Starting off with this:

"They're using artillery on us!"
"You idiot--it's not the police... It's him."

I didn't think we'd ever hear from Trevor again. It's great to be wrong. Welcome back!

Thanks guys! The honeymoon is over, but I still have to finish most of the move from Fairfax County to Frederick MD. I'm a borderline hoarder, and have lived in VA for 40 years, so difficult times and reduced DVDTalk time are in the cards for at least a couple more months, but I am here to stay.

Can someone Sticky the List Thread.

Home from my holiday (my 21st birthday, went to a forest lodge for the week). Took some discs along, but they were whole seasons (the latest of How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Cougar Town) so only got a few down so far. Kicking into high gear this coming week, though.

Same here,hoping to kick it in next week.Been on vacation the last couple of days hard to watch anything ,but I have used my laptop to watch a couple of old Disney shorts on You Tube to just keep adding something to my list.

Started this challenge off with DUTCH (1991) and PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (1987) -- really disappointed I couldn't find time to watch these two on Thanksgiving like I usually do. Seeing how the 1st comedy challenge is just about over I'm slowly shifting over to the holiday titles, and still have a bunch of non-Holiday related comedies I wanted to watch. Oh well.

One of my favorite moments of the challenge thus far was watching Redd Foxx sing during an episode of Sanford & Son.

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If you're trying to find video game related holiday shows for the checklist, you can find some here.

^I must be missing something... I only found/saw that PacMan episode...

Someone last year used Elf - it was apparently done for the Game Boy Advanced (maybe others...).

I also found How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town! (both based on the Rankin/Bass animations), and Disney's A Christmas Carol games for the DS.

The list thread for this challenge has slipped off the front page.

The list of video game-related shows is at the bottom of the page. It's part of a larger wiki of Xmas specials and TV episodes.

I happened to watch Guillermo del Toro's Cronos tonight and was surprised to find out that I can count it for the challenge. Most of it is set around the Christmas season and a major scene takes place during a New Year's Eve party. A good choice for anyone looking for a non-traditional holiday film.

Thanks! Found it.

Why did I watch that random episode of Facts of Life?? It was so damn stupid!

^ THIS!

Also, two of the checklist items that were imported from the horror/ sci-fi challenges make no sense for the holiday challenge:

--- Watch a film/show that takes place in space.
--- Watch a film/show that takes place on or under the sea

How many Thanksgiving/Christmas/ New Year's shows take place in space or on the sea? Not many.

I would suggest that they be changed to :

--- Watch a film/show with a religious theme.
--- Watch a film/show about a non-Western winter holiday (e.g. Chanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa)

Those two are tough ones to find a large variety of shows.

I'm gonna take care of them with:

"From the Earth to the Moon: 1968" for the space with Apollo 8's trip around the moon & Christmas Eve broadcast
"The Spongebob Christmas Special" for under the sea

I totally didn't even think about Spongebob for the under the sea thing. I've watched that a few times and never used it for that one!

Santa Claus (1959)
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
A Cosmic Christmas (1977)
Quark "Vanessa 38-24-36" (1978) Holiday Numer 11
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) Life Day
Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" (1991)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Santa Claus" (1993)
Doctor Who "Voyage Of The Damned" (2007)
Cinematic Titanic "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" (2008)

^Thanks for the Quark episode info! I own that series so it's somewhat of a no-brainer for the checklist item, although I also own From the Earth to the Moon mini. When I realized how difficult those 2 items were I was just going to throw in the towel and remove the checklist. Now for an "under the sea" one (don't own nor like Spongebob)...

Thank you for the ideas, but there doesn't seem to be much variety there. I've watched all of these in previous challenges. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is listed 3 times (having wisecracking at the screen done by the same people twice doesn't count as being different entries, IMO).

I just think that having a religious theme entry and including non-Christian winter holidays would add a dimension to the challenge. Just my $.02. It's too late to do anything about it this year, but maybe for next year.

I'm sure the mods have plenty to do already, but sometimes I think they don't sticky the list thread until requested just to yank our chains (especially Ash's)

Another space Christmas episode is The River of Stars from Space: Above and Beyond.

I had a pretty good run for a few days there, I'm still ahead of where I was last year on this day, but I've slowed down A LOT! I need to pick up the pace again so I can at least beat last year's results!

Man i just need to update my list... Been watching just lazy to do the list.