I've yet to drop acid. But if someone sneaks into the apartment and swaps out my stamps for the kind that pay homage to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, I truly hope that my experience will be just as trippy as having watched "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" on ABC the other evening. I knew I had no memory of it from my youth, but yet it was an official sequel of sorts to the famous RankinBass production, so I went into it with certain expectations.
A Red Skelton, a giant Big Ben whale, a vulture who needed to eat a baby to live forever (I think), a Mel Brooks-ian Million Year Old Man and a pedophile-ish Rumpelstiltskin later, I walked away bizarrely confused by the message they appeared to be giving Baby Happy about his giant ears. "People are always going to laugh at you, kid, 'cause they can't help it. But don't take it personally," was not only the subtext -- it was overtly stated at one point.
But hey, when it was all said and done, I have to echo most of Rudy's final words -- "Have a Hap Hap Happy New Year (and may it be shiny too!?)!"
NOW I HAVE TO WAIT FOR RUDOLPH and FROSTY's CHRISTMAS IN JULY:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079828/
RANKIN WANTS MORE MONEY FROM WARNER BROS:
http://www.rankinbass.com/
DRUG REFERENCES ABOUND IN POP MUSIC:
http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Drug-References.html
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