Their first stop-motion series wasThe New Adventures of Pinocchio.

Rudolph is a mainstay of American holiday culture, a treasured classic, and a rightful memory of Rankin/Bass.

Tolkienwas in the public domain in 1977.

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Even Rankin didn’t believe audiences would have the patience for the entire trilogy.

Is it historically accurate?

He enjoys his animals, Samson the Donkey, Baba the Lamb, and Joshua the Camel.

The Hobbit (1977

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Pa rum pum pum pum.

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