"Now you come to elf practice and learn to wiggle your ears and chuckle warmly and go he-he and ho-ho and important stuff like that." It's been well over 20 years since I watched this but I burst out laughing at that part.
Now you come to elf practice and learn how to wiggle your ears, and chuckle warmly and go he he and ho ho and important stuff like that! A dentist! GOOD GRIEF (slams door) BANG!!!
Hermey. The original "work your wage" dude. In the original broadcast, which I grew up watching, as soon as the boss is done yelling at him and leaves, he goes back to studying his dentistry text book. That's right Herm ol boy. You do you! The man ain't watching or that smart either!
R.I.P. Jules Bass (1935-2022). I just read on the animation blogs that he passed on at the age of 87 about two weeks ago. Thanks for all of the memories, Jules.
EXPLAIN TO ME THE REASONING BEHIND YOUR ABSENCE FROM THE REHEARSAL PERTAINING TO THE STATE OF BEING A SHORT-STATURED CREATURE WITH POINTED EARS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED ASSISTING THE WESTERN DEPICTION OF SAINT NICHOLAS?
@@hokie7373 Nearly all of the voice actors on "Rudolph" were Canadian, save for American born Burl Ives, as Rankin-Bass was located in Toronto at the time. They were known as "Videocraft Animation" from 1960 until 1968, and had hired another studio from Japan named "Dentsu Studios" to help out on the animation and puppet modeling. Larry Mann and Billie Richards (the voice of Rudolph) were leading Canadian voice overs at the time, and so were Carl Banas and Peg Dixon. They all did voices on "Rudolph."
Apparently Squidward from SpongeBob SquarePants was supposed to be on clarinet for the 'We Are Santa's Elves' number. Apparently, he missed Elf Practice too. And apparently, the Elf Foreman didn't go any easier on Squidward then he did Hermey.
I always love how his lips never match what he’s saying lol. That’s the 60s animation for ya. And anyone notice how Hermey is the only elf with hair? 😆 I absolutely love this special. Never gets old.
GRUNKLE STAN: (ANGERLIY) THAT SOUNDED TERRIBLE! THE TENOR SECTION WAS WEAK! JERRY: WASN'T OUR FAULT, BOSS. DIPPER DIDN'T SHOWED UP. GRUNKLE STAN: WHAT? DIPPER: NOW, THIS WON'T HURT A BIT. (HAMMER BANG'S) GRUNKLE STAN: (YELL'S) WHY WEREN'T YOU AT ELF PRACTICE? DIPPER: JUST FIXING THESE RABBIT'S TEETH. GRUNKLE STAN: JUST FIX IT! NOW LISTEN, WE HAVE RABBIT'S THE CRY WALK TALK BLINK EAT AND RUN OF TEMPERATURE! WE DON'T NEED ANY CHEWING RABBIT'S! DIPPER: I JUST THOUGHT I FOUND A WAY T-TO FIT IN. GRUNKLE STAN: YOU'LL NEVER FIT IN! NOW YOU COME TO ELF PRACTICE AND LEARN HOW TO WIGGLE YOUR EAR'S AND CHUCKLE WARMLY AND GO "HEE HEE" AND "HO HO" AND THE IMPORTANT STUFF LIKE THAT! A DENTIST! GOOD GRIEF! (DOOR SLAM'S) DIPPER: NO! I JUST CAN'T HELP IT. IT'S LIKE THE WAY HE SAID, I'LL NEVER FIT IN. (WINDOW OPEN'S) DIPPER: THEN I GUESS I'M ON MY OWN NOW.
Boss Elf: "WHY WEREN'T YOU AT ELF PRACTI-..... Uh, Hermey?" Random boy elf: "Uh, hey boss, you aren't gonna like this but... Hermey died...." :( Boss Elf: "WHAT?!" D= All jokes aside as this is actually true, R.I.P. Paul Soles (Hermey)...
I didn't realize this at first, but I do now. In the first scene that Hermey's in, he's really timid and soft-spoken. The next time we see him, he's gotten a lot more confident. I'm not sure if that's meant to signify anything, but it's kind of interesting.
Lucy: That sounded terrible! The tenor was weak. Charlie Brown: Wasn’t our fault, Lucy. Linus didn’t show up. Lucy: What?! Linus: Now, This won’t hurt a bit. Lucy: Why weren’t you at Elf Practice?! Linus: Just fixing these dolls teeth. Lucy: Just fixing?! Now listen! We have dolls that cry, talk, walk, blink and run a temperature. We don’t need any chewing dolls! Linus: I just thought I found a way to fit in. Lucy: You’ll never fit in! Now you come to Elf Practice and learn how to wiggle your ears and chuckle warmly and go hee-hee and Ho-Ho and important stuff like that! A dentist! Gooood grief!
The funniest and best part of the special. That mean boss elf must have been echoing Charlie Brown by yelling out "Good Grief!", and he looked like Mitch Miller to boot (thus his role as a bandleader for the "We Are Santa's Elves" song.) I first saw this originally on NBC back in the late 60's in Living Color, and with General Electric sponsors!
Ironically Charlie Brown wasn’t even out yet in any specials, as this came out a year before the first Charlie Brown Christmas special, but they probably got inspired by this for that. XD
Foreman elf:NOT FOR YOU FINISH YOUR JOB OR YOU'RE FIRED except u hermey u free Me:why am I such a nazism I'm very naughty YOU CANT FIRED ME I QUIT SINCE ILL DONT FIT IN
I've watched this a zillion times, and l never knew if the elf name is HERBIE or HERMEY ? how come some say Hermey, and some HERBIE ? I just Googled it and it said HERMEY. Yes, and thats the spelling.
