When a year ends, the old year retires to the Archipelago of Last Years and selects an island for himself after which time on that island remains frozen forever as the year in which the old year ruled. Among the islands of the Archipelagos of Last Years are:
- 1,000,000 BC: Represented as a prehistoric island that consists of dinosaurs and cavemen. O.M. lives here.
- 4000 BC: (Offscreen action) During Rudolph's search for Happy the Baby New Year, Rudolph mentioned that all its inhabitants wanted to do was build pyramids.
- 1023: Represented as a medieval island filled with fairytale characters. Sir 1023 (pronounced "ten-to-three," as in the time 2:50) lives here. According to the special, 1023 is the year that all the well-known fairy tales actually happened.
- 1492: (Offscreen action) In Rudolph's search for Happy, he mentions that the people on that island were too busy discovering things to help them.
- 1776: Represented as a Colonial American island that celebrates Independence Day daily. 1776, a Benjamin Franklin look alike, lives here. The inclusion of this date was a reference to the United States bicentennial which was ongoing at the time of the special's debut.
- 1893: (Offscreen action) During Rudolph's search for Happy the Baby New Year, he mentions that the inhabitants have never heard of Happy due to the Panic of 1893.
- 1965: (Offscreen action) Rudolph stated that island was "too noisy" in his search for Happy the Baby New Year. This is a reference to both Beatlemania and the growing unrest brought on by the escalation of the Vietnam War.
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Famous quotes containing the word years:
“I leave the governor’s office next week, and with it public life ... [which] has been on the whole a pleasant one. But for ten years and over my salaries have not equalled my expenses, and there has been a feeling of responsibility, a lack of independence, and a necessary neglect of my family and personal interests and comfort, which make the prospect of a change comfortable to think of.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)