What would any year be without some wacky weirdness from the Rankin-Bass team of yesteryear? I knew there was a show with a New Year character, and after some brief YouTube searching, I was overjoyed to discover it anew. In this scene, from Rudolph's Shiny New Year, Happy (The New Year) meets The Three Little Bears. Mama and Baby Bear have hilarious New York accents: "Youse ma fwiend!"
It's pretty out there, right? In one of the last scenes, Santa gets Happy to Father Time by the 12th bong, while Aeon the vulture laughs himself silly in a smoky cloud. Hmmmmm...
"One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right"
Let's get together and feel all right"
—Bob Marley
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !
