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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 9, 2008 23:15:52 GMT -5
Glad to see the Office special on the list. Brent's video for If You Don't Know Me By Now is had me roling on the floor I just added it. ;D
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Dec 9, 2008 23:38:26 GMT -5
He-Man is rated this low? Bannings for all.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 10, 2008 16:22:44 GMT -5
We crack the Top 30 tonight with #30 and #29. Here are your clues:
* This miser has nothing to do with snow or heat. * The only Christmas special with guest appearances by Hitler and Genghis Kahn
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 10, 2008 20:59:43 GMT -5
Christmas Carols both classic and crappy make up tonight's entry: 30. South Park: Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103599(full episode) The episode is styled as a variety show and features Mr. Hankey as the host; he sits by the fire in his sewer home and introduces shorts featuring unusual holiday songs. The episode was dedicated to Mary Kay Bergman, the voice of most of the female characters on the show, who committed suicide less than a month earlier. Since the episode features audio from the Christmas Classics album, which had been recorded months earlier, it marks the final episode in which Bergman's voice appears. Songs/scenes: 1. "Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo", performed by a postman who resembles the narrator of the Christmas special Santa Claus Is Coming to Town and the non-regular residents of South Park 2. "Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel", performed by Kyle Broflovski, with Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, and Gerald, Sheila and Ike Broflovski 3. "O Tannenbaum", performed by Adolf Hitler 4. "Christmas Time In Hell", performed by Satan and the damned 5. "Carol of the Bells", performed by Mr. Mackey 6. "O Holy Night", performed by Eric Cartman 7. "Merry snorking Christmas", performed by Mr. Garrison 8. "I Saw Three Ships", performed by Shelley Marsh 9. A Christmas medley performed by Jesus and Santa Claus as lounge singers, featuring: "Joy to the World", "Up On the House Top", "Away in a Manger", "O Come All Ye Faithful", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Silent Night", "Rio", and "Let it Snow" 10. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", performed by Mr. Hankey and the cast. During the line "Happy golden days of yore", a white haze video montage of the characters Mary Kay Bergman portrayed (Wendy Testaburger, Sheila Broflovski, Mayor McDaniels, Mrs. Crabtree, and Liane Cartman) is shown in place of the singing cast members. 11. During the ending credits a reprise of "Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel" plays. 29. Scrooge(1951)Wikipedia: Scrooge (1951), released as A Christmas Carol in the U.S., is one of the most well-known film adaptations of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. It starred Alistair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge and was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. The film also featured Kathleen Harrison in an acclaimed turn as Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's charwoman; a role found in the book, but built up for this film. (In the book, Mrs. Dilber is the name of the laundress. In the film it is transferred to the charwoman, unnamed in the book.) Fans of British cinema will recognize George Cole as the younger version of Scrooge, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins, a debtor, Jack Warner as Mr. Jorkin, a role created for the film, Ernest Thesiger as Marley's undertaker, and Patrick Macnee as a young Jacob Marley. Michael Hordern plays Marley's Ghost, as well as old Marley. Peter Bull serves as narrator, by reading portions of Dickens' words at the beginning and end of the film, and also appears on-screen as one of the businessmen cynically discussing Scrooge's funeral. In addition, the film expands on the story by detailing Scrooge's rise as a prominent businessman who was corrupted by a greedy new mentor that had lured him away from the benevolent Mr. Fezziwig. When that new mentor, who does not appear at all in Dickens's original story, is discovered to be an embezzler, the opportunistic Scrooge and Marley offer to compensate the company's losses on the condition that they receive control of the company that they work for - and so, Scrooge and Marley is born. During the Ghost of Christmas Present sequence, the film also reveals that Scrooge's girlfriend from his younger days, Alice, works with the homeless and sick. In this telling of the story, unlike the book or most other film versions, Scrooge's beloved sister Fan is assumed to be slightly older than Ebenezer. In this adaptation it is revealed that his mother died while giving birth to him (necessitating the change of birth order between Ebenezer and Fan), causing his father to always resent Ebenezer for it. He is reminded of this by the Ghost of Christmas Past when Scrooge bitterly mentions that Fan died from complications after delivering his nephew, Fred. The film did not attain its current popularity in the USA until the 1970s, when it began to be shown on television. Until then, the most frequently seen film version was MGM's 1938 adaptation starring Reginald Owen. The Alastair Sim version had received a favorable notice from The New York Times when it opened in 1951, and a mostly negative review in TIME but otherwise had not caused much of a stir. However, in the years since its first American TV showings on local PBS stations, it has attained classic status in that country. Sim's characterisation of Scrooge, from mean and sinister to happy and generous, receives particular praise. A colorized version of the film was released in 1989, and many of the DVD issues include it as an extra. Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern reprised their roles two decades later, lending their voices to Richard Williams' 1971 animated version of the tale.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Dec 11, 2008 1:12:01 GMT -5
Colorized Scrooge I remember.
BW Scrooge I do not.
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Post by JRX on Dec 11, 2008 5:10:59 GMT -5
Here's hoping "The Night the Reindeer Died" placed high.
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Post by Matt on Dec 11, 2008 11:42:54 GMT -5
Scrooge is one of my must watches around this time of the year. Its usually on Christmas eve so I look forward to that.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 11, 2008 16:14:05 GMT -5
#28 and #27 tonight. Here are your clues: * If I weren't stuck here frozen. I'd harpoon you in the eye. * Three titles in one induction, but they are all closely related. You'll see...
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 11, 2008 20:14:59 GMT -5
First up tonight is the second appearance of Robot Santa: 28. Futurama: A Tale of Two Santaswww.hulu.com/watch/4491/futurama-elves-songWikipedia Plot Sumamry: It is Xmas again and everyone is locking down for the arrival of Robot Santa. The Professor sends the crew to deliver children's letters directly to Santa at his fortress on Neptune. They land at Jolly Junction, Neptune and enlist the aid of a pair of Neptunians in sneaking into the fortress. The crew confronts Santa, and Leela presents him with what she (falsely) believes to be a logical paradox (it is in fact a syllogism the conclusion of which is that the Santa robot should self destruct — since it leads to this single conclusion, not two contradictory conclusions it is not a paradox) intended to destroy him. Unfortunately, Santa proves immune to paradoxes; and he takes off after them with a missile launcher. The crew escapes the fortress, and are about to leave in the ship; but Santa grabs the engine and prevents the ship from taking off. The heat from the engine melts the ice under Santa's feet, and he sinks in; it refreezes around him. With Santa frozen in ice, Bender takes over and toy-making resumes in Jolly Junction. Bender heads to New New York where he gets a less than welcome reception from citizens expecting a blood-thirsty killer. While taking a beer break, Bender is arrested and put on trial for Santa's crimes. Bender is found guilty and sentenced to execution by magnetic dismemberment. Fry and Leela rush back to Neptune to bring in the real Santa to prove Bender's innocence. They carve Santa out in a large block of ice; but the ice melts due to pollution from the toy factory, and Santa is freed. Fry and Leela escape in the ship, but Santa has hitched a ride back to Earth. The Planet Express crew tries one last attempt to save Bender, with all of them pretending to be Santa and Zoidberg pretending to be "his friend, Jesus". Their effort fails, and the execution device is activated. Moments later, the real Robot Santa bursts through the wall. He rescues Bender and the two go on a proper Xmas rampage. At the end of the spree of destruction, Santa tells Bender that if he tries a stunt like that again, he will kill him, and pushes Bender off the sleigh amid the burning buildings. #27 a bit later tonight.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 11, 2008 23:13:14 GMT -5
#27 is an unusual entry. Basically, I took three similar votes and combined them to create one:
27. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians/ MS3K Christmas episodes
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Wikipedia Plot Summary: The story involves the denizens of the planet Mars, including Momar ("Mom Martian") and Kimar ("King Martian") who are worried that their children Girmar ("Girl Martian") and Bomar ("Boy Martian") are watching too much Earth television, most notably station KID-TV's interview with Santa Claus in his workshop at the North Pole. Consulting the ancient 800-year old Martian sage Chochem, they are advised that the children of Mars are growing distracted due to the society's overly rigid structure; from infancy, all their education is fed into their brains through machines, and they are not allowed individuality or freedom of thought.
Chochem sadly notes that he had seen this coming "for centuries", and states that the only way to help the children is to allow them to have freedom, to be allowed to have fun. To do this, they need a Santa Claus figure, like on Earth. Leaving the sage's dwelling, the Martian leaders decide to kidnap Santa Claus from Earth and bring him to Mars to make toys for the children of their planet. One warmongering Martian, Voldar, is in constant disagreement with this idea and repeatedly tries to kill Santa Claus, as well as two kidnapped Earth children, as he believes that Santa is corrupting the children of Mars and turning them away from the race's original glory. Throughout the movie, Santa Claus makes several jokes to the kidnapped children, Betty and Billy Foster, laughing to himself and met with silence. He then slowly laughs in disappointment each time.
When they arrive on Mars, Santa and the children build a factory to make toys for the Martian children. However, the grumpy Voldar and his assistants, Stobo and Shim, sabotage the factory and change the programming so that it makes the toys incorrectly. Meanwhile, Dropo, a moronic Martian who has been acting silly ever since Santa came to Mars, puts on one of Santa's spare suits and starts talking and acting like Santa Claus. He goes to the toy factory to make toys, but Voldar mistakes him for Santa Claus and kidnaps him.
When Santa and the children come back to the factory to make more toys, they discover that the machine has been tampered with. Voldar and Stobo come back to the factory to make a deal with Kimar, but when they see the real Santa Claus in the factory they realize that their plan has been foiled. Dropo, held hostage in a cave, tricks Shim, who was guarding him, and escapes. Kimar then arrests Voldar, Stobo and Shim. Santa notices that Dropo is acting like him, and says that Dropo would make a good Martian Santa Claus. Kimar agrees to make Dropo a Santa Claus on Mars and sends Santa and the children back to Earth.
MS3K: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
From the official MS3K Fan Page: First shown: 12/21/91. Opening: Crow and Tom are looking at Christmas catalogs. Invention exchange: Wish squisher, misfit toys. Host segment 1: Song: "A Patrick Swayze Christmas." Host segment 2: J&TB look over tapes of cheesy Christmas specials. Host segment 3: J&TB read their Christmas essays. End: "Angels We Have Heard Are High," stocking time, letter, Mads exchange gifts. Stinger: Bad martian's derisive laughter. · This episode was the one they were working on when a crew from Comedy Central arrived at the studios to shoot footage for the documentary "This is MST3K." Unfortunately, that fact led to some misunderstandings among the fans. The regular robots had been altered slightly with Christmas additions and so those were used in the theater rather than the usual black bots. It was difficult to get people to believe the black bots were used in the theater normally, when they could see differently with their own eyes.
MS3K: Santa Claus
“Santa Claus” Wikipedia plot summary: Santa Claus is a 1959 live action motion picture depicting the adventures of Santa Claus in preparation for and during his annual Christmas rounds. While most commercial adaptations of the Santa Claus legend add a distinctive twist to the traditional story this film is unique in its depiction of an extraterrestrial Santa doing battle with a demon sent to Earth by Lucifer to ruin Christmas—by killing Santa and "making all the children of the Earth do evil." Santa Claus was directed by René Cardona and written by Cardona and Adolfo Torres Portillo. The original film was produced in Mexico and features primarily Spanish dialog. A dubbed and slightly edited English-speaking version was produced for U.S. release in 1960 under the direction of K. Gordon Murray. All references in this article to dialog concern the English version of the film.
From the official MS3K Fan Page: First shown: 12/24/93 Opening: A caroling attempt ends in disaster Intro: Inappropriate gifts are exchanged Host segment 1: Rock band Santa Klaws performs Host segment 2: The bots arrange a Nelson family reunion Host segment 3: An all-inclusive politically correct holiday song: "Merry Christmas...If That's Okay" End: On the SOL, it's a snow day! In Deep 13, Pitch and Santa fight it out Stinger: Laughing mechanical reindeer
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 12, 2008 16:44:09 GMT -5
We reach the halfway point tonight with a Christmas episode of a beloved animated series and a modern classic that people either love or loathe. Oddly enough, both have a similar plot. Here are your clues:
* Instead of getting to save Christmas, he probably should be charged with criminally negligent homicide. * Why is Santa the only one wearing footwear?
The entry will be up sometime tonight.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 12, 2008 22:01:08 GMT -5
We have now reached the halfway point. From this point on, we'll see some familiar titles and a few surprises. First things first:
26. The Santa Clause
Wikipedia Plot Summary: Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) is a divorced father with a son, Charlie (Eric Lloyd). On Christmas Eve, when Charlie is spending the night, they are awakened by a noise on the roof. Going outside to investigate, Scott can see someone on the roof. He yells at the trespasser, which causes the man to fall to the ground. The incapacitated trespasser appears to be Santa Claus. He magically disappears, but his suit remains. They find a business card in a pocket stating that if something should happen to him, someone should put on the suit, climb into the sleigh and the reindeer will take it from there. They find a sleigh and eight reindeer perched atop the house. Scott puts on the Santa suit to please his son, and begins delivering toys from rooftop to rooftop.
Their final stop is the North Pole. The head elf, Bernard (David Krumholtz), shows him an inscription on the card which says that, upon the death of the previous occupant, whoever wears the suit assumes the identity of Santa Claus and all the responsibilities that go with it. This is the "Santa Clause," as stated by Bernard: "You put on the suit, you're the big guy." He also gives Charlie a snow globe.
Scott only has eleven months (until the next Thanksgiving) to get his affairs in order before becoming Santa Claus full time, which he tries to refuse. He and Charlie spend the night at the factory. The next morning they awake back in Scott's home, where the only indication of their previous night's adventure is Scott's new silk pajamas with "SC" monogrammed on them. Scott dismisses it all as a dream.
Soon, however, Scott starts gaining weight and his boss likens him to the Pillsbury Doughboy. He develops a ravenous taste for Christmas treats, like Christmas cookies and hot cocoa. He grows a long gray beard, and shaving it off has no effect; it regrows instantly. His hair whitens, despite all attempts to dye it. He somehow knows who has been "naughty" and "nice". Children approach him with gift requests. Scott's rapid transformation worries his ex-wife Laura (Wendy Crewson) and her new husband, psychiatrist Dr. Neil Miller (Judge Reinhold), who try to terminate his visitation rights to Charlie. They question Scott's mental stability, and believe that Scott's changes are attempts at getting his son to like him.
Eventually, Scott's visitation rights to Charlie are taken away. Disheartened, Scott begins to lose some of his certainty about his job as Santa. While visiting Charlie on Thanksgiving, Charlie's insistence that Scott is Santa re-awakens Scott's magic and he whisks Charlie away to the North Pole. Laura and Neil, who think Scott has kidnapped Charlie against his will, call the police.
Charlie helps Scott and the elves perfect a new sleigh and new Santa suit for Scott. He calls occasionally, but this only reinforces Laura and Neil's belief that he is being held against his will. Eventually, Scott, as Santa Claus, goes on with his Christmas Eve trip, but is arrested while delivering presents to his son's home, and is accused of kidnapping Charlie. A team of rescue-elves free Scott from jail, and fly Scott and Charlie home to his mother and stepfather, to whom Scott/Santa gives the presents they always wanted since childhood but never got: Laura gets a vintage Mystery Date game and Neil gets an Oscar Mayer "Wienie Whistle". Laura, realizing finally that Scott really is the new Santa, tosses the custody papers into the fireplace and welcomes Scott to come see Charlie any time he wants. Bernard tells Charlie that the snow globe is magic. Anytime he wants his father to visit, all he has to do is shake it. After ten minutes, he shakes it and Scott comes back and said he was off to Cleveland and he takes Charlie with him.
25. A Flintstone Christmas (1978)
IMDB Plot Summary: On Christmas Eve Day, Fred finally agrees to play Santa Claus for a benefit event. However, those plans have to be put on hold that night when the real Santa Claus sprains his ankle falling off Fred's roof. With no other option, Santa asks Fred and Barney to continue his delivery itinerary for him and they agree to the task. Throughout that night, the pair finds the job unusually difficult, but Santa and his support crew are ready to help.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 13, 2008 19:06:15 GMT -5
Tonight entry will be up late tonight, and it includes #24 and one of the two titles tied for #22. Here are your clues:
* It's kind of Mannequin meets My Best Friends Wedding, only with much more snow. * James Caan learns the true meaning of Christmas.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 14, 2008 0:38:56 GMT -5
24. Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Wikipedia Plot Summary: Lonely at the North Pole, Frosty returns to meet his friends. Jack Frost (voiced by Paul Frees) sees the fun that the children are having with Frosty and becomes jealous. Despite the fun he has, Frosty ends up feeling lonely again at the end of each day when his friends go home for the night. They make him a wife (suggested names included Cleopatra and Corn Flakes) named Crystal (voiced by Shelley Winters) for him, but she is not alive like he is. The children try placing a ladies' hat on her head, but to no avail. Late that night, Frosty presents his stationary sweetheart with a bouquet of frost flowers. His gift of love brings her to life, and she immediately says his trademark line: "Happy Birthday". The two joyously frolic through the snow, until Jack Frost uses a gust of icy wind to blow off Frosty's hat, which lands into Jack's icy hand. As he taunts Crystal with cries of "No more Frosty! No more Frosty!", she refuses to believe that her frozen fiance is truly gone for good. Sculpting a corsage out of snow, she places it on Frosty's chest and gives him a kiss which immediately brings him back to life with his usual cheerful birthday cry.
Jack Frost is befuddled at Frosty's reanimation, and the snow-couple begins to slide down the slope of the hill they were on. Angered, Jack throws Frosty's hat, which returns to its rightful place on the snowman's head. Frosty and Crystal run through the town shouting their wedding announcement to the children. The children gather together with Parson Brown, the local preacher, in town to marry the snowpersons. Parson Brown says that he can't perform the ceremony, as he can only legally marry REAL persons. Everyone is dejected until Parson Brown suggests they build a "snow parson" with his assistance. After the minister is constructed from snow, Parson Brown states that "A parson is not a parson 'til he holds the Good Book in his hand." He places a Bible into the snow parson's hand, and he is immediately vivified (and once again, stating the "Happy Birthday" line). Jack Frost witnesses this and decides to spoil the wedding with a blizzard. Crystal decides to reason with him and pleas for him to stop the blizzard. He complies, and she asks for him to be the best man at the wedding (after all, the whole wedding should be wintery, and so it would only be appropriate for him to be the best man). Finally feeling appreciated, Jack Frost agrees and even he calls out "Happy Birthday!" The wedding goes on without a hitch, to the song "Winter Wonderland".
The snowpersons and Jack Frost have fun with the children all winter, but they notice the weather is starting to grow warm again. Jack Frost decides to make it so that winter never ends and Frosty and Crystal can stay. As the overly long winter continues and worries adults, Parson Brown decides to talk with everyone. He tells that winter can never last forever, or the trees will never sprout leaves and flowers will never grow. Jack Frost and the Snowpersons are saddened, but acknowledge it's time for them to leave. They once again head for the train to the North Pole (But not before one last skate through town and one more scare for the local policeman). All traces of winter melt away, but with the promise to return next year.
22 (tie). Elf
Wikipedia Plot Summary: Elf begins with narration by Papa Elf (Bob Newhart), explaining the only three jobs available to an elf: making shoes for a cobbler; baking cookies inside of trees; and working in Santa's workshop. He also explains Buddy's presence at the North Pole — as an infant in an orphanage, he crawled into Santa Claus's sack of toys one Christmas Eve and was accidentally taken to the North Pole. Santa (Edward Asner) decides to allow the child, called "Buddy" after a label on his diaper, to be raised by Papa Elf, who has no children of his own.
As Buddy (Will Ferrell) grows, his height and poor toymaking skills raise awkward questions that his adoptive father continually waves away. Papa Elf also shows Buddy the jet engine he created in the 1960s to assist Santa's sleigh, which had run on the power of the Christmas spirit, until people began to doubt Santa's existence. After a string of accidents in which Buddy's non-elfness becomes obvious, Papa Elf finally breaks the news that he was adopted: his birth parents fell in love with each other when they were high school students in the 1970s, and nine months later, Buddy was born, in 1973. His late mother, Susan Wells, placed him for adoption at the orphanage. Buddy's now 46-year-old father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan), was never aware of Buddy's existence, and has since become a children's book publishing executive with offices in the Empire State Building; Walter is presently married to Emily (Mary Steenburgen), and has a 10-year-old son, Michael (Daniel Tay). However Santa informs Buddy that Hobbs is unfortunately on the Naughty List for being a heartless grouch, but has confidence that Buddy can be able to change his Scrooge-like father into a kind and caring human being.
Buddy is overwhelmed by the news, and with information from Papa Elf and encouragement from a snowman (Leon Redbone), he sets off to New York to find his biological father. Upon arriving, he is puzzled with the culture of the city, but eventually finds his way to Walter's office, only to be thrown out as Walter has no idea who Buddy is and is otherwise pressured with getting a new book published before the end of the year. Buddy finds a department store called Gimbels and comes across their Christmas display "The North Pole", and is subsequently mistaken as an employee by the department manager (Faizon Love). Buddy also meets fellow employee Jovie (Zooey Deschanel) and befriends her. When the manager says that Santa Claus is coming, Buddy assumes that the real Santa is coming and becomes very excited. After Gimbels closes for the night, Buddy secretly stays to decorate "The North Pole" for Santa's arrival. When the employees return, they are amazed at Buddy's work, and the manager fears someone is plotting to steal his job. When the store Santa arrives, Buddy spots him as a fake and gets into a fight around "The North Pole", destroying much of the decoration. He is fired and then arrested.
Walter retrieves Buddy from jail, after getting a card from him that includes a picture of Walter and Susan, and learns through a paternity test that Buddy is indeed Walter's son. Walter allows Buddy to move into his apartment, hoping to get him to adjust to a normal life so that he can then move out on his own. Buddy quickly becomes friends with Michael, and Michael suggests that Buddy should go on a date with Jovie. Buddy takes the suggestion, and he and Jovie see several sites around New York City, and share a kiss while ice skating at Rockefeller Center. Buddy excitedly tries to tell Walter of his date, but barges in on a Christmas Eve meeting between Walter and a famous children's author and a little person, Miles Finch (Peter Dinklage) as a last attempt to get a book before Christmas; Buddy mistakes Miles as a fellow elf, and causes Miles to walk out on Walter. Walter tells Buddy to get out of his life forever, causing Buddy to run away. Michael returns home to finds Buddy's final message, and runs to tell his dad what happened. Walter realizes what he has done, and promptly leaves in the middle of an important meeting with his boss to go find Buddy, resulting in his being fired from the publishing company.
Buddy, wandering through Central Park, comes across Santa's grounded sleigh. Santa explains that the engine broke off somewhere over the Park, and that without Christmas spirit, the sleigh will not fly. Walter and Michael, searching the park for Buddy, happen upon the engine, and they are shortly reunited with Buddy. Buddy works on repairing the sleigh's engine, while Walter and Michael, along with help from Jovie, attempt to distract the park rangers who have come to capture Santa Claus, as well as encourage everyone around to believe in the Christmas spirit. Santa and Buddy manage to take off just before the rangers arrive, but while the engine still fails, the others' efforts, including Walter's new belief in Christmas, have given the sleigh enough Christmas spirit to continue on its way and saving Christmas.
After Christmas, Walter starts a new publishing company, with their first book, "Elf" written by Buddy Hobbs, becoming an award winning children's novel. Buddy and Jovie get married and have a daughter.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 14, 2008 17:54:33 GMT -5
The other #22 and #21 will be up tonight after the PPV. Here's your clues:
* I wonder if they have Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge for Wii * There’s something red and green all over Mom’s kitchen, but I don’t think its Christmas cookies.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 14, 2008 23:16:35 GMT -5
An appearance by Bart Simpson and the only highest-ranking horror comedy on the list makes up tonight's entry: 22. (tied)The Simpsons: Marge Be Not Proud www.hulu.com/watch/20670/the-simpsons-family-photowww.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_TITLE/GALLERY/video/hulu/vi3670409241/Wiipedia plot summary: Bart sees a commercial advertising the fighting game Bonestorm, and decides he must have it. However, Marge refuses to buy it, since the game is too expensive and glorifies violence. Other attempts to obtain the game fail. Bart later learns that Milhouse has Bonestorm and visits him hoping to play, but Milhouse quickly has Bart thrown out. Discouraged, Bart visits the local Try-N-Save discount store. Inside the store, Bart sees Jimbo and Nelson shoplifting from the store. Bart sees the video game case has been left open. Bart takes a copy of Bonestorm, hides it in his jacket, and walks out of the store. Outside, Bart thinks he is home free, until he gets caught by the store's security guard, Det. Don Brodka. Bart is taken to a back room, where Brodka calls his parents, leaving a message informing them of Bart's crime. Brodka tells him to leave and never return, or else he will face criminal charges. Bart races home, barely beating his parents home and managing to replace Brodka's phone message with another tape. The next day, Marge announces plans to have their family's picture taken at a photographer's studio in the Try-N-Save. Bart is unable to convince Marge to go elsewhere. At the store, Bart tries to avoid detection, but Brodka grabs him just as the photographer snaps the picture. He explains to Marge and Homer how Bart stole the game. When Marge tells him that her son is not a shoplifter, Brodka shows them the surveillance tape on one of the TVs in the store. Bart blocks the TV, but the incriminating tape is also playing on all the other TVs for sale, over and over again. Defeated, Bart cries out: "I did it!" Bart's parents are very disappointed in him. While Homer attempts to lecture Bart about how wrong stealing is (and gets distracted with memories of watching the Police Academy movies), Marge becomes distant with her son and sends him to bed. Bart is left out of family activities, such as decorating the Christmas tree and making snow statues of themselves. Bart fears he has lost his mother's love, and decides he must regain it. He visits the Try-N-Save, and returns with a bulge in his coat. Marge confronts him, believing he was shoplifting again. She finds Bart has hidden a picture of himself bought as a Christmas present for Marge. Marge is overjoyed, and in gratitude for receiving her Christmas gift, she gives Bart his, telling him it is the video game "every boy wants", according to the store clerk. Bart eagerly opens the present only to find out it is Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge. Although he is disappointed, Bart smiles and embraces his mother. The episode finishes with Bart playing Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge over the end credits. 21. GremlinsWikipedia Plot Summary: The character Randall "Rand" Peltzer is an inventor of modest abilities and questionable success. From the fictional community of Kingston Falls, he travels to Chinatown in New York City to sell his inventions and pick up a present for his son Billy. A young Chinese boy there takes Rand to his grandfather's small shop, where Rand takes interest in a small cute furry creature called a mogwai (which in Cantonese & Mandarin translates as "ghost", "devil" or "demon"). Mr. Wing, the Chinese boy's grandfather and owner of the shop, refuses to sell the Mogwai even when Rand offers US $200 for it. This is money that the Wing family desperately needs, however; therefore Wing's grandson secretly sells the mogwai to Rand. Though the creature seems innocent enough, the grandson warns Rand that he must not let the mogwai near bright light, especially sunlight, which can kill the Mogwai; must not allow water to touch the mogwai; and, most importantly, must never feed it after midnight. Rand names the creature "Gizmo" and brings him home to his son, a young man who has taken up a job at the bank to make ends meet for his parents, with whom he lives. He has a dog called Barney whose mischief makes him and Billy the targets of harassment by Ruby Deagle, an elderly woman wielding much financial influence. Billy's coworker and love interest Kate Beringer, a local bartender, sees directly the misery in the town caused by Mrs. Deagle's business practices. Billy is fascinated with Gizmo, who is highly intelligent, can hum a tune, and proves to be a very gentle and well-behaved creature. Unfortunately, Billy's friend, Pete Fountaine, accidentally spills water on Gizmo. This causes Gizmo to go into convulsions and instantly multiply, spawning five new mogwai by a process that appears painful to him. These new mogwai are much more aggressive than Gizmo. They are led by the Mogwai Stripe, who has a white mohawk-like hairstyle. Billy later brings one to Pete's science teacher Roy Hanson, who aggravates the mogwai by sticking a needle in it for a blood test. Ignoring Billy's cautions, Roy leaves food out, which the mogwai promptly steals and eats after midnight. Eventually, the new Mogwai trick Billy into feeding them after midnight by stopping his alarm clock. All the creatures, except Gizmo, who was wise enough not to accept the food, soon form cocoons around themselves. While Billy is at the bank, the cocoons hatch, and the Mogwai emerge, having transformed into "gremlins". In this form, they possess sharp teeth, claws, and dark green reptilian skin, and are extremely reckless. Billy travels to the school to find Roy, only to find him killed by the gremlin at the school. Billy is injured and races to warn his mother, who is now alone with the gremlins, and comes into conflict with them. She manages to kill three, using household tools as weapons. While she is being strangled by a surviving gremlin, Billy arrives and saves her by decapitating it with an ornamental sword. The only remaining gremlin left in the house is Stripe, who escapes. Billy follows him to the local YMCA; but the creature escapes once more by jumping into a swimming pool. Realizing what is to occur, Billy flees, while Stripe multiplies into a multitude of gremlins. Billy then takes Gizmo to the police station, so as to try to warn the townsfolk. The policemen ignore them to investigate a series of bizarre accidents, which Billy insists are the work of the gremlins. Meanwhile, Stripe and his gremlin army attack the town, assaulting the population. Billy then rushes to Dorry's Tavern to rescue Kate, who has been bartending that night. The gremlins have taken over the tavern, are behaving in an exceedingly vulgar fashion, and force Kate to serve them. She eventually discovers they are frightened by light when she attempts to light one's cigarette. She then knocks down several through flash photography, and is later reunited with Billy. The two seek shelter in the bank while the gremlins wreak havoc upon Kingston Falls. Notably, the creatures kill Mrs. Deagle by launching her through a window, and nearly kill Billy's neighbours, the Futtermans, by driving a snowplow through their house. When Billy, Kate, and Gizmo re-emerge, they find that the gremlins are gone from the streets and are happily watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in a local cinema. Billy manages to explode the theatre, whereupon all the gremlins burn to death except Stripe, who had left briefly to get candy. Billy pursues Stripe through a department store; Stripe escapes and reaches a water fountain. By this time it is morning; Gizmo, having escaped notice of the human characters, opens a window blind and exposes Stripe to sunlight, killing him. At the end of the film, Mr. Wing returns to collect Gizmo to prevent any recurrence of trouble. Mr. Wing observes that while Western society is not ready to properly care for a mogwai, Billy may one day be so.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 15, 2008 17:27:44 GMT -5
We crack the Top 20 tonight when #19 and #20 are revealed. Your clues:
*The grass doesn't grow on the places where we stop and stand... * "I'M ON MY LUNCH BREAK, LADY!"
The post will be up tonight after RAW.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 15, 2008 23:06:16 GMT -5
Naughty and Nice Christmas stories this evening:
20. Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
IMDB plot summary: Emmet Otter and his Ma are dirt-poor, but very happy and good singers. But as Christmas is around the corner, both of them want to get something special for each other. And the talent show prize is $50! So, Ma gets a song ready, and Emmet forms a jug-band with his friends. But the Riverbottom Gang, a bunch of rich kids with killer electric band equipment is going to be tough competition.
WP’s note: Apparently there are two versions of this special: one which features narration and reoccurring cameos from Kermit the Frog, and one without Kermit. There is some debate as to which came first, but the most recent DVD release of this special is Kermitless.
Yeah, Emmett and his mother sing and it’s all fuzzy and heartwarming, but…
RIVERBOTTOM NIGHTMARE BAND FTW!!!
19. Bad Santa
IMDB Plot Sumamy: Two conmen, disguised as Santa (Billy Bob Thornton) and an Elf (Tony Cox), have been traveling across the country for the last seven years during the Christmas season getting jobs at shopping malls, and then robbing them on Christmas Eve. They use the trusting nature of people during this happy time just to rob them blind. Billy Bob meets an 8-year old boy, (Brett Kelly) who has this trusting nature, and who shows Billy Bob the meaning of friendship and Christmas.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2008 0:32:52 GMT -5
22. (tied)The Simpsons: Marge Be Not Proud
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Post by Widow's Peak on Dec 16, 2008 15:30:54 GMT -5
22. (tied)The Simpsons: Marge Be Not Proud I was looking all over for that clip! Thanks for posting. More clues a bit later tonight.
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