Singing cowboy Sandy's elaborate costumes. While other western actors, such as John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, only dabbled in singing roles, some actors became known mainly for their parts as singing cowboys. The most famous of them was Gene Autry, and the moniker "the singing cowboy" usually refers to him in particular. When Wayne declined further singing cowboy roles, Republic looked for a replacement. Former rodeo rider Autry was chosen because he was the one candidate who could both sing and ride a horse, namely Champion the Wonder Horse. The choice was so successful that, at the time of his death in
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) Goldschmidt, who wrote "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Making of the Rankin/Bass Holiday Classic", says the scripts by Romeo Muller show the spelling to be "Hermey". A "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" video game was released on November 9, 2010. The adaptation was published by Red Wagon Games for the Wii and Nintendo DS, and was developed by High Voltage Software and Glyphic Entertainment respectively. The Wii version was received poorly, and garnered extremely negative reviews from sites such as IGN giving it a 1.5/10. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" received an approval rating of 92% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes,