Santa’s elf murders the bird who can’t fly….

tvmaster

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Christmas - holiday TV reality: in Rankin-Bass’s ‘Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer’ (1965), during the end credits, Santa‘s elf throws the misfit bird who can’t fly to its certain demise. My 10-year-old nephew pointed this out to me in horror. I’ve never been able to watch it again with the same optimism. No umbrella for birdy….
 
Jefco said:
@50:35, watch it again- it's not that bad, Birdy took off, the elf waved.
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He flapped his wings, and then plummeted to Earth. It’s in the narrative, earlier, 33:09 “how would you like to be a bird that doesn’t fly - I swim.”
Must have been a dark, in-joke by the animators. Now, it can’t be unseen….lol
 
There you go - mail from readers cause new credits, for which the creators didn’t watch the previous, relevant show content. Santa’s elf is a misfit-killer! Facing the truth, or years of therapy, people believe what they want to believe from their childhood. lol
 
DaveR said:
They were over water close to the surface, so the swimming bird was okay.
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A Sully Sullenberg landing? Lol. Whatever keeps you out of psychiatric care. It's like Mr. Potter getting away with stealing the $6k, never taken to task by the Hayes Law...
 
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