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Posted by ElectricWhite on 13-12-2015 at 19:40:
The Worst Christmas?
Okay, I just finished watching Rudolph and Frosty`s Christmas in July, a 90-minute spinoff/crossover of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman that should never have been made in 1979...if ever. (To prlong the agony, ABC Family puts in enough ads to stretch it to 2 hours.) The plot is more like a handful of micro-plots knotted together into one insipid, slow mess with characters from almost all of the Rankin/Bass Christmas special as well as the most well-known songs thrown in for no good reason.
So, I was wondering, what do you think is the worst Christmas special you`ve ever seen on television?
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Posted by Becky Rock on 13-12-2015 at 20:36:
Any Hallmark Christmas movie.
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Posted by ChrisW on 13-12-2015 at 20:56:
Hmm, this is a toughie since I haven't really been watching Christmas specials for a few years now. I have to laugh with Becky's answer since this summer they shot one of those Hallmark Christmas movies here in town. Was so weird to see fake snow and actors in parkas in our little downtown in the middle of a heat wave!
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Posted by RIgirl on 13-12-2015 at 21:26:
Yup, nothing says Christmas like heat stroke, Chris! LOL
This isn't a Christmas special, but I think the worst song out there is "The Christmas Shoes." If I remember right, now that I think of it, I think they did make this into a Christmas special movie, but, yeah, I didn't watch it.
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Posted by Springie on 13-12-2015 at 21:57:
RIgirl- I'm with you- I hate that "Christmas Shoes" song...
hmmm... I can't think of any bad Christmas specials at the moment...but some of those old 80s knockoff specials come to mind. You know, the ones that tried to take advantage of whatever toy was popular at the moment?
Maybe there was a "He-man meets the Smurfs meets My Little Pony meets the Ninja Turtles and Mr.T's Christmas" out there somewhere...
...and wasn't there one done by the California Raisins? *shiver*
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Posted by Springie on 13-12-2015 at 22:00:
This is only a part of it...but here's the "California Raisins" one...something about that claymation creeps me out...
CA Raisins special
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Posted by KT1972 on 13-12-2015 at 22:04:
Ugh
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Posted by msannomalley on 13-12-2015 at 23:18:
My vote goes to The Star Wars Holiday Special. The only way I can actually sit through that is if I watch the Rifftrax version (with the guys from Mystery Science Theater riffing on it).
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Posted by The Other Jason on 14-12-2015 at 03:07:
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That was going to be my first answer too. I remember eagerly awaiting that Star Wars special when it was announced... and how completely disappointed I was when it was over. It was not a nice thing to do to kids.
For years, the only things I remembered about it were the animated sequence and the scene where Stormtroopers broke in to Chewbacca's house and destroyed his kid's toys. Then I saw it many years later and got to experience the full horror again.
But more recently I'll vote for the made-for-TV Christmas Vacation 2 special. Crude, boring and horrendously unfunny. I can't even think of any good snark to throw its way. Avoid at all costs.
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 14-12-2015 at 04:14:
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To me, listing The Star Wars Holiday Special is like putting the Bible on most bestseller lists -- the book`s been at the #1 position for so long that it`s not even considered for inclusion, so other writers can feel like they have a chance.
Having said that, one memory I had as a kid seeing that holiday turkey was wondering why in the heck Maude was wearing fake arms while bartending at a cheap knock-off of my neighbor`s cheap basement bar.
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Posted by ChrisW on 14-12-2015 at 06:21:
Anyone have a line on finding that special? Hubby says he hasn't seen the whole thing since he was a child and apparently wants to (he's a masochist!)
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Posted by The Other Jason on 14-12-2015 at 07:25:
Hi CW,
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Like just about everything else, it's on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4CtXcjib4o
You haven't really known the holidays until you've heard Princess Leia sing about Life Day.
Enjoy.
The Other Jason
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Posted by msannomalley on 14-12-2015 at 13:07:
Here's the Rifftrax version. There's a clip on the website, too. http://www.rifftrax.com/the-star-wars-holiday-special
I think I'd blocked most of my original viewing of this out. I remember being supremely cheesed off (as much as an 8 year old kid can be supremely cheesed off) that it was 2 hours of people I didn't care about and not much of the characters from the movie. When I finally saw it after all those years, I was reminded why I blocked out the memory.
That said, watching the Rifftrax version of this has become a Christmas tradition in my house.
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Posted by Springie on 14-12-2015 at 14:53:
Wow....just wow... I've heard of the Star Wars Christmas special...but I've never seen it before! Just that one little clip and I am already wanting to claw my eyes out! 
ROFL!
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Posted by msannomalley on 14-12-2015 at 15:52:
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And that's not even the worst parts of it!
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Posted by msannomalley on 14-12-2015 at 21:32:
Speaking of holiday specials, I saw this article on my Facebook feed.
12 Most 80s Christmas Specials You Forgot Existed
I remember some of these, like Garfield, Pee-Wee Herman and the California Raisins. The rest not so much. Probably because I didn't watch them when they aired.
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Posted by The Other Jason on 15-12-2015 at 04:43:
Hi!
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I remember too many of them, I watched a lot of TV. :-) The worst on that list has to be the Alf's Special Christmas. I used to love Alf, but they forgot the funny in that one. I guess it was meant to be uplifting though that had to have been the most depressing Christmas special I've seen.
Then again, I liked Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, which was also kind of a downer for a while. So go figure. :-)
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 15-12-2015 at 13:54:
This is why I was confounded as a kid that they never had a BOTP Christmas special.
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 15-12-2015 at 21:38:
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Hmm...the thought of Zark going around with mistletoe on his antennae, wishing Santa would bring Susan to Center Neptune, only to learn that the evil forces of Spectra had kidnapped Santa and all his elves because one of the Luminous One`s bulbs had gone out....
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 16-12-2015 at 00:09:
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Oh, better than that!
If I may indulge in a little self-promotion...
http://gatchfanfic.com/viewstory.php?sid=1225&chapter=1
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