Christmas videos are almost always schmaltzy — see "Christmas Magic" off Ali "sister of Lindsay" Lohan's Lohan Holiday album for a fine example — so it's shocking that this effort from media juggernauts Regis Philbin and Donald Trump is almost tasteful. The video borrows the characters and "Animagic" stop-motion technique from the classic Rankin/Bass TV special Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, while updating it with likenesses of The Donald, The Reege and Live with Regis And Kelly personalities Kelly Ripa and Michael Gelman. Yes, the tasteful meter slips a bit when "The Trumpster" breakdances and then fires poor Blitzen, but it could be worse. --> watch "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" at www.liveregisandkelly.com or www.christmasclassics.tv
Regis Philbin feat. Donald Trump
"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Hollywood)
Rob Shaw, director | Bent Image Lab, production co
