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A Christmas Story [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
starring: Yano Anaya, Peter Billingsley, Les Carlson, Melinda Dillon, Colin Fox

Release Date September 26, 2000
It's 1940's Indiana, and all Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB Gun. He knows he needs to drop subtle hints to his parents (Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon). But when his mother expresses concern that it might not be safe, he has to develop some back up plans.

Meanwhile, there is plenty else going on in the family. Ralphie has to face the neighborhood bully to defend his brother Randy (Ian Petrella). His father wins a hideous lamp. And Ralphie finally gets his Little Orphan Annie decoder. But through it all, Ralphie plots and schemes to get his BB gun. Will it be under the tree Christmas morning?

This movie is based on a collection of short stories, and it shows. While the multiple ... Read More:

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Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
by: Various Artists

Release Date October 25, 2004
I don't know about you, but I try to keep the spirit of South Park Christmas in my heart every day of the year, and nothing keeps the Yule log burning quite like Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics. Yes, this is an album for all seasons of the year, a collection full of good cheer, good laughs, and of course pooh. Here are eighteen - count 'em, eighteen - South Park Christmas classics to keep your heart warm, your funny bone tickled, and your bowels regular.

Get the party started with the classic early 50s version that started the whole phenomenon, Mr. Hankey the Christmas Pooh. If that doesn't get you in the South Park Christmas spirit, Mr. Garrison's energetic rendition of Merry F'ing Christmas will - unless you're one of those dirty heathens who don't ... Read More:

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The Goon Show: I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas, Vol. 3

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
from: BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Release Date March 04, 1996
Since the last Goon has passed away, I have been playing a couple of my favourite cds. And Lo! this is one of them.It has 4 classic shows and includes previously unreleased material. I will pick on three highlights; "I'm walking backwards for christmas" the first time
Spike unleashed this comic song to the unsuspecting public. Enter Bluebottle through the pipe. A master of a thousand voices was Peter Sellers. The third one was the John Snagge meeting Eccles, applying for the announcers job. Snagge could not beleive Eccles "was at Cambridge". When he asked Eccles what he was doing at Cambridge;
"Buying a tie" came the classic answer. Out of four shows it is not easy picking your favourite bits. Buy this today and pick out your ... Read More:

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March of the Wooden Soldiers [1934] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
starring: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy, Billy Bletcher, William Burress, Alice Dahl, Jean Darling

Release Date November 07, 2006
Legend Films presents "MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS" (Released 14 December 1934) (77 mins) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- now in COLOR and Glorious Black and White --- Babes in Toyland (re-released in 1948 as March of the Wooden Soldiers, alternative titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet, Wooden Soldiers) is a 1934 musical comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. Based on Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, the film was produced by Hal Roach, directed by Charley Rogers and Gus Meins, and released to theatres on November 12, 1934 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Under Gus Meins (Director), Charles Rogers (Director), Hal Roach (Producer), Frank R. Butler (Screenwriter), Nick Grinde (Screenwriter), Francis Corby (Cinematographer), ... Read More:

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Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Combo Format [HD DVD] [2000] [US Import]

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
starring: Christine Baranski, Jim Carrey, Clint Howard, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon
directed by: Ron Howard

Release Date November 21, 2006
The Grinch feels like a movie made for two reasons: to cash in on Christmas. And to cash in on Dr Seuss.

The movie lacks charm. Nothing really works within it. Carrey's performance is tolerable, but I think Seuss would be mortified at how they've portrayed his character. The Whos of Whoville are some of the creepiest make-up jobs I've ever seen. Although I'm not surprised they made it screen looking this eerie, since Ron Howard is the director, and I've yet to be impressed by anything he's put on screen.

The one saving grace of this film is some really nice portrayals of Christmas-y landscapes. They do a great job of evoking that warmth and wonder of Christmas season.

Aside from that, this is a pretty bad film, and the over-sentimentality is almost ... Read More:

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A Christmas Carol [1938] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
starring: Mel Blanc, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn
directed by: Hugh Harman, Edwin L. Marin

Release Date November 08, 2005
I captured this on video some twenty years ago, but, unfortunately, missed recording the first five minutes. Never mind, it has been a perennial Christmas favourite. Despite the passage of years, it still comes out each December. In fact, if it were not for this film I would probably not have retained my video player! A month ago, I left my previous job and was rewarded with a multi region DVD recorder/player. I immediately sent off for the DVD via Amazon. I can now see the whole film!!

The film is a marvellous evocation of a by-gone era, but one we would all like to still experience. The cast is consistently excellent, the musical accompaniment subtle, appropriate and totally unevasive, and the film captures the mood and spirit of Dickens' book (even if there are some variances). ... Read More:

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The Family Holiday [2007]

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
starring: Dave Coulier, Christina Pickles, Alexa Fischer, Abigail Schornick, William Schultz
directed by: Craig Clyde

Release Date November 06, 2007
I captured this on video some twenty years ago, but, unfortunately, missed recording the first five minutes. Never mind, it has been a perennial Christmas favourite. Despite the passage of years, it still comes out each December. In fact, if it were not for this film I would probably not have retained my video player! A month ago, I left my previous job and was rewarded with a multi region DVD recorder/player. I immediately sent off for the DVD via Amazon. I can now see the whole film!!

The film is a marvellous evocation of a by-gone era, but one we would all like to still experience. The cast is consistently excellent, the musical accompaniment subtle, appropriate and totally unevasive, and the film captures the mood and spirit of Dickens' book (even if there are some variances). ... Read More:

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Blackadder's Christmas Carol: Includes Comic Relief Blackadder - The Cavalier Years (BBC Radio Collection)

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
by: Richard Curtis, Ben Elton

Release Date November 04, 1996
Messers Elton and Curtis serve up a festive edition of the nations favourite sardonic, scheming and manipulative rogue, only this time he's an all round nice bloke. It's Christmas Eve and want is keenly felt, but unlike his self-centred ancestors, Ebeneezer Blackadder is the most benevolent man in old London town. Even the exploitation of his boundless generousity by Mrs Cratchitt (who's son 'Tiny' Tom should, the later-transformed Blackadder suggests, be scooped out and used as a houseboat), loathsome niece Millicent et al cannot dampen this paragon of altruism's good cheer. But in a twist on Dickens' classic tale, the arrival of the oversized Robbie Coltrane as the ghost of Christmas, sees the hero transformed from loveable philanthropist to loathsome misanthropist, serving up the kind of scathing character ... Read More:

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Goon Show 15: The Goons At Christmas

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
by: Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Larry Stephens

Release Date October 01, 1999
Guaranteed to tickle the funny bone all-year round. I love it! The only "dated" bit of any of these is the musical interludes, but even some of them are darn good! Recommended.

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The Munster's Scary Little Christmas [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

CD-Charts > Music > Comedy
starring: Sandy Baron, Elaine Hendrix, Ann Magnuson, Sam McMurray, Bug Hall
directed by: Ian Emes

Release Date November 06, 2007
Guaranteed to tickle the funny bone all-year round. I love it! The only "dated" bit of any of these is the musical interludes, but even some of them are darn good! Recommended.