Christmas Specials

Petrie · **on:** December 18, 2004, 10:34:25 AM

Last night I just popped in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964 version narrated by Burl Ives) and even though the animation technique is very cheezy, it's probably the best "traditional" Christmas show I like watching every year.

Some people really like the Charlie Brown Christmas Special over here.

As for non-traditional, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) with Chevy Chase is my only choice.

So what do you guys watch during the holiday season?

Nick22 · **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2004, 01:57:14 PM

All the Rankin-Bass ones, Rudolph (and its sequels), and Frosty(and its sequel). Non-traditional: The Grinch starring Jim Carrey.
Nick

Petrie · **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2004, 12:26:10 PM

Rudolph is the only Rakin-Bass one that I really like...Frosty seemed really cheezy...I have no idea why either.

I just never liked the way they animated and wrote the story. The Santa Claus one was pretty good too....maybe it's just me and I preferred the unique quirkiness of stop motion animation.

Littlefoot1616 · **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2004, 07:42:18 PM

Jim Carrey's version of The Grinch was on TV tonight. I actually quite like that film purely because of the wacky nature of Mr. Carrey! He makes me crack up! Oh, here's something I also find out. James Horner was the composer to The Grinch as well as doing our beloved LBT #1! Cool huh?!

Nick22 · **Reply #4 on:** December 21, 2004, 10:25:10 AM

Horner sure has conducted a lot of movie soundtracks. To be frank, he's hit and miss, IMO.
Nick

Petrie · **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2004, 11:25:10 PM

Well, also the films he's composed for have been "hit or miss"....I'm sure most of you know he did the soundtrack to Balto, and that was lukewarm at best....all the wolf lovers liked it naturally.

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #6 on:** December 22, 2004, 03:34:16 AM

My favorite Christmas Specials have always, all the way back to my earliest memories, been the Rankin/Bass "Little Drummer Boy" and adaptations of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."

My particular favorites out of the 'Christmas Carol' bunch are "A Muppet Christmas Carol", starring Michael Cain as Scrooge. It only Muppet movie that ever managed to be truly and honestly heart-jerking and tear-invoking. The other being "Mickey's Christmas Carol", a 1983 animated Disney adaptation featuring Scrooge McDuck as Mr. Scrooge.

And, I just absolutely adore Rankin and Bass's "The Little Drummer Boy".

Littlefoot1616 · **Reply #7 on:** December 22, 2004, 11:11:12 PM

I love Mickey's Christmas Carol! Love it to bits! Funnily enough, this movie is ALSO linked to the first LBT! Will Ryan who plays Petrie in LBT 1 also plays the giant (the ghost of Xmas Present) in Mickey's Christmas Carol as well as a few others! Did ya know that?!

Check out imdb.com if ya dont believe me!

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #8 on:** December 22, 2004, 11:18:37 PM

I only saw Mickey's Christmas Carol once, but I'll never stop loving the Muppet Christmas Carol. There was another Muppet Christmas movie that I saw. It was funny and interesting, but just not as much as the Carol.

I'll be sure to check that sight out once I get the chance to.

Petrie · **Reply #9 on:** December 23, 2004, 08:59:51 AM

Oh wow, I haven't seen Mickey's Christmas Carol in ages!

Even longer than the Rankin/Bass films. Will Ryan has quite a few appearances on other shows and shorts so I wouldn't be surprised if he's in that film.

I'll have to see if I can find that film now....its somewhere around here.

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Oh, I just remembered another one that we have...its a Christmas special from Sesame Street characters...I forgot the title. My sisters watched this all the time but I do remember it now because it was right next to all the Rankin/Bass videos.

Daddytops2021 · **Reply #10 on:** September 28, 2022, 03:19:24 PM

Rudolph 1964