Rankin on Bass

About Rankin on Bass

Rudolph is only the start. Chris Stachiw, Richard Hatem, and Mike White work through a 39-entry survey of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass’s animated empire: the stop-motion holiday classics, the fantasy adventures, and the stranger corners of the catalog, with plenty of affection and room to disagree. Start with the specials you grew up with. End up with the ones you somehow missed. A completed podcast series, originally released from 2020 to 2023. Artwork by Abbie Stabby - https://www.instagram.com/abbiestabby (https://www.instagram.com/abbiestabby) Music by The Great Octopus - http://thegreatoctopus.bandcamp.com (http://thegreatoctopus.bandcamp.com) Explore this completed series from the beginning, or choose a subject that catches your attention. Part of Weirding Way Media. Explore more podcasts at http://www.weirdingwaymedia.com (http://www.weirdingwaymedia.com). Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/rankin-on-bass--4645382/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/rankin-on-bass--4645382/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss).

Publisher

Weirding Way Media

Category

tv & film · tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Nov 2020

Latest episode

31 Dec 2023

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Dec 2023

   Farewell from Rankin on Bass

   Live from the Island of Misfit Toys we record our last episode of Rankin on Bass where Mike, Chris, and Richard recount the bizarre trip they've been on for the last three years going from animagic to animated to live action fare that ranged from the sublime to the bizarre. Thank you to everyone who took this trip with us.

2. 

   15 Dec 2023

   Episode 38: Pinocchio's Christmas and The New Adventures of Pinocchio

   We conclude our discussion of Rankin & Bass works properly with a double dose of animagic for the holidays - Pinocchio's Christmas in which the little wooden boy learns the magic of the season and some of R&B's earliest work, the New Adventures of Pinocchio.

3. 

   8 Dec 2023

   Episode 36: The Stingiest Man in Town and The First Christmas

   Richard Hatem, Chris Stachiw, and Mike White are back in Christmas-town and looking at two more holiday specials from Rankin & Bass; The Stingiest Man in Town -- a re-telling of A Christmas Carol starring the voice of Walter Matthau -- and The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow which features Angela Lansbury and a poor blind shepherd.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

13 ratings

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