Whenever I'm posting a bunch of links to television footage or old radio shows, you can rest assured I've been too lazy or too busy or too busy being lazy to get my act together to write something that day. Such is the case once again as I direct you to a handful of Christmas themed sitcoms to help drown out the noise of your family arguing on Christmas day.
Dig these Christmas episodes of:
The Beverly Hillbillies
Howdy Doody
The Addams Family
All in the Family
The Honeymooners
The Brady Bunch
Three's Company
Davey and Goliath
Plus:
Dick Van Dyke and Rose Marie shill cigarettes for the holidays
The Munsters in the Macy's Christmas Parade
Who knew that Chrissy's real name was Christmas? Christmas Snow!
Posted by: David | December 17, 2007 at 12:36 AM
Here's a little xmas cheer from What's My Line:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQnYLSj6YJs
The same subscriber has some episodes of the Name's the Same featuring the marvelous Arnold Stang...
Posted by: daupo | December 17, 2007 at 02:56 AM
I watched The Monkees' Xmas episode on Xmas day and was blown away. I liked it when Mike Nesmith told the kid that he didn't have to leave but he didn't have to stay, either. I really liked how the kid (Butch Patrick) and his aunt both admitted they missed each other but were too scared to say so. And that a cappella performance of "Riu Chiu!" Every time Micky takes a solo, you can see the other guys' genuine reaction. And then they cap it off perfectly by introducing the entire production staff, and half of them give peace signs on camera. It made my day, it made me cry. I was hoping it wouldn't end, but I was OK with it, too.
Posted by: SillyWilly | December 27, 2007 at 11:14 PM