Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Rudolph began soaring to stardom in a department store storybook. Then came Gene Autry’s record-setting hit song, followed by an animated theatrical short directed by Max Fleischer (Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman). But it was the Rankin/Bass stop-motion TV “spectacular” that became an annual viewing tradition and gave the world Sam the Snowman, Hermie the Elf, and the Island of Misfit Toys. Get a sleigh’s-eye-view of this detailed account of how Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer went down in history.