There was an ad for this special on one of my Wallace & Gromit DVD's as a kid, but I never actually watched Robbie until I rented it from my college library. I questioned what the hell I watched...
I love this style of commentary video, and I was just scrolling through my RUclips recommended and came across this and didn't even notice how small of a channel you were. I'm really sad that this is your first and only video because I can't wait to see more lol.
I remember I watched this as a kid around Christmas and liking it but Totally forgot its name ✨👍 thank you for reminding me. Tho I watched a Danish dub version so I imagine we got it from UK
I remember getting this trilogy and Olive the other reindeer mixed up at the time. I saw both and although olive looked nicer I found myself liking robbie more. Just goes to show, don't judge a book by its cover :D
Funny story: As a kid I watched all 3 movies multiple times when they aired on TV. While watching the third, my mom told me that I should go to bed. Ofc I didn't want to, because the movie hasn't ended yet. She told me that the movie probably soon will air again, so I can watch it then. Accepting that argument, I went to bed. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME THIS MOVIE AIRED IN GERMANY (THE COUNTRY I LIVE IN).
Ha, jokes on you! That three armed whale toy Robbie made randomly popped into my memory last month and it took me under five minutes to remember this film existed afterwards!
This just appeared in the sidebar of another video I was watching. I was *just* talking to my sister-in-law about this. I remember watching it on Fox Kids. I vaguely remember the little jingle/commercial “once left Robbie to be frozen” This earns a chance subscribe. I also miss Olive the other Reindeer
I don’t blame the American cast, the director of the American cast however needed to get off his arse to motivate his team. Like they are all talented people and it wasn’t just one bad apple…
Before CBS ruined it, the original dub aired in the US on the Fox network, during their Fox Kids Saturday morning block, which is where I saw it. (I'm not sure if just Hooves of Fire or the first two aired on Fox.) Needless to say, I was very annoyed when I saw the commercials for the CBS airing which was redubbed and didn't watch it. I hate it when they give American dubs to shows that were already in English in general, but CBS just hired people that were already starring in their sitcoms rather than picking actors that would best fit their roles. I think Brittany Spears and Ben Stiller were the only celebrity actors who weren't also starring in CBS sitcoms. Even Ben Stiller was still connected to CBS, as his dad Jerry Stiller was in King of Queens at the time. They also gave a terrible American dub to Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas animated special. The American voiced Santa (I don't remember if he was called Santa or Father Christmas in this version) was made less grumpy, and some scenes were removed, such as Santa drinking wine. The American public is not asking for these things. Monty Python and shows like Faulty Towers and Red Dwarf air on PBS and are popular. And in more recent years, Downton Abbey became really popular as well. On the other hand, all of the American remakes of Fawlty Towers have failed miserably. And the US version of Red Dwarf didn't make it past the pilot stage. (I'm probably one of the few people that even saw and remembers "Payne", one of the US remakes of Fawlty Towers. The Basil Fawlty equivalent is named "Royal Payne". That gives you an idea as to the level of comedy that this version provided. It was cancelled very quickly.) Oh, and CBS also gave us the remake of One Foot in the Grave starring BILL COSBY, which was titled "Cosby". Meanwhile PBS was airing the original version, so I was able to watch both versions. Except for one episode that used a plot from the original, Cosby did not resemble the OFitG at all, other than it being a show about elderly people. I only knew Cosby was a remake because the credits of Cosby mentions that it was based on OFitG. (Cosby did actually last more than one season, so it was more successful than most of these remakes, but they obviously can't rerun it now.)
i love the idea of redubbing a film in the same language it was in to begin with. amazingly pointless. im going to start doing this myself so that everything i watch can have my exact regional accent!
Oh, yeah? Well, editing the first 2 specials for time, and putting them into an hour-long timeslot for CBS* (42 minutes with approx. 18 minutes of ads crammed in.) and cropping them for 4;3, (despite being originally presented in 16;9 as aired on BBC1 in the UK) and keeping them cropped that way, was another stupid choice! *from 2002 all the way to 2005, and from 2016 all the way to 2023.
@@NostalgicRevisitsindeed with the only difference being when he mocks Robbie as Hugh Grant briefly dose an American accent to imitate Ben Stiller in a similar vein to Steve Coogan when he imitated Ardal O'Hanlon's Irish accent for when Blitzen is mocking Robbie
It was never aired much on UK TV but I thought the US Dub was a made up thing.Still not as bad as the US Dub of the Magic roundabout movie renamed to Doogal though i doubt anyone will top that in badness.
Does anyone remember a stop motion movie about mooses that wanted to find vikings? It was stop motion i think. Looking for that movie made me find this one
I came across Robbie when I was researching reindeer lore. Truthfully, at the time I couldn’t afford the DVD or find anything on the internet until now. Unfortunately, reindeer lore doesn't have any appeal for adults or children. Reindeer Mythology wasted.
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I watched this in Host Nation class when I was in England. I really enjoyed it.
Core memory unlocked
I was lucky to watch the OG dub on Nicktoons as well as the first sequel.
I remember seeing this Christmas gem on Nickelodeon when I was in 5th grade. It was very underrated and easily one of my favorite Christmas shorts. 🦌
5:09 that's Welsh actor Rhys Ifans who voiced that elf who you may remember as Curt Conners aka the Lizard in the Amazing Spider-Man
10:42 Rob Paulsen?! What is HE doing here??
The voice of Antione from Sonic Satam
@@williampulfer-melville8536 THAT'S the first character that comes to your mind and not Raphael, Carl Wheezer, Gray Fox, or even Bravoman?
What about Yakko?
@@D.W.Granata Him, too.
Jokes on you, I grew up on Robbie. Loved watching it every year growing up.
It brings me much joy knowing there are people like you who watched this every year like I did.
There was an ad for this special on one of my Wallace & Gromit DVD's as a kid, but I never actually watched Robbie until I rented it from my college library. I questioned what the hell I watched...
It’s kinda hard to not forget about this Tv special… especially when some creative choices used on some of the reindeer characters
@@sweets_Cat88 Haha! Good point!
I love this style of commentary video, and I was just scrolling through my RUclips recommended and came across this and didn't even notice how small of a channel you were. I'm really sad that this is your first and only video because I can't wait to see more lol.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I’ve already got a few projects in the works for the beginning of the new year, so stay tuned!
I remember I watched this as a kid around Christmas and liking it but Totally forgot its name ✨👍 thank you for reminding me.
Tho I watched a Danish dub version so I imagine we got it from UK
I remember getting this trilogy and Olive the other reindeer mixed up at the time. I saw both and although olive looked nicer I found myself liking robbie more.
Just goes to show, don't judge a book by its cover :D
Funny story: As a kid I watched all 3 movies multiple times when they aired on TV. While watching the third, my mom told me that I should go to bed. Ofc I didn't want to, because the movie hasn't ended yet. She told me that the movie probably soon will air again, so I can watch it then. Accepting that argument, I went to bed.
THIS WAS THE LAST TIME THIS MOVIE AIRED IN GERMANY (THE COUNTRY I LIVE IN).
Also I feel like I have seen this movie before but maybe like once or twice in passing, this video will definitely have me looking for the British dub
Ha, jokes on you! That three armed whale toy Robbie made randomly popped into my memory last month and it took me under five minutes to remember this film existed afterwards!
This just appeared in the sidebar of another video I was watching. I was *just* talking to my sister-in-law about this. I remember watching it on Fox Kids. I vaguely remember the little jingle/commercial “once left Robbie to be frozen”
This earns a chance subscribe.
I also miss Olive the other Reindeer
Great video my guy!, it’s diabolical that this/you haven’t blown up yet. Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you for the kind words!
Wow, I forgot about this entirely but as soon as I saw the thumbnail, I immediately thought "wait, wasn't this the cartoon with the Seal joke?"
Yo I remember this shit!
I don’t blame the American cast, the director of the American cast however needed to get off his arse to motivate his team.
Like they are all talented people and it wasn’t just one bad apple…
It's like doogal, but the original was the magic roundabout
I saw the original British dub first and loved it. The American dub clearly sounds like a paycheck recording.
Is it really a dub ?
Ah memories
Before CBS ruined it, the original dub aired in the US on the Fox network, during their Fox Kids Saturday morning block, which is where I saw it. (I'm not sure if just Hooves of Fire or the first two aired on Fox.) Needless to say, I was very annoyed when I saw the commercials for the CBS airing which was redubbed and didn't watch it.
I hate it when they give American dubs to shows that were already in English in general, but CBS just hired people that were already starring in their sitcoms rather than picking actors that would best fit their roles. I think Brittany Spears and Ben Stiller were the only celebrity actors who weren't also starring in CBS sitcoms. Even Ben Stiller was still connected to CBS, as his dad Jerry Stiller was in King of Queens at the time.
They also gave a terrible American dub to Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas animated special. The American voiced Santa (I don't remember if he was called Santa or Father Christmas in this version) was made less grumpy, and some scenes were removed, such as Santa drinking wine.
The American public is not asking for these things. Monty Python and shows like Faulty Towers and Red Dwarf air on PBS and are popular. And in more recent years, Downton Abbey became really popular as well.
On the other hand, all of the American remakes of Fawlty Towers have failed miserably. And the US version of Red Dwarf didn't make it past the pilot stage. (I'm probably one of the few people that even saw and remembers "Payne", one of the US remakes of Fawlty Towers. The Basil Fawlty equivalent is named "Royal Payne". That gives you an idea as to the level of comedy that this version provided. It was cancelled very quickly.)
Oh, and CBS also gave us the remake of One Foot in the Grave starring BILL COSBY, which was titled "Cosby". Meanwhile PBS was airing the original version, so I was able to watch both versions. Except for one episode that used a plot from the original, Cosby did not resemble the OFitG at all, other than it being a show about elderly people. I only knew Cosby was a remake because the credits of Cosby mentions that it was based on OFitG. (Cosby did actually last more than one season, so it was more successful than most of these remakes, but they obviously can't rerun it now.)
I watched it on tv but it was the original British dub.
i love the idea of redubbing a film in the same language it was in to begin with. amazingly pointless.
im going to start doing this myself so that everything i watch can have my exact regional accent!
I remember this
It's really weird to hear it got an American DUB. Like, it was already in English, why did it get a DUB just in another accent?
Just right off the bat...redubbing it with a bunch of big American voices was such a stupid choice.
@@riatsila144 100%. Never made sense to me why they did this.
Oh, yeah? Well, editing the first 2 specials for time, and putting them into an hour-long timeslot for CBS* (42 minutes with approx. 18 minutes of ads crammed in.) and cropping them for 4;3, (despite being originally presented in 16;9 as aired on BBC1 in the UK) and keeping them cropped that way, was another stupid choice!
*from 2002 all the way to 2005, and from 2016 all the way to 2023.
@@D.W.Granata This is some new information I didn't know about since I never saw the airings on CBS. That's insane.
They did the same thing with dougal, that movie adaptation of the magic roundabout and added a bunch of unnecessary toilet humor
@@NdieCity mmm, nothing quite like adding a touch of class
I never heard of the US dub this was interesting as I watched the UK version.
Sometimes I do question recasting Steve Coogan with Hugh Grant another British actor for the US dub as Blitzen
I've wondered the same thing since Grant is basically just doing an impression of Coogans performance.
@@NostalgicRevisitsindeed with the only difference being when he mocks Robbie as Hugh Grant briefly dose an American accent to imitate Ben Stiller in a similar vein to Steve Coogan when he imitated Ardal O'Hanlon's Irish accent for when Blitzen is mocking Robbie
It was never aired much on UK TV but I thought the US Dub was a made up thing.Still not as bad as the US Dub of the Magic roundabout movie renamed to Doogal though i doubt anyone will top that in badness.
Does anyone remember a stop motion movie about mooses that wanted to find vikings? It was stop motion i think. Looking for that movie made me find this one
@@feeble_goblin3764 I believe that is actually one of the Robbie The Reindeer specials. Legends of the Lost Tribe.
Do not lie to me bro please subbing till i get the answer
I personally prefer the original UK dub over the American dub
I came across Robbie when I was researching reindeer lore. Truthfully, at the time I couldn’t afford the DVD or find anything on the internet until now. Unfortunately, reindeer lore doesn't have any appeal for adults or children. Reindeer Mythology wasted.
Did I?
Hey, at least THIS American dub was decent, and not unbearably cringy like what they did to “Magic Roundabout”/“Doogal.”
Kids from 7
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