Jules Bass, 'Rudolph' And 'Frosty' Claymation Co-creator, Dies 

Just to clarify a few things Jules Bass died on October 25, 2022 and "Frosty the Snowman" was not done in "Stop Motion" but in standard cartoon animation.

Omg, I'm so sorry to hear this news. Rankin/Bass were an amazing duo. They made my childhood and my children's childhood great. God bless them both. Thank you for one of my all-time favorites. Mad Monster Party, you guys were pure genius. May you rest in power ❤️🙏🏿❤️

I remember vividly watching the first Rudolph Show...I was Riveted and I Cried when the Young Reindeer were Mean to Rudolph & He walked away in the Cold Snowy Night Alone...I'll Never Forget it...To This Day it is my Favorite Christmas Show...May He Rest in Peace ❤️🙏🏻

He died in October but RIP to Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin who died in 2014. There creation lives close to my heart.

Jules Bass - brought magic to life for millions of children - young and old!!!! Still watch and have that warm, “feel-good” energy as I felt the first time watching these classics!!!

He brought joy and will continue to bring joy to so many. What a legacy!!! Thank you for sharing the tribute.

87 may sound old, but still he should've lived a bit more longer. I grew up watching Rankin Bass every Christmas. RIP Jules Bass

What a wonderful legacy! He’s made Christmas so special for countless children with his Christmas shows. 🎄

Rest in peace

Thank you Jules Bass for the Christmas classics that has been played every holiday season and will be continue playing for years to come. R.I.P. Jules Bass Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year

Jules Bass actually died on October 25, 2022 but rest in peace. Rankin Bass projects will always live on.

Forever rest in peace, Jules (😔). What you and Mr. Rankin Jr. created will _always_ live on.

RIP Jules Bass. THUNDERCATS…..HOOOOO!!!!!

He actually passed away sometime in October of 2022. I feel it's kind of messed up to keep the news under wraps until Christmas.

It’s sad to hear of his passing. But he left us with classic childhood memories to hold dear. Wonderful Christmas stories that generations of children love to this day. Thank you Jules Bass for helping to bring some Christmas cheer to children with those classic movies. Rest In Peace. 🎄♥️

😔😔😔 R.I.P You and Rankin will always define the Holidays.

Couldn't have said it BETTER! The Christmas season is NOT the same unless these precious classics are not seen. From childhood to adulthood R&B is like comfort food to the soul to watch. They may not have set out to change the world, but they did.

We're all going to transition someday and return Home. But if we're lucky, we can leave behind a legacy of greatness that will live on long after our bodies have expired. Jules Bass accomplished this rare feat. May he rest peace 🕊️.

Rankin/Bass did not use claymation. They used stop motion puppets. Claymation was used by Will Vinton. Which used stop motion clay. Research, Research, Research.

This man was solely responsible for my happiness during the glory days of 80’s cartoons. He gave us Silverhawks and Thundercats.

Thank you for the beautiful childhood memories gentlemen. I imagine everyday will be Christmas in Heaven. ❤

Wikipedia says he died OCTOBER 25th!!?(but this is "2 days ago"?)

Man, I didn't expect this since Christmas and the specials were still playing. But R.I.P. Mr. Bass, the last of the OG Rankin & Bass.

RIP and Thank you for the woderfull things you created.Your work will live on.

it is sad to see a co-producer of those great Christmas and other holiday specials pass away this year. Will watching the Christmas specials next year and the next many years to come be different?

The world is sadder without him. May Mr. Bass eternally Rest In Peace. My most sincerest and heartfelt condolences to all his loved ones.

Jules Bass was a legend. He and Arthur Rankin, Jr. are some of my many animation heroes. They gave my parents so many great Christmas specials that I got to grow up watching.

I loved all the characters created by these 2 geniuses, especially Rudolph, known universally as the granddaddy of all Christmas specials. I make it my tradition to never miss it every year; l revert to that 3-year-old watching it for the first time in '64; for me, that's when the (commercial) Christmas season starts! The one scene that, for 58 years now, gives me goosebumps & gets "something in my eye" is when Clarice sings "There's Alwaus Tomorrow". Nothing, NOTHING fills me with more emotion, and as much optimism as l felt as a youth, to this man, now into his 60s, than that song! For me it's a time machine, taking me back to a simpler time that, looking back, l wish l'd never left. As jaded as l am today, that song instills faith & hope for the future, not just for me, but for everyone. Merry Christmas to everybody!🎅🎄💖💖💖💖💖💖

Not only they did so many Christmas specials to entertain us all, but they also team up with Motown Productions for the Jackson 5 Show. Thank you Jules Bass, you’re now reunited with Arthur Rankin Jr. in heaven.

That right there proves there is a God! Who else brought Christmas to more children year after year. I’m 62 & can still remember the excitement of watching them with my brothers & then with my son. Love him 🙏🏻

They came together to produce some of the most memorable annual Christmas classics that we see on TV during the holiday. R.I.P. Jules Bass.

All the specials were filmed in Japan. All the puppets and set pieces were designed and created by Japanese artists. Rankin and Bass were the pockets of the endeavor and knew how to put all the pieces together to make a show. Bass additionally was half of the music which is in my opinion the extent of the Rankin Bass creative contributions to the shows.

Goodbye Rankin and Bass and Merry Christmas!

"The Hobbit" and "The Return Of The King" were also by Rankin-Bass. I still have both movies on VHS.

Thanks for all mine and my kids xmasses they gave art for lifetimes to enjoy forever the joy will last never stop playings the xmas stuff it brings hope cant say thanks enough when they hit generations to find smiles with eachouther and just alone

R.I.P JULES BASS 1935-2022

Thank you, Mr. Bass for adding more joy to my imagination when I was kid and it not leaving my side. RIP

RIP Jules Bass, thank you for being a part of my childhood. ♥

He's up there in heaven now with Arthur Rankin Jr.

R.I.P. thank you Jules Bass

Legends never dies same goes Rudolph and frosty

In today's A Life Well Lived Segment, we are sadden by the loss of one of the greatest animagic puppetooner and half of Arthur J. Rankin a man who taught us about Pinocchio, The Tales of OZ and Smokey The Bear and a dragon and some holiday favorite including a famous cast including Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and that famous reindeer, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer an animal with a shiny light on his... Other included Frosty and the one I watched the most was Santa Claus who is coming to town since last night and it will next christmas and among all that The Jackson 5 and The Osmonds and their Wee Kids' hit series Kid Power. They were Coneheads, Superheroes like Thundercats, Silverhawks, The Comic Strips casts like Ke-Yow, Baby, Karate Kat, Street Frogs and Tiger Sharks. He died _________ at his home at aged 87 knowing in what place, and what day that he passed away. Arthur J. Rankin who died in 2014 at aged 89 has sons and daughters including Gardner Rankin and Phyllis Rankin and cousin Sidney Rankin Drew who was removed followed by his wife, Sylvia Bass and Renee Fisherman are in mourning three months ago before christmas. ABC, Freeform, CBS and NBC are remembering them a couple of weeks ago. That tribute is part of the golden globes and emmys tribute to those who have died in 2022. More of Arthur and Jules in 2023 and this month's upcoming special and biographies on Story Television and other networks. It replaces Bio like The Biography Channel as a the son of A&E and FYI.

Classics are Christmas agin thank you

I watched those cartoons on ABC Family as a kid. They were my childhood.

Rest in Peace, and on Christmas no less!

Once again the historians overlooked a huge name in the Rankin-Bass legacy: Tadahito Mochinaga was a Japanese stop motion pioneer who founded MOM Studios, whom R/B entrusted with the animation for Rudolph as well as The New Adventures of Pinocchio.

Rest in peace Jules Bass. Until I die, I will continue to watch your Christmas movie specials for many holiday seasons to come.

Oh how poetically tragic

Oh no way I grew up with these classic it’s so sad he’s gone thanks for giving us a family tradition to remember

R.I.P. Rankin/Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. (1924-2014) Jules Bass (1935-2022)

He died in October…

Still watch😔💔😢. My deepest condolences 💐💔.

They also did the 1977 adaptation of The Hobbit, starring the late Orson Bean in the title role.

I thought, because they were responsible for most of my favorite Christmas shows so long ago, that they were already enjoying their eternal reward. Mr. Bass and Mr. Rankin, thank you for making my childhood so much more enjoyable than it would have been without your Christmas classics. Mr. Bass, may you enjoy Heaven like we enjoyed your work. It will forever be watched and enjoyed until the end of time.

A true loss for animation.😢

I saw Rudolf a few years ago. It showed Santa in a pretty bad light, along with the rest of the Reindeer. Santa snuffed Rudolf off as a looser freak until he needed his nose. I don't recall if the Santa character even apologized for being such an a-hole. However does not mean I did not appreciate the artistry for the day and age. RIP!! Jules Bass.

R.I.P. Jules Bass (September 16, 1935-October 25, 2022)

Rankin/Bass also created The Thundercatrs, The Hobbit, and Return of the King. I believe they also had a hand in The Last Uniocorn! Jules bass was the artist and imagination behind it. Aurther Rankin was the financial advocate who balanced the budget. I wish I had an advocate like Mister Rankin for my ideas!

Word to the wise Rankin/Bass used puppets like Tim Burton used. Will Vinton uses claymation quite the difference.

Wow, this is so sad to hear. But as the saying goes: "Don't cry because it's over, smile it happened." I thank Mr. Bass for giving us those wonderful holiday specials that have become rooted in our childhood memories so that we may cherish those memories dearly.

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My condolences goes out to his family and friends

They also produced the ThundetCats and SilverHawks cartoons.

Rest In peace Jules Bass. thank you for making Our Christmas brighter

I'm not sure why this was posted today, but he sadly passed October 25th.

G-d bless him.

🙏🙏🙏🙏.... RIP... LEGENDARY VOICES... THANK YOU....

R.I.P. Mr. Bass, you will not be forgotten while we have your works. Thank you for the memories.

My parents grew up watching their claymation specials during Christmas when they were kids.🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 They are saddened by this news.😪😪😪😪😪😪 God bless him and his family.😇😇😇😇🕊🕊🕊🕊🙏🙏🙏

thank you, jules, for sharing your inspiringly imaginative animations with the world.

yall do know he died in october right....right???

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I loved these shows. RIP.

What...did they just find out he died two months ago?

RIP Jules Bass

Rest in peace

Loved all except for "nestor the long eared christmas donkey" which gave me profound holiday depression at 11 or so. No lie.

He died two months ago on October 25.

I'm sure he was very happy to go to eternity on Christmas day

WHAT. ARE YOU SERIOUS-

Rip 🪦

Thank you Jules Bass 🙏

The guy died in October, I understand wanting to do a story on him for Christmas, but the headline is just so click baity and deceptive. And also has inaccurate information in the title. I don't want to take away from the story, but do we REALLY need to click bait a report like this?

I was glued to the television in December 1964.

a wonderful legacy...certainly brought joy to my childhood....God Bless him.

And thanks CBS, blocked from streaming, even if it's paid for...

I didn't know about Jules Bass himself, the Legendary Creator of *Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer* and *Frosty the Snowman* Passed Away yesterday. May God Bless Jules Bass's Beloved Soul. He May Be Gone, But His Legacy Shall NEVER Be Forgotten. 😢🤲🛐📿🙏

😭I thought he passed away already before this with Rankin long ago. I watched his stop motion on the Holiday Season growing up on tv, along with The Jackson 5 series on Sunday Morning before church, Thundercats, The Comic Strip weekdays after school in the 80's, all worthy product of their time. Those stop motion features are up for watch here on RU-vid, go nuts. RIP Jules Bass. Made my childhood worth it you did & give Rankin my best in Eternity😇.

Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) always will be my fave Christmas cartoon classic of all time.

Another childhood icon great gone. RIP. You made my childhood bearable and beautiful with your creations.

Don't forget also, Rankin-Bass series "Festival of Family Classic" is one of the most TV's Families Favorite Series ever told. It will be remembered.

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Thank you Mr. Bass for helping families all over the world create Wonderful Christmas memories. May you Rest in Peace🙏🏼💖

Love this rip to bass

As they reference in the actual story, the process they used, besides regular animation, was stop-motion animation. Stop-motion uses 'puppets', while claymation uses clay figures. The title of this segment is inaccurate.

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Mr. Bass change my life forever! Thank you, I love you and RIP! God Bless you.

Wow, I just watched his Rudolph special yesterday. Never knew that he died a little while ago. Rest in peace Mr. Bass.

They didn’t mention The Year without a Santa Claus! All those movies are holiday classics and on tv each year! He did a great job 👏 RIP

Thank you for bringing cartoon Jackson five and Osmonds as well as these beloved Christmas classics