| The Untouchables (1959–1963) |
| The Night They Shot Santa Claus (1962) S4.E1 |
| It's Christmas eve 1930 and Eliot Ness and his men are investigating the murder of a close friend of his, Hap Levinson. The man had been playing Santa Claus at a children's orphanage and had just left when he was gunned down by a passing car. Levinson was the front man in a nightclub-speakeasy and he and Ness had spent many hours together laughing and passing the time of day. As Ness looks into his old friend's background, he learns that he may have had a girlfriend named Renée that he kept in a downtown apartment. It's readily apparent that she's a junkie and what he learns about his friend isn't pretty. Soon, mobsters are being knocked off and it seems someone is getting rid of witnesses to a crime. |
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09/25/1962
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52 minutes
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Crime
Drama
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Alex March
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Mort Thaw
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| Cast:
Robert Stack
/ Eliot Ness
Ruth White
/ Bertha Levinson
Russell Collins
/ Mr. Edges
Nita Talbot
/ Renee Grayson
Paul Picerni
/ Lee Hobson
Nicholas Georgiade
/ Enrico Rossi
Abel Fernandez
/ William Youngfellow
Steve London
/ Jack Rossman
Curt Conway
/ Police Lt. Clay
Ed Asner
/ Jimmy Canada
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| The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) |
| Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid II (1970) S1.E14 |
| Mary is forced to work not only on Christmas Day but Christmas Eve, too. |
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12/19/1970
TV-PG
TV Series Episode
30 minutes
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Comedy
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Jay Sandrich
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| Cast:
Mary Tyler Moore
/ Mary Richards
Ed Asner
/ Lou Grant
Valerie Harper
/ Rhoda Morgenstern
Gavin MacLeod
/ Murray Slaughter
Ted Knight
/ Ted Baxter
Ned Wertimer
/ Fred
Henry Corden
/ Charlie (voice)
Cloris Leachman
/ Phyllis Lindstrom
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| Lou Grant (1977–1982) |
| Christmas (1977) S1.E13 |
| Lou gets homesick with Christmas approaching. Billie does a story on a family that is homeless for the holidays and public donations begin to pour in. After Rossi improperly uses a quote, Lou punishes him by assigning him to a boring story that turns out to be a juicy story. |
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1977
12/13/1977
TV-PG
TV Series Episode
47 minutes
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Crime
Drama
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James Burrows
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| Cast:
Ed Asner
/ Lou Grant
Robert Walden
/ Joe Rossi
Linda Kelsey
/ Billie Newman
Mason Adams
/ Charlie Hume
Jack Bannon
/ Art Donovan
Daryl Anderson
/ Dennis "Animal" Price
Nancy Marchand
/ Mrs. Pynchon
Verna Bloom
/ Emily
Tim O'Connor
/ Malcolm Findlay
Ben Hayes
/ Walter Harper
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| Hearts Afire (1992-1995) |
| Blue Christmas (1993) S2.E8 |
| John and Billy Bob are waiting for the kids to return from their mothers for Christmas. Georgie is upset that she won't have any family as her father is stuck in Canada by the weather, but then finds out that she is pregnant. |
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1993
12/15/1993
TV-PG
TV Series Episode
24 minutes
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John Ritter
/ John Hartman
Markie Post
/ Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman
Billy Bob Thornton
/ Billy Bob Davis
Conchata Ferrell
/ Dr. Madeline Stoessinger
Justin Burnette
/ Ben Hartman
Clark Duke
/ Elliot Hartman
Leslie Jordan
/ Lonnie Garr
Doren Fein
/ Carson Lee Davis
Debbie Gregory
/ Vicki Bumpers
Maxine Stuart
/ Velma Davis
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| Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade (1996) |
| Walt Disney World celebrates its 25th Anniversary during the 1996 Very Merry Christmas Party with three parades from the Magic Kingdom, the television debut of the Walt Disney World 25th Anniversary Parade along the 25th Anniversary Cinderella Castle Cake Makeover. From the Disney MGM Studios, it’s the Toy Story Parade and a special edition of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Parade.
This year’s parade hosts are from Step by Step Suzanne Somers, from Coach Jerry Van Dyke with special guests JD Roth and Brianne Leary from Walt Disney World’s Inside-Out. Direct from New York City and the Beauty and the Beast Broadway production, it’s Gary Beach, performers include Sandi Patty, and Disney Voices Ernie Sabella, Sam Wright, and a special appearance from Lisa Ann Walter. We also get a look inside the 101 Dalmatians Backstage Pass at Disney MGM Studios, a peek at the Disney Institute, a special Backlot Tour with Lisa Ann Walter, and a look at the brand new town of Celebration. |
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12/25/1996
Approved
TV Special
A
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Family
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Gary Halvorson
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| Cast:
Ed Asner
/ Self
Gary Beach
/ Self
Dixie Carter
/ Self
Barbara Eden
/ Self
Brianne Leary
/ Self
Sandi Patty
/ Self
J.D. Roth
/ Self
Ernie Sabella
/ Self
Suzanne Somers
/ Self - Host
Jerry Van Dyke
/ Self - Host
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| A Christmas Carol (1997) |
| Misanthropic miser Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley's ghost is followed by three more spirits from Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Each has a lesson Scrooge must learn. /// Tim Curry - An animated production produced by DIC Productions, L.P. featuring the voice of Tim Curry as Scrooge as well as the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York and Ed Asner. |
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12/20/1997
PG
Video Animated
72 minutes
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Adventure
Drama
Family
Fantasy
Musical
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Director(s):
Stan Phillips
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| Cast:
Tim Curry
/ Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg
/ Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
Michael York
/ Bob Cratchit (voice)
Ed Asner
/ Marley (voice)
Frank Welker
/ Debit (voice)
Kath Soucie
/ Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Kath Soucie
/ Fan (voice)
Kath Soucie
/ Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Jodi Benson
/ Belle (voice)
John Garry
/ Unknown (voice)
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| The X-Files (1993–2018) |
| How the Ghosts Stole Christmas (1998) S6.E6 |
| On Christmas Eve, Mulder and Scully find themselves trapped in a haunted house with two ghosts who are determined to prove just how lonely the holiday can be. |
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1998
12/13/1998
TV-14
TV Series Episode
44 minutes
A
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Crime
Drama
Mystery
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Director(s):
Chris Carter
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Chris Carter
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Bing Crosby Christmas song |
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essence of Christmas |
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murders, all on Christmas Eve |
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spend every Christmas this way |
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Christmas Eve |
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David Duchovny
/ Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
/ Dana Scully
Lily Tomlin
/ Lydia
Ed Asner
/ Maurice
Peter Bull
/ Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Alastair Sim
/ Ebenezer Scrooge (archive footage)
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| O' Christmas Tree (1999) |
| Featuring the voices of Ed Asner, Tim Conway and Marie Osmond, this tale is set in a snowy forest on Christmas Eve where a forlorn pine tree feels she is too homely to ever realize her dream of becoming a real Christmas tree. |
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1999
11/05/1999
TV-G
Video Animated
48 minutes
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Family
Musical
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Bert Ring
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| Cast:
Ed Asner
/ Nutcracker (voice)
Tim Conway
/ Squirrel (voice)
Marie Osmond
/ Star (voice)
Debi Derryberry
/ Tree / Chipmunk (voice)
Pamela Adlon
/ Baby Bear (voice)
Jess Harnell
/ Man in House / Skunk (voice)
Jess Harnell
/ Santa (voice)
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| The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002) |
| A.C. Gilbert figures out a way to keep Christmas alive after the war threatens to take it away in his name. /// Fact-based drama of toy inventor A.C. Gilbert, a pacifist toymaker who is forced by the U.S. government to turn his factory into a munitions plant during World War I, and is asked to convince consumers to buy bonds instead of toys. |
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2002
12/15/2002
TV-PG
TV Movie
100 minutes
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Biography
Drama
Family
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Director(s):
Sturla Gunnarsson
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| Cast:
Jason Alexander
/ A.C. Gilbert
Kelly Rowan
/ Mary
Ari Cohen
/ Frank Gilbert
C. David Johnson
/ Sam Ryder
Jayne Eastwood
/ Mrs. Gilbert
Daniel Kash
/ Hiram Harris
Jake Brockman
/ Al Jr.
Kenneth Welsh
/ Newton Baker
Ed Asner
/ Charles Gilbert
David Talbot
/ Ben
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| Elf (2003) |
| Raised as an over-sized elf, a human travels from the North Pole to NYC to meet his biological father who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit. /// A man raised as an elf in the North Pole searches for his father in New York City. |
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2003
11/07/2003
PG
Film
97 minutes
A
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Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Romance
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Jon Favreau
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Only two weeks left to Christmas |
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"I passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel." - Buddy |
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Elves like to tell stories |
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Elves like to make toys |
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Christmas at the orphanage |
| Cast:
Will Ferrell
/ Buddy
James Caan
/ Walter
Bob Newhart
/ Papa Elf
Ed Asner
/ Santa
Mary Steenburgen
/ Emily
Zooey Deschanel
/ Jovie
Daniel Tay
/ Michael
Faizon Love
/ Gimbel's Manager
Peter Dinklage
/ Miles Finch
Amy Sedaris
/ Deb
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| Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003) |
| A holiday to the South Pacific goes awry when Cousin Eddie's family and a tour guide are shipwrecked on an island. |
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2003
12/20/2003
TV-14
TV Movie
83 minutes
A
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Comedy
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Director(s):
Nick Marck
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| Cast:
Kate Simmons
/ Paige
Jake Thomas
/ Third Johnson
Randy Quaid
/ Eddie Johnson
Fred Willard
/ Professor Doornitz
Rodger Bumpass
/ Lab Visitor / Plumber (voice) / Air Controller (voice)
Miriam Flynn
/ Catherine Johnson
Eric Idle
/ English Victim
Maya Quin
/ Airplane Hostess
Angela Bennett
/ Doornitz Assistant
Stephen Furst
/ Hospital Doctor
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| The Christmas Card (2006) |
| US soldier visits the town from where an inspirational Christmas card was sent to him by a church group that mails cards out to servicemen as a goodwill effort. /// A soldier serving in Afghanistan receives a Christmas card from a Californian woman he has never met. He visits the town to find the inspiration behind the card. |
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2006
12/02/2006
Approved
TV Movie
84 minutes
Hallmark
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Drama
Romance
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Director(s):
Stephen Bridgewater
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| Cast:
Ed Asner
/ Luke
John Newton
/ Sgt. Cody Cullen
Alice Evans
/ Faith Spelman
Lois Nettleton
/ Rosie Spelman
Ben Weber
/ Paul
Peter Jason
/ Richard
Andrew Sanford
/ Sammy
Kate Hamon
/ Selma
Glorinda Marie
/ Molly
Charlie Holliday
/ Rev. Ives
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| Christmas Is Here Again (2007) |
| When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag he crushes the holiday spirit- and the world's children forget about Christmas. Now, an orphan and her friends embark on a polar adventure to try to stop Krad from destroying Christmas. /// A disabled orphan girl sets out to find Santa's stolen toy sack. |
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2007
10/19/2007
G
Video Animated
74 minutes
A
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Adventure
Comedy
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Director(s):
Robert Zappia
Darrell Van Citters
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| Cast:
Jay Leno
/ The Narrator (voice)
Ed Asner
/ Krad (voice)
Kathy Bates
/ Miss Dowdy (voice)
Madison Davenport
/ Sophianna (voice)
Colin Ford
/ Dart (voice)
Brad Garrett
/ Charlee (voice)
Shirley Jones
/ Victoria Claus (voice)
Norm MacDonald
/ Buster (voice)
Daniel Roebuck
/ Paul Rocco / Jacque (voice)
Andy Griffith
/ Santa Claus (voice)
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| Christmas Dreams (2009) |
| Nicholas Dolph must balance secretly working for Santa and raising his 7-year-old daughter alone. When a bully at school meanly chronicles to her that Santa isn't real, Nick tries to restore her belief while avoiding his boss' wrath. |
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2009
12/16/2009
Approved
TV Movie
60 minutes
A
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Family
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Director(s):
Adam Kane
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| Cast:
Cynthia Dale
/ Rose Lunette
Ed Asner
/ Jerry
Maranda Thomas
/ Sam
Tom Cavanagh
/ Slim
Henry Czerny
/ Norman
Caleb Cosman
/ Gingerbread Boy
Dani Jazzar
/ Dancer
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| The Cleveland Show (2009–2013) |
| Murray Christmas (2010) S2.E8 |
| Rallo befriends a Jewish man at the retirement home during the holidays, and Cleveland finally stands up to his father physically, but gives him a heart attack. |
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2010
12/05/2010
TV-14
TV Series Episode Animated
22 minutes
A
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Adventure
Comedy
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Ken Wong
Albert Calleros
Anthony Lioi
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| Cast:
Mike Henry
/ Cleveland Brown / Rallo Tubbs (voice)
Sanaa Lathan
/ Donna Tubbs (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson
/ Cleveland Brown Jr. / Lester Krinklesac (voice)
Reagan Gomez-Preston
/ Roberta Tubbs (voice)
Jason Sudeikis
/ Holt Richter (voice)
Seth MacFarlane
/ Tim the Bear (voice)
Ed Asner
/ Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Aseem Batra
/ Kendra Krinklesac (voice)
Alex Borstein
/ Hadassah Lowenstein (voice)
Frances Callier
/ Evelyn 'Cookie' Brown (voice)
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| The Nutcracker Sweet (2015) |
| It is Christmas Eve and the Silberhaus children are excited for the festivities to begin. Marie and Fritz are playing in the children's room when their godfather Drosselmayer arrives and presents them with an early Christmas gift, a Nutcracker. Marie witnesses a great battle between a vast army of toy soldiers led by the Nutcracker against a terrible platoon of mice commanded by the Mouse King. Follow Marie and Fritz's journey in the Kingdom of Dolls, through the Christmas Forest, past the Almond Milk Sea, and the Palace of the Marzipans. |
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06/03/2015
Not Rated
Video
80 minutes
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Alicia Silverstone
/ Marie (voice)
Ed Asner
/ Owl (voice)
Drake Bell
/ Nutcracker (voice)
Karen Strassman
/ Fritz (voice)
Rick Zieff
/ Mouse King / Screech / Soldiers (voice)
Grant George
/ Father / Limburger / Squeak (voice)
Wendee Lee
/ Mother / Princess Marmalade / Mice (voice)
Kirk Thornton
/ Drosselmeyer / Commander / Mice (voice)
Román Abreo
/ Lugarteniente (voice)
Iván Casillas
/ Unknown (voice)
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| Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! (2017) |
| On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus accidentally steals the family Dog. So begins an epic journey through the twelve days of Christmas as the family ventures to the North Pole to get their beloved canine back. |
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11/21/2017
Not Rated
TV Movie
94 minutes
A
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Family
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Bryan Michael Stoller
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| Cast:
Ed Asner
/ Santa
Carrie Schroeder
/ Janice
Yvette Rachelle
/ Snowflake / Windy the Weathergirl
Yves Bright
/ Nathan
Elaine Partnow
/ Gladis
Chase Pollock
/ Tommy
Juliana Sada
/ Yang
Bryan Michael Stoller
/ Postman
Rachel Elizabeth Ames
/ Neighbor
Little Bear
/ Rusty
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| Trivia: 7 time Emmy Award Winning Actor Ed Asner plays Santa Claus and was inducted into the Santa Hall of Fame for his reprisal of Santa. |
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| Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) |
| When Santa cancels his annual flight because of a hurt reindeer, a young Christmas loving dog named Olive is convinced she has what it takes to get Santa's flight off the ground and save Christmas. // A dog called Olive wants to be a reindeer at Christmas time. |
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1999
12/17/1999
G
TV Movie Animated
45 minutes
B
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Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Musical
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Steve Moore
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| Cast:
Drew Barrymore
/ Olive (voice)
Dan Castellaneta
/ The Postman (voice)
Joe Pantoliano
/ Martini (voice)
Ed Asner
/ Santa (voice)
Peter MacNicol
/ Fido (voice)
Tim Meadows
/ Richard Stands (voice)
Jay Mohr
/ Tim (voice)
Michael Stipe
/ Schnitzel (voice)
Diedrich Bader
/ Zoo Director (voice)
David Herman
/ Guard Shack Elf (voice)
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| Frozen In Time |
| Patty and Eric Purtle visit their Grandfather for Christmas. After accidentally breaking a clock in his workshop, they then find themselves repeating Christmas Eve. together they must fix time and make Christmas enjoyable for their family. |
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2014
11/15/2014
Approved
TV Movie
B
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Ed Asner
/ Grandpa (voice)
Drake Bell
/ Brody (voice)
Colin Murdock
/ Bob Purtle / Kitchen Robot (voice)
Richard Newman
/ Santa (voice)
Valin Shinyei
/ Eric Purtle (voice)
Mira Sorvino
/ Carol Purtle (voice)
Alyssya Swales
/ Patty Purtle (voice)
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| The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) |
| Not a Christmas Story (1974) S5.E9 |
| Everyone is getting on each other's nerves when they are trapped in the newsroom by a snowstorm. |
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11/09/1974
TV-PG
TV Series Episode
30 minutes
C
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Comedy
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Director(s):
John C. Chulay
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| Cast:
Mary Tyler Moore
/ Mary Richards
Ed Asner
/ Lou Grant
Gavin MacLeod
/ Murray Slaughter
Ted Knight
/ Ted Baxter
Georgia Engel
/ Georgette Franklin
Betty White
/ Sue Ann Nivens
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