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
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,
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
Jimmy Durante narrators the story of Frosty, a snowman who is brought to life when a hat, thrown away by Professor Hinkle (voice: Billy De Wolfe), a bad magician, is placed on his head. Frosty (voice: Jackie Vernon) realizes that he’ll melt unless he reaches the North Pole, so he sets off with little Karen
Philip J. Fry (voice: Billy West) is depressed because he’s away from his family at Christmas and because the holiday (now pronounced “ex mass”) has changed so much in a thousand years. Now, Santa Claus is a highly armed robot that punishes the naughty, and he considers almost everyone naughty. When Fry learns how sad
Sylvester is far less impressed with his Christmas present (a rubber mouse) than with Granny’s (Tweety). Cat wants bird. Bird wants to live. Granny wants peace. It’s the eternal triangle…right? 7.5 min. If you’ve seen one Tweety cartoon, you’ve… Well, you get the idea. Unless you haven’t seen a Tweety cartoon, in which case: What’s