The show, for which Larry D. Mann voiced the character of Eric Idle, aired earlier than this show. Linus and Lucy is a jazz piece from this show.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions and currently distributed by Universal Television. 
 It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of "The General Electric Fantasy Hour". 
 The special was based on the Johnny Marks song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" which was itself based on the poem of the same name written in 1939 by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May. 
 Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez, the program made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965. 
 He was best known as "The Boss" in a series of Bell Canada television commercials in the 1980s and for voicing the character of Yukon Cornelius in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". 
 Since that special, the piece has introduced most of the "Peanuts" TV cartoons, with the exceptions of the specials and other TV programs produced between 1979 and 1992. 
