By Chuck Barney Bay Area News Group Laugh and call him names all you want, but there’s no denying that the furry misfit at the heart of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” has outshone his ...

The modern era has brought nonconformist elves to the forefront, first in the form of Hermey the Misfit Elf in 1964's now-classic TV special, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." ...

The movie, which turns 60 years old next year, stars Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman, Billie Mae Richards as Rudolph, Paul Soles as Hermey the misfit elf, and Larry D. Mann as Yukon Cornelius.

“It gets better” for misfit reindeer too. And then, there’s Hermey the Elf. Beautiful and blond where all the other elves resemble bulbous-nosed Vulcans, all he wants is to be able to be ...