Rudolph's Shiny New Year is a 1976 film created by Rankin/Bass. It is the first sequel to the 1964 film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Plot[]
After many hours of delivering Christmas presents from around the world, Father Time sends Santa a message telling him that baby new year, Happy, is missing! And without baby new year, it'll remain the old year forever.
But it's foggy and snowing, so Rudolph's the only reindeer for the job. Rudolph learns that a vulture named Eon is also searching for Happy, so that his life will never end. With the help of One Million BC Sir 1023, and 1776, Rudolph searches through the islands of the Archipelago of Last Year and races against eon to ensure a Happy New Year.
Cast[]
- Red Skelton as Father Time, Baby Bear
- Billie Mae Richards as Rudolph
- Morey Amsterdam as One Million BC
- Frank Gorshin as Sir 1023, Quarter Past Five
- Paul Frees as 1776, Santa, General Ticker, Eon the Terrible, Humpty Dumpty
- Don Messick as Papa Bear, Rumpelstiltskin, Prince Charming, Seven Dwarfs
- Hal Peary as Big Ben the Whale
- Iris Rainer as Mama Bear, Nanny Nine O'Clock