner would join the search, Donner tells her “No, this is man’s work”.
And the PC crowd threw their heads back and howled.
That’s a classic, too!
This was the most classic intro in the history of TV, when having a show in Color was still a big deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIxGyrQz_e8
“We Are Santa’s Elves” rivals North Korean fealty-pageants in its naked self-abasement.”
Kim Jong Claus. The photoshop possibilities are endless.
“Meanwhile, have they ever identified the reindeer who ran over Grandma?
There were five suspects all of whom have passed on. Vito “the Enforcer” Deguerio is the reindeer suspected of the hit. He was a legendary hit reindeer employed by the Finnish mob and it turned out that Grandma lost a shipment of peppermint Meth and couldn’t pay it off. Cornelius is a suspect in the lost peppermint meth caper. Jes’ sayin...
RRNR always struck me as a creepy story that didn’t really have the message it thought it had. Everybody hates the freak until it turns out he has powerful “friends”, not actually a happy story.
Ya, but do you know the name of the 9th reindeer?
RE: RRNR always struck me as a creepy story that didn’t really have the message it thought it had. Everybody hates the freak until it turns out he has powerful “friends”, not actually a happy story.
LOL, what a great short movie synopsis.
From Clement Clark Moore’s “”A Visit from St. Nicholas”
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen.
And then they added the 9th and most famous of all...
Boy, you sure missed the message.
Go to the NRO website and read some of his columns. Satire is what he does for a living.
I subscribe to NR. Since Steyn no longer has a column, Lileks is many times the only thing worth reading.
I don’t doubt you. E.B. White, on the other hand, might.
I occasionally use the “Island of Misfit Toys” metaphor to describe a motley group within an organization that operates in innocuous desuetude...
I understand the message they THOUGHT they had. But that’s not the message. The actual message that the story actually puts forth is: it’s OK to be a freak so long as you’re useful, and once you have powerful friends you’ll be accepted.
Here’s a longer slightly profane explanation:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18601_4-bad-lessons-rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer-teaches-kids.html
Seems I ruined my own joke...
Should have asked the name of the 10th reindeer.
“Olive”
It’s right their in the song!
“Olive the other reindeer.....”
>> it’s OK to be a freak so long as you’re useful, and once you have powerful friends you’ll be accepted.
Why is this a bad message? It’s true. The best children’s stories are those that acknowledge the unpleasant aspects of human nature, along with the good.
It’s a terrible message. It basically says to hide what makes you weird until you find the right person to suck up to. One thing we don’t need in this world is more suck ups.
Remember the word “Noelco” (the ‘r’ was missing) showing up on the bottom of the screen as Santa was scooting away through the snowy forest?
I think of that commercial every time I see a Norelco product or ad. IIRC it ran seasonally for years.
Merry Christmas!
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