Happy Birthday to the late, great Romeo Muller! Creator of the Island of Misfit Toys, Yukon Cornelius, the Heat Miser, The Snow Miser and so many other Rankin/Bass iconic characters! C. 2018 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives from The making of Santa Claus is comin' to town and The Daydreamer #Romeomuller #writer #birthday

FUN FACT: The growls of the Bumble in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, were performed by Larry D. Mann (Yukon). "Larry was our go to guy," says Bill Giles (Sound engineer) "We knew he could do the laugh and growls of The Abominable Snow Monster!" #rudolphtherednosedreindeer

Tuesday 🎨 created by Romeo Muller and Antony Peters

The late, great Romeo Muller! Writer and co-creator of all the characters in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with Antony Peters!

My proof of the NEW book arrives tomorrow! I will review and place first big order 🎄 #Rankinbassproductionsofficial

Happy Birthday to the late, great Romeo Muller! Creator of the Island of Misfit Toys, Yukon Cornelius, the Heat Miser, The Snow Miser and so many other Rankin/Bass iconic characters! C. 2018 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives from The making of Santa Claus is comin' to town and The Daydreamer #Romeomuller #writer #birthday

A nice gift under my tree from my pal Shag (artist proof edition) 🎁 They are actually 3D relief on wood. I plan to be in Palm Springs sometime in 2024 🎅🏰🎄⛄️

Many going out and many more coming in! 🎅⛄️🎄👍

Romeo Muller, Jr., along with designer Antony Peters, created Sam the Snowman, The Bumble, Hermey the elf, Clarice (Named after Romeo's girlfriend), Fireball, The Island of mifit toys and more!

Romeo Muller, Jr., is the incredibly talented writer, who wrote and created the Rankin/Bass Television version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.  I believe he will get his due this holiday season!  He took the germ of a story by Robert L. May and the song by May's brother-in-law Johnny Marks, and expanded it into a one hour musical spectacular!   Romeo created the Island of Misfit Toys, Hermey the Elf, Clarice, The Abominable Snowman (Bumble), Yukon Cornelius, Sam The Snowman, The Island of Misfit toys, etc.   I dug out his final revised script from 3-7-1964 tonight!  Read more about Romeo in all of my books, including the new 20th Anniversary edition of The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass:  A Portfolio C. 2001 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives  #Christmas #Rudolphtherednosedreindeer #Thanksgiving #CBS #Musical #Highfallsnewyork #Writersguild #Centerforpuppetryarts #Media #Writer #Rankinbass #Pixar #Disney

This is the guy who created the Bumble, Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius, Sam the Snowman, The Island of Misfit Toys, Clarice, The Heat Miser, The Snow Miser and many more! Often, he based the characters on friends and used their names. This is one of many newspaper interviews I have from his personal scrapbook. Romeo Muller, Jr. was the genius writer behind the characters! #romeomuller #rudolphtherednosedreindeer #santaclaus #rankinbass #writer #creator #genius

Happy Birthday to the late, great Romeo Muller! Creator of the Island of Misfit Toys, Yukon Cornelius, the Heat Miser, The Snow Miser and so many other Rankin/Bass iconic characters! C. 2018 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives from The making of Santa Claus is comin' to town and The Daydreamer #Romeomuller #writer #birthday

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer publicity puppets

C. 2001 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives

I contacted Masaki Iizuka and he said, “Ichiro Komuro (known as Pinchan to Arthur) and Kyoto Kita created a separate puppet set at the request of Arthur Rankin Jr., that had to be flown to New York quickly for publicity photographs for the network. These photographs were used for regional TV Guide covers, articles, Burl Ives and Johnny Marks publicity shots, the Decca album cover, GE Ads, etc. They were never used for any of the actual animation, which was still in full production all the way up to shortly before the December 6, 1964 airing. These same puppets were leant to NBC and they put them on display in a case, at their Rockefeller Plaza studio, in New York. Eventually they were given back to Rankin/Bass Productions and Barbara eventually was gifted them.”

 

 

Also on October 14th

 

Rankin/Bass' Heat Miser coming October 14th, 2023 from Hallmark! #Rankinbassproductions #Hallmark #Heatmiser

 

Tonight on CBS TV for the 58th time on Network TV! Longest-running Highest-Rated TV special! 🎅

I got a late, Sunday night, Amazon surprise delivery, Labor day gift from my friend Lint Hatcher! His Wonder magazine, Rankin/Bass celebration issue is out now! A fun look at The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass! Articles on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, King Kong, The Bermuda Depths, Mad Monster Party and an interview with Romeo Muller's friend, Bert Stratford. Highly Recommended! #Rankinbassproductions #wondermagazine

Happy Birthday Romeo Muller!

Nestor, the long-eared Christmas donkey

Rankin/Bass' Marco

C. 2014 Miser Bros Press/Rick Goldschmidt Archives   Desi and Liza announce their engagement on the set of Marco

Rankin/Bass Writer Romeo Muller, as he appeared in Marco

 

Did you know that Clarice was based on a friend of Rankin/Bass Writer Romeo Muller's named Clarice? #tuesday🎨 #clarice #rankinbass #rudolphtherednosedreindeer