Christmas Special on Christmas Specials

Saw it, loved it - especially Judy Garland intentionally screwing up lyrics to get back at Mel Torme...

Hope it airs again soon...

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Oh my gosh, Insomniak, you're absolutely right about Scarey Fay Baker!!!

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When my sister and I were little we would get so excited when we would see "Katie" from MY THREE SONS in the King Family specials...

I adored them!

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Ever since seeing the King Family clip I have their album running through my head (please stop now!!!).

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While I loved this special I think Joel Stein needs to give up. He just isn't funny. He is trying to bite on Mo Rocca and Michael Ian Black's style and it doesn't work. He just comes off as stupid and uninformed.

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Beav, you and I are on the same page!!!

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I saw this show last night and enjoyed it for the most part. Carson Cressley actually did a good job as the narrator/host. Some of the other commentators were a bit too sarcastic for my taste. I think certain commentators were well chosen - like Bing Crosby's daughter, Pat Boone, The King Family...because they were actually "there" for many of the old time specials. But, some of those other "C" list celebrities -pu-lease - who really cares about what Sophie B. Hawkins or Joel Stein thinks was cheesy. At times, the show reminded me of one of those VH1 specials about the 70s, 80s, or 90s with "C" list celebrities sarcastically commenting on eras past. The show should have been better, but Bravo was being Bravo and tried too hard to make the show campy with it's peanut gallery commentators.

Updated On: 12/15/04 at 04:57 PM

I will not stand for the slamming of Joel Stein.

He's a terrific writer, a witty commentator (not shown to his best last night, I'll grant you that) and an incredibly nice and kind human being.

ALSO, he is the man who brought back BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS on TRIO.

He's a godsend!

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"Clay Akin singing with the "image" of Bing Crosby was pretty creepy."
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Gah!!!! I thought the same exact thing! CREEEE-PY!!!

All in all I enjoyed the whole thing. I just really wish the trend of witty-comments-made-by-people-who-make-a-living-making-witty-comments-on-shows-like-this would just die already.

Whoever said the best/most appropriate parts were the comments by the people who were actually there, was correct. I would much rather hear more from Lorna Luft or Pat Boone then Sophie B. Hawkins. I really don't care what her childhood was like.....

It's worth watching if only for the Captain & Tenille "Jingle Bells meets Carmen Miranda" number.

The Captain and Tenille tv show is going to be released on DVD next year, I wonder if they'll include that Christmas episode?