tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250418020131864595.post5259048515239796710..comments2023-12-28T07:08:02.868-08:00Comments on Jim Fanning's Tulgey Wood: One Star in the NightJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17250608597541200372noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250418020131864595.post-21757427522096732152007-12-13T18:47:00.000-08:002007-12-13T18:47:00.000-08:00Jim, You are pushing my buttons with this entry! ...Jim,<BR/> You are pushing my buttons with this entry! Your knowledge of all things fun and wonderful is broad and far reaching. View-Master AND Rankin/Bass --what a combo! I have this wonderful set of reels and it truly is amazing to see those beautiful puppets almost like being there. The color on these reels is gorgeous, too, unlike the DVD print which is a little grainy and grayed down. I had heard that the original negative of "Little Drummer Boy" may have been lost or destroyed somewhere in time, and today's video transfers are from a surviving 16mm print. Do you know if this is true? Maybe Rick knows the answer. It is dumbfounding that other R/B puppet films were not given the View-Master treatment while in production (perhaps because they were filmed in far-off Japan, perhaps?). It's a relief though that slowly but surely the work of Rankin and Bass is being recognized and preserved at last. Better late than never!Kevin Kidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401940509568134621noreply@blogger.com