Favorite Christmas TV Special?- Page 2

[blueroses]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 12:20am

Aw, Rudolph and Clarice are adorable.

Hey, does anyone remember Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas?
Updated On: 12/8/07 at 12:20 AM

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 1:16am

My favorite, now and forever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIrOVCr97ck

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 1:19am

Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas

[DG]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 1:27am

The Littlest Angel - for many reasons.

And the the Grinch. The animated one, with Boris. Not the insane abortion of a movie.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 1:41am

Heat Miser/Snow Miser & Shirley Booth top the list

Mickey Rooney & Burger Meister Meister Burger

Charlie Brown

A Christmas Story

The Homecoming

Twas the Night Before Christmas (Joel Grey/Tammy Grimes)

Mrs. Claus (Angela Lansbury/Michael Jeter)

[tazber]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 2:17am

I'm with Phylllis!

I love Emmet Otter!

[D2]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 8:22am

Charlie Brown

The Homecoming

and an old gem, rarely if ever shown anymore:

The House Without A Christmas Tree.

[harris007]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 8:45am

love charlie brown, frosty, emmet otter , and any snl christmas shows

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 8:50am

DG---I love The Littlest Angel, and haven't seen it in years!



I also think it's funny that several of you said A Christmas Story, when that's a feature film. But I think I was one of the three people who actually saw it in a movie theatre. The rest of the world seems to have discovered it on TV.

And Glebby---Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol is one of my favorites too. The music is so terrific!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 10:05am

I might be crazy, but I remember seeing some sort of sci-fi comedy Christmas special (I think it had some songs) with Bernadette Peters around the late 70s/early 80s. Ring any bells? I can't remember the name, but I loved it when I was a kid. My one vivid memory involves the 12 Days of Christmas with different lyrics and Bernadette running around with green jello.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 10:43am

*blinks at Mister Matt*


Waiter, I'll have what he's smoking.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 10:54am

i love all the SCTV christmas sketches, but especially PRE-TEEN WORLD
(whispers)"merry christmas from pre-teen world"

& COUNT FLOYD'S SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
with Catherine O'Hara as MAME-era Lucy!
COUNT FLOYD'S SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 10:55am

I could have sworn it was Bernadette Peters, but maybe I'm wrong. I do remember seeing that Christmas special.

Friends of mine thought I was lying about Best of the West and Far Out Space Nuts, but those were real. Real, I tell you! So no, I'm not always on crack.

Updated On: 12/8/07 at 10:55 AM

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 11:00am

Norn, Catherine O'Hara is hilarious as Lucy/Mame in that sketch!

Thanks for posting that.

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 11:04am

"Aww, come on Ed, that's a lot of bull and you know it." :) - Scary Christmas

The special below has the best score of them all in my opinion.

[kec]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 12:25pm

Glebb, add me to the list of those who also love Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. When I found it on DVD in a base exchange in Germany a couple of years ago I snapped it up right away. Lovely music.

[kover22]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 12:43pm

"Nestor, The Long Eared Christmas Donkey" is my all time favorite. I cried the first time I saw it too, but I loved it still.

[mateo]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 12:51pm

This isn't my favorite, but I do enjoy "Christmas Every Day" with Erik von Detten.

I think I've watched it every year since it debuted.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 2:38pm

"I also think it's funny that several of you said A Christmas Story, when that's a feature film. But I think I was one of the three people who actually saw it in a movie theatre. The rest of the world seems to have discovered it on TV."

For some reason, it didn't do well in its original run. They must not have advertised it very well. In the mid 1980s, everyone I knew talked about how funny this movie was and the frozen flagpole scene. It got to a point where you either "had" seen it or you "had not". Those of us who "had not" felt like shunned Amish. Finally in 1988, I bought my very first VCR (in the month of July) and the first movie I rented was "A Christmas Story". I got a strange look from the video clerk (A Christmas Story in July?) but I had to see what was so funny.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 2:52pm

"I could have sworn it was Bernadette Peters, but maybe I'm wrong. I do remember seeing that Christmas special."

When Donny & Marie had their variety show, they did an odd Christmas show where they changed the lyrics of 12 Days of Christmas. The last line went something like "...and a chicken in a bah-na-na tree" I could be wrong, but I had thought that Danny Bonaduce had guest starred on that one (hey Danny and Bernadette are both redheads).

[wexy]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 3:20pm

Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol with the Jule Styne music and Bob Merrill lyrics. I have the tape. Great songs.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 3:36pm

if we are talking about "specials" a toss-up between Pee Wee and Charlie Brown.

If we are talking about TV movies....my fav right now is 'The Gathering" with Maureen Stapleton and Ed Asner

[worrell4077]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 5:08pm

Films and TV specials:
The Santa Experience-Rugrats
Babies In Toyland-Rugrats(it's in the later seasons with Dil, Kimmi and Kira, and Grampa's wife)
Rocko's Modern Christmas
Christmas Who?-Spongebob Squarepants
Billy and Mandy Save Christmas(Santa is bitten by a vampire)
Christmas With The Joker-Batman The Animated Series
How The Grinch Stole Christmas(both the animated version and the film)
The Charlie Brown Christmas Special
The Hey Arnold Christmas Special
Doug's Christmas special
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Elf
The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 3
Scoorged
Ren and Stimpy's Yaksmas special
The Worst Christmas Ever-Invader Zim(I think that's the name of the title)
The Futurama Christmas specials
The Simpsons Christmas specials

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 5:32pm

A retelling of A CHRISTMAS CAROL starring Susan Lucci as Scrooge. it just doesn't get better than that.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 6:16pm

I love the Santa Experience episode of Rugrats.

Does anyone remember Mickey's Nutcracker? It was live action, performed on stage, was originally presented on the Disney Channel? It's charming, and is now available on youtube! But be sure to watch the one that's from the actual telecast.