Product Details

• Actors: Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam, Harold Peary, Paul Frees
• Directors: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
• Writers: Romeo Muller
• Producers: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
• Format: Animated, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302503760
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,188 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Rudolph is legendary for saving Christmas, but did you know he saved the New Year as well? While Santa Claus is recuperating from his December sleigh ride, he receives a letter from an old friend, Father Time. Seems that Baby New Year is missing, and if the little tyke isn't found, Old Year will continue on forever--a catastrophe for Father Time, whose job it is to keep things moving forward. A search party is essential, yet with such thick fog, there's only one reindeer fit for the job. "Rudolph with your nose so bright, you've six days left to set things right," says Santa. Trouble hits immediately when Rudolph discovers that Aeon the Terrible, a big-beaked monster bird, is also searching for the missing baby. Rudolph gets help from a giant whale and a good-natured caveman, who dish up plenty of song and dance in between narrow escapes in their race against the end-of-the-year calendar. Sound far-fetched? Perhaps, but it contains as much magic as its predecessors, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, all produced and directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., and written by the esteemed Romeo Muller. The same stop-motion animation we've grown to love is here as well, and narrator Red Skelton has as trusted a voice as Burl Ives and Fred Astaire. While the New Year holiday will never be as celebrated as Christmas, this title is a welcome addition to any Rankin and Bass collection of holiday films. --Lynn Gibson

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST Family Oriented Films EVER MADE!, May 17, 2000

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The Christmas Boy "Tinkle Dinkle!" (North Pole, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rudolph's Shiny New Year [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Romeo Muller and the folks at Rankin/Bass have done it again! This story is about how Happy the new Baby New Year runs away because everyone picks on him because of his big ears. So, it's up to everyones favorite reindeer with the Red Nose to find him in time before the Ball Drops, or the old year will go on forever. You will LOVE this heart warming tale, which is vintage Romeo Muller. I grew up on it as a kid and I still love it to this very day and you will too. Buy it at all costs!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC , NOT TO BE MISSED!, December 7, 2004

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Frank - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rudolph's Shiny New Year [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm so happy ABCFAMILY Channel is showing all of the Rankin/Bass gems every December for a new generation to discover. After years of seeing the original Rudolph Christmas Special, and only the original, it was great to see other shows by Rankin/Bass, including this one I missed. I was a bit cautious at first ,after having seen the title, thinking it would be a very un-Christmas like show. But in the tradition of A YEAR WITHOUT SANTA CLAUS, SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN, THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, and JACK FROST, this special retains a place among the christmas classics. Red Skelton is a great narrator in the same league as Burl Ives , Mickey Rooney, and Fred Astaire. The scene with the Three Bears is great. The story will keep both children and adults interested as Rudolph tries to save time by finding the BABY NEW YEAR. It was great for me to find this gem and I hope you will too!

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holiday Classic!, January 6, 2000

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RoadMovie7 "Running from the grand ennui." (Circleville, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rudolph's Shiny New Year [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Rudolph's Shiny New Year is another in a long line of Rankin & Bass holiday masterpieces. O.M., Eon, Happy and the gang are wonderfully characterized. I've loved this cartoon since childhood and have finally bought my own copy. I hope I don't wear the tape out before I have children of my own to share it with.