the life and adventures of santa claus 1902

Most of the Immortals' titles were changed to alleviate them all being kings and queens. Larry Kenney was the Commander of the Wind Demons, who initially served as a devil's advocate to Ak at the fateful hearing, but soon became the Immortal most approving of giving the Mantle to Claus. Most of the other voices were performed by Peter Newman and Lynne Lipton. Earle Hyman portrayed the King of the Awgwas, and Leslie Miller played Necile. When the show premiered, the book was not as easily available, and many Oz fans who only knew of the book were surprised to discover that Tingler was not one of Baum's creations, so true was the character to the author's spirit. One important new character, Tingler, a Sound Imp (Robert McFadden) also accompanies Claus and gives him someone to talk to. Peter Knook, a rather crusty but amiable fellow, replaces most of the other Knooks, save the Protector (King) and two strangers, and declares 'only on Christmas Eve' for the reindeer without any argument or explanation. A similar compromise toward popular culture is Claus' now eight reindeer, albeit unnamed. In addition, Shiegra accompanies Claus to the Laughing Valley, in which, unlike the book, it is always Winter.

Roth/Earl Hammond) deserves the mantle, although there is an edit that makes it difficult to realize that the scene in which Ak (Alfred Drake) calls the council when first finding the infant in the woods does not occur in the same time period as the main story. The special truncates much of the story (it ran in a one-hour time slot) and simplifies some of the motivations, but its major alterations from the book are setting up the hearing over the Mantle of Immortality as a frame story explaining just why Claus (J. Thus the name Santa Claus is given to him, who now delivers gifts on Christmas Eve to good children. When Ak sees he is valuable and must live long, the council decides to give him immortality. One day as he was delivering toys he is attacked by some villains. He makes toys (the first a black cat, after a kitten he found), and the children love him. So he set up a workshop and lived in a small village with Tingler, an elf, and Shiegra. When Claus became a man, he learned that he must live with other mortals. He agrees and Necile gets to raise the child with the help of Shiegra. But a fairy named Necile, hearing of the discovery of the infant, steals and hides him from Ak. He relied on a lioness named Shiegra to raise it. It happened many years ago when Ak finds a orphaned baby in the snowy woods.

A council meeting is held where Ak tells the story of Santa Claus.

The life and adventures of santa claus 1902