Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer is one of my favorite Christmas specials, along with It's A Wonderful Life, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, but a few things about it have always bothered me. Like the way Santa treats a lot of his workers, from the flying reindeer to his elves, he just seems a little harsh and mopey.
This video after the jump explains it further. It's like a little investigative compilation of scenes from the special to show how much of a jerk Santa is. Is this fair? Or did the person who put it together have it out for Santa and only pick the worst parts? I would say it's fair, because there's a lot of proof, from almost every scene in the special.
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12-04-2006 @ 10:23AM
Gordy said...
Santa was really a jerk in The Christmas Story...my favorite Christmas movie.
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12-06-2006 @ 9:13AM
Alicia said...
People should take this for what it is, something very funny created by someone who has too much time on his hands. I rather enjoied it.
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12-07-2006 @ 8:35AM
Mark Sarantos said...
Very funny video. It's a little sad to see the nitwits that leave comments regarding the political correctness of these things. I'm confident that they're either 30 or younger, or prone to "conspiracy" thoughts and pettiness. Life wasn't always this anal and full of such righteous attitudes.
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12-17-2006 @ 10:15PM
Dawn said...
I guess if you really analyze the movie, you can tell that it's about diversity - a big buzzword lately. Well, we have a reindeer that is VERY different and is not accepted because if his difference. In the end, everyone realizes that he's the same as they are and he is accepted.
Um... that's how a lot of people act. So I guess there are a lot of jerks out there that are not able to accept other people because they are different - different skin color, religion, country of origin, the list goes on. I think there is a valuable lesson to be learned here - just don't wait as long as Santa and everyone else did to learn it!
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1-05-2007 @ 11:18PM
Kurtkin Dumplin said...
Indeed! The proper show would have had Elven counselors to show those associated with Hermey (Hermie, slang for Hermaphrodite?) how to accept his wish to be a 'dentist' and do 'dentistry' with others.
Also, Rudolph's enlarging and excited nose from bumping antlers with his buddy should have prompted immediate sensitivity counseling.
It can't just be about Christmas. It has to be about an Elf and a Reindeer who probably b'fd each other.
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