Comments on: Oy vey, no Kwanza specials... sorry.

Oy vey, no Kwanza specials... sorry.

miss lynnster — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:56:22 -0800

Time to kill while waiting for Santa to arrive/dinner to digest/family to leave? Well, here's a Very Special Holiday Episode fpp just for you. God bless us, every one.

&VideoID(Listed in no particular order. Yes, I've been working on this a while. Please feel free to add your own now!) Hannukah Harry saves Christmas and Easter! A Rugrats Chanukah Sesame Street Christmas Special 1978 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street 1978 A Muppet Family Christmas The Simpsons Christmas Stories Christmas with Mr. Bill Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 1968 Holiday Special MST3K: Santa Claus Frank Sinatra/Bing Crosby Holiday Special The Nanny Christmas Special The Nanny CARTOON Christmas Special The Nick & Jessica Christmas Special An Amos and Andy Christmas A Very Special ALF Christmas Six South Park Christmas episodes SCTV Dusty Towne Sexy Holiday Special Blackadder's Christmas Carol A Beverly Hillbillies Christmas Justice League Christmas Special Life with Louie Christmas Special Merry Christmas Mr. Bean A very Frasier Christmas Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire Star Wars Holiday Special A Perfect Strangers Christmas Boy Meets World: A Very Topanga Christmas Pinky & The Brain Christmas Special Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas A He Man and She Ra Christmas A Very Elimidate Christmas Davy & Goliath Christmas Lost & Found Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Welcome Back Kotter: A Sweathog Christmas Mary Tyler Moore Show: Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid A Robot Chicken Christmas Bugs Bunny Christmas Carol Rankin Bass Pinnochio's Christmas A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Christmas Family Guy Christmas Special Rankin Bas Santa Claus is Coming to Town Rankin Bass Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey A Gumby Christmas Carol and Santa Witch A Growing Pains Christmas A Garfield Christmas Rankin Bass Night Before Christmas Animaniacs Christmas Special Dennis Leary Merry F$#@in' Christmas The Doris Day Show: A Two Family Christmas The Doris Day Show: Christmas Time in the City Rankin Bass Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Back For Christmas A Growing Up Gotti Christmas Rocko's Modern Christmas A Very Smurfy Christmas Tis the Season to be Smurfy Eight is Enough: Yes Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus A Lou Grant Christmas A Scarecrow & Mrs. King Christmas Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in The FBI: Dark Christmas A Wonder Years Christmas I Love Lucy Christmas The Ray Bolger Show Christmas (1953) A Will & Grace Christmas A Barney Miller Christmas Rankin Bass Year Without A Santa Claus Santa guest stars on Gilligan's Island Alice: A Semi-Merry Christmas Alice: Mel's Christmas Carol Bless This House Christmas starring Andrew Dice Clay Just Shoot Me: Jesus, It's Christmas A Hangin' With Mr. Cooper Christmas The Extras Christmas Special Kirk: The Christmas Show (Cameron, not James T.) A Charlie Brown Christmas Mickey's Christmas Carol Batman: Christmas with the Joker (animated) Yogi Bear's First Christmas Yogi's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper News Radio: X-Mas Story American Dad: Most Adequate Christmas Ever Casper's First Christmas A Cabbage Patch Kids Christmas A Flintstone Christmas Christmas Comes to Pac(man) Land A How I Met Your Mother Holiday A Scooby Doo Christmas Casper's First Christmas Wanda Sykes in A Wanda at Large Christmas Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Krueger's Christmas A Cosmic Christmas Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales Boondocks Christmas Bonus fun: Night Before Christmas (1903) Max Fleischer's Rudolph cartoon (1948) Scrooge (1934) A Christmas Story Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:57:23 -0800

I don't know why "&VideoID" is there. It wasn't when I previewed...

By: champthom

champthom — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:15:10 -0800

One of my personal favorites, A Very Special Snowflake Day Special from Clone High.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:32:49 -0800

Now that is how you make a good linkdump post!

By: carsonb

carsonb — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:45:36 -0800

That's some good Christmas magic. Thankful I don't have to watch A Christmas Story 12 times tomorrow.

By: bruce

bruce — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:50:32 -0800

your, uh, scholarship in this field is impressive, miss lynnster. when tiny tim was absent in the ghost of christmas future's tableau, i always figured it was because the cratchits had gotten hungry and eaten him.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:10:45 -0800

I'd like to thank you on behalf of my 7-year-old, who will be most happy indeed to see A Charlie Brown Christmas, as well as some of the other links here. Miss lynnster, you are MetaFilter's Radiant Television Goddess.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:12:38 -0800

BTW, I'm betting this FPP gets faved more than a hundred times.

By: maudlin

maudlin — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:14:51 -0800

Awesome. I'm catching Blackadder's Christmas Carol (which I couldn't stay up for a couple of nights ago) right now.

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:17:40 -0800

Wow! Thanks Miss lynnster.

By: wendell

wendell — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:19:27 -0800

I sure picked the wrong week to give up television.

By: eye of newt

eye of newt — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:23:24 -0800

Wow, Santa brought lots of presents this Christmas Eve. Thanks Miss Lynnster

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:32:08 -0800

Miss Lynnster, you do know that Mathowie isn't awarding a Wii this December, right?

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:33:15 -0800

Holy shitcocks.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:36:32 -0800

It's a Blunderful Life

By: eye of newt

eye of newt — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:40:53 -0800

To link this to champthom's Rod Sterling post,, here is Twighlight Zone's story of a department Santa: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:42:50 -0800

Anyone who hasn't seen the Extras Christmas Special yet, I just caught it and it's SO good. Ricky Gervais is just AMAZING in it. Wow. Blew me away.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:46:09 -0800

(Extras is linked above, btw.)

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:50:48 -0800

The Golden Age of Christmas Radio : 1947 - 1959 Storynory has a collection of festive kid stories.

By: mullingitover

mullingitover — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:30:21 -0800

Flagged as HOLY SHIT MISS LYNNSTER IS HARDCORE.

By: mullingitover

mullingitover — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:35:40 -0800

clarification: by HARDCORE, I mean totally awesome.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:35:44 -0800

whoa. just freaking WHOA. an amazing list. thank you, miss lynnster, for blessing MeFi with such goodness.

By: Joe Invisible

Joe Invisible — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:47:13 -0800

Sweet Jesus' Birthday, Lynnster! Thanks!

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:47:42 -0800

clarification: by HARDCORE, I mean totally awesome So, what you said there is roughly the same as: by 'CHEESE" I mean delicious yummy fermented/rotted byproducts of milk from various animals. Hardcore == awesome. miss lynnster = seventeen different flavours of awesome. at least.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:50:08 -0800

Just enjoy 'em.

By: The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal

The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:46:51 -0800

champthom, I was looking and looking for that on the list and then, damn, you were right there with it. That being said, miss lynnster, I totally aspire to someday have even just half the mad posting skills you do.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:03:21 -0800

Snatch the pebble from my hand, grasshopper. When I move back to LA I'll probably be waaaay too busy to do this kinda stuff much. Fun for now tho. :)

By: The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal

The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:17:12 -0800

Oh, and to add on to the all-religions-are-equally-valid Snowflake Day celebratory television link dump, here's the X-Files' sixth season episode, How the Ghosts Stole Christmas (alternately, watch it in just ten minutes). And Happy New Year!

By: The Light Fantastic

The Light Fantastic — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:57:27 -0800

I am far, Far, FAR TOO LAZY to ever follow all of those links. So, I salute you for your diligence, wish you a Merry Christmas, and vow to forget this post ever happened. Fair enough?

By: Roman Graves

Roman Graves — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:58:46 -0800

I don't even like Christmas, but seriously, how do you do it Miss L?

By: stavrogin

stavrogin — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:11:17 -0800

Merry Christmas, Metafilter. Hoopa, Hoopa.

By: rmmcclay

rmmcclay — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:41:51 -0800

Nice job, miss lynnster. Thank you!

By: bukvich

bukvich — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:16:26 -0800

THIS IS A BUNCH OF HUM BUG.

By: goo

goo — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:42:23 -0800

Wow.

By: ersatz

ersatz — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:06:20 -0800

Ho ho ho, my relatives will lovingly kill me.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:28:21 -0800

"A Pirate Christmas". A trenchcoat full of holiday cheer

By: pax digita

pax digita — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:20:33 -0800

miss l. ... E for effort; blowing kisses your general direction. I'm still looking for the WKRP in Cincinnati Christmas one.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:57:46 -0800

I'm sorry to say I couldn't find the WKRP Christmas Carol. I did find the Very Special Turkey Drop episode, tho. God I loved that show. Less Nessman! Hee.

By: trip and a half

trip and a half — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:59:17 -0800

Oh Miss Lynnster thanks for the wonderful present! Happy Christmas!

By: dipping_sauce

dipping_sauce — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:27:58 -0800

♥s miss lynnster Now I know what I'm going to be watching tomorrow when I'm stuck at work.

By: Lucinda

Lucinda — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:30:42 -0800

Might I recommend playing this before A Charlie Brown Christmas, just to extend the happy memories....

By: gummi

gummi — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:09:19 -0800

Wow. Thanks! Merry Christmas!

By: HyperBlue

HyperBlue — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:53:28 -0800

I'll admit, I only rapidly scanned the list, but I don't think I saw the Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo episode (YT vid) of South Park anywhere on that list. It was a very special and charmin episode.

By: HyperBlue

HyperBlue — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:57:34 -0800

Fixed Christmas Poo link

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:57:58 -0800

very special and charmin episode I think you're looking for this thread. (Also from miss lynnster!)

By: h00py

h00py — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:08:41 -0800

This is just excellent. "The Year Without A Santa Claus" and the Extras Christmas Special (plus everything else). I'm going to leave my dialup connection on all night just for this. Thanks, Miss Lynnster!

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:42:23 -0800

I'll admit, I only rapidly scanned the list, but I don't think I saw the Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo episode (YT vid) They were hidden in there, it was a link to a page with 4 other Christmas South Parks (Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo, A Very Crappy Christmas, Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics, It's Christmas Time in Canada, Woodland Critter Christmas & Merry Christmas Charlie Manson).

By: Atom Eyes

Atom Eyes — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:02:15 -0800

*searches list for Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol* *finds bupkis* *wipes away small tear* Good job anyway, miss lynnster!

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:42:04 -0800

I love challenges. Here you go.

By: Atom Eyes

Atom Eyes — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:31:24 -0800

Nice! Your tupperware thing of razzleberry dressing's in the mail.