What's your favorite xmas episode of a TV show?

[Va Lefty]

Mine is "Guess who's coming to Christmas" Happy Days; 2nd season. Richie figures out Fonzie has nowhere to spend xmas. A close second is "Dear Dad" MASH; 1st season. Hawkeye writes a letter to his Dad describing life in Korea at xmas time. God, I think Kathy is right, I watch too much TV

[PassingFair]

1. Blackadder's Christmas Carol.

The. Best.

[GCP]

15. That was the best Blackadder episode ever

I'll have to watch it again!

[RadiationTherapy]

21. For the Brits I MUST go with

'the Office' Christmas special. Ricky Gervais is pure comedy platinum.

[Forkboy]

39. Ha...you nailed it on the first reply!

Robbie Coltrane's Spirit of Christmas kills me in that one! :rofl:

[Lisa]

40. I've got to go with "Blackadder" too ...

The perfect antidote to all those "very special holiday episodes".

[elshiva]

41. "Get me a turkey so big that it's mother must have been

rudyarded by a bus."

Queen Victoria was so great in that...

[Bennyboy]

2. It's a Festivus Miracle!

Seinfeld.....

[gbate]

20. Gotta be this one!

[Mad_Dem_X]

29. Definitely that one! nt

[yellowdogintexas]

3. "The Good Neighbors"..an old BBC series..when the snooty couple next

door end up having a simple Christmas with the Goodes and learn about the real meaning of Christmas.

Oh yes and all Christmas episodes of "Are You Being SErved"

The old soap opera "Santa Barbara" had fantastic Christmas storylines, they were wonderful

[libnnc]

7. I like Good Neighbors

UNC-TV PBS used to broadcast it on Saturday nights.


I'm going to look that one up on Youtube. :hi:

edit to add a clip...is this the one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlnkxzjFGCw

[cordelia]

32. Thanks for posting the link

I always did enjoy that show.

Penelope Keith, who pays Margot is fantastic.

[Aristus]

4. "Holy Night". The Christmas episode from the first season of "The West Wing".

Astonishing. A four-hanky hour of television, if there ever was one. Toby, the President's Communications Director, arranges a funeral at Arlington with full military honors for a homeless Korean War veteran who froze to death on the National Mall. Toby uses the President's name to get things moving, and Bartlet is a little annoyed as a result.

Bartlet: "Don't you think this will bring every homeless veteran out of the woodwork?"

Toby: "I can only hope..."

Magnificent hour of television.

[fizzgig]

5. that was an excellent episode

that one made me weepy

[sarge43]

26. Yes it was.

I lost it when Mrs Landingham talked about losing both her sons in Nam.

I miss that series.

[NanceGreggs]

28. Definitely my favourite Christmas TV episode of all!!!

Wish they would rerun it every Christmas. It doesn't need the actual series to surround it - it stands alone as a great story, beautifully told.

[fizzgig]

6. woodland critter christmas

it was so wrong, yet so hilarious

[laylah]

12. ...

:spank: :rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Yes! That one, and the one in which Santa gets shot down in Iraq and Jesus has guns.

I just saw the Jesus with guns one the other night - I don't know if it was a new one, or an old one.

The Woodland critters one I've seen a few times. "And now we can give birth to the anti-Christ!"

[fizzgig]

23. red sleigh down is a great episode

it aired about five years ago but never gets old. but i don't know that anything will ever top the critters

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. Andy Griffith (1st season)

I just looked it up and was surprised that it was the only Christmas episode Andy Griffith did.

Plot summary
On Christmas Eve, department store owner Ben Weaver insists Andy jail moonshiner Jim Muggins. Weaver has brought along a jug of moonshine as evidence of Jim's wrongdoing. Andy complies with Weaver's request but feels it's only fair that Jim's wife Bess and his two young children be incarcerated as well, since they all had knowledge of Jim's moonshining. With the Muggins family in jail, Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee, Ellie, and Opie prepare a feast with all the trimmings for the family and decorate a Christmas tree. Peeping at the window, Ben Weaver is touched with the Christmas spirit and tries to get himself arrested in order to join the fun. Andy only arrests Weaver, however, after he dumps a garbage can in the alley. Together, the men appear at the door of the jail with a suitcase full of gaily wrapped gifts from Ben's store. Ben is welcomed and regaled with food and drink. Weaver falls asleep in one of the jail cells after finishing the jug of Jim's moonshine.

[Frank Cannon]

10. That one is also my favorite

Thanks for mentioning it.

[CreekDog]

9. That 70's Show-When the boys get the Foreman Christmas tree

Red gives them money to buy the tree.

They use it to buy beer and cut down a tree off the highway.

Kitty: Ohhh, just look at that tree and it's soo fresh (bird flies out of the tree)

Great episode.

[Drunken Irishman]

34. That cracked me up...along with her throwing herself in front of the tree.

[Drunken Irishman]

36. THIS EPISODE IS ON FX RIGHT NOW!

[CreekDog]

38. yup, am watching. enjoy!

:bounce:

[hellbound-liberal]

11. MIne was always the Honeymooners. Here's a clip and a copy of a speech made by Ralph

about what makes Christmas special to him. I sure miss days like these!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB5zAa19OjI

"You know something, sweetheart? Christmas is... well, it's about the best time of the whole year. When you walk down the streets, even for weeks before Christmas comes, and there's lights hanging up, green ones and red ones, sometimes there's snow and everyone's hustling some place. But they don't hustle around Christmastime like they usually do. You know, they're a little more friendlier... they bump into you, they laugh and they say, "Pardon me. Merry Christmas"... especially when it gets real close to Christmas night. Everybody's walking home, you can hardly hear a sound. Bells are ringin', kids are singing, the snow is coming down. And boy what a pleasure it is to think that you've got some place to go to. And that the place that you're going to, there's somebody in it that you really love. Some one you're nuts about. Merry Christmas"

[Raven]

13. "I Remember Mama" Christmas Eve and the talking animals...

this really dates me!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. The Simpsons adopt Santa's Little Helper

:)

[Maraya1969]

37. Oh that one! That was great!

[elaineb]

16. "The Office" (BBC) Christmas party episode

A perfect capper to a perfect series.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. Mary Tyler Moore Show (1st Season)

Mary's first Christmas working at the TV station and she finds out at the last minute, after all her holiday plans are made, it's her job to watch the newsroom on Christmas Eve and Christmas day while the rest of the crew is off.

[_testify_]

18. Futurama's 'Xmas Story'

SantaBot!

[deepthought42]

44. Bender...won't you join my slaying tonight?

:rofl:

LOVE that show... :D

That and Robot Chicken.. ^__^

[AngryOldDem]

22. West Wing, Season 1, "In Excelsis Deo" n/t

[hellbound-liberal]

24. The episode of Just Shoot Me where Finch is playing the part of the Grinch

including the narration and poems. Pretty funny. On TBS right now.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

25. Knowing Me, Knowing Yule ... with Alan Partridge (full show in post!)

I don't know if Knowing Me, Knowing You (or I'm Alan Partridge) ever made it to BBC America, but this is as good as it gets.

I went looking for a clip on YouTube & found that the whole thing's up, so that's me sorted for an hour!

By way of an introduction: Alan (played by Steve Coogan) worked for the BBC as a sports presenter on both the radio show On The Hour and its TV incarnation The Day Today before being given his own chatshow Knowing Me, Knowing You ... with Alan Partridge. Unfortunately the first series didn't run all that smoothly, so Alan is hoping that his Xmas special will restore his status at the Beeb and secure him a second series ....

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTTUeFP8gqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEOx6dUqCjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPE-qhCeFdk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siXV2xyPRyY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ncJX1-ZJk

[Bryan]

35. "There's a spatula stuck under me flapjack!"

That was going to be my choice, too. Christmas at my house isn't complete without seeing Partridge blow up his TV career.

[book_worm]

27. The Dick Van Dyke Show Christmas episode where the cast performs on "Alan Brady Presents"

especially the song and dance that Dick and Mary do dressed as Santas. Also, I like the first season Bewitched Christmas episode where Sam and Darrin bring home an orphan for the holidays and to show him there really is a Santa Samantha takes them all to the North Pole.

[auburngrad82]

30. Married with Children

the one where Santa was skydiving and his parachute failed to open and he splatted in the Bundy's backyard...

[abq e streeter]

45. I was beginning to wonder if anyone was going to mention this one...

MWC seemed to be misunderstood by a lot of people, and it did go downhill , and badly, after the first few seasons, but when the writers were ON, the satire (which again, seemed to go right over the heads of a lot of people) was brilliant. I LOVE this episode.

[MISSDem]

31. Homicide: Life On The Streets - All Through the House

is THE best Christmas show.

[Faygo Kid]

33. Twilight Zone with Art Carney as Santa Claus

"Night of the Meek." Magical stuff.

[TheMightyFavog]

42. MST3K 521: Santa Claus

Mike and the Bots rip on a really bad Mexican Christmas movie. The Jokes they make during the scenes where the kids in Toyland are singing folk songs from around the world are well worth it!

Narrator: Japan also helps Santa.
Mike: By investing in his toy making corporation, they now own Santa lock, stock and barrel


Crow, as German children sing
Klink, you are a terrible singer.
Servo
You are absolutely right; I am a terrible singer.
Crow
How vould you like to sing at the Russian front?
Servo
Well, my father vas a very famous conductor--
Crow, interrupting
Shut UP, Klink.

Some of the other gems...

(Referring to a star in Santa's Castle)
Mike
Why does he have the Air Force star above his door?
Servo
Well, Santa flew twenty-three missions over North Korea.

[GalleryGod]

43. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: The City of New Orleans

Displaced Jazz musicians play on the show to make "Christmas money" for the families back home.