Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at 50

National Review ^ | 12/11/2014 | James Lileks

[W.]

I could read this as: It’s OK to be a freak [gays, black thugs, invading latinos, etc.] so long as you’re useful [vote democrat], and once you have powerful friends [government enforcers] you’ll be accepted [at gunpoint]. There. Now it conforms to all current PC mandates!

[Axenolith]

When I was young I found my Dad’s chemistry set from the 50’s in the Grandparents attic.

You would LITERALLY have a HazMat response if you ran over it in the driveway or dumped it someplace today.

Lawn Darts are awesome. :-)

[Rinnwald]

1. Hefty Folkie is a good name for a band.

2. This column ignores the most important point, brought up in a recent episode of “The Middle”: is King Moonracer a toy or not?

[ShadowAce]

[SeekAndFind]

It took me a while to get the joke in that cartoon.... until I sang the song till the very end. :)

[woodbutcher1963]

Not Norelco..........

Noelco, even their name says “Merry Christmas”

[hoagy62]

Guess what? That, too, is a Christmas special....

Olive, The Other Reindeer

[PastorBooks]

“...that operates in innocuous desuetude...”

Show-off! :-)

I had to look it up...

[dfwgator]

I occasionally use the “Island of Misfit Toys” metaphor to describe a motley group within an organization that operates in innocuous desuetude...

Congratulations, you said the "Secret Word."

[catfish1957]

I remember watching the premier in 1964. Loved it as a kid.

I mentioned on another thread that when they did he digitalization a few years ago, I guess the fact that Yukon C. was packing a firearm missed the airbrush.

You know what happens when liberals get a hold of classics.

[Skooz]

Bfl

[Flick Lives]

Magoo’s Christmas Carol stays suprisingly close Dicken’s original short story. The musical tunes are good too.

[nomad]

Well for that matter, he glossed over the fact that a slim, and presumably healthy, Santa is being encouraged to become obese by his significant other. Does she have a large insurance policy out on him? And what would this do to the cost of Obozocare at the North Pole?

[jaydubya2]

I’m a sucker for “Annabelle’s Wish”.

[Politicalkiddo]

I love car antlers and car Rudolph noses.

[Skooz]

I also miss the Norelco ads that featured Santa traversing the North Pole on a razor head.

"Even our name says 'Merry Christmas.'"

No self-respecting corporation would dare use that slogan now.

[Skooz]

“Annabelle’s Wish”.

I watched it once, turned into a blubbery mess, and vowed never to do so again.

[Hot Tabasco]

Wow, what a bummer! I’ll never view Rudolph in the same light again..........I knew I shouldn’t have clicked on this thread

[Hot Tabasco]

Just like the 27th letter in the alphabet.......

[reed13k]

Wasn’t it “blitz”en?