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In case folks were unaware, much of the voice acting for those was done in Canada.

And this year is the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer!

That one was recorded by a team of well known Canadian CBC voice actors in Toronto. (Singer Burl Ives as the narrator snowman was the exception.). The stop-motion animation was done in Japan.

Paul Soles who voiced Hermey the elf is also known as the voice of Spider-Man from the 1960s cartoons.

There was a CBC television retrospective from the 50th anniversary. The voice actors attributed the Rudolph special’s enduring appeal to its messages about bullying and acknowledgement of the experiences of outcasts.

https://youtu.be/6vlFVx1QCRI

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/the-surprising-50-year-legacy-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-1.2856722

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