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SNL Holiday Countdown - Christmas Day!

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December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas, everyone! We hope that you have a day filled with family, friends, good food and joy!
Here’s our Christmas Day clip from the SNL Holiday Countdown Calendar, concluding this year’s merriment.
From Robert Smigel’s TV Funhouse in 1997, this edition of Fun With Real Audio features Jesus, who thinks that people have forgotten the [...]

Dec

24

SNL Holiday Countdown - Christmas Eve!

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December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

When you wake up tomorrow, it’ll be Christmas, and I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait! I actually feel like a kid again, wondering what treats Santa will leave for me under the tree, and really looking forward to seeing family and friends.
I’m also looking forward to breaking out my SNL Christmas [...]

Dec

23

SNL Holiday Countdown - Day 23!

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December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A Christmas tradition in my family was going to visit Santa during his residency at a local shopping mall. Sending a letter to Santa was always great, but getting some actual face time to deliver your wish list to him in person was always a sure way of knowing he’d bring you exactly what [...]

Dec

22

SNL Holiday Countdown - Day 22

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December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Chanukah’s in full swing, we’ve marked another Winter Solstice, and Christmas is only a few days away, which means it’s time for another treat from the SNL Holiday Countdown Calendar!
This is a sketch I can totally relate to - wearing a new sweater to a party, and it turns out to be the most uncomfortable [...]

Dec

21

SNL Holiday Countdown - Happy Chanukah!

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December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today marks the first night of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, and to celebrate, we have a very special clip today on the SNL Holiday Countdown Calendar!
From December 1994, it’s Adam Sandler performing his Chanukah Song on Weekend Update with Norm MacDonald. This simple and silly tune quickly became a hit, certifying Sandler’s [...]

Dec

20

SNL Holiday Countdown - Day 20

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December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment


We’re down to the final stretch now on the SNL Holiday Countdown Calendar, and what’s better than more animated clips from Robert Smigel and TV Funhouse?
Here’s an alternate version of the classic Peanuts Christmas from 2002, when Charlie Brown and friends realize the magical transforming powers of their hands, and [...]

Dec

19

SNL Holiday Countdown - Day 19

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December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s time again for some festive fun from the SNL Holiday Countdown Calendar!
Today’s pick is a 2001 TV Funhouse spoof on the Rankin/Bass holiday classics - The Narrator that Ruined Christmas. Our favorite banjo playing snowman narrator decides the story of Rudolph no longer matters in light of world events, and only Santa can [...]

Dec

18

SNL Holiday Countdown - Day 18

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December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s that time once again - here’s another fun holiday sketch from the SNL Holiday Countdown Calendar!
Today, we bring you Two A-Holes in a Live Nativity Scene, starring Kristen Wiig and Jason Sudeikis as Mary and Joseph, along with host Annette Bening.  Now I may be mistaken, but I don’t think they had cell phones [...]

Dec

17

SNL Holiday Countdown - Day 17

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December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The holidays and animated specials have always seemed to go hand in hand. I’ve always enjoyed classics like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and The Ambiguously Gay Duo Save Christmas.
Wait a sec … The Ambiguously Gay Duo? Yes, the TV Funhouse faves in this December 1996 cartoon are today’s [...]

Dec

16

SNL Holiday Countdown - Day 16

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December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Christmas is approaching quickly, and let’s face it, many kids are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Santa, and wondering what goodies await them under the tree.
During John Malkovich’s appearance earlier this month, he and Fred Armisen played some rather persistent twins in the appropriately titled Calculator. I’ve mentioned it before, I knew kids like [...]

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