The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on You can't hold back the clock, it just ticks on and on The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on so treasure memories, for what is gone is gone And though you may sweat and strive don't you know it's great just to be alive So make every moment count rejoice with every dawn The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on
the music from this song as well as the harmony just sends me back to my childhood,, i absolutely loved this special when i was little 😭 i get why it's not everyone's cup of tea though,, but goodness i do love me some rankin/bass christmas special. especially rudolph, 100%!!
Such a great scene. I do not understand why it was taken out of the current showings. This is like the whole point of the show! Oh well it's good to see it again.
Not even Christmas or New Years yet… but this song is more relevant than ever!! This is a song for now, the world needs to hear this song like today… again lol 😂
This is one of the songs from the old Rankin-Bass holiday specials that has most stayed with me since childhood. Thanks for sharing this clip; it's a poignant and hopeful song both at once.
Thank you i was so mad when i realized last year they cut this from the TV airings, my grandmother showed me all these christmas specials as a kid and this scene made here cry because it reminded her of my grandfather. Its important to me to see it since it reminds me of both of then now since passed. I dont understand why the cut such a beautiful message but thank you for uploading it.
For the regular Rudolph clay mation special, they cut out the part when Yukon Cornelius finally strikes it rich - with a peppermint mine.Through the whole thing a person wants him to find something (He always goes "Nothing"), and they cut that out.
This song always made me cry as a kid. I was an emotional kid. lol I don't know if it was because of lost loved ones, or just the reminder of how fast time goes and what is gone is gone. I wish they didn't cut this song out when it airs on TV.
This song is one of the greatest moments in the entirety of the Rankin-Bass series of specials. It is a sobering reminder to treasure every moment, because we don't know how many we will get, or how many are left.
This and 'Turn Back the Years' are the 2 songs that stuck in my head from the first viewing of this show when I was a kid. I watched it when it first aired in '76, so...I guess I'm old now. ;)
1:16 i like the way father old timer (Saturn) meets the jung timer and strolls around September, which means SEVEN. Seriously, being conceived on New Years eVe would make one born on Septrmber 16th. the most common birthday
AMC is more about the movies than making money, in my opinion. Fortunately, their the Walking Dead series made them enough that they can afford to show more uncut movies.
They always cut out thw best scenes in the Rankin and Bass films. Like in "Santa Clause is coming to Town" they cut Mrs Clause identity crises musical number and the toy burning scene.
I hate the fact they hacked the this and similar songs out of the specials I grew up with just so they could fit in more commercials. The sad thing is by law they only had to have 22 minutes of for each 30 minute period and at 50 minutes long the stations had to option of hacking out a full 6 minutes from the show .
It's extremely sad, and it makes me angry. I really don't care about commercials! I understand the need for them, but I don't see why it's necessary to cut out bits of a show or movie to make room for more of them.
@@RathouseFilmworks Sadly the FCC regulations of 22 minutes of actual show for each 30 minute block only broadcast TV - not to cable or internet TV channels. More over they are limited to the old 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM block which is why things like Night Owl Theater has so many commercials.
Believe it or not, the calendar shown in this clip was the Cursed Calendar for more than half a century. This was the calendar for 1962, 1973, 1979, 1990, 2001, and 2007. Those were the years of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Arab Oil Embargo, the Iranian Revolution/Iranian Hostage Crisis, the Persian Gulf Crisis, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the beginning of the Great Recession - all of the worst things to happen to the United States during that period. It appears that 2018 was the year that curse was finally broken.
@@awilson329 Now it’s the end of 2020 and we are in a pandemic Covid 19, dealing with political unrest with Black Lives Matter, and still dealing with climate change
Lol, I thought I was the only one miffed at ABC Fam for editing out the best scene in this special!! The song is great too! Pretty soon ABC Fam will present "How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the ABC Fam edit" version. "I must keep Christmas from coming... pass the roast beast, please."
I watched Rudolph 2 a few years back. I didn’t remember the plot, the characters, the conflict, or pretty much any of it. But Father Time…I remembered Father Time. They had no right to slap us with some actual depth in what was otherwise a pretty shallow sequel. I almost wonder if Father Time was supposed to be his own thing, in a separate movie altogether, but they couldn’t get it down quite right and just decided to make him the focus of their Rudolph sequel.
You know what else I noticed about their edits? They cut and snip the dialogue from the scene where Rudolph first sets out, such as removing practically all of Ticker's dialogue.
Interesting! I have the deleted scene on the movie that my mom recorded when it use to come on the Disney Channel. Guess this is recent, because the scene did nothing to me when I was kid. It totally went over my head, Oh well.
Rudolph reveals that one of the islands of last years was 1965 and the movie was shown in 1976. The only year in that period with January 1 falling on a Monday (seen in the song) is 1973. The only other years in the 20th century (19 wonderful) after 1973 with January 1 on a Monday are 1979 and 1990.
I agree regarding the story and the song. The story made even less sense if you knew about other calendars such as the Jewish or the old Julian calendar (which is STILL in use in some places in the world today) The one interesting thing it that what ever year the show was set in it had to after 1965 as Rudolph comments that island was "too noisy". Some of Rudolph comments's are funny though. "1893 never heard of him (happy), 1492 was too busy discovering things to even talk to us, and all 4000 BC could think about was building pyramids." On a side note if 1023 was really when all those fairy tales really happened then that would be one SCARY year especially if you use the versions the Grimms originally found.
+FilmmakeroftheFuture That wasn't my point. My point was the New Year for those other calendars started on another day other then January 1 on the Gregorian calendar. For example, New Year's day in Julian calendar is January 14 on the Gregorian calendar. Also many places didn't have January 1 as their New Year; this why for many places under British rule Given 1751 only lasted 282 days. Finally, given that we have One Million BC there would have to be over a million islands in the Archipelago of Last Years just to handle the years from the Gregorian calendar.
This is a good song, but this scene is confusing. Do Baby New Years grow up so fast into Father Times like that? And didn't Santa say Father Time was his old friend at one point?
Well, yes they do, You know the people that Rudolph meets while on his adventure to find the Baby New year? You know the cave man, the knight and the old guy? Well, they are all people who used to be Father Time at one point, then they went off to live on the Time islands, as for Santa, i have no idea why he said Old Friends, unless he means old for the standards of a New Year.
Every decade, the mysterious man known as Father Time generates a new 🆕 body 👅👁️ at random to act as his host! Currently housed in the body 👅👁️ of a young 🌱 Asian girl, Father Time is the active director of S.H.A.D.E. the Super Human Advanced Defense Executive which is often at the forefront of metahuman conflicts! S.H.A.D.E. has a hand 👏 in many projects including a strike force called the Creature 👽 Commandos put together by Father Time and led by agent Frankenstein! During Frankenstein's mission, Father Time communicates with him via holographic projection, providing mission critical data and instructions! Father Time's mobile 📲 headquarters is the Ant 🐜 Farm,a three 🕒 inch indestructible globe 🌎 that requires agents to deploy Ray Palmer's shrinking technology in order to enter it! An expert tactician and brilliant negotiator, the gruff Father Time works with other top 🔝 secret groups like Checkmate to make sure S.H.A.D.E. runs smoothly! Go HUG someone today IF they're been vaccinated and Happy Black 🖤 History Month! Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!
According to the cartoon they go live on an island and take on the appearance of someone from their year. In the cartoon a caveman an armored knight and Ben Franklin were Father Times from past years.
@@davesworld7961 It's still tragic kind of tragic when you think about it. Some of life's best experiences can only be fully enjoyed at a certain age (e.g. the wonders of the world that come from childhood innocence) but with Father Time's accelerated lifespan, means he must either rush through them or never experience them at all.
I love when they harmonize in these songs 😭❤️
The moving finger writes,
and having writ, moves on
You can't hold back the clock,
it just ticks on and on
The moving finger writes,
and having writ, moves on
so treasure memories,
for what is gone is gone
And though
you may sweat and strive
don't you know it's great
just to be alive
So
make every moment count
rejoice with every dawn
The moving finger writes,
and having writ, moves on
What does that mean having writ moves on?
Thanks for the lyrics! 💙✨
@@67nairb "writ" means "written", it's a quote from a poem about the Daniel chapter 5 from the bible.
@@OriginalAkivara use it in an exammple.
@PatchesRips LOL!!!!
"This song urges one to cherish the times of the past, enjoy the times of today, and to look forward to the times ahead!"
As a wise man once said, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the Present.
not today With_world-wide covid! Www
I remember this scene when i was a kid it made me sad over death but i treasure my years before and after my dad died.
Jan: a baby. Feb: still a baby. March: little kid. April: big kid. May: preteen. June: teenager. July: 20's. Aug: 30's. Sept: 40's. Oct: 50's. Nov: 60's. Dec: elderly.
Thank you for breaking down the age of time.
This movie is so slept on.
maybe I'm just corny but not a single song in this movie misses!! they all SLAP!!
the music from this song as well as the harmony just sends me back to my childhood,, i absolutely loved this special when i was little 😭
i get why it's not everyone's cup of tea though,, but goodness i do love me some rankin/bass christmas special. especially rudolph, 100%!!
This special is too underrated, it’s honestly great
Such a great scene. I do not understand why it was taken out of the current showings. This is like the whole point of the show! Oh well it's good to see it again.
They want more time for commercials, and it was probably seen as the most expendable song
AMC reinstated it this year.
@@boobookeys6249 nice!
@@boobookeys6249 Yeah they cut the best Parts of this and other Christmas Specials
Somebody might want to send a therapist to 2020 Island I feel like he has some issues he needs to work through
Not even Christmas or New Years yet… but this song is more relevant than ever!! This is a song for now, the world needs to hear this song like today… again lol 😂
This is one of the songs from the old Rankin-Bass holiday specials that has most stayed with me since childhood. Thanks for sharing this clip; it's a poignant and hopeful song both at once.
I never understood the implications until I grew older and had a daughter. I get it now. I understand.
This was also my personal favorite and it has grown to have more meaning to me now that I’m older.
Thank you i was so mad when i realized last year they cut this from the TV airings, my grandmother showed me all these christmas specials as a kid and this scene made here cry because it reminded her of my grandfather. Its important to me to see it since it reminds me of both of then now since passed. I dont understand why the cut such a beautiful message but thank you for uploading it.
Right . I grew up watching these when I was younger.... beings back so many memories.
Merry Christmas.
Still love this emotional and powerful number! 📅
Kudos for posting this clip!!
For the regular Rudolph clay mation special, they cut out the part when Yukon Cornelius finally strikes it rich - with a peppermint mine.Through the whole thing a person wants him to find something (He always goes "Nothing"), and they cut that out.
This song always made me cry as a kid. I was an emotional kid. lol I don't know if it was because of lost loved ones, or just the reminder of how fast time goes and what is gone is gone. I wish they didn't cut this song out when it airs on TV.
I always watched it on vhs as a kid this was my favorite scene too and it also made me emotional even as a kid glad too see someone else felt the same
Handing out life lessons, don't waste what you got kids!
As far as I am concerned, this is the best two minutes of any stop-motion or cartoon of t he era.
Little known fact everyone, Father Time was played by Red Skelton in this special.
And i thought Red Buttons was a strange name.
His real named was Richard. "Red" because of his hair.
Father Time even looked like Red Skelton.
@@67nairb similar to how in the classic Rudolph Sam the snowman was made to look like burl Ives
@@officialchase02 that's right.
How to shed tears in under 2 minutes.
That's really cool that they have the Baby New Year become the new Father Time. It also reminded me of "The Circle of Life" at the end lol.
They grow up so fast...
This song is one of the greatest moments in the entirety of the Rankin-Bass series of specials. It is a sobering reminder to treasure every moment, because we don't know how many we will get, or how many are left.
This and 'Turn Back the Years' are the 2 songs that stuck in my head from the first viewing of this show when I was a kid. I watched it when it first aired in '76, so...I guess I'm old now. ;)
Now that I think about it Father time Represents A Year and the replacement of The Old
Always loved the end to this
I got this movie just for the songs, I remember loving this one as a kid!!
This was sort of scary how quickly time passes but but very deep & beautiful ❤
GOODBYE OLD YEAR 2023, HELLO NEW YEAR 2024 ! ! 😃😃😃😃👍👍👍👍
I'll be watching _Rudolph's Shiny New Year_ for the rest of 2024. It's important!
1:16 i like the way father old timer (Saturn) meets the jung timer and strolls around September, which means SEVEN.
Seriously, being conceived on New Years eVe would make one born on Septrmber 16th. the most common birthday
Here in 2021 lord i would love to be a kid again time flew by soo fast.
This song in Rudolph’s Shiny New Year was uncut on AMC.
AMC is more about the movies than making money, in my opinion.
Fortunately, their the Walking Dead series made them enough that they can afford to show more uncut movies.
They always cut out thw best scenes in the Rankin and Bass films. Like in "Santa Clause is coming to Town" they cut Mrs Clause identity crises musical number and the toy burning scene.
Wade Hawkins Last Time I saw it on TV they included it
But they still leave out Kubla Kraus's song in "Jack Frost"
Ah that's good to hear:)
I didn't know they had other versions of these specials.
This scene was restored and it’s uncut recently airs on AMC.
Its sad to trash something that is apart of something that is impactful and can make people feel and think over others actions good or bad.
One of my favorite movies
I hate the fact they hacked the this and similar songs out of the specials I grew up with just so they could fit in more commercials. The sad thing is by law they only had to have 22 minutes of for each 30 minute period and at 50 minutes long the stations had to option of hacking out a full 6 minutes from the show .
It's extremely sad, and it makes me angry. I really don't care about commercials! I understand the need for them, but I don't see why it's necessary to cut out bits of a show or movie to make room for more of them.
WHY NOT REMOVE ALL THE SPECIALS AND PLACE 24/7 COMMERCIALS WITH 24/7 NEWS??
WSVN IS DOING IT
@@RathouseFilmworks Sadly the FCC regulations of 22 minutes of actual show for each 30 minute block only broadcast TV - not to cable or internet TV channels. More over they are limited to the old 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM block which is why things like Night Owl Theater has so many commercials.
Whenever i think back to this song, I hear "when I was 35, it was a very good year" you know that song?
That's exactly how the 2018 calendar looked
Believe it or not, the calendar shown in this clip was the Cursed Calendar for more than half a century. This was the calendar for 1962, 1973, 1979, 1990, 2001, and 2007. Those were the years of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Arab Oil Embargo, the Iranian Revolution/Iranian Hostage Crisis, the Persian Gulf Crisis, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the beginning of the Great Recession - all of the worst things to happen to the United States during that period. It appears that 2018 was the year that curse was finally broken.
@@awilson329 Now it’s the end of 2020 and we are in a pandemic Covid 19, dealing with political unrest with Black Lives Matter, and still dealing with climate change
Love love this scene and song! It's emotional moving and beautiful! No idea why it gets deleted on ABCfam? Thanks for posting this clip!!
i dont nkow why but this song is pretty sad for some reason. ITs basically reminding us that we will all DIE one day!
Had no idea I already commented on this video nine years ago. I was 13.
New year baby
he grows up so quickly.. imagine the span of your life only happening in a year
That's a nicely-done sequence. Don't remember it from seeing this as a kid, but it's nice. Good little song.
By the time he gets to July, he looks like Chris Kringle from "Santa Claus is Comin to Town"---("A choo-choo! I always wanted a choo-choo!!)
Thanks!!! I remember seeing this as a kid but couldn't find it until now. Now I understand why.
This song is so beautiful. I post it on my LJ blog every New Year.
happy new yr 2019
happy new 2020
@@MsDisneylandlover hny covid. Nye
2021
2021-2022
I didn't even know this song existed since I watched it on TV on ABC family
Lol, I thought I was the only one miffed at ABC Fam for editing out the best scene in this special!! The song is great too!
Pretty soon ABC Fam will present
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas,
the ABC Fam edit" version.
"I must keep Christmas from coming...
pass the roast beast, please."
These Rankin Bass films are so mythological. It's weird, they really play like myths for children.
Here we are 2021
this song makes me sad...
RW:it's almost like a song about life.
Happy New Year 🎆🎊🎈 2024!
Happy New Year 2021!
Love this song ❤
I watched Rudolph 2 a few years back. I didn’t remember the plot, the characters, the conflict, or pretty much any of it. But Father Time…I remembered Father Time. They had no right to slap us with some actual depth in what was otherwise a pretty shallow sequel. I almost wonder if Father Time was supposed to be his own thing, in a separate movie altogether, but they couldn’t get it down quite right and just decided to make him the focus of their Rudolph sequel.
0:36 Whatchu mean, it just ticks on and on! What IZ dat! Explain it to me!
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE, EVERYONE ! !
Baby new year became a Father Time with crown 👑 with clocks ⏰
HAPPY 2024, EVERYONE ! !
loved this song
being old does not equal being a father thoooo
2021
i want the baby bear part.... its so funny XD me and my couz ALWAYS laugh when we see that
This has been released on DVD in full.
Father Time sounds like George Carlin.
You know what else I noticed about their edits? They cut and snip the dialogue from the scene where Rudolph first sets out, such as removing practically all of Ticker's dialogue.
🥂❤️My Grandma (Delores Marie Gardner) was the first new year baby in Ohio because she was born in January first 🎂🎆
AMC has this scene.
King Robbin Williams.
Interesting! I have the deleted scene on the movie that my mom recorded when it use to come on the Disney Channel. Guess this is recent, because the scene did nothing to me when I was kid. It totally went over my head, Oh well.
AMC has the rights to air this special now & this scene is included.
Rudolph reveals that one of the islands of last years was 1965 and the movie was shown in 1976. The only year in that period with January 1 falling on a Monday (seen in the song) is 1973. The only other years in the 20th century (19 wonderful) after 1973 with January 1 on a Monday are 1979 and 1990.
Sadly that happens a lot and the reason has to do with money. Less show=more commercials. More commercials=more money.
Wow, I always loved Red Skelton. Thats Red Skelton isnt it?
This song was all I could think of when I saw the series finale of Puss in Boots.
I like it
Father Time looks like Beavis in the face
The best damn song of the whole show, and those fools at ABC-TV cut it out when they aired it last week (12/30/08)!
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?!?
I agree regarding the story and the song. The story made even less sense if you knew about other calendars such as the Jewish or the old Julian calendar (which is STILL in use in some places in the world today) The one interesting thing it that what ever year the show was set in it had to after 1965 as Rudolph comments that island was "too noisy".
Some of Rudolph comments's are funny though. "1893 never heard of him (happy), 1492 was too busy discovering things to even talk to us, and all 4000 BC could think about was building pyramids."
On a side note if 1023 was really when all those fairy tales really happened then that would be one SCARY year especially if you use the versions the Grimms originally found.
Bruce Grubb Maybe the other calendar years like the Lunar one live elsewhere.
+FilmmakeroftheFuture That wasn't my point. My point was the New Year for those other calendars started on another day other then January 1 on the Gregorian calendar. For example, New Year's day in Julian calendar is January 14 on the Gregorian calendar.
Also many places didn't have January 1 as their New Year; this why for many places under British rule Given 1751 only lasted 282 days.
Finally, given that we have One Million BC there would have to be over a million islands in the Archipelago of Last Years just to handle the years from the Gregorian calendar.
It's just a cartoon show. You really need to relax man.
Woah, and I thought I was obsessed with the calendar sometime O_o
well back then most of that information wasn't as well known as it was today, the Rankin Bass team might have know some things but not everything
It teaches kids life is short and time passes quickly.... so stop wasting time with video games and gadgets and get out and have fun
#DisneyDiva ❤❤❤
10 years since you made this 2007 2017 000
This is a good song, but this scene is confusing. Do Baby New Years grow up so fast into Father Times like that? And didn't Santa say Father Time was his old friend at one point?
Well, yes they do, You know the people that Rudolph meets while on his adventure to find the Baby New year? You know the cave man, the knight and the old guy? Well, they are all people who used to be Father Time at one point, then they went off to live on the Time islands, as for Santa, i have no idea why he said Old Friends, unless he means old for the standards of a New Year.
D-man the captain Maybe it's a reincarnation thing?
D-man the captain did you just call Benjamin Franklin "the old guy"?
Maybe the other Times just played along in knowing him that or Santa doesn't understand the year system
Father time is Santa..
lol exactly man.
Because I’m baby new year.
I wonder if the guy singing in here is dead now?
And am I crazy or did they cut out what a wonderful world we live in as well?
Does anyone have this show in full, I love this one, but it's hard to find! Thanx!
Shouldn't Rudolph be an adult? Or.did they lose the adult figure before they made the movie?
Father time is God
recording engineers
BILL GILES
ALAN MIRCHIN
RALPH FRIEDMAN
sound effects
WALTER GUSTAFSON
Where do baby New Years come from? Are they formed out of the aether of the universe?
Every decade, the mysterious man known as Father Time generates a new 🆕 body 👅👁️ at random to act as his host! Currently housed in the body 👅👁️ of a young 🌱 Asian girl, Father Time is the active director of S.H.A.D.E. the Super Human Advanced Defense Executive which is often at the forefront of metahuman conflicts! S.H.A.D.E. has a hand 👏 in many projects including a strike force called the Creature 👽 Commandos put together by Father Time and led by agent Frankenstein! During Frankenstein's mission, Father Time communicates with him via holographic projection, providing mission critical data and instructions! Father Time's mobile 📲 headquarters is the Ant 🐜 Farm,a three 🕒 inch indestructible globe 🌎 that requires agents to deploy Ray Palmer's shrinking technology in order to enter it! An expert tactician and brilliant negotiator, the gruff Father Time works with other top 🔝 secret groups like Checkmate to make sure S.H.A.D.E. runs smoothly! Go HUG someone today IF they're been vaccinated and Happy Black 🖤 History Month! Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!
I wonder if they stopped using stop motion animation now because it was budget reasons?
can someone put full please
I remember this when the special originally aired. BUT I HATE IT HOW ABC FAMILY EDITS THIS OUT!
can u upload full
_ather time's voice's should have been by Loyd Bridges, because the character looks like him.
Phaethon move with Robert Pattinson and s and art work
So do the happys only liv 1 year? They age horribly. I thot this at age 6
I move to with Robert Pattinson
He my friend Best friend
I going to the beach tomorrow
Can sombod write the lyrics, please? I can not understand some words
What does every new year that come the old one dies?
According to the cartoon they go live on an island and take on the appearance of someone from their year. In the cartoon a caveman an armored knight and Ben Franklin were Father Times from past years.
@@davesworld7961 It's still tragic kind of tragic when you think about it. Some of life's best experiences can only be fully enjoyed at a certain age (e.g. the wonders of the world that come from childhood innocence) but with Father Time's accelerated lifespan, means he must either rush through them or never experience them at all.
@@OrangeOwl1000 When you think about it you realize it's just a friggin cartoon.