holiday specials you'd most want back on network TV

[Shaymin]

The Star Wars Holiday Special. 'Nuff said.

Quoting in agreement, but I have often been compared to Scrooge.

[leafsfan17]

I'd go with:
A Garfield Christmas (CBS)
Winnie The Pooh And Christmas Too (ABC)
Christmas Eve On Sesame Street (PBS)
Elmo Saves Christmas (PBS)
A Chipmunk Christmas (NBC)
Mickey's Christmas Carol (ABC)

[rn]

Emmet & Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, on ABC.  Since ABC is owned by Disney, which is also Kermit's boss (though the footage is NOT owned by Disney) it would increase the likelyhood of including Kermit's scenes.

[Superballer]

If all the character rights and musical rights can be ironed out so it could be as uncut as possible, A Muppet Family Christmas should also be strongly considered as a possibility.  You can make the firm argument that's the best they ever were, and Henson's cameo at the end makes it even more worth it. 

Yes, Magoo's Christmas Carol should probably be made perennial again--although hopefully far more complete than it was last year--for historic value--and of course since it is very well done regardless. 

[FieldsFan336]

If all the character rights and musical rights can be ironed out so it could be as uncut as possible, A Muppet Family Christmas should also be strongly considered as a possibility.  You can make the firm argument that's the best they ever were, and Henson's cameo at the end makes it even more worth it. 

I love that special!  Mostly for the "Careful of the icy patch!" running gag

[rick420buzz]

I always liked the movie "The Night They Saved Christmas".

[NSfarmers]

I'd love to see the 1984 Kenny and Dolly christmas special

[kens5368035]

A Charlie Brown Christmas followed by Garfield's Christmas.......on CBS!

[Superballer]

Would be nice to see those two back where they began some day, yes. 


Among live action specials, it would be nice to see the one Neil Diamond did in the early 90s again. 

[therealcu2010]

I want a competent, not-hacked-to-death version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Does that count? The version on now is terrible.

[PriceFanArmadillo]

I'd settle for it being on as a Christmas special at all.  They aired it this year as a Thanksgiving special, not a Christmas special.

[FieldsFan336]

How about a competent, not-hacked-to-death version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Does that count? The version on now is terrible.

I know what you mean, there's a little bit of extra footage after Santa takes off with Rudolph to the Island of Misfit Toys - we had a DVD with that scene.  The Donners and Clarice look up at the sky proud of Rudolph, and Yukon strikes peppermint (what he was really looking for)

[moneygamelover]

It would be great to see the full version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with the peppermint mine included.  It's also really too bad the classic Fame and Fortune is no longer part of the show as it is immensely superior to that We're a couple of misfits song that replaced it. Rudolph is still my favorite Christmas show by far but it could be even better.

[moneygamelover]

PriceFanArmadillio: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is reairing on CBS on December 14th and will be followed by Frosty the Snowman that night. Frosty is first airing on December 6th.

[Superballer]

All the major specials get 2 airings these days, it seems.  Would they be eligible for inclusion on the National Historic Film Registry, would anyone know?  If so, that could be the path to an uncut Rudolph airing (the peppermint scene aired in the very first broadcast in 1964, but there was a write-in campaign from viewers who wanted to explicitly see Santa pick up the Misfit Toys, which the first airing did not show, so Rankin and Bass shot the scene over the summer of 1965, as well as the Fame and Fortune number at the request of sponsor GE, and the peppermint scene was cut for time.  Would be nice to get it back on the air eventually, and it would probably only take up one commercial).