Danny Deraney on Instagram: "On this day in 1964, the Rankin Bass classic, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer premiered. If you were born that year, then every year of your life, it has been on television. The special was sponsored by General Electric with the animation done in Japan, the music done in England, while they used voice actors from Canada. *This is the original promo footage they used for a few years, with a change in voice over to change the date. This particular version is from 1966.