December 17, 2001
Santa, Baby! is a 2001 animated holiday special that aired on FOX. It was Rankin/Bass' first new original Christmas special in over sixteen years (following the 1985 adaptation of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus), and the only one produced after the liquidation of their animation department. The special featured the voices of Eartha Kitt and Gregory Hines. Like much of Rankin/Bass' specials, it was based off a song, in this case, the 1954 song originally recorded by Kitt and covered in A Very Special Christmas by Madonna in 1987.
This is the only Rankin/Bass Christmas special that is owned by Perisphere Pictures and not NBCUniversal or Warner Bros. Discovery. As such, it is the only special that was not included on The Complete Rankin/Bass Christmas Collection DVD box set in 2022.
Storyline
When Melody uses her wish from a Christmas partridge to help her dad over his song-writing slump, he finds his inspiration and even gives the real Santa Claus a helping hand!
Sound Effects Used
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - ROOSTER MORNING CALL, ANIMAL 01
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - MORNING CALL, ANIMAL 01
- Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 02
- Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 03
- Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 04
- Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID