I was so excited that Rudolph was going to be on last night. I remember watching that movie every year when I was a little girl, and I don't believe that the girls and I have ever watched it before. I even set my TiVo so we could watch it again if we wanted.

It was as I remembered it. Of course the girls were confused if they were puppets or was it CG? I told them they didn't have CG back then, and I wasn't sure how they made it; "just watch the damn movie..."

As I watched, I became curious about a few things.

First, the little elf who wants to become a dentist: How does he know what a dentist is if there are no elf dentists in Christmastown?
Where was he planning on going to dental school?
Is he going to practice medicine without a license? I believe the AMA would be on his ass for that!
If none of the elves have ever had any detal care; that may be quite an undertaking, and what about dental insurance? How will he get paid? I can't imagine an elf makes much, but perhaps they're unionized and Santa offers kick ass bennies.

The Gold Miner Dude: why does he LICK his pick ax? That's just gross and I don't think it's very responsible behavoir to advocate; children are watching this. Maybe he should just make some solid long term investments in a high yield account and call it good. (Or invest in the elf's new Dental Plan...)

And the SEXISM in that show. My God!

Mrs. Donner wants to go out looking for Rudolph with Mr. Donner and Clarise. Mr. Donner says, "No, you and Clarise stay here, this is MANS work!"
Well, Mrs. Donner and Clarise don't listen (thank goodness for that,) and they all end up getting caught in the Abominable Snowman's cave. After they are saved by the goldminer dude and the wannabe dentist, the narrator says, "It was time to get the WOMEN home."
To top it off, Santa keeps calling Mrs. Clause "Mama."

Did anyone else see this and wonder, "what did they just say?"
To be honest, I was a little embaressed. Even DD#1 looked at me and said, "what does THAT mean?"

I suppose it's a good thing that we have evolved a bit as a society that comments like that, once not given a second thought, alarmed me a bit. Perhaps I'm a bit sensitive to it, but I was thinking that maybe Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer needs a bit of an update.

A little PC mixed with some high tech CG.