Does anyone know about anything about the special Olive: the Other Reindeer? Its being done by Matt Groening and will be on FOX this fall- I was just wondering what it was about.
Brad
Olive: The Other Reindeer
Jul 21, 1999, 2:42 PM ET4 posts by 3 postersalt.tv.futurama
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I've never heard of the special, and when I searched for it on Metacrawler, I found the the story at http://www.zworks.com/christmas/olive.html among other places, but nothing referring to MG having anything to do with it. I also found it on Amazon.com, except the story had a different writer credited and the plot seemed to be somewhat different. Weird.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811818071/davidframbes/002-4750234-0 913265
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On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 13:27:49 -0600, "grosse" wrote:
Found it from a release from FOX:
Olive, the Other Reindeer Drew Barrymore heads an all-star cast as she provides the voice of OLIVE, a Jack Russell Terrier, in this richly animated tale of one of Santa's lesser-known friends. Utilizing 3-D animation, Olive, The Other Reindeer, comes from Matt Groening's The Curiosity Company, based on the children's book by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh, published by Chronicle Books.
Santa is considering cancelling his Christmas flight because Blitzen has been injured. With sadness spreading throughout the world, Santa goes on the radio and pleads for aid from "Olive, the other reindeer" FIDO the flea hears Santa's request, and convinces his friend Olvie that Santa is looking for her. Although Olive is actually a dog, she always has felt most undoglike. After a misunderstanding with her owner, TIM, Olive sets off for the North Pole to fulfill her destiny. An evil POSTMAN, fed up with the extra holiday mail, is determined to put the kibosh on Olive's mission. With the aid of a fast-talking penguin named MARTINI and some other friends, Olive braves the elements and reaches the North Pole, where she discovers that Santa was sending his message not to her, but to "all the other reindeer." Despite the devious Postman's tricks, Olive is determined to save Christmas and restore joy to the world, even if she's not a reindeer.
Brad
Olive: The Other Reindeer is an incredible children's book. (You should check it out, even if you don't have access to a kid to read it to). I'll bet Abe loves it.
MG will do it justice.
-menzies
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