Hardrock, Coco, and Joe, The Three Little Dwarfs

On December 18, 1956, WGN-TV's "Garfield Goose and Friends" introduced Chicago area children to Santa Claus' three favorite elves, Hardrock, Coco and Joe. At two-feet-high, Hardrock drove Santa's sleigh while Coco navigated and Joe tagged along for fun. To create the animated short or "song cartoonette", Hill & Range Songs hired Centaur Productions. The company was established in the early 1950s by Wah Ming Chang, a sculptor in Walt Disney's Effects and Model Department who created the model of Pinocchio; and George Pal, a producer and Academy Award nominee. The shorts were produced in black-and-white using stop-motion animation, a cinematic process that brings figures or puppets to life by minutely reposing and photographing them frame-by-frame, resulting as fluid movement on screen. To purchase this DVD in a digitally remastered format, visit The Museum of Broadcast Communications at http://www.tvondvdshop.com/rel/v2_vie...

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[SeattleOrganMan]

Sorry you found it lame, wyvernsc. And yeah...with all the computer graphics and sensory overload kids are subject to nowadays...it's little wonder they disliked it. But for those of us who grew-up with it...it's a priceless and nostalgic memory. So how about a little tolerance and respect for other people's past and for their right to like it?

[801arctic]

This is AWESOME ! Reminds me of my days as a kid living near Chicago. They played this every year on WGN Channel 9 around Thanksgiving and Christmas, on the Garfield Goose show as I remember. I have been looking for this on DVD forever. My daughters just love it !! It was a time of innocence in this country before all the crap we deal with now. Didn't worry about stupid terrorists then as we shouldn't now. Live FREE and LOVE it !!

[kosh2001]

So true...The good old days which seemed like yesterday.

[kosh2001]

So true...The good old days which seemed like yesterday.

[D Heine]

Now go to bed early on this Christmas Eve...

[Paul DS]

Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

[lemonyfresh26]

Not lame at all. These commercials would air around Christmas on WJAC-TV Channel 6. It honestly gives me chills because it makes me think of my family. A time where everyone was healthy and young. I appreciate the video so much!

[apackerfan]

I grew up in Crystal Lake, Il. Sure I remember this. Found two 45s of this song with hard sleeves several years ago. The Les Tucker Singers

[medieval53]

This song came out when my grandma was little. But my little brother and I still watch this cartoon with her every Christmas when it comes on.

[TheChippewa77]

OMG. I grew up in Gary. This was a staple on WGN every year. reminds of every Christmas spent with my folks and kid brother!. Thanks for posting this! I was a Garfield Goose addict too (not to mention the stooges everyday after school and Father Knows Best and Donna Reed at lunchtime).

[WerewolfMaiden]

My mom grew up in the Midwest and Chicago

[WerewolfMaiden]

My mom told me she saw this when she was a kid