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Title: Your New and Old Christmas Specials...
Post by: Sparky on December 12, 2013, 05:27:58 PM
ya i am a closet collector of these shows.. i have to many... here are a few i have... keep in mind i have 2 little girls 3 and 8... so dad thinks of them :) That is most of them... whats your fav special and what xmas show am i missing? (make sure you scroll to the right for more image)
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Post by: BlueBMW on December 12, 2013, 11:34:44 PM
Thats a lot of Chrismas movies :shock: Ive got to admit Im a bit jeally ;)
I didnt see Charlie Brown I Want a Dog for Christmas in there... thats a good one if you dont have it.
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Post by: soop on December 13, 2013, 03:14:50 AM
Ahh, I love me some Christmas specials!
Tradition!
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Post by: Necromancer on December 13, 2013, 03:46:25 AM
I like the Christmas episodes of regular TV shows, particularly those from Futurama, Afternoon Delight on Arrested Development, and Festivus from Seinfeld.
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Post by: Opethian on December 13, 2013, 03:47:16 AM
show us your 'feats' of strength
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Post by: bob on December 13, 2013, 04:34:16 AM
I have to find that pac man one
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Post by: BigusSchmuck on December 13, 2013, 04:54:06 AM
Beavis and Butthead Christmas special. Enough said.
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Post by: esteban on December 13, 2013, 12:39:35 PM
Ha! I love it.
I love Max & Ruby, in general, but all the winter/XMAS episodes are great. It's the only kids show that I can see/hear a billion times without wanting to skewer my skull with an umbrella.
Trü storie: many years ago, I went to the LA TV & Film museum. They had a kool viewing library. They didn't attempt to offer every episode in a series, but rather a few representative shows. I WATCHED LOTS OF OBSCURE STUFF, but you know I had to watch XMAS SHE RA HE MAN.
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Post by: Tatsujin on December 13, 2013, 12:44:31 PM
wow..so much kitsch in one place :P
but yeah..few of them are le fun :)
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Post by: FiftyQuid on December 14, 2013, 07:44:29 AM
Cosmic Christmas is my all time favourite Christmas special!!! I actually saw it for the very first time in grade 3 at public school. It was pulled from public schools, I'm guessing because it was too religious. Christmas and religion? Who would have guessed that?
The very fact that you have this Christmas special in your collection proves to me we are blood brothers. An excellent, excellent cartoon. I'd love to get your opinions on The Last Unicorn (non-Xmas related).
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Post by: esteban on December 14, 2013, 08:37:10 AM
Cosmic Christmas is my all time favourite Christmas special!!! I actually saw it for the very first time in grade 3 at public school. It was pulled from public schools, I'm guessing because it was too religious. Christmas and religion? Who would have guessed that?
The very fact that you have this Christmas special in your collection proves to me we are blood brothers. An excellent, excellent cartoon. I'd love to get your opinions on The Last Unicorn (non-Xmas related).
I know nothing about Cosmic XMAS, but I want to see it now. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
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Post by: FiftyQuid on December 14, 2013, 10:00:05 AM
I know nothing about Cosmic XMAS, but I want to see it now. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
It's on vevo. All you have to do is Google it. Total running time is 22min. The quality is crap, but it's viewable.
@Sparky is Cosmic Christmas on DVD or VHS there? I can't tell. I'm trying to find it online to buy but I'm only finding the VHS.
Fifty I transferred it from a VHS to DVD and made my own DVD cover... . Have a DVD recorder :).. If you want a copy I will hook you up... Frees of coarse
Title: Re: Your New and Old Christmas Specials...
Post by: FiftyQuid on December 14, 2013, 03:48:06 PM
Fifty I transferred it from a VHS to DVD and made my own DVD cover... . Have a DVD recorder :).. If you want a copy I will hook you up... Frees of coarse
I am all over that. Just watched it with my kids (2 and 4 years old) and they didn't take their eyes off the television. Such a simple cartoon, but it just hits home. Saw you had 'Twas The Night Before Christmas" in there too. Man, I haven't seen that one in ages. Forgot all about it. Do they even play it on television any more?
Canada Post is a bitch now so let me know the cost to ship and I'll send you some monies!
Title: Re: Your New and Old Christmas Specials...
Post by: Sparky on December 15, 2013, 07:04:21 AM
Fifty I transferred it from a VHS to DVD and made my own DVD cover... . Have a DVD recorder :).. If you want a copy I will hook you up... Frees of coarse
I am all over that. Just watched it with my kids (2 and 4 years old) and they didn't take their eyes off the television. Such a simple cartoon, but it just hits home. Saw you had 'Twas The Night Before Christmas" in there too. Man, I haven't seen that one in ages. Forgot all about it. Do they even play it on television any more?
Canada Post is a bitch now so let me know the cost to ship and I'll send you some monies!
You just nailed another one of my favs man, and yeah they still play some of these specials on retro teletoon I think but some will never play as now a days people are to up tight with right and wrong in cartoons :P. I will hook you up with both and don't worry about shipping. Seriously.
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Post by: FiftyQuid on December 15, 2013, 08:08:57 AM
You just nailed another one of my favs man, and yeah they still play some of these specials on retro teletoon I think but some will never play as now a days people are to up tight with right and wrong in cartoons :P. I will hook you up with both and don't worry about shipping. Seriously.
Ah… Retro teletoon. I torrent most of my television nowadays. I have the basic Bell satellite package and that's it. I got your CBC, and CTV, but I don't see many specials airing.
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Post by: FiftyQuid on December 15, 2013, 08:42:16 AM
Here's a few of my Xmas specials on hard copy. There aren't many, but I do have a Toopy and Binoo one that you don't have Sparky. :P Interesting fact: Nelvana distributes Toopy and Binoo and produced Cosmic Christmas.
The rest are cartoons I hope to share with my kids when they are old enough. Some I have already shared, mainly the age appropriate stuff.
My favourite 'adult' Christmas show has always been "It's a Wonderful Life". For years I could never remember the title because it doesn't have "Christmas" in it. Ernest is another favourite mainly because it's just out of the box story wise with some Christmas ideas that have never been thought of, or used, in other movies.
Title: Re: Your New and Old Christmas Specials...
Post by: Sparky on December 15, 2013, 08:58:39 AM
hahaha...Dr. Snuggles for the win man!!! i have those digitally, and such a good cartoon from my child hood... now lets find "Jeremy the Bear" remember that one?.
i just recently picked up this from a buddy...another childhood show, good cheese "P
my french is not so good so i have only seen the dubbed version.
Good times man and sharing them with your kids is such a great thing... You can show them "The Last Unicorn" when there 16 :P man that is a dark one, i put that in the same class as the cartoon of the hobbit, but it is so good!!!
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Post by: Punch on December 15, 2013, 12:31:06 PM
Nice little collection!
For some reason I always end up watching Mr. Bean's christmas episode. I like Rowan Atkinson's act.
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Post by: FiftyQuid on December 15, 2013, 03:08:25 PM
I picked up Doctor Snuggles from the UK. It's a 4 disc box set with interviews and commentaries. If you look around you might find a torrent of it. It's most likely mine as I searched everywhere for these episodes before finally breaking down and buying a hard copy of all of them. The format I have is PAL which is why I converted them all to digital. Maybe the copy you have originated from me! :D
Jeremy the bear! A classic! I remember that one, it came on right after/before "Fables Of The Green Forest" which is another series I'd purchase in a heartbeat if I could only find it.
Last Unicorn you can pick up for a tenner at your local Future Shop on Blu-ray. I still think it's the best thing Jeff Bridges ever did. It is dark for a cartoon. I watched in the theatre back when I was 12 or 13 and I remember it making an impact. Not because it was scary, just because it was the first cartoon I had ever seen to illicit fear in me. Until Last Unicorn, I didn't know cartoons could be anything but funny or fun to watch. I'll wait on this one to show to my kids. They don't need to see a harpy eating Mommy Fortuna (Angela Lansbury) alive while she screams to death. I watched it with my wife the other week. After it was done she just looked at me and said "I don't know you at all". We've been married 5 years.
*Fifty renames this thread to "Sparky and Fifty relive TVO Cartoons"*
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Post by: Sparky on December 15, 2013, 03:32:32 PM
Great post fifty.. Hahaha.. And yes the harpy eating mom fortuna is a pg13
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Post by: esteban on December 16, 2013, 08:11:38 PM
Great post fifty.. Hahaha.. And yes the harpy eating mom fortuna is a pg13
Holy gronola, I have a slew of titles to add to my "must watch" list!
I love hearing about these titles I've never heard of.
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Post by: Tatsujin on December 16, 2013, 10:32:19 PM
scrooged and lampoon le x-mas might be my greatest x-mas movies :D
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Post by: roflmao on December 18, 2013, 02:08:26 PM
My wife was just mentioning how she wanted to watch Garfield Christmas with our young'un! Awesome collection, sparks!
Title: Re: Your New and Old Christmas Specials...
Post by: FiftyQuid on December 31, 2013, 07:38:12 AM
Sparky thanks for the copies of Cosmic Christmas and 'Twas The Night Before Christmas! I tore them out of the envelope and as soon as the DVDs had warmed up to room temp I had them in my PS3. 'Twas The Night Before Christmas went in first. My wife was at work so I called the kids into the room to watch. Both of them sat transfixed on the television. I'm proud to say that I nearly teared up by the end of it. Once it was finished I asked my daughter if she liked it. She nodded enthusiastically. I asked my son if he liked it and he just said, "I didn't like it". Later I asked him why and he told me it was sad for too long. I never really thought about it, but yeah I guess he's right.
I haven't seen 'Twas The Night Before Christmas aired on television in years. I can only guess the reason as to why. I think it has to do with Santa smoking a pipe in the cartoon. That's all I can think of that would get it banned in today's stupid society. It's too bad, because this is a fond memory for me. Not only is it a great cartoon, but it has some well written and sung memorable songs.
Oh and for the record I use to watch this every Xmas and I have never smoked a pipe or had the inkling to do so.
THANK YOU SPARKY!
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Post by: turboswimbz on December 31, 2013, 08:09:33 AM
i just recently picked up this from a buddy...another childhood show, good cheese "P
La guerre des tuques / The Dog who Stopped the War (Conte pour tous #1 / Tale for All #1) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duRmN7gU1yA#) my french is not so good so i have only seen the dubbed version.
Good times man and sharing them with your kids is such a great thing... You can show them "The Last Unicorn" when there 16 :P man that is a dark one, i put that in the same class as the cartoon of the hobbit, but it is so good!!!
Amazingly I have seen this movie! and it is in the collection! Picked it up out of a dollar movie bin. Cheesy but not bad. My favorite part of the dub is when the two groups of kids are facing off and hurling insults, in the background one of the lines is "Your mother drives a lawnmower Eh"
Title: Re: Your New and Old Christmas Specials...
Post by: FiftyQuid on December 31, 2013, 11:34:55 AM