December 13, 2008
A Miser Brothers' Christmas is a stop motion spin-off special based on some of the characters from the 1974 Rankin-Bass special The Year Without a Santa Claus. Distributed by Warner Bros. Animation under their Warner Premiere label (the rights holders of the post-1974 Rankin-Bass library) and Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee Studios, the one-hour special premiered on ABC Family on Saturday, December 13, 2008, during the network's annual The 25 Days of Christmas programming.
Mickey Rooney (at age 88) and George S. Irving (at age 86) reprised their respective roles as Santa Claus and Heat Miser. Snow Miser (originally portrayed by Dick Shawn who died in 1987) was voiced by Juan Chioran, while Mrs. Claus (voiced in the original by Shirley Booth who died in 1992) was portrayed by Catherine Disher. The movie aimed to emulate the Rankin/Bass animation style. This is the last Christmas special to feature Mickey Rooney as Santa Claus, as he died in 2014, as well as the last time George Irving voiced Heat Miser, as he died in 2016.
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Sound Effects Used[]
- Elektra Records, Factory Whistle
- Hollywoodedge, Cartoon Streaks 5 SS016505 (Heard once in a low volume.)
- Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601/Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Stead PE033301
- Hollywoodedge, Human Whistlebecko CRT059206 (Heard once sped-up pace in a normal pitch.)
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 12 Single PE117101
- Hollywoodedge, Whistle Wbulb Horn CRT020801 (Heard twice in a high and in a normal pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, BELL - SMALL DING OF SMALL BELL (Heard twice in a low volume.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - GUN SHOT AND HIT METAL TARGET
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ACCENT - XYLOPHONE TRILL, LONG, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - ALARM BELL: FAST CLANGING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEW'S HARP BOING, SHORT 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CRACKLE - ICE CRACKLING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - METALLIC SMACK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FAST ZIP BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - LONG ZIP BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - TRAIN WHISTLE: SEVERAL QUICK TOOTS
- Sound Ideas, CASINO, SLOT MACHINE - BET ONE COIN, PULL HANDLE, NO WIN, GAMBLING
- Sound Ideas, Comedy - Squeaky Toy 02
- Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - SHORT, LARGE BURST OF FLAME 01
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, CRACK - KNUCKLES: FAST CRACKING
- Sound Ideas, ROBOTICS - ROBOT: POWER UP
- Sound Ideas, ROBOTICS - ROBOT: SHUT DOWN
- Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, METAL - MOVE SIDE TO SIDE
- Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, WHEEL - SMALL SQUEAKY WHEEL TURNING, CARTOON (Heard once in a slow tempo.)
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - ROPE TWIRLING SWISHES (Heard once sped-up in a normal pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - TWIRLING SWISH, SHORT 01 (normal and slowed down)
- Sound Ideas, TIP TOE, CARTOON - XYLOPHONE TIP TOE, LONG/MEDIUM/SHORT
- Sound Ideas, XYLOPHONE - TRILL, MUSIC, PERCUSSION 01
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT, HIGH
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT (reversed)