Dec

25

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

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

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 [...]