Romeo Muller & Rankin/Bass

Ephemeral

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Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.7 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Frosty the Snowman. The Little Drummer Boy. All of these iconic holiday specials have something in common: they were written by Romeo Muller, the visionary mind behind nearly all the Rankin/Bass Christmas specials. We remember Muller's life and career with Rick Goldschmidt, official biographer for Rankin/Bass.

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0:00.0	Athemoral is a production of iHeart 3D audio.
0:06.0	For full exposure, listen with headphones.
0:14.0	It's officially that time of year, when it's impossible to miss the decorations going up in display
0:22.2	windows, jingles trumpeting from department store speakers, and classic Christmas specials
0:28.6	dancing across the TV.
0:31.3	Somewhere along the way, you're almost guaranteed to run into a Rankin' Bass production.
0:36.8	You know them, the retro stop-animated sing-alongs from the 1960s, such as Rudolph the red-nosed
0:43.3	reindeer.
0:44.3	He's got a shiny nose.
0:46.3	Shes a shiny, I'd even say it glow.
0:50.3	Frosty the Snowman.
0:52.3	Happy birthday! That hat brought Frosty the Snowman. Happy birthday!
0:55.0	That had brought Frosty to life.
0:58.0	It must be magic.
1:00.0	Or the little drummer boy.
1:02.0	Sir, Ollie, the little drummer boy, Arab.
1:06.0	Are those animals dancing Ben Harimette?
1:10.0	They certainly are. But what you maybe don't know Are those animals dancing Ben Haramette?
1:12.9	They certainly are.
1:15.1	But what you maybe don't know is that one man was responsible for creating and writing
1:18.4	each of those holiday favorites,
1:20.6	and many more.
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