The mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a homeless restaurateur trying to hide from the mob, and a harried political speech writer visiting with his estranged wife and son. Their lives are inexorably changed by their experience of playing Santa Claus.
Mother/daughter cons work a Christmas cruise. Depression overcomes a comic portraying Santa. A couple are reunited after 11 years. The new Mrs. Stubing wonders what to get her husband for Christmas.
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1986
12/25/1986
TV-G
TV Series Episode 60 minutes
A
Heather wonders if Wellington will still love her when he finds out about her. A chance meeting between David and the morose Santa helps them both make a fateful decision. Mrs. Stubing struggles to find a present for Merrill.
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1986
12/25/1986
TV-G
TV Series Episode 60 minutes
A
The Hollywood Palace (1964-1970) was a weekly variety show on ABC staged at the former Hollywood Playhouse. The show's specialty became transforming the set via pieces splitting apart or flying in. This transition broke the normal scheduled commercial breaks. The unique design, revolving guest hosts and singers/comedians kept the show alive until 1970. In this Bing Crosby Christmas Special, Bing and Kathryn Crosby, with their children Harry, Mary Francis and Nathaniel host Christmas themed acts with stars Cyd Charisse, Bob Newhart, The Cuban Cossacks, Roy Fitzell and trained dog act Excess baggage.
a compilation of memorable holiday moments from Hollywood Palace, the last great television variety show, which aired on ABC from 1964-70. A high point of each season was the annual Christmas show. CHRISTMAS AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE presents the finest moments from these shows originally starring Bing Crosby, his family and Perry Como. This warm, sentimental journey evokes the spirit of Christmases past and features 15 complete and uncut musical performances as well as new, exclusive interviews with Bing's wife Kathryn Crosby, Bing's children Harry and Mary Crosby, and Hollywood Palace producer Bill Harbach.
Bing welcomes wife Kathryn and children Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel, all of whom help him perform such seasonal favorites as White Christmas, Silent Night, Do You Hear What I Hear and That Time of Year. Glen Campbell sings the then-popular Wichita Lineman and the Lennon Sisters contribute a Christmas medley. John Byner is the show's featured comedian.
