Different versions Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)
1 different versions
1.1 original 1964 nbc broadcast edit
1.2 1965–1997 telecasts
1.3 1998– cbs telecasts
different versions
original 1964 nbc broadcast edit
this version has nbc living color peacock @ introduction. includes original end credits, elf drops presents list technical credits. includes commercials exclusively ge small appliances of same animated elves main program introducing each of products, , closing nbc network bumpers, including promos following week s episodes of ge college bowl , meet press, presumably pre-empted sunday inaugural 5:30 pm (est) telecast. college bowl quiz show sponsored ge. original not include santa traveling island of misfit toys, include scene near end of special in yukon cornelius discovers peppermint mine near santa s workshop. can seen throughout special tossing pickax air, sniffing, licking end contacts snow or ice. discarded in 1965 make room santa traveling island of misfit toys, audience left assume cornelius attempting find either silver or gold taste alone.
1965–1997 telecasts
the 1965 broadcast included new duet between rudolph , hermey called fame , fortune , replaced scene in same characters sang re couple of misfits . viewers of 1964 special complained santa not shown fulfilling promise misfit toys (to include them in annual toy delivery). in reaction, new scene subsequent rebroadcasts produced santa making first stop @ island pick toys. ending has been shown on telecasts , video releases ever since. until sometime in 1970s special aired without additional cuts, more commercial time required network. in 1978, several sequences deleted make room more advertising: instrumental bridge santa s elves featuring elf orchestra, additional dialogue burl ives, , peppermint mine scene resolving fate of yukon cornelius. special s 1993 restoration saw misfits returned original film context, , 2004 dvd release showcases fame , fortune separate musical number.
1998– cbs telecasts
most of 1965 deletions restored in 1998, , fame , fortune replaced original re couple of misfits reprise. short slide reading rankin/bass presents inserted @ beginning of special reflect company s name change. peppermint mine scene not restored; has not aired on cbs since mid 70s.
starting in 2005, cbs aired video of fame , fortune scene soundtrack replaced edited version of re couple of misfits . special has been edited make more time commercial advertising shortening musical numbers.
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