Viewers Noticed Some Very Disturbing Details In 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer'

[ProudLib72]

Sorry if this has already been posted. Some of the comments are pretty funny.

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” aired Tuesday night on CBS, and Twitter users gathered around the digital fireplace to share the moment.

And what a moment it was.

Some people joked that they noticed a few things in the Christmas classic that they didn’t always spot ― or simply ignored ― when they saw it years ago.

Here are some of those humorous observations:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-disturbing-details_us_5bfe058fe4b0f43bf2661c7f

Here is one example from the article:

Link to tweet

[BeyondGeography]

1. Saw it last night for the first time in years

When I was a kid Yukon and the Abominable Snowman were the only things I found interesting. Wrong. It’s brilliant and will last forever.

[htuttle]

2. The real reason the Dolly for Sue was on the Island of Misfit Toys?

She was depressed.

Corinne Conley voices Dolly, a seemingly normal girl rag doll on the Island of Misfit Toys. Her misfit problem is never explained on the special; many decades later, on NPR's Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! news quiz show (broadcast December 8, 2007), Rudolph's producer, Arthur Rankin Jr., noted that Dolly's problem was psychological, caused by being abandoned by her owner (named as Sue in the special) and suffering depression from feeling uncared-for.
https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/94252/why-was-dolly-on-the-island-of-misfit-toys

[HoosierDebbie]

7. My theory on why the doll is a misfit

I think the doll is on the Island of Misfit Toys because she doesn't have a nose or fingers.

[Bucky]

17. or...

because she did have an opinion and the patriarchy just couldn't handle it

[Me.]

3. Hilarious

[icymist]

4. That all made me laugh. Some of my favorites (transcribed)

Every year we watch that toy bird tell everyone that it can't fly and then, during the credits, that elf throws that bird out of the sleigh!
The moral of the story is that you will get bullied for being different until someone can exploit you for that difference.
Santa is a dick.

[ProudLib72]

5. Yeah, I couldn't remember those scenes at all

I remember watching the movie every year till I was maybe 10, but I barely remember any of it.

[Raine]

9. My take is that the bird could fly all along but

he didn't have the confidence to do it or the hope that anyone would care for him. The elf didn't throw the bird, he offered him an umbrella to use like a parachute the same as the other toys got. The bird rejected it though and took fly because he knew he was going to be wanted now.

[Dave Starsky]

12. The first time it aired, the Misfit Toys weren't even rescued.

Despite Rudolph's promise to King Moonracer, Santa never stopped by the island. The show just ended with Santa and the reindeer flying off into the night.

The producers were deluged with cards and letters from concerned children around the country wondering WTF they were thinking. So they shot NEW footage of the airlift for the next airing, and that's the version we've seen ever since.

[Bucky]

16. typical Cold War revisionist propaganda mill

first it's Operation Paperclip, then they fake the moon landing, then they fake the rescue of the misfit toys.

[ArnoldLayne]

6. It was my favorite Christmas Show when I was young.

I watched it Tuesday night also with my 2 year old son. First time in over 45 years since I saw it last.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Rudolph the Red knows rain, Dear

[BumRushDaShow]

10. And many of you all know that you can sing every word to every song

and anytime you hear Burl Ives mentioned anywhere else, you see this -





...although some politico in D.C. might mistake him for this guy -

[ProudLib72]

13. You're telling me that wasn't the Colonel all along?!

Well now I'm crushed! Crushed I tell ya!

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Shhhhh.....

(don't tell anyone)

[Dorian Gray]

11. Santa

is a total dick in Rudolph.

[Tanuki]

15. per Gary Larson....

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[demmiblue]

18. OMG... just saw this on Twitter:

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[A HERETIC I AM]

19. That's Carlson's facial expression for....

"I am looking clueless and perplexed as if what I am seeing/hearing is anathema to good, decent folks everywhere, but in fact I am just a pompous know-it-all frat boy preppie dickhead who's only real qualifications are as a High School History Teacher that every single student in the district utterly despises."