What I Realized When Watching Rudolph...

[Tiberius]

I'm not so sure he'd have a huge problem with it. He could always bring in his Abominable Strikebreaker if the unions got uppity.

 

[atom crash]

.... all this for a red nosed reindeer

so, in effect, if Rudolph had been a brown-nosed reindeer, he would have been OK from the beginning.

(sorry, Rudolph, I had to go there.)

 

[Ranger REG]

It's funny to see this thread just now. Just the other day a friend of mine who really loves all the Rankin-Bass animated Christmas specials was commenting on how as an adult (he's your age, Ranger REG), he suddenly realized that the moral of 'Rudolph' appears to be that it's okay to be different, as long as you're useful.

Yeah, my parents should have taught me how to take advantage of other people's usefulness. Then I could have been at least ambitious.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Funny, I was think the oter day that in these old holiday special, there were a lot of mentally damaged people wandering around above the arctic circle.

 

[Chimera]

And its union policy not to have rednoses in there.

if Rudolph had been a brown-nosed reindeer,

I think we're missing a fundamental connection.

Rudolph's nose is red because Santa's outfit is red.

 

[DonTadow]

so, in effect, if Rudolph had been a brown-nosed reindeer, he would have been OK from the beginning.

(sorry, Rudolph, I had to go there.)

Ah if you're brown stick around, if you're red go to bed.

Sad that in these days and times we still have jolly ole fat men with discriminatory attitudes.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Sad that in these days and times we still have jolly ole fat men with discriminatory attitudes.

Well, Santa is yet another fat, jowly old white man. Like the perennial starring line up over on CSPAN.

On a slightly different subject, I saw part of a Christmas special last night where they were doing one of the song and dance numbers from those old shows, only they were doing it live action. Done by real people in make-up, it seemed grotesque.

 

[Ranger REG]

But wouldn't Santa be a Teamster?

Santa ... Teamster ... Hoffa?!?!!!

 

[Relique du Madde]

I think we're missing a fundamental connection.

Rudolph's nose is red because Santa's outfit is red.

I have two theories about this:

1) Santa and Rudolph are communists (Santa's "elves" spend 365 days of the year building counterfit toys in an attempt to subvert capitalist economies).
2) Rudolph snorts "pixie dust*"


* Or another powder based narcotic.

 

[Ranger REG]

I have two theories about this:

1) Santa and Rudolph are communists (Santa's "elves" spend 365 days of the year building counterfit toys in an attempt to subvert capitalist economies).
2) Rudolph snorts "pixie dust*"


* Or another powder based narcotic.

Hey. Don't call Rudy a commie.