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- Premier date: December 19, 1968
- Producers: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., Takeya Nakamura
- Screenwriter: Romeo Muller
- Source material: The Little Drummer Boy song by Katherine K. Davis
- Voice cast: José Ferrer, Paul Frees, June Foray, Ted Eccles, Greer Garson
- Running time: 25 minutes
- Distributor: Rankin/Bass Productions
- Original network: NBC,
- Current network: ABC Family
- Sponsor: American Gas Company
- Sequel: The Little Drummer Boy, Book II
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The Little Drummer Boy is an American stop-motion animated Christmas television special from the Rankin/Bass production house, taken from the song of the same name. It originally aired on the NBC television network and is now found in syndication on ABC Family. Please check our Christmas television schedule for actual show times.
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Adding A Story To A Classic Carol
Katherine K. Davis's simple song of a boy who has no gift for the newborn Jesus Christ and instead plays a drum for him needed a bit of fleshing out to become a beloved seasonal television special. Romeo Muller added a backstory of a boy who has come to hate the world because of the violence in his life, until the gratitude of the the baby Jesus erases the anger from him. -
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Little Drummer Boy Questions
Are the little cartoon boy and girl that are part of the Mahalo Answers logo based on real people? 2 AnswersThere is a joke inside Mahalo that it's my wife and I, but no they are not based on anyone specific... our art director Girmant--who is brilliant--might know. ... read more
Do you think the story about the boy in the balloon is real?? 13 AnswersI haven't followed it very closely, but from what I can gather I think the father is an attention hound and cooked the whole thing up. read more
Who do you think is the best female drummer present or past? tell me why... 9 AnswersI'm not sure if she's the best female drummer ever, but she hasn't been brought up yet, so here's a few videos of Cindy Blackman - Lenny Kravitz's drummer. ... read more
Who is your favorite jazz drummer of all-time? Louie Bellson? Max Roach? Gene Krupa? 3 AnswersBaby Dodds! He was the drummer on the classic of classic jazz recordings by King Oliver as well as numerous other bands of the original jazz age. He played with... read more
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Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth (medley) most beautiful Christmas song out there!!
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DYM - Black Rain Christmas Compilation (includes "Little Drummer Boy" version by DYM: Black Rain.. http://bit.ly/08kGYIg
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Ooh, Bob Seger singing "Little Drummer Boy" has replaced the normal Muzak. It must be freakin' Christmas time again.
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♫ Aaron Charles - Little Drummer Boy
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@jordanknight I was just about to put on your LITTLE DRUMMER BOY. I love it and I'm in the Christmas spirit, so I need to put it on.
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