'Tis the Season
In honor of getting my holiday shopping done -
The Top 11 Xmas Specials (via
Quiddity) and Robot Johnny's
Festive Favorites of memorable yuletide movies and TV. My own favorites would include the Simpsons' 1989 Christmas pilot (the one that started it all); the Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (anything with Cher, Frankie and Annette, Charro
and the
Del Rubio Triplets can't be bad); Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Santa subverts the hierarchy! Power to the people!); plus the evergreens Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
One thing about A Charlie Brown Christmas has always intrigued me. What's up with the symmetrically dancing twins?? I know, one has to keep in mind that the special was made in 1964 and includes some strip characters that have since faded into obscurity - such as Shermy, Patty, Violet and Freida. But the twins are a complete mystery. Who are they, and how did they crash the cloistered Peanuts social circle for this one TV special?
Posted by mhinrichs at December 12, 2003 11:13 AM
