Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)

Actors: Arthur Rankin Jr. (director), Paul Frees (actor), Paul Frees (actor), Paul Frees (actor), Paul Frees (actor), Frank Gorshin (actor), Don Messick (actor), Red Skelton (actor), Jules Bass (producer), Arthur Rankin Jr. (producer), Romeo Muller (writer), Jules Bass (director), Red Skelton (actor), Morey Amsterdam (actor), Harold Peary (actor),

Plot: Father Time sends Santa a message telling him that the baby new year, Happy, is missing! And without the baby new year, it'll remain the old year forever. But it's foggy and snowing, so Rudolph's the only reindeer for the job. Rudolph learns that Eon (ugly buzzard) is also searching for Happy, so that eon life will never end. With the help of 1 Million B.C. and Sir 1023, and 1776, Rudolph searches through the islands of the Archipelago of Last Year and races against eon to ensure a Happy New Year.

Keywords: american-flag, archipelago, auld-lang-syne, baby, baby-boy, baby-nurse, based-on-song, bear, beard, bed
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical,

Quotes:

Rudolph: I wish he would have come to me first. I know just how he felt. I bet they called him names and wouldn't let him play in any New Year games.

One Million: Hey, why for both edges of your mouth go down, not up?::Rudolph: I'm looking for Happy, the baby New Year. What if I don't find him in time?::One Million: "Don't"? Stop with the don't thoughts. Start with the do thoughts.

Rudolph: Happy is the new New Year baby. He's missing. I thought he might be here.::One Million: A little baby? Oh, yeah. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!::Rudolph: He's here?::One Million: No.::Rudolph: Oh.::One Million: But he was.

Sir Ten-To-Three: Thou looketh for the wee babe Happy?::Rudolph: Yes, Sir Ten-To-Three. We thought he might have come here. Is he?::Sir Ten-To-Three: Aye.::One Million: Where?::Sir Ten-To-Three: Haven't the foggiest notion in me noggin. But comest with me, comest! We seeketh::One Million: Comest with me, we seeketh. Clang, clang, clang.

Sir Ten-To-Three: Oddsbodkins! Methinks that sounds like...::One Million: Me thinks, too. Sounds like, looks like, smells like... It is!

Santa Claus: Rudolph, once again the happiness of all the children of the world depends on you. You must find the baby New Year, and you have less than a week to do it.::Rudolph: You mean?::Santa Claus: Rudolph, with your nose so bright, you've six days to set things right.::Rudolph: I'll do my best, Santa.

Father Time: Oh, but I'm getting ahead of myself. Running a little fast, as it were.

Big Ben: Don't you fret about that overgrown chicken.

Eon: [to Happy] You will never be found here, and I will live forever! Hooray!

Quarter Past Five: [about Eon] It's not us he's after.::Rudolph: Then who?::General Ticker: I do fear, the New Year. Don't you agree?::Quarter Past Five: Oh, indeed I do. You see, Eon can only live until he is one eon old. Then he turns into ice and snow.::Rudolph: How long is an eon?::Quarter Past Five: Oh, inmeasurably long, but his eon is up this December 31st.::Rudolph: That's why he wants to find Happy. If December 31st goes on forever, so will he.::Quarter Past Five: Oh, he'll never turn to snow. He'll never stop scaring people.::Rudolph: Not if we find Happy first.