Showing posts with label TOPPER. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TOPPER. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Sunday, December 09, 2018
WLS Channel 7 - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Complete Broadcast, 12/19...
Books may be ready for pickup Friday!!!!
Ok, Here it is confirmed and it was on Ch. 7 in Chicago in 1981 (I may have even watched this broadcast). I just wrote about this in my NEW book and here it is! Kris calling Topper "Waddles"! Yes, may have been a threatened lawsuit for a short time, due to Topper was a well known radio, TV and Film Character. So many people brought this up and I am Thankful for MARIO 500 sending this to me and for FUZZYMEMORIES.TV (who always posts great stuff) for posting it! Look at the bumpers and commercials right after the scene! It was the first year for Rankin/Bass' The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold too! The commercials were so much better for the Holidays than they are now! No doubt about it, things have been going down hill where that is concerned. LOVED seeing this and read about it in my new book! www.miserbros.com https://www.youtube.com/watch… #rankinbass #santaclausiscomintotown #abc #new #book #themakingofsantaclausiscomintotownandthedaydreamer
Saturday, September 10, 2016
My favorite Rankin/Bass Hallmark Christmas ornament of 2016!
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
TOPPER or WADDLES?
I have never seen RANKIN/BASS' SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN when the Penguin wasn't named TOPPER. I also have Arthur Rankin's original shooting script and he is named TOPPER in it BUT based on the amount of e-mails I have received over the years...I do believe they over dubbed the name WADDLES for a few years. It may have been some sort of legal issue with the name TOPPER, which was also the name of a very famous radio, film and TV character. I know Leo G. Carroll played him in one of those versions. Whatever the reason, I am glad it is now back to the original.Posted by Thomas Frederick
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