Great article.  Glad to see R-B getting the respect it's deserved for years and to see it written about with such thoughtfulness and depth.  I dug the new Hobbit film, but still think the Rankin-Bass version has a leg up on it in terms of how to successfully adapt something.  Eon the vulture from Rudolph's Shiny New…

Great article.  Glad to see R-B getting the respect it's deserved for years and to see it written about with such thoughtfulness and depth.  I dug the new Hobbit film, but still think the Rankin-Bass version has a leg up on it in terms of how to successfully adapt something.  Eon the vulture from Rudolph's Shiny New…

For sure!  Yeah, I had known about The Mignonette before seeing Life of Pi, but didn't know there was a passenger on it named Richard Parker.  Interesting stuff.

For sure!  Yeah, I had known about The Mignonette before seeing Life of Pi, but didn't know there was a passenger on it named Richard Parker.  Interesting stuff.

I was at that show and remembered an audience member saying "it's about to get loud!" right before the apeshit part of "You And Me."  Great concert.

I was at that show and remembered an audience member saying "it's about to get loud!" right before the apeshit part of "You And Me."  Great concert.