When Sheriff Andy Taylor is forced by the town Scrooge, Ben Weaver (Will Wright), to hold a moonshiner in jail over Christmas, Andy (Andy Griffith), Barney (Don Knotts), Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), Ellie (Elinor Donahue), and Opie (Ronny Howard) move their Christmas celebration to the jail. 25 min. So many Christmas shows try for warmth
With his sister hanging on the Christmas tree, the Angry Kid (voice: Darren Walsh) is filmed giving the Queen’s traditional Christmas address, but he can’t get it right. 2 min. The Angry Kid series of short-shorts have gotten a wide distribution via the Internet. While you can pay for them (a DVD is available), I
A badger just wants to sleep in his den in a Scottish hill, but he is disturbed, first by cawing crows, and then by the military placing missiles below his home. Written & Directed by: Sharon Colman, Produced by: Jamie Wolpert. 7 min In a time of mega-corporate, 3-D spectaculars and low-rent, Internet flash pieces,
Beavis and Butt-head (voice: Mike Judge) watch some videos, read a few letters, and star in two shorts: Huh-Huh-Humbug! and It’s A Miserable Life. In the first, Beavis fantasizes he’s the manager at a burger joint and is visited by three ghosts. In the second, Butt-head is shown what the world would be like if
The Grim Reaper (voice: Greg Eagles) takes Billy (voice: Richard Steven Horvitz) and Mandy (voice: Grey DeLisle) to the North Pole to prove that Santa Claus exists. But once there, they find that Santa (voice: Gilbert Gottfried) has become a vampire. Leaving Billy with Mrs. Claus (voice: Carol Kane), Grim and Mandy journey to the
Scrooge (a.k.a. Yosemite Sam) is up to his normal skin flint ways. His treatment of Bob Cratchit (Porky Pig) is this the last straw for Bugs Bunny, who declares, “This means war!” Grabbing a sheet, Bugs pretends to be a ghost to scare Scrooge into some Christmas spirit. 8 min. The Looney Tunes, do Dickens,
Directed by: Robi Michael. Written by: Winston Engle (based on a short story by A.E. van Vogt). Produced by: Thomas Sammon. Visual effects supervision by: Thomas Marinello. 25 min “Unhappy paint is dead paint.” The ’40s and ’50s were an unimpressive time for cinematic science fiction. Space opera serials, mad doctors, and a few red-scare-induced
Ben Willis (Sean Biggerstaff, Oliver Wood in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), a student attending art school, works the nightshift at a twenty-four hour supermarket. Each employee finds a way to make the time pass. Ben’s approach is counterintuitive as he stops time, and then draws
With The Doctor (David Tennant) in a coma after a difficult regeneration, Rose (Billie Piper) returns to Earth in the TARDIS at Christmastime. Unfortunately, the alien Sycorax have also arrived, with plans to conquer the planet. With The Doctor sidelined, and lesser aliens after his body, Rose is helpless and afraid, and the new Prime
Sledding in the snow, Donald Duck (Clarence Nash, who does all voices) purposely destroys Huey, Dewey, and Louie’s snowman. The boys decide to fight back and it escalates to a wild snowball fight. 7 min. This isn’t really a Christmas film, but it is a winter one, and is generally shown at Christmastime. Disney packages
On Christmas Eve, The Tasmanian Devil (voice: Mel Blanc) is accidentally dropped from an airplane and falls into Santa Claus’s suit, which is on a line to dry. Bounced into Santa’s sleigh, “Taz” shows up at Bugs Bunny’s (voice: Mel Blanc) house, but, as always, the ferocious devil can’t get the best of Bugs. 7