by Herbie J Pilato
Anyone who reads this or any of my blogs or posts (at www.MediaBizbloggers.com orwww.TVWriter.net) knows of my fondness for the classic TV Christmas special, “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed-Reindeer.”
I have written at length about its many wonderful moments and life-lessons, one of which, however, I have not yet addressed and will do so now:
Shortly after Rudolph arrives on the Island of Misfit Toys, with his friends, Yukon Cornelius (the arctic prospector) and Herbie/Hermie (the elf who wants to be a dentist), he believes he must venture out on his own to fulfill his destiny. And he does so by breaking off a piece of land-ice, and using it as a drift-device to carry him on his way through the artic sea.