Lucky Luke: The Daltons on the Run

I was going to review West and Soda, but it was purely Spanish and never went to English, as the same thing with Bolek I Lolek from Poland, and My Mommy is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill from France. So the western reviews are going to be a lot shorter than I thought. Instead we gallop to the next Western animated film.

Hanna Barbara went and did their western series with Lucky Luke. Despite it’s a TV series with serviceable animation at the time, but not as cheap as Bolek I Lolek, as they did a movie comprise of three episodes. They are “The Daltons In The Blizzard”, “Ma Dalton”, and “The Daltons Redeem Themselves”. So it counts for me to review it as movie or best of the show, or not. So this is the first on this review as the segment of “DEMO OF SERIES’ COLLECTION”! This is the new segment with me reviewing either a collection provided by the series in the original VHS/ DVD or the arcs of series or the first episode if it’s a standalone.

The story of the series is Lucky Luke has an arrest onto the four identical yet size variant Dalton Brothers. In “The Daltons In The Blizzard”, Lucky Luke searches for the The Daltons close to Canada. (I assure you, this is not going to be a crossover with Dudley Do-Right). In “Ma Dalton”, the Daltons’ mom has broken out her 4 sons. The third one I couldn’t find a English version of “The Daltons Redeem Themselves”, but I have a wild guess the Daltons become good, but will go bad at the end. Luke does it for justice and follows the Code of the West. No connection to C.O.W.Boys of Moo Mesa. BTW, IMDB, why don’t you list that show in the western listing? It’s an obscure western!

What do we know about the Daltons? The tall one is dumb, as the short is smart leader. The middles are forgettable. Personalities are more manchilds yet organized. This is more shown the result of Ma Dalton how overbearing and neglectful she is.  Interesting how the Daltons have their own movie and spin-off show. Lucky Luke got rebooted by Xilan, the French Company who did Space Goof, who is one of those few people who can capture the Hanna Barbara spirit, yet can’t get close with Oggy & The Cockroaches. I’m not going to review the reboot, as it would review almost the same thing.  This might work since the original show is focused more on them than anyone else. The characters are more engaging than A Man From Button Willow. Yes, a Hanna Barbara upstaged Detige. Granted, Lucky Luke is calm and bland, but he’s more proactive than Justin Eagle. The horse nags as much as the prehistoric creatures in Flintstones, yet fitting. The dog is Clumsy Smurf dumb; barely get anything right, constantly saved, and will eventually do right at the end. Unlike Clumsy Smurf and Brainy Smurf, the dog is useful sniffing out the Daltons.

The music was by Claude Bolling, and lyric by Shuki Levy, and Haim Saban. Yes, you read that right, the creator of the music of Inspector and showrunner of Power Rangers. It’s not their strongest music, but a step up from Detige’s sister or wife’s music in The Man From Button Willow. This makes me wonder if Saban reused the Lucky Luke’s music into their later TV shows similar to how the music from their Little Mermaid series, to Masked Rider, to Spiderman, to Richie Rich Christmas, and into Digimon.

Just like The Dragon That Wasn’t, I wish to mention the voice actor, but they only credit the original foreign actors. Maybe it’s an early 80’s thing when they don’t have the budget to redo the end credits. I swear the leader Daltons is voiced by Frank Welker in his Mr. Plotz range.

Overall, Lucky Luke is an interesting western animated TV show. I don’t think I would rewatch this show, but I’ll watch this show more times than Man From Button Willow. The next show to review is first arc of Yakari, the reboot series, not the original series, somehow. Hopefully I can finish some of the westerns films before I get to the Christmas films.

Man from Button Willow

Sorry it took a long time for this review to be made. We had moving issues. I don’t recommend going to North Carolina, except for a specific Taco Bell and Animall. I was on a long vacation which got longer with Hurricane Florence, and suffered from two funerals, but now I’m back.

Let’s start with the western animated films with Man from Button Willow. Before this film, we had the Lone Rangers serial series, most of the original western films are mostly live-action, and any westerns that are animated were mostly spoofing popular western films. The closest was Disney’s Pecos Bill, but that wasn’t feature length and it was a package film to Melody Time. Same situation with Willy McBean and the Magic Machine when they met Buffalo Bill, and it came out on the same year.

What’s the story? Good question. Justin Eagle is the sheriff to Paramount’s Western Town…I mean who cares, it’s Button Willow. He has his closest friend named Sorry and adopted daughter named Stormy. Justin has a ranch of Eagle’s Ranch with a full chance his vote count than anyone else. Justin’s horse’s wife gave birth to a baby. The rest is the life on the ranch to the animal, until Justin leaves for a secret mission for noteworthy, it would be spoiling to those who haven’t seen it if you watched the supercut version of this film featuring Justin, which lacking from the film.

The obvious title character!! The Man from Button Willow is barely the focus, and it’s mostly on the animals and his friends. If anything, Sorry is the Man from Button Willow since he has more focus than the other. However, he owns Button Willow, so they might as well show the life there for 1.5/3^rd of the film, but the live action opener said specifically its Justin.

Dale Robertson: This is the story of Justin Eagle. Wait, no, this story about his horse. Hold on, it’s about his human friends. Now it’s to his furry friends.

Stinky Whizzleteats: This is a song about a whale….No! This is a song about being happy!

This focus issue is right up there with The Ballad of Smokey The Bear, Jason Take Manhattan, and most of Raja Gosnell and Richard Rich films such as The Smurfs, Swan Princess, and the animated King and I. Speaking of which, Stormy’s voice actress would be in the King and I TV series.

The animation is decent at most. Though get uses to Justin riding his horse, because they reused it a lot as much as Superman flying scene in Superman 4. I wouldn’t complain much, but this was 1965 and was a weak point to MGM when they’re not using Chuck Jones.

The director and writer was David Detiege, the guy who would doom the Looney Tunes but gave life to Pink Panther by using Bugs Bunny’s body. One of the animator is Don Luske, who helped with Disney’s Pinocchio. These explain why Jeremiah look likes Ghepetto and some connections to get some of the Disney’s voice actors, including their next film, Shinbone Alley aka Pinocchio directed by Gideon. This was the last time Ukulele Idle (the voice for Jiminy Cricket) voice acted, but only for two or three lines from two supposedly villains who disappeared in the middle of the film. Either Idle was difficult to work with to the point they booted him out, he was starting to lose his voice, or he needed the job to pay for retirement at the home. I would lean more on the ladder since it was said Idle went to the Retirement Home, but died and no one in his home town recalled him. Instead, the villain goes to this forgettable sailor.

I swear this was originally a short film, but it was too long for a short cartoon, or too short to be a TV series. So they padded it with pointless scenes and bad musical number with the exception of the opening sung by Howard Keel. This is a dull start to animated Western film as it feels like a chore to rewatch. Here’s hoping animated Western Animated Films go uphill from here!

The Dragon That Wasn’t (Or Is He?)

With Easter upon us…

“But Easter’s over!”

-Mike Teevee from Willy Wonka

Shhh, they don’t know that, future wrestler I met at 2011-2012 New York Comic Con and recent Jeopardy Members!

I was going to review an Easter film. Many of the writers and directors may not do another Easter film, so I’ll review a film that was involved in the production of Rankin Bass Easter films. However, due to work, controversy that’s best ignored, animation to finish, writing an episode for a series, and lack of better things in North Carolina, this review had a month delay.

Luckily I found a film by the The First Easter Rabbit’s animator, Kazuyuki Kobayashi and Tadakatsu Yoshida, and may have Irontail’s voice actor, Vincent Price in the cast. This is Dexter the Dragon & Bumble the Bear, or the English title of The Dragon That Wasn’t (Or Is He? Yes, that’s part of the title except for this statement.)

At a castle, the servant Yost tells his master Ollie about the book of dragons. Ollie pulls an Ernest Scared Stupid by reading the cursed book out loud to see if Yost is wrong. Yost gets second opinion from his friend, Kit Kat (break me a piece) as they found what Ollie thinks is a green beach ball, when in reality it’s a green dragon egg.

“…a real greeny green all the way through! The shells were green, the yolks were green, even the whites were green.”

-         Mr. Sassafras from Here Comes Peter Cottontail, voiced by Danny Kaye.

Eventually the green egg hatches a baby green dragon that Ollie named Dexter. Ollie would want to spread the word about the baby dragon for his party tonight. Going through the town with the mayor, his girlfriend, Chanticleer (No, this is not a prequel or inspiration to Rock-A-Doodle!), and to name a few.  Meanwhile, a bulldog named Bul Super sends his plan to rob Ollie’s place with an inside as the party server with a goose named Mr. Waddle (who we’re hoping his first name isn’t Uncle Waldo).

The party goes on, but Kit Kat read the Yost’s book to reveal the Dexter’s ability. When a dragon sees shiny objects, it grows greedy, ages rapidly, and grows tall. (So that’s where My Little Ponies: Friendship Is Magic got that plotpoint for Spike’s Birthday episode came from.)

Can Ollie control Dexter without scaring the town without leading to a riot of pitchforks and torches, and is there a point with Bul Super and Mr. Waddle involved Dexter?

Weird enough, the very first Animated film in the Netherland. Thus is part of the film has reason why some of the lip-sync went off a bit. The voice acting is decent, though I wish I knew who’s voicing who. The film doesn’t credit the voice actors yet credit the animator. So there’s the connection on how we’re here with the animator. Wikipedia doesn’t have any information, and IMDB has the voice actors credited, but are borrowed from G.I Joe Movie and Sparky’s Magic Piano; the film both Vincent Price and Mel Blanc were in. Speaking of animation, the director, Bjorn Frank Jensen animated Smurf’s Magic Flute in 1976; a film I’ve known a long time and it wouldn’t be dubbed into English in the same year as this film at 1983.  Thankfully the English Title is more accurate than the original Netherland title, though changing the name for one character should be too easy. Seriously, Dexter the Dragon & Ollie the Bear is simple?

Ollie is a rich idiot, but not a major idiot to raise the dragon as his own son without killing him. If Ollie had a different personality as someone such as Homer Simpsons of season 1 to 8, the film would end in 2 minutes.

Yost: Master Ollie, look what I discovered in this magical book?

Ollie: Hmmm…

*Ollie throws the book in the fireplace in his quarters*

Yost: I knew I shouldn’t install the fireplace in the bedroom.

Same thing should apply to Inkheart.

I almost thought Kit Kat was voiced by a young Mona Marshall as I have an Izzy from Digimon feel. The timeline could add up given her career. That’s up for debates. To those who complain how they Kit Kat’s gender is switched from male to female, I don’t have a problem. I watched both the English and Netherlands version, and sound pretty close. If Kit Kat was female, then I’m OK and confused on how Kit kat is the only character not wearing clothes while everyone else in town does, but how all the females wear dresses and has huge tracks of land.  If you want to complain on the worst of the subject of gender voice, go to Andy Rictor voicing a cute Scottish Fold Kitty in The Cat Return.

It’s a cute, decent film that could need more attentions onto kids than family. Now I’ll need to break the mood and do something completely different.

Fuku-chan’s Submarine 1944, Uriko-Hime to Amanojaku 1956, & Beer Mukashi Mukashi 1956

Let’s review three of Tadahito’s films that I can find on youtube. One is 2D animated, and the other is the first two stop motion films in Japan, Uriko-Hime to Amanojaku as his second directed, and Beer Mukashi Mukashi as his first stop-motion animator.

Let’s start with Fuku-chan’s Submarine in 1944. It’s…basically the complete human version of Momotaru’s Sea Eagle. A navy goes out to sea to stop the enemy.

The editing is bad; most of the actions are broken, though the excuse is this film was recovered with scenes missing. Thankfully they don’t show the enemy’s face much this time, though their ships have a big star and one ship literally has a face. Eh, Disney did that too with “How to Sail A Boat”. You can say “Their ship funded by Texaco” or “It’s a Texan Ship”, at least for the first wave of fleet. The second wave is American, so no denying. It was later reveal that there are 13 battleships to represent the 13 Colonies. Umm…Subtle? I don’t know, I might not be a fan of a war genre or have the army as the “foreground”, though WW2 Looney Tunes or Power Rangers is one of those rare exceptions.

The next is Japan’s first stop-motion film in 1956, Uriko-Hime to Amanojaku. Uriko-Hime was born from a magic fruit founded by an old couple. She grew up to be a great weaver. Amanojaku is a Yokai or Mountain Demon who wants to have fun and ruins Uriko-hime’s loom. (Compare to Po Kong, the Chinese Mountain Demon with a Panku Box gate found in Japan in Jackie Chan Adventure, Amanojaku is a light mountain demon) Uriko-hime befriends Amanojaku, as he pulls a Rumpelstiltskin by making strings or solid objects with a spinning wheel. There are these three crooks somewhere in the story. They’re not entirely important.

The story was recently remade in 2D animation with the Uriko-hime shown hatching from the Wintermelon, had a childhood than a fruit that looks like an eggplant, and Amanojako was a playful possessing demon or spirit. I recommend the remake than the original.

I’ll save my opinion about the stop-motion at the end. The design and atmosphere is decent though.

The last one is Beer Mukashi Mukashi is about a mug head to tell the history of beer throughout the world from the Stone Age or Mesopotamian to their modern age, specifically the brand, Asahi Lager Beer; A Japanese Beer that still exist, yet unsavorily to critics today.

A Stop-motion commercial was nothing new, as it was kinda started with George Pal with the Puppetoons, as he usually ties them to Phillip Radio or Horlick’s Energy Drink. The commercial tied to a film is new to Japan, as far as I know, but in stop motion is their first. Advertisement Beer in Cartoons might not be the safest, but then again, Screen Gem did that twice with Mr. Magoo with Stag Beer and Flintstones with Busch Beer.

"Oh there's a lot Busch going to be sold!"

-Fred Flintstones, voiced by Alan Reed.  

This might be harsh to say, but Tadahito was meant to be a stop-motion animator than 2D animator. There’s some good animation in 2D in the short, but debatable since short films usually have more than one animator. There seem to be more control to animating the stop motion than having the 2D animation having the scene dragging out too long with pointless or repetitive scenes. While Uriko-Hime to Amanojaku had decent animation in movement, the lip movement are absent in the film. Doing lip movements to the first Japanese stop-motion would have been time consuming with a deadline, or they didn’t want to ruin the dolls. This is where Beer Mukashi kind of made up of having a lip movement for the Mughead, even if they cut corners by cutting less of Mughead’s scenes for some 2D scenes. I can say that Tadahito may have made the staple of the hand gesture and the simple shaped facials for Rankin Bass. Though maybe this is part of the reason why Japan rarely do stop-motion due to being mostly time consuming. Godzilla vs King Kong is one of those example that it was going to stop-motion.

Overall, skip Fuku-Chan’s Submarine, and give a little thought of a step to see Uriko-Hime to Amanojaku & Beer Makashi Makashi as an interest to see the start of Japan’s stop-motion and Tahadito’s stop-motion career to be influential.

Next time, I’ll start with the first of the Animated Western film with The Man From Button Willow. These are due to the fact that the next options in the list are TV series, and I needed this Western film to start with and get it off my chest. However, Easter is coming up, so I going to review a film that no one will suspect me in reviewing, as long it's kinda Easter theme or related to films such as Rankin Bass Easter films.

Ari-Chan 1941 & Momtaro Sea Eagle 1943

Let’s start with one of the relatives and earliest I can find with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’s animator, Tadahito Mochinaga. It all starts in Japan 1941, as he started his first animation with a black and white silent short cartoon with Ari-Chan. I do mean short for Ari-chan, meaning it’s never enough to talk anything that’s a short silent black and white film that would past the 450 words limit. So I’ll pair it with Tadahito’s second film he animated with Momotaro’s Sea Eagle, which is mostly silent aside from Momotaro and some grunts.

A little ant named Ari-Chan wants to help the worker ants, but he’s small and weak. He found a violin, as he plays with it, along with other insects, but he stumble a band of grasshoppers all playing violins. Ari-Chan joins the band in harmony, then everything changes when the fire nation attack!

OK, I’m kidding on that. I was a simple human, but judging the hand, it looks like an infant or toddler.

“No! Bad Fire Nation baby!”

-         Sokka said to Tom-Tom from Avatar, the Last Airbender. Episode: Return to Omashu.

That’s mostly about it for Ari-chan. I could say its reverse Grasshopper and Ants, but I never see the Grasshopper dies at the end of any of the animated versions. It’s just a peaceful short kid’s film. Momotaro’s Sea Eagles on the other hand is the opposite tone for Ari-Chan.

A naval ship of bunny, dog, and monkey, woodpecker, rooster, and rats are led by assuming Momotaro. Their allies is the Sea Eagles, and their enemy is (by the sound of the music) Hawaii. Yeah, this won’t fly today! The animals attack the American Navy led by Bluto from Popeye?

Momotaro has one the case of bad lips continuity I’ve seen since that Columbia’s rip-off of Paramount’s Song of the Birds; the lips are either lined lips or detailed lips. Nothing happens for about 15 minutes in a 30 minutes cartoon. Part of the film is damaged, as you can see scenes with the edge of the paper crinkle, scenes really drag out with the animals such as the monkey drags, and Momotaro and the Sea Eagles aren't the main focus. Though Momotaro has more than one appearance as his own series at the time, so I'm mostly judging it on its own. The Sea Eagle are probably on par with J.R.R Tolkien's Eagles in usefulness; always around to save despite they could of used them this entire adventure. It’s Momotaro’s army that’s the focus, more on the monkey and dog, which is happy, yet serious. The target audience can vary, but a little higher than little kids. I could say this is offensive, but America has made many WWII propaganda cartoons aiming at German, Italy, and Japan, so the countries they were fighting against making their own propaganda cartoons is about even, but I’m not touching the issue with a 77 feet pole. The only theory on why this film was made that would make some sense is that they made it in revenge against Popeye’s WWII cartoons that was made at the same time that they actually see somehow. Popeye has done the propaganda, but Bluto was in only one out of 3 or 4 of them. Thus is why Bluto is there in the navy. Made worse if Michael Bay put Bluto there in Pearl Harbor.

Bottom line, neither film has much happening in their film in terms of plot, moments, and emotions. Though this was the limitation for Japan at the time, since their animations wasn’t as up to date as Americans or other countries by that timing. Neither of these films is good. If I had to choose which is better, it’s Ari-Chan with some emotions, atmosphere, and some creative ways for different insects to play the guitar or violin. I could say propaganda films like Momotaro’s Sea Eagle would damage the resume, but if Der Fuhrer’s Face and Looney Tunes’ WW2 cartoon gave their directors a continuing career, surely anything is possible to some accept or overlook the past to give them a chance for the animator to be animation director and then to animate Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Suddenly the “There’s Always Tomorrow” and the rabbits in that song gave a new meaning relating this review.

“We all pretend the rain would never end, and you’ll be there my friend, someday…”

-         -The rabbits and raccoons in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

If you’re interested to see old Japanese cartoons or what previous films Tadahito did before Rudolph, give it a watch. If you want to see something exciting or funny, please register to a different class than this one.

Introduction to Retahensid Review 2018

After I reviewed films from Rankin Bass, I decided to move on the next near step, and that's by reviewing all the films that the people in Rankin Bass production did. There's couple of problems that's interfering with that idea; as I'm writing this, I'm in North Carolina with limited time on the laptop, many of the other films the other people in the production are mostly Christmas as other films are well known where finding them free online is impossible such as the film Joseph E. Levine produced.

     

So from February to November of the year of 2018, I’m going to review all the Rankin Bass ' TV shows or review a genre of films that's kinda rare; the animated Western films. Given each of the production and rare genre, it's best to give them attention for something they did on their merit. Just like last year, there’s going to a catch in reviewing them all.

First, all the non-holiday films will be reviewed in chronological order, while the holidays will be reviewed in order of the holidays. So Easter is first, as Christmas is last.

Second, most of the series will be reviewed in whole, not one episode at of time. As I'll analyzed the theme of the shows through characters. Arcs didn't exist much back then.

Third, my limit of every review will be around 450 words, so my reviews are going to focus and not short. On top of that, I’m busy with life and drawing for others and even draw for this review when possible. So these reviews aren’t going to be pushed out quickly.

Fourth, most of the reviews are released when possible, while Christmas may have multiple releases since there are more than about thirty-one of them.

Fifth, The complete live-action films they as Rankin Bass or the production did is optional.

Sixth, I'm not reviewing American Tail 2 and Home on the Range for Animated Western. One is because the first American Tail is to be reviewed, and I don't want to review the worst Disney has to offer. Yes, I'm aware I was suppose to write something about me vs Disney, but after the recent event with Fox, I just couldn't have the spine to work with it.

Seventh, this is my opinion. If you like those films, great.  

So sit back, and enjoy the year of Retahensid’ blogger of some animated western films and the other works done by the production of Rankin Bass!

Santa Baby!

Let’s review their very last animated original Rankin Bass Christmas film with Santa Baby!.

When people think the title, they think of that generic ABC Family Christmas Drama film that we’ll forget quicker, or a song by Eartha Kitt. In fact, Eartha Kitt did play Emerald the cat, not a human that turn into a cat that was saved by a mistaken order of Assembled Giant Trampoline. This was aired once on Fox 5 back when Fox used to air variety of Christmas specials such as Olive the Other Reindeer, Robby the Reindeer, and Cinder Elmo for some reason. Nowadays, Fox just airs mostly nothing of value and Christmas Story Live proves one of that points. This was released on DVD, but that’s hard to find. I know I spotted a whole rack of them at Beach Haven Library, but I didn’t have the credit card at the time of 2012. I got back to Beach Haven (or Long Beach Island I mostly called) 5 years later due to other places for vacation and one Hurricane. I got back to that same library, but both the place and DVD are gone. So I can only find the damaged film on youtube.

A partridge named Melody Birdsong tells a story how a little girl named Dakota is volunteering for the animal shelter in a rundown neighborhood. The Supervisor named Mr. Sweet wants to close the shelter down, because he hates animal, except for a lobster he hopes to cook. Dakota’s Dad named Noel (voiced by Gregory Hines) is having a block on writing new music for his job. Dakota wishes her dad to write a hit song, though not simple. Noel dressed as Santa as part of the wish. As time went on through trial and errors, the people in the neighborhood grow the Christmas spirit, except for Mr. Sweet. Anymore would spoil the story who may predict where it goes.

This was written by Suzanne Collins, the author of the Hunger Games. You can never the style difference with the specials tone vs. Hunger Games tone. This is the only Rankin Bass film with the all African American cast, as in the past they’re rarely a background character or Friday from Robinson Crusoe. The animation and style has gotten for last project. I would almost think the animals are a big distraction to the film, but they’re part of the story. If they didn’t speak, it either makes the film better or worst. I could say them mute would ruin the film as seen in King and I, but that’s bad because they’re unnecessary additions to focus on and don’t add the story. The music I’m really split on. When it’s Christmas, it’s decent. When it’s on the animals, it’s kinda annoying.

I like the arc that goes on with Noel. He had to go through effort of making music, but instead he unintentionally helps his town in need, just like Santa Claus. I can relate as this December, as I volunteer for Toys 4 Tots at the Salvation Army at Cary North Carolina to put the stocking in the slots, helped the Angel Runner, and moved the discarded boxes. It’ll give blisters to my feet, but that’s fast effort I give. That’s the best to describe Santa Baby; A little Christmas effort that may have some slow or cheesy moments that can make a lasting impression. I wish it can be seen more on TV as it desperately needs some variety for Christmas than little they can accept. It’s not bad, nor is boring, nor good, it mostly OK enough to be shown on TV than crap.

And folks, that was it for Rankin Bass reviews. It’s really emotional to see the rise and fall of their career. I’ll get to the Rankin Bass TV series, Wacky World of Mother Goose in the future when they’re available. If it’s possible for any specific film to move on to, I think I’ll cover films that the people in the production of Rankin Bass did such as Nutcracker Fantasy.

Here’s my Top 10 best and worst Rankin Bass to describe their strength and weakness. Not counting their related sequel. Let’s start with the worst list.

10. Mad Monster Party: Not a bad Halloween movie, but Felix, love plot, and padding are what break the reason to be full length.

9. Return of the King: Don’t tell about the war you survived in.

8. Pinocchio’s Christmas: A pointless reason to be a Christmas special.

7. The Wind in the Willows: Lose most of the music and you’ll get to be in the honorable mentions

6.  Twas the Night Before Christmas: A short story + a terrible story = A terrible story with a decent short ending and song.

5. The First Christmas: The most boring original Christmas film that Angela Lansbury can’t save.

4. Sleeping Beauty: The most recycling characters I’ve seen from them.

3. Tom Sawyer & Swiss Family Robinson: Either abridged version of the story that’s best to be abridged under 5 minutes than half an hour.

2. Mad Mad Mad Comedian: An animated stand-up that should sit down.

1. Red Baron: Never team up with Filmation, and rely entirely majority on pointless talking.

Now the Top 10 best!

10. Jack Frost: A nice spin-off with one of the best villains.

9. Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters: The best of the Halloween specials.

8. The Hobbit: The redefying film that help the none-Holiday Rankin Bass film.

7. Flight of Dragons: An underrated Middle Earth set animated film that deserves a blu-ray.

6. Life and Adventure of Santa Claus: A nice epic reboot to end, even if it’s the third time for Santa.

5. The Year Without Santa Claus:  A best of the sequels, even if it was unintended. Come for the Miser Brothers, stay for the songs and humor.

4. Frosty the Snowman: A charming snowman film. Once you hear the original dub, you can never unheard it.

3. Here Comes Peter Cottontail & The Emperor’s New Clothing: Both are great with Danny Kayes as I recommend them together.

2. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: The groundbreaking Christmas film that’s loved every year.

1. Santa Claus’ Comin’ To Town: The best redefying Santa Claus thanks to Rooney.

Thank you for watching my review, Merry Christmas and a have Happy New Year!