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Olive, the Other Reindeer

Olive, the Other Reindeer
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Based on
Olive, the Other Reindeer
by
Written bySteve Young
Directed byOscar Moore
Voices of
ComposerChristopher Tyng
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
EditorPaul D. Calder
Running time45 minutes[a]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseDecember 17, 1999 (1999-12-17)
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Olive, the Other Reindeer is a 1999 American animated Christmas comedy musical film written by Steve Young, based on the 1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Seibold, and directed by Academy Award-nominated animator Steve Moore (credited as "Oscar Moore"). The feature was produced by Matt Groening's The Curiosity Company and animated by DNA Productions.[1] Drew Barrymore voices the title character, and she is credited as an executive producer on the special.

The special first aired on December 17, 1999, alongside Futurama on Fox, ten years after the premiere date of Groening's television series The Simpsons. It was produced by Fox Television Studios and Flower Films. During its initial broadcast, the special brought in 6.06 million viewers, and an additional 5.22 million the following year.[2][3] After airing again the following year,[4] the special made its first cable television premiere on Nickelodeon on December 15, 2001;[5][6] It would then premiere the following year on Cartoon Network on December 14, 2002,[7] and aired during each holiday season until it was last seen on December 24, 2012.[8] The special would also air on other local syndicated networks, such as The WB, MyNetworkTV,[9] The CW[10] and WGN-TV.[11]

The story is based on the 1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Seibold and illustrated by J. Otto Seibold.[12][13] In the song, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the lyric "All of the other reindeer" can be misheard in dialects with the cot–caught merger as the mondegreen "Olive, the other reindeer".[14] The special was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.[15]


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  1. ^ DNA Productions
  2. ^ "Clipped From The Los Angeles Times". The Los Angeles Times. December 22, 1999. p. 198. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Clipped From The Los Angeles Times". The Los Angeles Times. December 20, 2000. p. 101. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "TV Listings for - December 14, 2000 - TV Tango". tvtango.com. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "Nickelodeon Commercials December 2001". YouTube. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "Olive The Other Reindeer - Nickelodeon Premiere 12". Poughkeepsie Journal. December 15, 2001. pp. 3D. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  7. ^ "Clipped From The Newark Advocate". The Newark Advocate. December 14, 2002. p. 9. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Cartoon Network TV Listings, TV Shows and Schedule - Zap2it". December 15, 2012. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "TV Listings for - December 17, 2007 - TV Tango". tvtango.com. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  10. ^ "TV Listings for - November 25, 2011 - TV Tango". tvtango.com. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  11. ^ "Christmas Specials You've Been Waiting For November 28, 2011". guelphmercury.com. December 8, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  12. ^ "Scholastic Book Clubs". Archived from the original on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  13. ^ The Creative Team Behind Olive the Other Reindeer
  14. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 227. ISBN 9781476672939.
  15. ^ "Olive, The Other Reindeer | Television Academy". Emmys.com. June 30, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2019.

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