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1970 television special

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town is a 1970 stop motion Christmas television special produced past Rankin/Bass Productions in New York, New York. The movie is narrated past Fred Astaire and starring the voices of Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Robie Lester, Joan Gardner, and Paul Frees, too as an assistant song performance past the Westminster Children'due south Choir. The flick tells the story of how Santa Claus and several Claus-related Christmas traditions came to be. Information technology is based on the striking Christmas song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Boondocks", which was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie for Leo Feist, Inc. and introduced on radio by Eddie Cantor in 1934, and the story of Saint Nicholas.[1]

The special was created using Japanese terminate motion animation called "Animagic", in which all the characters are made out of woods and plastic and animated via cease-motion photography. The special was originally telecast Sunday December 13, 1970 by ABC,[2] which continues to air the special every twelvemonth along with its sister network Freeform every bit of 2020 (commemorating the special's 50th ceremony), though both channels take at times edited the special to brand room for commercials.

Plot

Afterwards a newsreel prologue stating that children around the world are preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus, a postman named Special Delivery "S.D." Kluger is introduced. When his mail service truck breaks downwards, he tells the story of Santa in response to several letters sent from children.

The story begins in the gloomy city of Sombertown, ruled by the ill-tempered Burgermeister Meisterburger. A baby arrives on his doorstep with a name tag reading "Claus" and note requesting that the Burgermeister raise the child. He and so orders his henchman and lawkeeper Grimsley to have the baby to the "Orphan Asylum".

On the fashion there, a gust of wind blows both sled and baby to the Mount of the Whispering Winds, where the animals hide him from the Winter Warlock and take him to the Kringle elf family. Led past their matron, Tanta Kringle, they prefer the baby and name him "Kris". A few years subsequently, Kris hopes to restore the Kringles' title as the "first toymakers to the king."

When Kris is old enough, he volunteers to deliver the toys to Sombertown. Meanwhile, the Burgermeister, after tripping on a toy and suffering a leg injury-(i.e. a cleaved funny os), bans all toys in the town, declaring that anyone found possessing a toy will exist arrested and thrown into the dungeon. On his way to Sombertown, Kris meets a lost penguin whom he names Topper. In the town, he offers toys to 2 children washing their stockings by a h2o fountain. He is stopped by Miss Jessica, their lovely schoolteacher, but she softens toward Kris when he offers her a china doll as a "peace offering". Every bit Kris gives out more toys, the Burgermeister arrives, and Kris gives him a yo-yo. The Burgermeister at first happily plays with it, but when Grimsley reminds him that he is breaking his own police, the Burgermeister orders Kris captured.

As Kris and Topper start their journeying back to the Kringles, the Winter Warlock captures them with his tree monsters, but when Kris gives him a toy train as a present, the Warlock's evil exterior melts away and he befriends Kris. To repay him, Wintertime reunites Kris with Jessica, who informs him that the Burgermeister has destroyed all the toys and the children now request new ones. To protect the town from further toy deliveries, the Burgermeister orders all doors and windows to exist locked. Only Kris enters by the chimneys and places toys in the children'southward hung stockings.

The Burgermeister then sets a trap for Kris and Topper as he makes another delivery while his soldiers capture the Kringles and Winter. Jessica pleads with the Burgermeister to release her friends, just he refuses. Jessica determines that she belongs with Kris, and goes to the prison, to rescue anybody. Jessica asks Winter to intermission everyone out but he sadly refuses, having very little magic left, save for some magic feed corn which enables reindeer to fly. With the reindeer's help, the group all escape.

Afterward months as an outlaw and discovery that their dwelling was destroyed by the Burgermeister'southward guards, Kris grows a beard every bit a disguise. After Tanta suggests he return to his original proper name "Claus" for safety, Kris marries Jessica. After the ceremony, the group travels to the North Pole to build a castle and toy workshop.

As the years laissez passer and Kris and Jessica grow older, Kris continues to travel just at nighttime, as he'due south yet considered an outlaw. Eventually, this changes as the Meisterburgers dice off and lose power over Sombertown, and most of the laws are accounted ridiculous and thus revoked. Kris'south legend goes worldwide, and he's deemed a saintly figure, becoming Santa Claus. As more years pass, a at present elderly Santa becomes unable to fulfill all the toy requests throughout the yr, and announces to Jessica that he volition be limiting his trips to one night a twelvemonth: Christmas Eve. As Santa prepares to caput out on that night, Wintertime tells him that he has regained his magic and can guarantee a white Christmas.

Presently earlier the conclusion of the special, South.D. Kluger notes that while Santa is admired by most and no longer an outlaw, at that place are still a number of people who dislike both Santa Claus and Christmas. Lamenting this, Kluger gives a brusk speech in which he expresses his hope that by living up to Santa'south lesson of selfless giving, world peace tin be achieved. Kluger all of a sudden realizes that it'southward getting tardily and remembers that he however has to deliver the letters to Santa and leaves for the North Pole with Topper, Winter, the Kringles, and a parade of children equally he sings "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" during the credits. Santa steps out of his castle and waves bye to the viewers, ending the special.

Phonation bandage

  • Fred Astaire equally Special Delivery "S.D." Kluger
  • Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle/Santa Claus
  • Keenan Wynn as Winter Warlock
  • Robie Lester every bit Miss Jessica/Mrs. Claus
  • Paul Frees as Burgermeister Meisterburger, Grimsley, Topper, animals, guards, doctor, Newsreel Announcer, Kringle Brothers, male person townspeople, businessman, Scrooge-related man, and more
  • Joan Gardner every bit Tanta Kringle, stores lady, female townspeople, and more
  • Dina Lynn, Greg Thomas, Gary White, and Andrea Sacino as the children (Greg Thomas also as Immature Kris Kringle)

Musical numbers

CD cover

CD cover

  1. "The First Toymakers to the King" sung past Tanta and the Kringles featuring the Mike Sammes Singers
  2. "No More Toymakers to the King" sung by Burgermeister Meisterburger and Grimsley
  3. "Be Prepared to Pay" a.k.a. "If Y'all Sit On My Lap Today" sung by Kris and the Westminster Children's Choir
  4. "Put One Human foot in Front of the Other" sung by Kris and Winter featuring The Mike Sammes Singers
  5. "My Earth is Beginning Today" sung by Jessica
  6. "Nuptials Song" a.m.a. "What Better Way To Tell You lot" sung by S. D. Kluger and The Mike Sammes Singers
  7. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" sung by S. D. Kluger and the Westminster Children's Choir

Released by Rhinoceros on October 1, 2002, the soundtrack for Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is available along with that of Frosty the Snowman, the Rankin-Bass special produced the previous year in 1969. This edition contains the total dialogue and all songs for both specials.

Editing by ABC, Viacom and Freeform

The special has been edited for content and length by both ABC, Viacom, and Freeform since its original airing. As early as 1986, ABC cut two songs from the special ("My World Is Beginning Today" and "What Better Way", every bit well as two other songs in half.

When Viacom syndicated the special to local goggle box stations in the 1980s and early on 1990s, only the songs (with the exception of "Put I Human foot In Front Of The Other") were shortened for time while "What Better Way To Tell You" was removed entirely.

Freeform has cutting several scenes that they believe may be traumatizing to younger viewers, such as Kris climbing and leaping to escape (which was cut to prevent children from trying to imitate the same stunt), Winter Warlock knowing Kris will return and telling him he volition never escape, and the scene where the Burgermeister torches the seized toys in front of the children of Sombertown. The DVD releases include these deleted scenes given that they are vital to the story's plot.

In 2019, Freeform'southward print of the special included the 2012 Universal Pictures logo preceding the moving-picture show, due to their purchase of DreamWorks Animation, the current owner of the pre-1974 Rankin/Bass library, in 2016 and the scenes that were originally cut were added as well.

Home media

Beginning in 1989, the special has been released numerous times on VHS and DVD. The 2005 DVD release included a CD single of Mariah Carey performing the title song. The special is also available every bit role of a DVD box gear up with other Rankin/Bass Christmas titles including Rudolph the Crimson-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, and Bill Melendez's Frosty Returns. In 2010, the special was released in the same box assault Blu-ray Disc. In 2015, both the special and Frosty the Snowman were released on Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo packs in the 45th Anniversary Collector's Edition.

Reception

The picture show has an aggregated review score of 93% based on xiv reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with a critic consensus stating: "Arriving with low-cal-hearted cheeriness and the best musical numbers, Santa Claus Is Comin To Town is a magical story told by charming wood-figure animation."[3]

Novelization

A novelization of the film was published by Running Press in 2008 in an oversized children's hardback edition. The script was adapted by Sierra Harimann with watercolor illustrations based on the original show by Michael Koelsch.[iv] There are some additional details in the book, although it is unknown if they are from the imagination of the author or were based on the original script. The Dismal Woods is at the foot of the Mountain of the Whispering Winds. The trivial girl and male child Kris meets when he arrives are named Annette and Andy. The Sombertown Dungeon was built like a fort with a courtyard in the center, and it is in that location that the reindeer country to rescue anybody.

Video game

2011 video game

A video game based on the motion-picture show was released on November 8, 2011 for the Nintendo DS and Wii.[five] [half dozen]

See too

  • The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Boondocks
  • List of Rankin/Bass Productions films
  • List of Christmas films
  • Santa Claus in film

References

  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New year's Cartoons on Television receiver and Movie. McFarland & Co. pp. 264–265. ISBN9781476672939.
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated Television set Specials: The Complete Directory to the Commencement Xx-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 359–361. ISBN0-8108-2198-2 . Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town on Rotten Tomatoes". Retrieved September 18, 2021. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Santa Clas Is Comin' to Town. Google Books. Running Press. 23 September 2008. ISBN9780762430215. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "SX5E4Z - Santa Claus is Comin' to Boondocks!". www.gametdb.com.
  6. ^ "Wiiloveit.com: Santa Claus is Coming to Boondocks - DS Review". n4g.com.

External links

  • Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town at IMDb

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