Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 17 December 1999
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 45 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Television / Curiosity Company / DNA Productions Inc / Flower Films
Executive Producers: Matt Groening, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen, Claudia De La Roca
Producer: Alex Johns
Production Manager: Chris Frye

SCRIPT
Script: Steve Young
Book / Creative Consultants: J. Otto Seibold, Vivian Walsh

DIRECTION
Director: Oscar Moore (real name: Steve Moore)

PHOTOGRAPHY

ANIMATION
Animation: DNA Productions
Animation Supervisors: Keith Alcorn, John A. Davis
Animation Producers: John Davis, Keith Alcorn
Production Manager: Kim Saxon
Animation Director: John Davis
Animation Department Head: Paul Allen
Animators: Brian Capshaw, Paul Claerhout, Tim Hatcher, Beau Hawkins, Scott Martindale, Deanna Molinaro, Travis Neal, Cheryl Ray, Matthew Russell, Carl Schembri, Aaron Werntz
Additional Animators: Lip-Sync Animation, David Brehm, Ryan Davis, Todd Harper, Keith Alcorn, Nick Gibbons
Technical Director Department Head: Connon Carey
Technical Directors: Connon Carey, Troy Griffin
Additional Technical Directors: David Brehm, Ian Megibben, Ryan Michero, Babette O'Quinn
Modelers Department Head: Sean Jensen
Modelers: Sean Jensen, John Chastain, Ryan Davis, Brett Hester, Micah Massman, Marc Santiago
Texture Artists: Shinichiro Hara, Todd Harper, Ryan Michero

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Paul D. Calder
Offline Editor: Nick Gibbons
Post Production Facility: Complete Post Inc

MUSIC
Music: Christopher Tyng
Lyrics: Steve Young
Song Performed By: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Merry Christmas After All)
Music Editor: Scott Schirle

SOUND
Re-Recording Mixer: Peter Cole
Supervising Sound Editor: David Stone
Foley Editor / Artist: Vanessa Ament
Dialogue Editor: Paul D. Calder

DESIGN
Set Dressers: RichardAllen, Shinichiro Hara, Micah Massman, Babette O'Quinn
Illustrators: Paul Claerhout, Jason Dorf

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Diane Newman
Writer's Assistant: Eric Rogers
Producers' Assistants: N. Vyolet Diaz, Evan Dwin, Nina Lenders
Production Assistants: Evan Rabins, Angie Parks, Chris Tran

CASTING
Casting: Julie Mossberg, Jill Anthony
Talent Coordinator: Christopher Johnson

VOICES
Drew Barrymore (Olive)
Dan Castellaneta (the postman)
Joe Pantoliano (Martini)
Edward Asner (Santa)
Peter MacNicol (Fido)
Tim Meadows (Richard Stands)
Jay Mohr (Tim)
Michael Stipe (Schnitzel)
Diedrich Bader (zoo director)
David Herman (guard shack elf)
Tress MacNeille (Mrs Claus / Mrs Eskimo)
Mitch Rouse (Round John Virgin / Comet)
Kath Soucie
Billy West (Mr Eskimo)
Matt Groening (Arturo - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

Olive the dog mishears a news broadcast on the radio about Santa Claus having to postpone Christmas when one of his reindeers is injured (she mistakes the announcement's call for help from "all of the reindeers" for "Olive the reindeer") and sets out to save the day. She's helped by Martini the penguin but hindered by a deranged postman, driven insane by having to deliver so many cards and presents every year...

A typically skewed look at Christmas from Matt Groening which retains the sly, sometimes cynical wit of The Simpsons but goes for a very different look. It also, commendably, does away with that cloying sentimentality that usually ruibs every other animated TV Christmas special andis further proof that Matt Groening is one of the greatest talents ever produced by American television.

UK
Television Distributor: Channel Four

USA
Television Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Television

1999
December
17: Canada, USA - television broadcast

2002
December
25: UK - television broadcast

2000
Annie Awards, USA
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production (Dan Castellaneta as the voice of the postman) - winner
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production (Steve Young) - winner

Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming More Than One Hour) (Matt Groening, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen, Claudia De La Roca, Alex Johns, John A. Davis, Keith Alcorn, Steve Young, Steve Moore) - nominated

OTHER SOURCES

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KEYWORDS

animation, anthropomorphism, book into film, buses, bus drivers, christmas, computer animation, father christmas, north pole, penguins, reindeer, postmen, santa claus

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009