What classics did you see last week? (3 Dec to 9 Dec 2017)
Dec 10, 2017 10:55:45 GMT
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JOURNEY BACK TO OZ (1974) Dorothy (voice of Liza Minelli) returns to the land of Oz, getting new friends (Paul Lynde’s Pumpkinhead and Herschel Bernardi’s Woodenhead), reuniting with old (Mickey Rooney’s Scarecrow, Larry Storch’s Tin Man and Milton Berle’s Lion) and facing new enemies (Ethel Merman’s Mombi) in an adaptation of THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ (without Tip/Ozma, Jinjur, the Powder of Life, etc.). This production by Filmation had something of a THIEF AND THE COBBLER-esque shelf- life. Filmation producers Hal Sutherland and Lou Schiemer kept putting the production (starting in the mid-1960s) on hold due to financial problems, always waiting for money to continue and finish it. It was not a success in theaters but found new life under the SFM Holiday Network program, which made the film a popular holiday broadcast since the late 1970s; one of those broadcasts, on November 29, 1981, had been recorded on VHS. This TV version added live-action sequences of Bill Cosby as the Wizard playing Greek chorus to the proceedings. Commercials in this broadcast includes a JC Penneys’ clothing promo (with a young Carey Lowell), several Ore Ida French Fries advertisements (one a Rich Little gallery of impersonations of John Wayne, Paul Lynde, Jimmy Durante, Boris Karloff, and Humphrey Bogart, the other concerning a live-action Lois Lane making fries for an animated Superman) and an SFM Holiday Network promo for EL CID (1961), which was my introduction to that movie.
THE BERENSTEIN BEARS' CHRISTMAS TREE (1979) The first animated adaptation of the Bear Family by Jan and Stan Berenstein, this Animated TV special (with songs by Elliott Lawrence) would lead to several other Holiday specials about Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Baseball. A perennial since 2001, this viewing is via a Kids Klassics VHS.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951) Much has been written about this classic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel starring Alistair Sims and Michael Hordern. A perennial since 1997 (although I have watched colorized versions since 1990), I am watching this from the VID Entertainment 60th anniversary DVD edition; the print uses its alternative title Scrooge.
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (1970) After handling Rudolph and Frosty, Rankin-Bass covers their first version of the story of Santa Claus. Romeo Muller gives a 1960s vibe in portraying Santa (voiced by Mickey Rooney in his first Santa for the studio) as a rebel against the establishment by Burgomeiester Meisterburger (Paul Frees, who would play Santa in several R-B specials). Viewed this special on Freeform, in its third edited incarnation from that channel (The first edit, broadcast on ABC Family in the turn of the century, removed several songs. The second edited form, broadcast in the mid-00s, restored all the songs but deleted a part out of each one, including the credits song. This new one, broadcast since 2009, has all the songs intact but snips out several scenes, such as Meisterburger torching a pile of toys before bereaved children).
A WINTER STRAW RIDE (1906) A Thomas Edison produced short of civilians enjoying a ride through the snowy neighborhood. Viewed on the A CHRISTMAS PAST Kino DVD.
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1905) An Edison adaption of the Clement Moore poem. A CHRISTMAS PAST Kino DVD.
DARK SHADOWS (1967) Episodes 376-380. 50th Anniversary. Angelique sets up Josette with Jeremiah and turns Joshua into a cat. MPI Video DVD.
SCROOGE (1970) Albert Finney (who, if his recollections of playing Poirot are true, evidently liked playing a role that was an escape from his pretty boy image) heads a cast of British stage and TV actors in this Leslie Briscusse musical. Despite its trappings as a wholesome musical, my early recollections of it were anything but. 1980s TV broadcasts would add these commercial bumpers with an eerie music tone. Already being discomforted by the 1984 NBC Broadcast of MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL and its ‘grave from Hell’ sequence, and this film’s decision to add a skull-face to the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, this version left me wary to other adaptations with a ‘will they, won’t they’ anxiety of showing the Ghost’s face behind the hood. But I’ve grown to be more comforted by this version. I like the musical score, and although much has been written against it, this adaptation has led to a stage show, and the ‘Sing a Christmas Carol’ intro is part of Disney World’s Christmas Parade score. A perennial for 22 years, this film is viewed from the Paramount/CBS-Fox Video DVD.
ER “A Miracle Happens Here” (1995) Dr. Greene deals with problems of the past and present (his future as a doctor is jeopardized by his role in a delivery gone horribly wrong, and his marriage is now over), but regains optimism in helping a Holocaust survivor find her missing granddaughter. Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Benton involves himself in new surgical procedures and Carol Hathaway tries to get her ‘new’ house (in the context of having recently bought the ruin) ready for the holidays. Look closely for a young pre-NCIS Sean Murray (although much of his appearance ended up on the cutting room floor). Watched on the ER Season Two DVD by Warner.
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965) What can be said about this classic TV Christmas special that has not already been written? I viewed this on a Video Treasures/Hi-Tops Video VHS of an older TV edit that doesn’t include the restored-post-1990s scene of Linus sling-shooting a snowball with his blanket. This video print also freeze-frames the “A Charlie Brown Christmas The End” credit scene.
TENCHI MUYO: MANATSU NO EVE- MIDSUMMER'S EVE (1997). The second movie based on the TENCHI MUYO anime series, this production is a gestalt of the original OVA continuity while including Kiyone of the TV series continuity. An adolescent claims to be Tenchi’s daughter, causing much havoc (comedic and dramatic) to his space-girl harem. This is all part of a plan of a demon seeking to settle a score with Tenchi’s family. Christmas is celebrated at the beginning and end, as well as being a plot point for character motivation. This story shares similarities with the franchise’s second (notoriously infamous) TV series SHIN TENCHI MUYO (Known in America as TENCHI IN TOKYO) which also has its own rebooted continuity! Although the ending portrays a happy addition to the Tenchi gang, the story had been ignored by future stories. Pioneer DVD.
SIMPLE GIFTS: SIX TALES OF CHRISTMAS (1978). Broadcast on PBS (the video includes a 1970s caption of the station), Simple Gifts deals with six (actually seven) differently-animated tales involving the season, all involving- as host Colleen Dewhurst attests- gifts given, received, or unfulfilled (with the narrations of Jose Ferrer, Hermoine Gingold, and David Jones). The Maurice Sendak intro presents an impoverished and freezing child who transforms into a Christmas Tree to help fellow children in similar problems. The first tale is “A Memory of Christmas” based on Moss Hart’s autobiography Act One (itself a film starring George Hamilton). Portrayed as a series of photograph stills animated by dissolves, it tells the story of a father and son exploring the Christmas gift carts on the marketplace, unable to buy anything and even more unable to recognize the more important gift they could give to each other. The second tale is “Lost and Found” based on Fontaine Fox’s early-20th century comic strip Toonerville Trolley, dealing with a henpecked husband and father (voiced by Paul Dooley) and his role in Christmas. The third tale is the Seymour Chwast-drawn “The Great Frost” from Virgina Woolf’s Orlando, where the title character has a bittersweet romance with a feisty Russian visitor. Tale Four is the brief “My Christmas;” Charles B. Stackman illustrates the diary entry of 11-year-old Theodore Roosevelt’s Yuletide recollections in Rome, Italy. The fifth tale is James McMullan-illustrated “December 25, 1914: A Letter from the Western front by Captain Sir Edward Hulce” relating his experience of the Christmas Truce (with a bittersweet disclaimer). The sixth and final tale Is R.O. Beechman’s “No Room in the Inn,” about the Holy Family being shunned, accepted, patronized, and then shunned again by the Bethlehem residents. A perennial since 2009 (I first saw parts of this on PBS in December 1995), this viewing comes from a PBS Home Video VHS.
THE BOX OF DELIGHTS (1984) Episode 2 “Where Shall the ‘nighted Snowman go?” The serial continues as Kay Harker is temporarily transported to a Saxon camp. Before he is returned to his time, Harker is given the magical Box by Cole Hawling to protect it from the ‘wolves.’ When Hawling is scrobbled (kidnapped) by Abner Brown and his priest con artists, Kay learns more about this war of good and evil in an animated sequence.
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 (1992) "Attack of the The Eye Creatures" [sic.] 25th Anniversary. I remembered this airing on St. Nicholas Eve, of the next morning receiving THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1939) and BABES IN TOYLAND (1961).
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1976) "Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa" Bergen reprises her role as host of the Christmas-themed episode, with Frank Zappa performing a rather elaborate (for SNL) music number. Sketches include Consumers report (Candice Bergen interviews shady toymaker Dan Akroyd and his dangerous toys like Johnny Switchblade and Bag of Glass), ending with a scene of the cast and crew ice-skating at Rockefellers square. Universal DVD.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984) Much has been written about this classic TV production starring George C. Scott that I feel it unnecessary to write any more. A perennial since 1997. FoxVideo DVD.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1971) Produced by Chuck Jones but created by Richard Williams, some would call this animated short subject the definitive animated version of the Dickens’ tale. Narrated by Michael Redgrave, with Alistair Sims and Michael Hordern vocally reprising their roles from the 1951 version. Viewed on GEM DVD.
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 (1994) “Santa Claus” Mike Nelson and the robots Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo are forced to watch a 1959 Mexican production of the Yuletide toymaker and his battle with Lucifer, emphasized by his minion Pitch. If you think that’s weird enough, include mechanized reindeers, a toy shop composed of children from stereotype-portrayed nationalities and a heavy religious slant. I never really warmed over to Mike Nelson when he replaced Joel Hodgson; I felt a decline in quality in the episodes under his era. But this entry is one of the few I liked.
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (1978) Much has been written about this trainwreck, putting the Star Wars universe into a TV musical variety special. Watched this via Rifftrax.
THE LAST: NARUTO THE MOVIE (2014). Japan often treats its Christmas as a romantic holiday, so many Anime shows set around December stress romance. As the Leaf village Konoha celebrates the Christmassy Rinne festival, they, as well as the Earth itself, are being threatened by collision from the Moon itself. The act is orchestrated by an empowered lord who intends to wipe-out civilization to save it. Famed ninja Naruto Uzumaki is sent to stop this catastrophe, little knowing this mission will change his life forever. The tenth film based on the popular Japanese manga series by Mihashi Kishimoto, THE LAST is a controversial film. Unlike its previous entries, disconnected from canon and continuity, this film is a canonical chapter dealing with the main character entering a romance (which will produce a character for a spinoff series). A relationship that has divided the series’ fanbase: those very happy with the fulfillment of their ship, and those very unhappy that their desired ship did not happen. Viz Media DVD
THE BOX OF DELIGHTS (1984) Episode 3 “In Darkest Cellars Underneath” Kay Harker learns more about Abner’s plans to get the Box of Delights with the help of his Sylvia Pouncer (played by Robert Stephen’s wife Patricia Quinn, the character is mentioned as Kay’s former governess, according to John Masefield’s THE MIDNIGHT FOLK). As the day goes by, people start missing, from Kay’s governess to his guest the feisty, air-gun-totting Mariah Jones. Kay has to use the Box’s magic to avoid going missing too.
NUTCRACKER THE MOTION PICTURE (1986) Tchaikovsky's ballet gets a full-length film treatment by Carroll Ballard, from Kent Stowell-Maurice Sendak’s stage production by the Pacific Northwest Ballet. This version deals with a WIZARD OF OZ- Freudian tones as Clara- between child and woman- deals with her unusual relationship with her godfather Drosselmeyer, who gives her a dream where she sees fantasy characters impersonated by people she knows (The Nutcracker Cavalier is personified by her father; fortunately Clara morphs into an adult woman for the romantic duet). A perennial since 2000 (although I had watched it before, usually in broadcast that includes segments by Tony Randall), this viewing is from an MGM on Demand DVD (replacing the Paramount Home Video VHS).
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1982) “Eddie Murphy.” This eight season Christmas episode (hosted by Eddie Murphy replacing Nick Nolte, much to the chagrin of several castmates) consists of “Merry Christmas Dammit!” (a Gumby Christmas special with Joe Piscopo’s Frank Sinatra and Gary Kroeger & Julia Louise Dreyfuss’ Donnie & Marie singing “Blue Christmas” before making out) and “A Christmas Message” (Julia Louise-Dreyfuss’ April May June tells the story of the Nativity before turning it into a rant about crying babies and deadbeat husbands). 35th Anniversary this month. This comes from the Starmaker’s THE BEST OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE HOSTED BY EDDIE MURPHY VHS, which deletes Lionel Richie’s appearances as well as several sketches.
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER (1964) Viewed on CBS.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1977) "Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson" 40th Anniversary this weekend. Universal DVD.
DRAGON BALL SUPER (2016) "Goku's Energy is Out of Control! The Struggle to Look After Pan!" This is the second thing I VHS recorded this year (the first was a letterbox version of PRINCE OF PLAYERS on TCM). Cartoon Network broadcast.
THE BERENSTEIN BEARS' CHRISTMAS TREE (1979) The first animated adaptation of the Bear Family by Jan and Stan Berenstein, this Animated TV special (with songs by Elliott Lawrence) would lead to several other Holiday specials about Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Baseball. A perennial since 2001, this viewing is via a Kids Klassics VHS.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951) Much has been written about this classic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel starring Alistair Sims and Michael Hordern. A perennial since 1997 (although I have watched colorized versions since 1990), I am watching this from the VID Entertainment 60th anniversary DVD edition; the print uses its alternative title Scrooge.
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (1970) After handling Rudolph and Frosty, Rankin-Bass covers their first version of the story of Santa Claus. Romeo Muller gives a 1960s vibe in portraying Santa (voiced by Mickey Rooney in his first Santa for the studio) as a rebel against the establishment by Burgomeiester Meisterburger (Paul Frees, who would play Santa in several R-B specials). Viewed this special on Freeform, in its third edited incarnation from that channel (The first edit, broadcast on ABC Family in the turn of the century, removed several songs. The second edited form, broadcast in the mid-00s, restored all the songs but deleted a part out of each one, including the credits song. This new one, broadcast since 2009, has all the songs intact but snips out several scenes, such as Meisterburger torching a pile of toys before bereaved children).
A WINTER STRAW RIDE (1906) A Thomas Edison produced short of civilians enjoying a ride through the snowy neighborhood. Viewed on the A CHRISTMAS PAST Kino DVD.
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1905) An Edison adaption of the Clement Moore poem. A CHRISTMAS PAST Kino DVD.
DARK SHADOWS (1967) Episodes 376-380. 50th Anniversary. Angelique sets up Josette with Jeremiah and turns Joshua into a cat. MPI Video DVD.
SCROOGE (1970) Albert Finney (who, if his recollections of playing Poirot are true, evidently liked playing a role that was an escape from his pretty boy image) heads a cast of British stage and TV actors in this Leslie Briscusse musical. Despite its trappings as a wholesome musical, my early recollections of it were anything but. 1980s TV broadcasts would add these commercial bumpers with an eerie music tone. Already being discomforted by the 1984 NBC Broadcast of MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL and its ‘grave from Hell’ sequence, and this film’s decision to add a skull-face to the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, this version left me wary to other adaptations with a ‘will they, won’t they’ anxiety of showing the Ghost’s face behind the hood. But I’ve grown to be more comforted by this version. I like the musical score, and although much has been written against it, this adaptation has led to a stage show, and the ‘Sing a Christmas Carol’ intro is part of Disney World’s Christmas Parade score. A perennial for 22 years, this film is viewed from the Paramount/CBS-Fox Video DVD.
ER “A Miracle Happens Here” (1995) Dr. Greene deals with problems of the past and present (his future as a doctor is jeopardized by his role in a delivery gone horribly wrong, and his marriage is now over), but regains optimism in helping a Holocaust survivor find her missing granddaughter. Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Benton involves himself in new surgical procedures and Carol Hathaway tries to get her ‘new’ house (in the context of having recently bought the ruin) ready for the holidays. Look closely for a young pre-NCIS Sean Murray (although much of his appearance ended up on the cutting room floor). Watched on the ER Season Two DVD by Warner.
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965) What can be said about this classic TV Christmas special that has not already been written? I viewed this on a Video Treasures/Hi-Tops Video VHS of an older TV edit that doesn’t include the restored-post-1990s scene of Linus sling-shooting a snowball with his blanket. This video print also freeze-frames the “A Charlie Brown Christmas The End” credit scene.
TENCHI MUYO: MANATSU NO EVE- MIDSUMMER'S EVE (1997). The second movie based on the TENCHI MUYO anime series, this production is a gestalt of the original OVA continuity while including Kiyone of the TV series continuity. An adolescent claims to be Tenchi’s daughter, causing much havoc (comedic and dramatic) to his space-girl harem. This is all part of a plan of a demon seeking to settle a score with Tenchi’s family. Christmas is celebrated at the beginning and end, as well as being a plot point for character motivation. This story shares similarities with the franchise’s second (notoriously infamous) TV series SHIN TENCHI MUYO (Known in America as TENCHI IN TOKYO) which also has its own rebooted continuity! Although the ending portrays a happy addition to the Tenchi gang, the story had been ignored by future stories. Pioneer DVD.
SIMPLE GIFTS: SIX TALES OF CHRISTMAS (1978). Broadcast on PBS (the video includes a 1970s caption of the station), Simple Gifts deals with six (actually seven) differently-animated tales involving the season, all involving- as host Colleen Dewhurst attests- gifts given, received, or unfulfilled (with the narrations of Jose Ferrer, Hermoine Gingold, and David Jones). The Maurice Sendak intro presents an impoverished and freezing child who transforms into a Christmas Tree to help fellow children in similar problems. The first tale is “A Memory of Christmas” based on Moss Hart’s autobiography Act One (itself a film starring George Hamilton). Portrayed as a series of photograph stills animated by dissolves, it tells the story of a father and son exploring the Christmas gift carts on the marketplace, unable to buy anything and even more unable to recognize the more important gift they could give to each other. The second tale is “Lost and Found” based on Fontaine Fox’s early-20th century comic strip Toonerville Trolley, dealing with a henpecked husband and father (voiced by Paul Dooley) and his role in Christmas. The third tale is the Seymour Chwast-drawn “The Great Frost” from Virgina Woolf’s Orlando, where the title character has a bittersweet romance with a feisty Russian visitor. Tale Four is the brief “My Christmas;” Charles B. Stackman illustrates the diary entry of 11-year-old Theodore Roosevelt’s Yuletide recollections in Rome, Italy. The fifth tale is James McMullan-illustrated “December 25, 1914: A Letter from the Western front by Captain Sir Edward Hulce” relating his experience of the Christmas Truce (with a bittersweet disclaimer). The sixth and final tale Is R.O. Beechman’s “No Room in the Inn,” about the Holy Family being shunned, accepted, patronized, and then shunned again by the Bethlehem residents. A perennial since 2009 (I first saw parts of this on PBS in December 1995), this viewing comes from a PBS Home Video VHS.
THE BOX OF DELIGHTS (1984) Episode 2 “Where Shall the ‘nighted Snowman go?” The serial continues as Kay Harker is temporarily transported to a Saxon camp. Before he is returned to his time, Harker is given the magical Box by Cole Hawling to protect it from the ‘wolves.’ When Hawling is scrobbled (kidnapped) by Abner Brown and his priest con artists, Kay learns more about this war of good and evil in an animated sequence.
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 (1992) "Attack of the The Eye Creatures" [sic.] 25th Anniversary. I remembered this airing on St. Nicholas Eve, of the next morning receiving THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1939) and BABES IN TOYLAND (1961).
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1976) "Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa" Bergen reprises her role as host of the Christmas-themed episode, with Frank Zappa performing a rather elaborate (for SNL) music number. Sketches include Consumers report (Candice Bergen interviews shady toymaker Dan Akroyd and his dangerous toys like Johnny Switchblade and Bag of Glass), ending with a scene of the cast and crew ice-skating at Rockefellers square. Universal DVD.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984) Much has been written about this classic TV production starring George C. Scott that I feel it unnecessary to write any more. A perennial since 1997. FoxVideo DVD.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1971) Produced by Chuck Jones but created by Richard Williams, some would call this animated short subject the definitive animated version of the Dickens’ tale. Narrated by Michael Redgrave, with Alistair Sims and Michael Hordern vocally reprising their roles from the 1951 version. Viewed on GEM DVD.
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 (1994) “Santa Claus” Mike Nelson and the robots Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo are forced to watch a 1959 Mexican production of the Yuletide toymaker and his battle with Lucifer, emphasized by his minion Pitch. If you think that’s weird enough, include mechanized reindeers, a toy shop composed of children from stereotype-portrayed nationalities and a heavy religious slant. I never really warmed over to Mike Nelson when he replaced Joel Hodgson; I felt a decline in quality in the episodes under his era. But this entry is one of the few I liked.
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (1978) Much has been written about this trainwreck, putting the Star Wars universe into a TV musical variety special. Watched this via Rifftrax.
THE LAST: NARUTO THE MOVIE (2014). Japan often treats its Christmas as a romantic holiday, so many Anime shows set around December stress romance. As the Leaf village Konoha celebrates the Christmassy Rinne festival, they, as well as the Earth itself, are being threatened by collision from the Moon itself. The act is orchestrated by an empowered lord who intends to wipe-out civilization to save it. Famed ninja Naruto Uzumaki is sent to stop this catastrophe, little knowing this mission will change his life forever. The tenth film based on the popular Japanese manga series by Mihashi Kishimoto, THE LAST is a controversial film. Unlike its previous entries, disconnected from canon and continuity, this film is a canonical chapter dealing with the main character entering a romance (which will produce a character for a spinoff series). A relationship that has divided the series’ fanbase: those very happy with the fulfillment of their ship, and those very unhappy that their desired ship did not happen. Viz Media DVD
THE BOX OF DELIGHTS (1984) Episode 3 “In Darkest Cellars Underneath” Kay Harker learns more about Abner’s plans to get the Box of Delights with the help of his Sylvia Pouncer (played by Robert Stephen’s wife Patricia Quinn, the character is mentioned as Kay’s former governess, according to John Masefield’s THE MIDNIGHT FOLK). As the day goes by, people start missing, from Kay’s governess to his guest the feisty, air-gun-totting Mariah Jones. Kay has to use the Box’s magic to avoid going missing too.
NUTCRACKER THE MOTION PICTURE (1986) Tchaikovsky's ballet gets a full-length film treatment by Carroll Ballard, from Kent Stowell-Maurice Sendak’s stage production by the Pacific Northwest Ballet. This version deals with a WIZARD OF OZ- Freudian tones as Clara- between child and woman- deals with her unusual relationship with her godfather Drosselmeyer, who gives her a dream where she sees fantasy characters impersonated by people she knows (The Nutcracker Cavalier is personified by her father; fortunately Clara morphs into an adult woman for the romantic duet). A perennial since 2000 (although I had watched it before, usually in broadcast that includes segments by Tony Randall), this viewing is from an MGM on Demand DVD (replacing the Paramount Home Video VHS).
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1982) “Eddie Murphy.” This eight season Christmas episode (hosted by Eddie Murphy replacing Nick Nolte, much to the chagrin of several castmates) consists of “Merry Christmas Dammit!” (a Gumby Christmas special with Joe Piscopo’s Frank Sinatra and Gary Kroeger & Julia Louise Dreyfuss’ Donnie & Marie singing “Blue Christmas” before making out) and “A Christmas Message” (Julia Louise-Dreyfuss’ April May June tells the story of the Nativity before turning it into a rant about crying babies and deadbeat husbands). 35th Anniversary this month. This comes from the Starmaker’s THE BEST OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE HOSTED BY EDDIE MURPHY VHS, which deletes Lionel Richie’s appearances as well as several sketches.
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER (1964) Viewed on CBS.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1977) "Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson" 40th Anniversary this weekend. Universal DVD.
DRAGON BALL SUPER (2016) "Goku's Energy is Out of Control! The Struggle to Look After Pan!" This is the second thing I VHS recorded this year (the first was a letterbox version of PRINCE OF PLAYERS on TCM). Cartoon Network broadcast.