OAK LAWN, Ill. (WLS) -- Nearly every square inch of author Rick Goldschmidt's Oak Lawn home is filled with a collectible item, many of them connected to the prolific TV producers Arthur Rankin and ...

Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass have had the holiday cartoon market cornered since the 1960s. The creatives behind Rankin/Bass Productions cranked out an astonishing number of Christmas classics in ...

Thanksgiving is Thursday - already - which means one thing: ABC Family will soon begin its “25 Days of Christmas” programming, complete with the classic Rankin/Bass specials from the 1960s and ’70s.

The Christmas classics are back on the TV. Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass’ animated holiday specials have all the Christmas favorites like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” and ...

Singing elves. Dancing snowmen. The awkward beauties of stop-motion animation. Yuletides threatened by mad professors, insane dictators, giant buzzards and Arab stereotypes. Welcome to the world of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Wait. There are more titles in the stop-motion Christmas canon than just the ...

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 ...

Rankin/Bass released some 17 Christmas specials for television, starting in 1964 with “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and ending in 1985 with “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.” Most of these ...

All your favorite animated Christmas classics are coming to the TV. Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass’ animated holiday specials have all the classics like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the ...