The movie, produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass, first aired December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the USA, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of The General Electric Fantasy Hour.
The special is based on the song by Johnny Marks, which was in turn taken from the 1939 poem of the same title written by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May. Since 1972, the special has aired over CBS, which unveiled a high-definition, digitally remastered version in 2005. As with A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph no longer airs just once annually, but several times during the ChristmasA Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Frosty the Snowman). And again, as with the Charlie Brown special, Rudolph has now been shown more than thirty-one times on CBS, although in this case, CBS was not Rudolph 's original network.
As an actor, Ives's work included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and motion pictures. He was born in 1909 in Jasper County, Illinois and died at the age of 85 in Anacortes, Washington in 1995.
Watch Sam the Snowman sing Holly Jolly Christmas.
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