What happend was that 1987, the studio was closed to due it's TV shows being failures like The Comic Strip. The partnership was dissolved in 2001 after it's final production; Santa, Baby!.
True confession: Whenever one of their holiday specials airs on TV, I have the classic ‘70s bumper cued up on my phone to play at the very end. It just seems incomplete without it. RB and their logo are as much a part of Christmas as candy canes and holly.
Makes me wonder what it would be like if Rankin Bass did a Star Wars before they went out of business (I know Disney owns the rights, but I would like to think back in the day before the prequels were released)
I like the logos starting from 1:07 with the C7, F e f e C a tune (this tune is wrong sorry I do not hear some notes) and ends in the logos from 3:02. And likes the last logo
Do you guys know which show/movie is this version on 2:21 from? I know the other one after that have a similar remastered jingle from The Coneheads special w/ the Telepictures logo on it.