{"id":1075511,"date":"2026-01-22T20:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=501804"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:00:03","slug":"rankin-bass-holiday-special-style-makes-1977s-the-hobbit-a-great-christmas-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rankin-bass-holiday-special-style-makes-1977s-the-hobbit-a-great-christmas-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rankin\/Bass\u2019 holiday-special style makes 1977\u2019s The Hobbit a great Christmas watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rankin-bass-holiday-special-style-makes-1977s-the-hobbit-a-great-christmas-watch.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Over the last 20 years, Peter Jackson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/year-of-the-ring\">Lord of the Rings trilogy<\/a> has been enshrined as a wintertime favorite by those craving spectacle and a cozy time on the couch. We can (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/lord-of-the-rings\/22800515\/lord-of-the-rings-movies-watch-thanksgiving-christmas-marathon\">and have!<\/a>) debated if the films are best served by one holiday or another, but every fantasy nut seems to agree: The mix of Misty Mountains snow and an undying flicker of hope for a brighter future is a cure for the winter blues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">But I have a new suggestion for Rings fans who might want to shake things up, or put an all-ages-friendly spin on the tradition: 1977\u2019s <em>The Hobbit<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, the duo behind stop-motion Christmas classics like <em>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer<\/em> and <em>Santa Claus Is Comin&#8217; to Town<\/em>, as well as the hand-drawn <em>Frosty the Snowman<\/em>, <em>The Hobbit<\/em> TV movie\u2019s reputation is\u2026 poor. Critics of the time saw it as slow and overly whimsical. But after a recent reread of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s novel, and a rewatch of the film (it\u2019s streaming now on Max), those negatives feel like an important part of the Rankin\/Bass formula that has kept&nbsp;the company\u2019s holiday shorts so indelible 60 years later. In fact, <em>The<\/em> <em>Hobbit<\/em> might feel right at home alongside <em>Rudolph <\/em>in a Christmas rewatch slate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Animated for Rankin\/Bass by Topcraft, the anime studio that Hayao Miyazaki would eventually call home, the 1977 film was adapted by Romeo Muller (the writer behind all the Christmas specials) with the utmost faithfulness. Much like Tolkien\u2019s book, the film wastes no time in introducing Bilbo Baggins to Gandalf, Thorin Oakenshield, and Thorin\u2019s band of dwarves, who require Bilbo\u2019s help to infiltrate and recapture the Lonely Mountain from the gold-hoarding dragon Smaug.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rankin-bass-holiday-special-style-makes-1977s-the-hobbit-a-great-christmas-watch-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The party ventures off and hits all the familiar beats, from an encounter with trolls to a showdown with the Goblin King, a fateful meeting with Gollum, and a barrel ride on the way out from the elven kingdom. Anyone familiar with Jackson\u2019s nearly nine-hour take on <em>The Hobbit<\/em> will be thrilled to see Muller gracefully thread Tolkien\u2019s tale into a 78-minute TV movie package. The only victim of cuts is Bilbo and company\u2019s stint with Beorn the shape-shifter, whose side adventure even feels like trimmable fat in the book (hot take?).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Topcraft\u2019s animation is particularly lush throughout the film, building on production design by Rankin, who was heavily inspired by illustrator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiart.org\/en\/arthur-rackham\">Arthur Rackham\u2019s watercolors<\/a>. The hard lines, shadow work, and earthy color palette feel more like concept art than cel animation. Compared to the studio\u2019s work on <em>Frosty<\/em>, Topcraft outdoes itself with the character performances. The dwarves\u2019 worn faces create a history to Middle-earth and every monster is complete nightmare fuel (but\u2026 in a kid-friendly way). I could watch Bilbo and Gandalf puff hand-drawn smoke rings all day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Similar to their Christmas movies, Rankin and Bass lean heavily on songs to stitch the action together. In the absence of traditional carols, their go-to composer, Maury Laws, wrote some of the most 1970s folk bops imaginable, including &#8220;The Greatest Adventure (The Ballad of the Hobbit),\u201d performed by Glenn Yarbrough, who went on to make a decent living touring with Christmas music. The soundtrack gives Bilbo and the dwarves\u2019 perilous journey a certain fancifulness that isn\u2019t present in Tolkien, but it\u2019s leveled out by the casting: You don\u2019t cast John Huston as Gandalf to make things gooey. Everyone in this movie is barking and constantly at each other\u2019s throats, true to the source material.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rankin-bass-holiday-special-style-makes-1977s-the-hobbit-a-great-christmas-watch-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rankin-bass-holiday-special-style-makes-1977s-the-hobbit-a-great-christmas-watch-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rankin-bass-holiday-special-style-makes-1977s-the-hobbit-a-great-christmas-watch-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rankin-bass-holiday-special-style-makes-1977s-the-hobbit-a-great-christmas-watch-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In rewatching <em>The Hobbit<\/em> around the Christmas season, I couldn\u2019t help but see the dedication to Tolkien\u2019s plotting as downright theological, a kind of spiritual reverence that was present in the Christian-leaning Christmas specials. Some believe that Tolkien\u2019s time writing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Letters-Father-Christmas-J-R-R-Tolkien\/dp\/0618512659\">letters in the voice of Father Christmas<\/a> led him to create Gandalf in the first place \u2014 watching a bearded dude and a bunch of dwarves could certainly conjure the image of Santa at his factory. But even beyond the surface, there\u2019s a certain Yuletide glow to Rankin\/Bass\u2019 <em>Hobbit<\/em>, the idea that this great myth must be committed to screen in all of its impossible glory. The tales of Middle-earth feel like scripture as Muller pieces together the key set-pieces. If Tolkien didn\u2019t write it, it\u2019s not really in this version of <em>The Hobbit<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Case in point: Jackson dedicated an entire movie to the Battle of the Five Armies, whereas Rankin and Bass take a more Tolkien-esque approach of announcing the impending battle, sprinkling in a few spurts of action, then cutting to black when Bilbo gets knocked out. The hobbit wakes up as the dust of war settles. Everyone hugs it out and goes home. That\u2019s what happened, that\u2019s what we get, and that\u2019s all we really need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">That brevity is in the name of being downright religious about the text. Bilbo\u2019s riddle-filled face-off with Gollum takes the form of a biblical parable. Smaug growls with fire before going full Old Testament on Lake Town. A final burst of greed from Middle-earth\u2019s warring factions is met with a pure heart by Bilbo, who convinces man, elf, and dwarf to put differences aside and create a new future for the continent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It\u2019s epic, and full of joy. And if you spend your Christmas at the church of Lord of the Rings, 1977\u2019s <em>The Hobbit<\/em> might be an unexpected treat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Hobbit <em>is streaming now on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.max.com\/movies\/hobbit\/90622657-9ce8-4297-ba7f-fdb394c08507\">Max<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/movies\/501804\/hobbit-animated-streaming-1977-rankin-bass\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last 20 years, Peter Jackson\u2019s Lord of the Rings trilogy has been enshrined as a wintertime favorite by those craving spectacle and a cozy time on the couch. We can (and have!) debated if the films are best served by one holiday or another, but every fantasy nut seems to agree: The mix of Misty Mountains snow and an undying flicker of hope for a brighter future is a cure for the winter blues.&nbsp; But I have a new suggestion for Rings fans who might want to shake things up, or put an all-ages-friendly spin on the tradition: 1977\u2019s The Hobbit.&nbsp; Produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, the duo behind stop-motion Christmas classics like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rankin-bass-holiday-special-style-makes-1977s-the-hobbit-a-great-christmas-watch\/\">Read 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