How many programs do I have fond memories of simply because they aired Friday night or Friday evening and I enjoyed them because there wsa no school the next day? At The Earth's Core is a biggie, but I do remember this one as well, if I have the correct program.
Rankin-Bass animation, yes, and predictable for its time (best source is Frosty the Snowman). Regardless of the story (I remember Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan, but I suppose there was also the stock set, Cinderella, Puss'n'Boots, etc.) they all had the same RB look.
I guess what made the show memorable, good or bad, was the opening credits with the jingly song and the various characters standing on an unrolling rainbow coming at the viewer.
Effective, but perhaps too unique? Definitely would have been better received in the Americana fifties era.
It didn't bother me because, as I said, it was Friday night, AC was running, a nice glass of coke in my hand.
Rankin-Bass animation, yes, and predictable for its time (best source is Frosty the Snowman). Regardless of the story (I remember Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan, but I suppose there was also the stock set, Cinderella, Puss'n'Boots, etc.) they all had the same RB look.
I guess what made the show memorable, good or bad, was the opening credits with the jingly song and the various characters standing on an unrolling rainbow coming at the viewer.
Effective, but perhaps too unique? Definitely would have been better received in the Americana fifties era.
It didn't bother me because, as I said, it was Friday night, AC was running, a nice glass of coke in my hand.