A Miser Brothers' Christmas was based on some of the characters from a stop motion spcieal based on a book by who?
The Year Without a Santa Claus The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The story is based on Phyllis McGinley's 1956 book of the same name, illustrated by Kurt Werth. It was originally broadcast on December 10, 1974 on ABC.
Gentle Ben Gentle Ben is a bear character created by author Walt Morey and first introduced in a 1965 children's novel, "Gentle Ben". The original novel told the story of the friendship between a large male bear named Ben and a boy named Mark. The story provided the basis for the 1967 film "Gentle Giant" (1967), the popular late 1960s U.S. television series "Gentle Ben", a 1980s animated cartoon and two early 2000s made-for-TV movies.