Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass have had the holiday cartoon market cornered since the 1960s. The creatives behind Rankin/Bass Productions cranked out an astonishing number of Christmas classics in ...

With Dave Brubeck’s jazzy “Unsquare Dance” playing in the background and references to some of the most famous film opening sequences ever created, Google’s 81-second tribute to graphic designer, ...

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Rankin/Bass released some 17 Christmas specials for television, starting in 1964 with “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and ending in 1985 with “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.” Most of these ...