Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I noticed there are six reindeer instead of eight behind Rudolph? Was this by design or an oversight on the part of the crew?
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House. My room. Can't walk. My medal. My father. Father, don't!
I suspect it was just easier to do it that way.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?
Cheaper..all due respect but Videocraft/Rankin-Bass did cheap work, a compliment, actually (later, like with the remake with Walter Matthua as Scrooge, or, THE STINGIEST MAN IN TOWN.
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They didn't have enough money for 8 reindeer. Those puppets weren't cheap to make
shareAlso, they didn't film TV specials in widescreen back then.
I'd imagine 6 with a sleigh and Rudolph was easier to fit on the screen.
It said there was a sub-plot where the reindeer were split up for some reason...it was edited out
shareWell, Donner was the team leader and in the end, he stays behind at the end as the sleigh takes off. I imagine he did that so Rudolph could have that honor without being in his dad's shadow.
As for the other missing reindeer, I like to imagine Comet was grounded for his behavior of excluding Rudolph at the reindeer games.
PULL THE STRINGS! PULL THE STRINGS!
Maybe an oversight or something. Also I can't tell which of the other reindeer are apart from each other...
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