'70s Christmas TV memories
Jude
House Without A Christmas Tree".
What are yours?
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favorites would have to be Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey (a real sweet
tear-jerker!) and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I also loved Frosty and
Charlie Brown. Now that I think of it, there sad moments in almost all of
the classic Christmas specials. (I'm not too familiar with modern day ones.)
Think of Frosty melting, Rudolph, Charlie Brown, and Baby New Year (from
Rudolph's Shiny New Year) getting teased, Nestor's mom getting killed in a
snow storm :-( At least they all have happy endings!
The Homecoming and House w/o a Christmas Tree don't ring a bell. What were
they about and who starred in them? Do you know if you can rent them or if
they will be aired on TV? I'd like to check them out!
Claire
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Jude
"Claire" <clairen...@mindspringnospam.com> wrote in message
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>> The Homecoming and House w/o a Christmas Tree don't ring a bell. What
were
> they about and who starred in them? Do you know if you can rent them or if
> they will be aired on TV? I'd like to check them out!
>
> Claire
>
actors for the parents and grandpa. It is a beautiful story based
on Earl Hamner, Jr.'s recollections of growing up (and first filmed as
"Spencer's Mountain" with Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara). CBS owns this
outright, but they haven't showed it for several years. It is available on
home video, but on a very limited basis. I plan to get a copy as my TV copy
is getting very threadbare. Starring Patricia Neal, Ellen Corby, and Edgar
Bergen.
"The House Without A Christmas Tree" is based on a novel, set in either the
late 30's or early 40s with Jason Robards, Mildred Natwick and Lisa Lucas
who plays the daughter desperate for attention from widower dad, who still
greives the loss of his wife and begrudges his child the only thing she
wants, a Christmas tree. It is on videotape, so it has that stage play
feeling, and CBS owns this one too, but hasn't played it in many years. It
was followed by three sequels, the first of which is a Thanksgiving themed
story, that has been retitled "The Holiday Treasure" for home video release.
Dixon Hayes
> (and first filmed as
>"Spencer's Mountain" with Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara)
Don't forget Wally Cox as the preacher who gets drunk.
> CBS owns this
>outright, but they haven't showed it for several years. It is available on
>home video, but on a very limited basis.
CBS does rerun this one every so often...I remember it popping up at least once
during the 1990's...
Dixon
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John Denver's first Christmas special......Rocky Mountain
Christmas........Remember the big clear dome out in the snow......with
butterflies inside..........remember the butterfly that sat itself down
on Steve Martin's nose? And remember the glow on John's face as he
introduced his new son, Zachary, to the world. .........Merry Christmas
little Zachary,............Now I feel old........Zachary is 27 now.
Pam
Nanc
Miracle on 34th Street. There is a new Miracle on 34th but I like a original
a little more. Then there is the classic Grinch.......
Nanc
Jude wrote in message ...
Jude
"Dixon Hayes" <dixon...@aol.comspamless> wrote in message
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> Jude wrote:
>
> > (and first filmed as
> >"Spencer's Mountain" with Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara)
>
> Don't forget Wally Cox as the preacher who gets drunk.
Yes, that is priceless.......
> > CBS owns this
> >outright, but they haven't showed it for several years. It is available
on
> >home video, but on a very limited basis.
>
> CBS does rerun this one every so often...I remember it popping up at least
once
> during the 1990's...
That is when I taped it but my copy is uh, falling apart
> Dixon
Thanks for being one of the nicest people I've met on Usenet
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mice. One, a smart-alecky mouse, wrote a letter to Santa saying Santa Claus
didn't exist. The special was about getting Santa to come anyway. So-so
storyline, but it features a well-written song sung by Joel Grey, called
something like "Even a Miracle Needs a Hand."
There was a better special that I can't remember waht it was called. It
aired in syndication and was a cartoon about the creation of the story "A
Visit From St. Nicholas," which is where the line "'Twas the Night Before
Christmas" came from. It told how the guy wrote the story at the last
minute for his very sick daughter.
Endy9
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> I love both those movies too. I also love Charlie Brown Christmas and
> Miracle on 34th Street. There is a new Miracle on 34th but I like a
original
> a little more. Then there is the classic Grinch.......
> Nanc
>
>
> Jude wrote in message ...
> >Some of my favorite specials from the'70s include "The Homecoming" and
"The
> >House Without A Christmas Tree".
> >
> >What are yours?
> >
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Charlie Brown, Original Grinch, Frosty, Rudolph, the claymation story of
Kris Kringle were all favorites of mine. A few years ago my wife introduced
me to Nestor the Long Eared Donkey and it has since become one of my
favorites also.
When I was younger (6-10) the King Family Christmas specials were favs.
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group :-)
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Endy9 wrote in message ...
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Jude<jhc86SP...@att.net> wrote in
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> Some of my favorite specials from the'70s include "The Homecoming" and "The
> House Without A Christmas Tree".
>
> What are yours?
Nothing touches A Charlie Brown Christmas for me
(most brilliant use of music in a cartoon *ever*),
but one that I really like and haven't seen in
years is Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. I saw
it the first time HBO showed it and loved it. The
River Bottom Nightmare Band kicked ass! <g>
-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com
Tiny Dancer
>Some of my favorite specials from the'70s include "The Homecoming"
>and "The House Without A Christmas Tree".
>
>What are yours?
Did the cartoon version of "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus" come
out in the '70s? I seem to remember looking forward to that little goodie
along with the classics like the The Grinch, Charlie Brown, Frosty, Mr Magoo,
and the groovy Rankin/Bass ones like Rudolph, "Santa Claus Is Coming
To Town", and good old "The Little Drummer Boy", which we rarely see
anymore thanks to the PC Police :-P Nice site here:
I noticed more than a few mentions of another Rankin/Bass classic, "Nestor,
The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey". If you're in Canada you can see this
next Wednesday (Dec. 5) at 7PM EST on Family. They're showing a new fave
(out of our era but still a group favorite), "A Wish For Wings That Work", with
Opus and Bill the Cat from the much-missed "Bloom County" this coming Monday
night (Dec. 3) at the same time. Other holiday specials on Family next week
(all times 7PM):
Tuesday - The Little Troll Prince
Thursday - Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Friday - Frosty's Winter Wonderland
And here's an excellent collection of clips and memories from various
old Christmas specials (more from the '70s at the second link):
http://www.tvparty.com/xmas.html
http://www.tvparty.com/xmas2.html
Cheers,
TD
Umm ... Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Nixon
Comet and Cupid, Donna Dixon?
Homer from "The Simpsons"
For a good time call
http://the70s.cjb.net
The Sesame Street Lyrics and Sounds Archive
http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/index.html
Ricky Nightman Cortez
The Year without a santa claus
Yes Virginia, there is a santa claus!
and The Andy Williams Christmas Special
Ricky
Richard Edwards
They Saved Christmas'. A family lives near the North Pole, father
works for an oil company doing some drilling near the NP, when the
kids figure out and Santa figures out the company's drilling operation
is endangering the Workshop. Mom and kids go out to stop drilling,
get lost in a storm, rescued by elves, get full tour of Santa's Place.
The drilling gets stopped and all is well.
Rick
9-11-01 Never Forget
Jude
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Jeff Troutman
> Some of my favorite specials from the'70s include "The Homecoming" and
"The
> House Without A Christmas Tree".
>
> What are yours?
>
>
The original Grinch, Charlie Brown, and the Rankin/Bass were my favorites as
a kid.
For urban horror on the holiday, though, you can't beat "The Little Match
Girl".
Jeff Troutman
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in our house,Christmas season officially started when we saw Santa on the razor
sled in the Norelco commercials
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Rankin Bass, of course!
Kids today don't understand how special it was to see kid's
programming on TV at night AT ALL and to see a Christmas special in
particular!
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remember some tv movie with johnny whitaker, i think it was called "the
littlest angel". i remember that one being really surreal, especially when i
was a little kid. bj
Chris
called "The Christmas Wife"
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Tiny Dancer
>i remember the jason robards tv movie- i remember that being really sad.
Was that "The House Without A Christmas Tree"? Real heart-breaker
that one was.
>i also remember some tv movie with johnny whitaker, i think it was called
>"the littlest angel". i remember that one being really surreal, especially
>when i was a little kid. bj
Yup, that's the right title but I can't remember seeing that one myself to
confirm or deny its surrealness :-)
Cheers,
TD
So Merry Christmas one and all
There's no place I'd rather be
from Elton John's "Step Into Christmas"
Dixon Hayes
>>"the littlest angel". i remember that one being really surreal, especially
>>when i was a little kid. bj
The 1968 (I think?) "Hallmark Hall of Fame" special for Christmas. Yes I do
remember seeing that one. I remember my sister Cathi yelling out "Hey, it's
Jody and he's dead!"
Dixon
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Jude
"Dixon Hayes" <dixon...@aol.comspamless> wrote in message
> >>i also remember some tv movie with johnny whitaker, i think it was
called
> >>"the littlest angel". i remember that one being really surreal,
especially
> >>when i was a little kid. bj
>
> The 1968 (I think?) "Hallmark Hall of Fame" special for Christmas. Yes I
do
> remember seeing that one. I remember my sister Cathi yelling out "Hey,
it's
> Jody and he's dead!"
>