Tis the season...
To watch Holiday TV until one's brain turns into egg-nog.
Here are some more of my favorite Christmas specials..
Futurama, An X-Mas story and A Tale of Two Santas
Nothing warms the cockles on thy heart then seeing the Planet Express crew on the run from a demonic Robot Santa while learning the true meaning of Chris... I mean X-Mas (That's what it's called in the year 3000)
The Muppet Family Christmas.
My all time favorite out the multiple Christmas specials featuring Jim Henson's creations. This one has characters from his big three shows of the 1980's (IE Sesame Street, The Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock) getting together for an "Old Fashioned" yet chaotic Christmas that never fails to bring a smile to my face.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians and Santa Claus
Two of the funniest episodes out of the show's ten season run. The first has the Satellite of Love crew poking fun at the 1950's sci-fi holiday camp classic that has green men from Mars who decide to capture Santa in order to make their kids happy. And the other has them riffing on a dubbed Mexican holiday movie in which Santa lives above the clouds in a crystal place and does battle against the Devil's minion on Christmas eve. (Man I wish I was making that up.)
Merry Christmas, Mr Bean
IMHO the best episode out of the show's brief run, Rowan Atkinson bring his physical comedy a-game to this absurdest holiday master piece. I mean if you can't laugh at the sight of a grown man's head stuck in an uncooked turkey, what can you laugh at?
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