Christmas Movies 2014 Edition!

I bought it and sold it off...they removed some excellent parts...

 

we love that one too!...I also like the other 2 as well...

 

The Santa Clause...

 

Has anyone else noticed that the new Robin Williams movie, Merry Friggin' Christmas, is out on DVD already? Must be pretty sad to watch. Only other time I think a Christmas movie came out in Oct and was on home video by December was that terrible movie with James Gandolfini and Ben Affleck.

 

My gateway into Christmas( today) is always Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Dutch and some holiday episodes of Frasier. Sprinkle a few holiday episodes of The Simpsons and I'm rolling.

 

love the Robin Christmas film, and loved the not terrible, but wonderful Surviving Christmas even more...I watch that every year. Love the cast!

 

we started early this year...have over 100 Chritmas movies so we are plowing through them with much fun!

 

I started watching the Robin Williams movie last night and it's definitely not bad.

 

yes, Robin was great! so sad watching it though, but he seemed to be having a good time.

 

As far as I know the original HBO version has never been released on home video.

The closest release to the original HBO version of "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas" was the 1983 Muppet Video VHS/Betamax/Selectavision release. This was the version shown on broadcast TV (ABC) in 1980. It contains some extra material not shown on HBO, as well as a couple of cuts.

The closest on DVD was the 2001 Columbia/Tri Star Release, which contained Kermit's intro (but not his narration or closing), still had some edited dialog, though.

More info here:

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Emmet_Otter's_Jug-Band_Christmas

 

Speaking of..."A Pinky And The Brain Christmas" is still one of my seasonal "must watch" shows.

And of course, there's this from Animaniacs:

 

thanks! I have the above mentioned DVD...

 

I just watched the Annette/Disney version of Babes in Toyland.
I have that on DVD, but it is not very good quality. I watched it on Netflix, where the colors are much better.
I did find the following special on You tube about the making of BIT that I think was shown on the Wonderful World of Disney.
WHY was this not included as a bonus on the DVD or BluRay release of the movie?

 

Backstage is included in:
Your Host, Walt Disney: TV Memories, 1956-1965 (Walt Disney Treasures)

 

Fallen Angel...wonderful.

 

Alone For Christmas-Kevin Sorbo..

 

There are lots of great Christmas movies I treasure every year, but the holiday season isn't complete until I've watched this piece of magnificent awesomesauce:



Not strictly a Christmas movie, but set in and around the holidays and it is probably the funniest movie ever made. All IMO of course.

 

The Bishop's Wife is a nice holiday film

 

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

One of my favorites.

 

love it as well!

 

is

is this on DVD?

 

absolutely a Christmas movie staple around here...

 

A Chritmas Wish-Kristy Swanson...

 

"Ten minutes, Mr. Whiteside!"

 

It is! First boxed set for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and it may be on netflix and hulu.