Was watching Rudolph Christmas special tonight and said to my husband, “I wonder if the line from the character, Yukon Cornelius was a comm(?):
(In the classic 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Yukon Cornelius is originally searching for gold (he’s constantly licking his pickaxe to “taste” for minerals).
Near the end of the film, after the big storm and everyone is back at Christmastown, Yukon Cornelius bursts in with Bumble (the now-tamed Abominable Snow Monster) and triumphantly announces that he has finally found what he was looking for.
The exact line is:
“Silver! Silver! I found silver! … And gold too, of course. But silver and gold, now what’s the difference? Silver and gold!”
He then throws his pickaxe up in the air, it spins, and when he catches it, he licks it and declares:
“Nothin’! Silver and gold taste exactly the same!”
(This is the moment that reveals he wasn’t really switching from gold to silver—he actually discovered a peppermint mine, which is why silver and gold both taste like peppermint to him.)
So the key lines are:
“Silver! Silver! I found silver!”
“Silver and gold taste exactly the same”
Hermie said, “I thought you liked gold(?) He said, “well, I switched”.
1964 was the last year for coinage of 90% silver dimes, quarters & half dollars
Only if you are just counting silver circulated coins. They still produce silver dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars every year. Most are for proof sets, though some brilliant-uncirculated are also available.
Technically you are correct though, because of the percentage at least. The silver dimes/quarters/half-dollars (and of course the dollars) being minted are 99.9% silver.
That reminds me - I need to remember to get a silver 2026 dollar and half-dollar next year to go with my 1976 Bicentennial silver proofs.
thanks, nice reminder of the annual proof sets. I have them for 1 year, and I forgot…. 2026 will be really nice for you as you mentioned you have the 1976! I would like to get 2026 too, 250th
Was watching Rudolph Christmas special tonight and said to my husband, “I wonder if the line from the character, Yukon Cornelius was a comm(?):
(In the classic 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Yukon Cornelius is originally searching for gold (he’s constantly licking his pickaxe to “taste” for minerals).
Near the end of the film, after the big storm and everyone is back at Christmastown, Yukon Cornelius bursts in with Bumble (the now-tamed Abominable Snow Monster) and triumphantly announces that he has finally found what he was looking for.
The exact line is:
“Silver! Silver! I found silver! … And gold too, of course. But silver and gold, now what’s the difference? Silver and gold!”
He then throws his pickaxe up in the air, it spins, and when he catches it, he licks it and declares:
“Nothin’! Silver and gold taste exactly the same!”
(This is the moment that reveals he wasn’t really switching from gold to silver—he actually discovered a peppermint mine, which is why silver and gold both taste like peppermint to him.)
So the key lines are:
Hermie said, “I thought you liked gold(?) He said, “well, I switched”.
+1 interesting! as the Wizard of Oz show had meaning, maybe this did have hidden meaning for people to remember Silver.
1964 was the last year for coinage of 90% silver dimes, quarters & half dollars
Only if you are just counting silver circulated coins. They still produce silver dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars every year. Most are for proof sets, though some brilliant-uncirculated are also available.
Technically you are correct though, because of the percentage at least. The silver dimes/quarters/half-dollars (and of course the dollars) being minted are 99.9% silver.
That reminds me - I need to remember to get a silver 2026 dollar and half-dollar next year to go with my 1976 Bicentennial silver proofs.
thanks, nice reminder of the annual proof sets. I have them for 1 year, and I forgot…. 2026 will be really nice for you as you mentioned you have the 1976! I would like to get 2026 too, 250th
I loved that movie as a kid (ok as adult too đź«Ł). I never caught those lines. Now I have an excuse to watch it again.
Thanks Gopgirl. (and Merry Christmas)
Merry Christmas to you too!
Our Savior was born.
God became man, what a MIRACLE.
Amen. The word became flesh and dwelt among us. Merry Christmas to all!
That was my wife's favorite movie. I just watched it again last night. Eat Poppa eat.