Poor Rankin-Bass............they never could equal their "Rudolph" success from the early 60s. It was apparently their personal drive to continually apply a buzz- saw to every children's book on the shelf. For the less discriminating viewer. And, since IMDb requires ten lines per review, I must fill up the remaining space. If only most of the posters on this web site could learn restraint. Why are we required to post a minimum of ten lines?