Olive, the Other Reindeer

Olive, the Other Reindeer is the titular character and a CGI animated Christmas television special written by Steve Young, and directed by Oscar Moore. The feature was produced by Matt Groening's The Curiosity Company and animated by DNA Productions. It first aired on December 17, 1999 on Fox produced by 20th Century Fox Television, and Flower Films. The special combines paperlike character art in 3-D environments. Sometimes, traditional animation is used. The story was based on the 1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh and illustrated by J. Otto Seibold. Drew Barrymore voices the titular... character, and also featured are the voices of Dan Castellaneta, Peter MacNicol, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Ed Asner, Tim Meadows, Billy West, and Michael Stipe. The title is a mondegreen of "All of the other reindeer", a line from the classic Christmas song, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." The story follows a dog named Olive , who does not act at all like a dog. When she returns home from some errands, she finds her owner, Tim , putting away Christmas decorations and announcing morosely that there "won't be any Christmas".
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