Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rankin/Bass released some 17 Christmas specials for television, starting in 1964 with “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and ending ...

Paul Coker Jr., character and production designer on the timeless Rankin/Bass holiday specials and long-time Mad magazine artist, died at his home in New Mexico on July 23, 2022 after a brief illness.

The animation company he ran with Arthur Rankin Jr. gave the world “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and much more. By Richard Sandomir Jules Bass, who created an animation empire ...

The 1969 animated television special "Frosty the Snowman" has remained a holiday staple. But few know the genuine creative magic ingrained in that discarded silk top hat. Rick Goldschmidt, an Oak Lawn ...

It’s the 60th anniversary of this beloved classic claymation Christmas special from Rankin/Bass! 60 years ago, Rudolph went from an outcast in his community to the only reindeer who can save Christmas ...

Holiday-special animation veterans Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass (Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer, etc.) bring their typically serviceable animation, strong voice work and corny folk ballads to The ...

From Rudolph to Frosty, no production company has done more to flood the airwaves with Christmas specials than Rankin/Bass Productions. Founded by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass, Rankin/Bass ...

The official Rankin/Bass website has a disturbing front page story that alleges Warner Bros. is witholding millions of dollars owed to Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, creators of classic holiday ...

Producer-director Arthur Rankin, Jr. has died at the age of 89. In 1960, Rankin and his partner, Jules Bass, founded their own production company, Videocraft International, which came to be better ...

When Sean Paul Ellis and myself were looking for a Thanksgiving cartoon to review for this week's episode of Saturday Mourning Cartoons, we returned to Rankin/Bass, the classic production studio ...

IndieWire reached out to a number of current animators about the eternal appeal of the Rankin/Bass stop motion and animated holiday specials like "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" and "Jack Frost." ...