{"id":40941,"date":"2014-02-01T18:49:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T01:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/01\/rip-arthur-rankin-jr.html"},"modified":"2014-06-13T18:35:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T00:35:48","slug":"rip-arthur-rankin-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/01\/rip-arthur-rankin-jr.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP Arthur Rankin, Jr"},"content":{"rendered":"
The "Rankin" in "Rankin-Bass," he produced some truly awesome and iconic things over the years, including the stop-motion Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty The Snowman<\/i> and Mad Monster Party.<\/i> Also the animated Hobbit,<\/i> which I truly love.<\/p>\n

Thank you sir. I appreciate it.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Mark Means<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

R.I.P<\/b><\/p>\n

A huge part of my young life….especially during the holidays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

R.I.P.\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Animation Producer Arthur Rankin, Jr. (1924-2014)<\/a>
\n Producer Arthur Rankin, Jr. – of the animation producing team Rankin-Bass – has passed away. Among his films and TV specials, the iconic Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, the classic Frosty The Snowman, the first version of The Hobbit and the influential Mad Monster Party.\n <\/p>\n

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The "Rankin" in "Rankin-Bass," he produced some truly awesome and iconic things over the years, including the stop-motion Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty The Snowman and Mad Monster Party. Also the animated Hobbit, which I truly love. Thank you sir. I appreciate it. Reshared post from +Mark Means R.I.P A huge part of my … Continue reading “RIP Arthur Rankin, Jr”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,45,382],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-cartoons","category-lord-of-the-rings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137488,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/23\/in-a-hole-in-the-ground-there-lived-a-hobbit-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":40941,"position":0},"title":""In a hole in the ground, there lived … a Hobbit."","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 23-Dec-18 10:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I love the Rankin\/Bass production of The Hobbit, and can still sing most of the songs from it. 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