11/30/2005: Advent & Advert!
Discussion Thread: 162 comments
It’S HERE!!!
(Yay for posting first)
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Rhino @ 11/30/2005 10:00 PM EST
Hey all — enjoy!
The Calendars are underway, and the real kickoff starts this weekend. Please ignore any bugs you may encounter between now and then. 
If you have no idea what this is all about, other bloggers can enlighten you.
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Matt @ 11/30/2005 10:01 PM EST
HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
(And Hannuchakaka and Ramamamadadananan and all the others…)
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Frito @ 11/30/2005 10:03 PM EST
Matt!! I LOVE YOU!! This is my first Christmas season here with X-E, and I am so excited about the calendars!! Also, I loved the puns…"He’s meow-ssive!" You’re hilarious, man. Keep up the good work.
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LuLu @ 11/30/2005 10:09 PM EST
Oh God and it picks up where last year left off. Oh how I’ve missed Kuse.
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Trance @ 11/30/2005 10:12 PM EST
Oh joy. Christmas season starts with the Advent/Advert calendars.
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Gabbylicious @ 11/30/2005 10:13 PM EST
My favorite thing about all this is that the smiley’s are all still Jason masks
:) :) :) :) :)
(at least for the time being…)
‘Cause there’s no Xmas like a spooky Xmas
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eight-bit @ 11/30/2005 10:19 PM EST
Ah, there she is…
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D-Roc @ 11/30/2005 10:24 PM EST
Yayyy, oh Matt, guess what I found this year? CHRISTMAS CRUNCH! I plan on eating it morning, noon, and night to make up for lost time.
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Jeff Mack @ 11/30/2005 10:36 PM EST
oohhh, close to first comment.
cool
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lindsay @ 11/30/2005 10:39 PM EST
yay OMG i cant believe its almost christmas and now the calenders started o what a grrrrreat day
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JAM @ 11/30/2005 10:45 PM EST
I think I saw an updated version of that same ad growing up in the 90s. It just begs the question: Was Post really into the holiday spirit, or just lazy because they could never come up with another commercial involving Christmas?
This next glass of eggnog is for XE!
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Eddie Lightning Frog @ 11/30/2005 10:54 PM EST
…see Blue.
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The Yeti @ 11/30/2005 10:59 PM EST
Ok, now that I see that older Pebbles advert, I do remember running into it on a tape or something. I must’ve blocked it out of my memory because being Hu-hu-hungry was so much more awesome.
This is going to be the best Christmas ever.
Yess! Hey, from last year, are their names Knacks and Kuse to be a play on "No excuse"? Always wondered about that.
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Terror Claws Cole @ 11/30/2005 11:10 PM EST
I’m about to dive in. The anticipation is killing me. **quickly post comment, giddily scrolls back up**
Oh oh oh it is really here and i almost forgot about this great part of the christmas season. (Sits at computer waiting for day 2 to come)
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E. King @ 11/30/2005 11:32 PM EST
MATT YOU ROCK…..KICK ASS !
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MOM @ 11/30/2005 11:34 PM EST
Hmm…a ceiling.
Oh…yeah, the Advent Calender. The virtual foundation of my Christmas cheer. Yay.
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Warx @ 11/30/2005 11:35 PM EST
Hello Everybody, Ive been an avid reader of x-e ever since the article about the GI JOE train playset was put up. First time posting on the Blog. Guess I would just like to say Thank You to Matt and a Happy Holidays from Miami.
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Mighty Max @ 11/30/2005 11:37 PM EST
For clarity: a "Dusty Finish" is a pro-wrestling term. It refers to when the referee is knocked out, a second referee comes out and the match finishes. Then, the original offical negates the decision (usually to a DQ, but sometimes just restarts the match) because he was knocked out. This is done in title matches, because titles do not change hands in pro-wrestling on disqualification. It can further an angle between wrestlers without a title actualy changing hands. The term "Dusty" refers to famed booker Dusty Rhodes, who used it extensively. Hope this helps anyone who isn’t fluent in the language of the business.
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Saint Stryfe @ 12/01/2005 1:09 AM EST
Fuck yeah! I’ve been anticipating like a mug for a day and a half already…shoulda guessed we’d get a sneak peek. Woo!
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squee4242 @ 12/01/2005 1:57 AM EST
Sweet! Now I gotta go get one of those Lego Advent calenders! The one we had as kids didn’t include toys and fancy stuff, just pictures of Baby Jesus and the three wise Men.
The advent calender’s up, the stores are selling Christman Crunch. TIs the season.
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Steve T @ 12/01/2005 2:19 AM EST
Yay! I was just getting ready to put everything away for the night when X-E popped into my head. I’m SO happy that this has begun. I can’t wait to find out what’s in store for the rest of the month!
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Rainbowfeet @ 12/01/2005 2:22 AM EST
Oh lord, my mom used to tell me to stand up to teasers with the "sticks and stones" bit, but the version she advised me to use was "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will break my heart"…even at five years old I knew that kind of touchy feely-ness was a one way ticket to ass kicking town.
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squee4242 @ 12/01/2005 2:27 AM EST
I know a boy his name is Zack, he loves to fit he loves
to stack, yes construction is his nack, he’s Zack the Lego maniac.
Two snaps and a twist for Christmas on X-E.
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Matt(#2?) @ 12/01/2005 2:41 AM EST
AWESOME! I mentioned that Lego had one last year, and this year, we get TWO calendars! Playmobile AND Lego.
I have the Lego one myself. The urge to open the thing up all at once is strong (specially because NOBODY can stop me!), but I am holding off so far. (Though the side of the box shows all the contents. Being Lego this doesn’t completely tell you anything however.)
The Fireman with twin axes is pretty badass though. Its like my character from the online zombie RPG "Urban Dead" has come to life.
Can’t wait to see what you do with them all this year.
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Bloodcat @ 12/01/2005 2:48 AM EST
Awesome. Just awesome.
How early were VCRs sold in America? I’m trying to figure out how Matt has a copy of a mid-70’s Pebbles ad.
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Mars @ 12/01/2005 3:32 AM EST
Sigh…Nobody wants a Kinder Chocolate Advent Calendar.
Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz
Yay!
But…but…no Xmas Jukebox ? 
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El Ultimo Cactus @ 12/01/2005 3:57 AM EST
Uh… what’s this Mare I keep hearing about?
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Tim333 @ 12/01/2005 4:35 AM EST
This is the official thing on top of my head until christmas now! Well, actually a nasty giant scab is on top of my head and it’s really gross and bleeding because I keep picking at it. GIANT NASTY SCAB!!
X-E woo.
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dohopoki @ 12/01/2005 4:35 AM EST
Yeah, it’s finally Christmas, for we now have the X-E Calendars. Peace on Earth and joy to the world.
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Roddy @ 12/01/2005 4:56 AM EST
Look down. Now look at Mr. Frying Pan!
…can’t see that fragment without finishing, sorry.
Oh thank ye gods, Matt has returned in full glory with the advent calendar!
About Mare, 333, Mare was part of LAST year’s scary Playmobil advent calendar. Her and her clones.
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RabiesBunny @ 12/01/2005 6:39 AM EST
2002–
http://www.x-entertainment.com/xmassy/
2003–
http://www.x-entertainment.com/adventcalendar/2003/
2004–
http://www.x-entertainment.com/adventcalendar/2004/
Hohoho! Hope Matt doesn’t mind me posting the links for you. They all seem to still work, these are the past three years. Obviously.
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RabiesBunny @ 12/01/2005 6:43 AM EST
Mare Lives.
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D-Roc @ 12/01/2005 6:57 AM EST
Good stuff. I love all the updates we have had since September. Thank You.
Matt (#2?)- I went to school with Zack the Lego Maniac. The guy from the commercial. Although now he’s 26. And no more spiky hair.
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kb @ 12/01/2005 7:31 AM EST
Oh man, that was freaking amazing.
I got my fix. Maybe I can move on with my week now.
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mtrox @ 12/01/2005 7:45 AM EST
Wow, kb, you’re lucky. All we had was Zac the Red-Headed Goon and Zach the Pecker. Oh, and Zac, the Finest Homoerotic Percussionist in Three States. But he didn’t show up till, like, high school.
That said: happy advent, you crazy diamonds!
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Jedoc @ 12/01/2005 8:16 AM EST
I went to school with Zack the Lego Maniac. The guy from the commercial. Although now he’s 26. And no more spiky hair.
Then he’s dead in my eyes.
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dohopoki @ 12/01/2005 8:54 AM EST
Just like in the mid-80’s when one of the Road Warriors would beat Flair only to have it reversed, that damn Dusty Finish rears its ugly head again…
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bawheel @ 12/01/2005 8:57 AM EST
And so the horror begins…
Oh wait, did I say horror? I meant to say Christmas Joy. Horrible Christmas Joy… (But seriously, I love the advent calendar.)
Oh, on another note, I recently obtained the Regional Package of Jones soda. Me and 10 friends taste-tested the thing. I could barely get anything down, but on a dare, one of my friends mixed up all 5 flavors in a paper cup-NEARLY FULL-AND CHUGGED THE ENTIRE THING DOWN.
I just thought I would share that.
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Sucrose @ 12/01/2005 8:58 AM EST
wow.. a lego advent calendar?? i totally want one!!
i look forward to reading this season’s advent calendar all the more, now!!
thanks for doing these both again matt!
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EyeLikeP00 @ 12/01/2005 9:06 AM EST
The original Fruity Pebbles commercial reminds me of the trix commercial. Fuck off Barney, Santa gets his fatman food, no sharing, no jolliness, just santa’s gotta eat bitch. too funny. 
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Double G @ 12/01/2005 9:21 AM EST
OMG I think I turned into a giddy pile of goo when I was clicking on my IE link to X-E and remembering at the same time that it is December 1! 
Seeing Kuse (and Knacks, though I’m a Kuse-kinda-girl) made me squeal with delight! Love ya Matt!
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Ryane @ 12/01/2005 9:26 AM EST
Yes!! It has begun. Matt, I know I’m like the fiftieth person to say it here, but I love you. Oh so very much.
I want a giant cat! I’ve always liked those Playmobil kitties. I swear, I would give my collection of Christmas socks to figure out where you get these advent calendars. I looked last year and this year, and I can’t find the damn things. I don’t even know what section of the store to check. I totally want a Lego one. Bloodcat, where did you get yours? I also gotta get me some Christmas Crunch; Jeff Mack, care to share where you found yours in the CNY area? Dammit, I need to stop spending money.
Speaking of my Christmas socks, today’s pair is black with small red stockings, candy canes and silver stars. In case anyone other than kingklash wanted to keep track.
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Nicole @ 12/01/2005 9:40 AM EST
Matt, I love you. In a totally non-sexual way of course.
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Y2JB78 @ 12/01/2005 9:41 AM EST
Great kickoff to the Xmas season Matt. Looking forward to enjoying 23 more days of pure Bliss!
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Greg @ 12/01/2005 9:49 AM EST
I went to high school (Staten Island) with "Roger", you know, the kid that eats his Reeses Peanut Butter Cups "real weird".
/eats hole out of middle
"how do you do that Rog?"
"s’good!"
A friend of mine got him to write that in his yearbook.
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Lou @ 12/01/2005 9:51 AM EST
Wow… I don’t even know why I bothered buying one of those stupid chocolate advent calendars. This is WAY better.
Where on earth do you find Lego/Playmobil calendars though? I haven’t seen them around here (Ontario). Did we get the shaft?
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Meagan @ 12/01/2005 9:51 AM EST
December and the Xe-Mas season have officially begun!!!
I have to know, too… WHERE DO I FIND A LEGO ADVENT CALENDAR!?!?!
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bad karma @ 12/01/2005 10:04 AM EST
Nicole:
My mom found some at the Wal-Mart in Auburn. My love of Christmas Crunch overtook my hatred for Wal-Mart.
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Jeff Mack @ 12/01/2005 10:09 AM EST
Ah, it’s back…I’m in heaven.
I don’t know why I remembered the names wrong.
I thought Knacks was the toughie and Kuse the Oh-Mare-Suckup…
So cool…more stuff.
Now i can’t wait to see what Lego Advent calendar has inside, though AxeMan is not such a Christmassy thing unless you consider tearing down trees with an Axe as a personal Xmas tradition.
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melonian @ 12/01/2005 10:20 AM EST
Finally! The calendars are back!!!
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
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J-Dog @ 12/01/2005 10:23 AM EST
Ultimo, here’s the jukebox action you’re looking for.
Wow, I just gave the old calendars the once over…I’d almost forgotten how much damn work went into this craziness! Matt, you are too too much. So looking forward to the rest of the month!
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squee4242 @ 12/01/2005 10:32 AM EST
Erik - that’s not true! My brother-in-law is stationed in Germany (though he was only there a month or two before they shipped him to Iraq.) He should be back there by next Christmas and I can’t wait so I can get Kinder chocolate. You know, just to say I did. Well, that’s not the only reason I can’t wait for him to get out of Iraq, but that should go without saying.
I was out of town last weekend and it took me a little while to get caught up. Just one little (anti-climactic and late) comment about this year’s parade - it totally ticks me off that 90% of the people they stick on floats nowadays are people you’ve never heard of. Instead of sticking our beloved sitcom stars on there and making them sing (it just didn’t feel like Thanksgiving without the Lawrence brothers), we get float after float of teenage wannabes that the record companies stick on there to get exposure. Who are these people and why does the whole parade have to stop so we can watch them lip synch to their crappy song that sounds like the last 5 crappy songs we’ve heard on this parade? Arrgh…. Timely, no, but I had to get it off of my chest.
One last note, I adore the advert calendar. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but as a kid (once I was old enough to touch the VCR), my favorite thing to do when I was home sick was to put in my parents old tapes and fast forward to the old commercials. (I say "old", but I was watching late 70’s commercials in the late ’80’s. They were old to me.) I can’t vouch for how long VCRs have been commercially sold, but my parents married in 1977 and bought a VCR shortly thereafter. Anyway, the advert calendar helps make my Christmas season. It’s hard to believe there’s other people out there who like this stuff as much as I do. Thanks for starting it for people like me, Matt.
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Lori @ 12/01/2005 10:40 AM EST
Holy crap, I thought this day would never come. I think I’m more excited now than I was when I was 6 and got a brand new bicycle for my birthday. And that is quite possibly the saddest thing I’ve ever said.
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Kyle @ 12/01/2005 10:54 AM EST
Merry Christmas!
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Fox @ 12/01/2005 11:13 AM EST
so, I’m at work, printing client organizers, getting ready for tax season. i’m loving it, i love taxes. almost as much as christmas. nerd? yes.
just when i think my day can’t get any better, i realize it’s finally the 1st. my very first non-archived calendar is finally here! no more gazing at a screen of ???????????…i feel like i should buy a commemorative ornament.
i know you hear it from all the ladies, but, Matt, I do love you. there, I said it. and I didnt even have to get drunk first. no…it’s ok, you dont have to say it back. seriously, dont worry about it. it’s not a big deal. i was just kidding anyways. whatever.
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schroeder @ 12/01/2005 11:15 AM EST
WOOT! Matt your the reason I have any Christmas spirit at all this year man… I was blue until I saw the xmas Xe design come back to the blog. I cant wait for Day 2…
In case noone else says it today WE love ya Matt!!!
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Fast Framin Tessa @ 12/01/2005 12:01 PM EST
Matt,
So glad Christmas has come back to XE.
I may be high but I remember the end of the Fred and Barney commercial had Fred saying "Merry Christmas, Barn", not "Happy Holidays". Am I right?
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King Chachi @ 12/01/2005 12:01 PM EST
MATT: You just hit the BIG-TIME. Your article on the Post Cereal Create-a-Villain Contest was mentioned in the newest issue (171) of WIZARD Magazine. Letter Pages. Provides a link and everything. What’s next, a slot on a VH1 "I Love the ?" special?
YES! The X-Christmas Blog season has begun.
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JLAJRC @ 12/01/2005 12:09 PM EST
Yeah the new one still tingles my stomach and puts a tear in the eye. And you better believe I’m gunna be singing "Yummyfruity pebbles-in-a-bowl" for the entire month now. Damn Fred is basically an addict with that stuff huh-hiding himself in the house so nobody can bother him while he’s doing his thing. That 70’s one was wierd-"careful fred santas watching" (is santa high?? he just laughs) -sounds like domestic violence to me. Whats gunna happen if santa is not there-you fill in the rest with imagination.
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Q @ 12/01/2005 12:10 PM EST
Fantastic Matt!
I’m very excited to be here for X-Mas. This being my first year with you all. Also, I think that the advent cat would make the perfect sized riding cat for Knacks.
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Chappy @ 12/01/2005 12:11 PM EST
Happy this makes me.
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Mattman @ 12/01/2005 12:24 PM EST
Awesome. Awesome to the max.
Here’s hopin’ that we see Lego Mares!
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Invader Norbert @ 12/01/2005 12:24 PM EST
Wow. Just wow. MAtt, you’re a fucking God amongst ants!!
I never would have thought we would get 2 calendars. This is going to be insane.
Nevermind the fact I have a soft spot for Legos. I had so many when I was younger. MY friends and I even made a movie with Legos. Well, that, some Construx playsets and this tube racing set. It included GI Joe, the music from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Movie, Capcoms Ghouls and Ghosts, MC Hammer, and REAL helicopter sounds. Don;t ask me how we fit all that into a movie, but considering the main special effect was stop motioning a Lego man’s head popping off and landing intoa pool of ketchup made to look like blood after being squeezed by robot pincers, anything pretty much went.
Back on topic, this Christmas is going to be better than the year I got Trypticon and Metroplex.
Matt, I hope that when and IF I have kids, your site is still up, I can go out get them the Advent Calendars and share opening them up alongside X-E.
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Galvatron @ 12/01/2005 12:25 PM EST
A throwback to Halloween Friday the 13th - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan at amazon almost 50% off! http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ...osim/103-8563421-7307829?n=130
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KingofKings @ 12/01/2005 12:33 PM EST
Donkey Lips from Salute Your Shorts has a My Space page. He raps now, about his lovelife.
Will you hook up with him?
http://www.myspace.com/mikeyrayrap
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The Wukong Effect @ 12/01/2005 12:40 PM EST
Two calendars + One storyline = Socks! Hooray for socks!
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kingklash the merry @ 12/01/2005 12:43 PM EST
I just noticed, it still says "Christmas is dead forever" on the top banner.
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James @ 12/01/2005 12:45 PM EST
Matt, you are freakin’ awesome. I think this deserves a collective "hells yeah".
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Larry @ 12/01/2005 12:46 PM EST
I’m having trouble tracking down the Playmobil Calendar in the Seattle area. Anyone have any leads? Thanks.
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kentdog @ 12/01/2005 12:48 PM EST
My first X-E christmas!
So whats everyones fave christmas album?
Mine is Dr. Dementos cd. It has the Cheech and Chong santa and his old lady skit and a neat Weird AL one about nuclear war.
The Larry Cable Guy xmas CD is too funny.
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mandy 8O's phreak @ 12/01/2005 12:52 PM EST
YEAH!!!! ADVENT CALENDAR!!!!!!!! Can you tell I’m happy?
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Cameron T. @ 12/01/2005 12:54 PM EST
Woah.
Apparently my excitment has screwed up the blog…
Sorry.
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Cameron T. @ 12/01/2005 12:55 PM EST
Matt - Love the site, but I think I speak for everyone when I say, please, more Krang’s Android Body.
Also, check out my Halloween costume. (I’m on the right)
http://www.tommyday.com/mortalkombat.jpg
P.S. - Krang’s Android Body looks like Krang’s Adrien Brody
Mine happens to be Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics
with such favorites as:
-Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo
-Merry Fucking Christmas, sung by Mr. Garrison
-Cartman’s O Holy Night
-Christmastime in hell (my personal favorite)
Larry The Cable Guy has an xmas album out now?! This I gotta get!
"Blue Balls…Blue balls…it’s Christmastime at the Titty Club."
"Donny The Retard, with an 8lb Waterhead. He was 5′3 and he said to me ‘I like Tater Tots! Duh heh!’"
And who can forget:
"On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Clap, then I left her."
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Invader Norbert @ 12/01/2005 1:06 PM EST
Umm, I made a mistake in the last post. The first song should go like this:
"Blue Balls…Blue Balls…It’s Dollar Night at the Titty Club!"
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Invader Norbert @ 12/01/2005 1:08 PM EST
Although I’ve posted here twice before, I am a HUGE fan of this site. I’m loving the first day of the advent calendar!
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Eddie @ 12/01/2005 1:20 PM EST
Yea! They were both great. I’m looking forward to what each day will bring on the Advent/Advert calendars. I remember the Fruity Pebbles commercial from a 1986 Christmas tape my parents made. It had a nice message, but I now would prefer some bloodshed. What do you think?
I’m at work right now. Tomorrow is my day off b/c I’m going to Radio City Music Hall to see the Christmas Spectacular. I’m looking forward to it. We’re taking NJ Transit up to Port Authority from Toms River (95 minute ride).
BTW, I’m still in mourning about CBS-3 Meteorologist Paul Deanno leaving for Miami, if anyone saw my sad post from last night.
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Allison @ 12/01/2005 1:22 PM EST
Thanks, Jeff Mack…guess I’m taking the boyfriend on another store crawl this weekend. Boy, he must really love me. Heehee. No matter how pissed he gets, I Must Have Christmas Crunch!
I found the Frosty Nerds, now if I could only find the damn advent calendars…then again, do I really want an unknown amount of Mare-types loose in my home? Hmm.
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Nicole @ 12/01/2005 1:53 PM EST
Lou
Holy shit! that kid went to school on SI? What school? Curtis? Wagner? Tot? ND? Tech? nice.
Merry Christmas everyone. 2 hours till I’m out of here and then up to Midtown Comics.
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Double G @ 12/01/2005 1:53 PM EST
Double G,
He went to Sea. I graduated in ‘97, he was a couple years behind me.
Yeah, we had a competition to see who could get the most wacked out signitures in our yearbooks… the lunch lady, the Kiss fanatic, etc… one of my freinds jumped into the top 3 with his "s’good" sig.
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Lou @ 12/01/2005 2:15 PM EST
How would Freddy Kreuger eat a Reese’s?
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kingklash @ 12/01/2005 2:38 PM EST
Yay! The advent calendar is definitely the thing I look forward to the most during this season!
I’m suddenly inspired to go back and re-read all the previous advent calendars…if only I didn’t have to work…stupid work…
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Chuckles the Robo Turkey @ 12/01/2005 2:46 PM EST
Nice! I graduated in 96 from *coughmumble*Farrell*coughmumble* we had the "FRIES" lady. She sounded like she was a 48 year old male truck driver who smoked 40 smokes a day. Man that was some funny shit.
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Double G @ 12/01/2005 2:46 PM EST
Ohh Im so excited for all this fun durring December. I really dont have much time to go onto the computer anymore with the little one, but when I do have time I always come here first, even before reading Pearls before Swine and checking out Homestar on Mondays!
Thanks for all ther hard work Matt, you make my little bit of free time worth while!
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IHAQ @ 12/01/2005 3:01 PM EST
"I’m suddenly inspired to go back and re-read all the previous advent calendars…if only I didn’t have to work…stupid work…"
Hahaha. That didn’t stop me. I’m almost done work and I’m almost done 2004’s calendar. Who needs work when ya got x-e.
PS
Its official. X-E makes christmas over-flow with awesomeness and eggnog. Although the eggnog is low fat, its still delicious.
Why oh why wasn’t the first advent calendar ever finished?!?
PS - Yeah, I gave up on that whole work thing…
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Chuckles the Robo Turkey @ 12/01/2005 3:28 PM EST
Alrighty then…
Now we can kick off Xmas in style with the advert calender!
I’ve seen how the old Peebles commercials just ended with Barney being chased or running from Fred. Now more of them show Barney getting some Pebbles anyway. Wither Pebbles Commercials?
Hell yeah, Now I have stuff to make my boring as work day a hell of a lot more interesting.
I even bought the lego calendar so I could play along…
you decieved me though, because I would have bought the playmobil one as well had you mentioned anything about it.
I should have known it would show up though, you being the type of person who never lets tradition die….
perhaps I’ll scour the local stores to find that one too.
Can’t wait to see what becomes of this years christmas tradgedy.
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Nathan @ 12/01/2005 5:38 PM EST
JOY TO THE WORLD, NARF NARF NARF NARF………….
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sidepocket13 @ 12/01/2005 5:53 PM EST
Can somebody tell me why the fuck is donky lips is rapping? My jaw has been totally dropped for five minutes staight- I need to hook up my speakers- or do I?? I think the picture of him in his bandanna already done it for me BTY do you think Santa gets pissed that he always has to sit his big ass down to talk to kuse and knacks??
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Q @ 12/01/2005 6:21 PM EST
Jeez Matt you must be doing an awesome job! I’ve alrady seen two males through the L word towards you. Now I v’e been known to throw the L word at pointless stuff like a 3:00 am after party Moons over MyHammy- but for now I am just gunna stick to huge fan and your a cool cat.
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Q @ 12/01/2005 6:34 PM EST
how awesome is the advert calendar? so awesome that Maxthon (my browser) blocked the ad that it contains. If that’s isn’t authentic, I don’t know what it.
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TeH danimal @ 12/01/2005 6:46 PM EST
From the decorations in my apartment to the happy returns of Knacks, Kuse, Santa, Barney, and Fred, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at X-E, everywhere you go. Nothing like Santa, stormtroopers, and cavemen who love cereal to put you in the holiday spirit. My tree went up yesterday.
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starwenn @ 12/01/2005 8:05 PM EST
The reason nobody’s posting right now is because you want that elusive 100th comment, isn’t it? You internerds. I’ll take the bullet.
Can we get a general consensus on the pronounciations going on? Do you guys read "cue-ssss" or "koose"?
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squee4242 @ 12/01/2005 10:30 PM EST
A Green Day reference! Just when it seems I can’t love you anymore!!
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Knegative @ 12/01/2005 10:42 PM EST
I finally got a playmobil advent calender…never seen one when i go to the store. The super market by my house Wegamans actually had them this year. Its not so much fun when you have to put it together yourself and know all the items…Oh well
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LordSorrow @ 12/01/2005 10:48 PM EST
Yeah! The tree is up, the lights are on and I’m fixin’ to enjoy my THIRD X-E Advent/vert Season! Got my girls the Playmobil Advent set so that we can play along with X-E Advent: The Home Game.
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Pastor Dave @ 12/01/2005 11:07 PM EST
round two! advent day two
Coincidentally, I wrote a comedy sketch when I was 11 years old about two guys who have a debate about whether Fred or Barney was in the right in these Fruity Pebbles commercials. The Fred defender made a point of mentioning the 80’s Christmas commerical and that Fred shares in them. I think the Barney defender then claimed that the only reason Fred succumbed is because he had Santa Claus breathing down his neck. I still have it somewhere.
Ho ho ho, I’m Sta-Sta-Starving!
I’m so tempted to pop it open and read it now…. but I’m gonna save it and savor it tomorrow with the morning coffee..
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Double G @ 12/01/2005 11:55 PM EST
Oh man, I get giddy when a new Advent Day pops up. Advent Day, is that a real thing? Sounds like it. I dig the bedpan, by the by. The Adverts are alright, but they’re the appetizer for the main Mare-basted course. I’m waiting for Mare…
I will now try to work the sentence "Oh go to Hell you spoonful of retard" into my daily life.
Thanks, X-E!
I love holiday traditions.
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ChibiSoma @ 12/02/2005 4:16 AM EST
Lego ‘and’ Playmobil? Twice the calendar, twice the awesome.
Truly, Christmas has come early this year.
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onslaught86 @ 12/02/2005 4:50 AM EST
Squee- In my mind it’s Koose.
I read all through the previous years’ calenders when I became a regular last January. (Then it was still Christmas here, which I loved) But today I am following the lead of many others from yesterday, and I am BLOWING OFF WORK. Just to sit and read it all 2002-now. YEA! It’s Friday!
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kb @ 12/02/2005 7:42 AM EST
Excellent! Here we go…
Hey y’all, if you want some Xmas tunes with a twist, for free- click my name just below…
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dj BC @ 12/02/2005 7:43 AM EST
I am really, really confused about the bedpan. That can’t possibly be what it actually is, of course, but what in the hell? Is it a water dish for Giant Black Woe Kitten? Will its purpose become clear later? I MUST KNOW!
And I’m going to be deprived of the Sat. and Sun. updates till I get back to work Monday, as the home computer is still down. Goddammit.
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Nicole @ 12/02/2005 9:38 AM EST
Nicole:" . . .I MUST KNOW!"
You need to calm down. It is obviously a. . .a, um. . .a bedpan?
Now I MUST KNOW! Pronto, Geppetto!
RabiesBunny–thanks for the old links. I never read the 2002 calendar!
And Nicole, I’d guess that it’s not a bedpan, but a litter box for the cat!
Okay, off to read the first Advent Calendar…
So glad it’s this time of year again!
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Rosella @ 12/02/2005 10:03 AM EST
THe other day I was talking about the short of donald duck having a snow ball fight with his nephews; it was shown before Mickey’s Christmas Carol. Well, its going to be released Tuesday.
On the heels of yesterday’s overpouring of love for the advert calendar (I just felt it needed it. Most people probably prefer the advent), I just wanted to exclaim my delight…
Last night, while watching CSI, they played the classic Folger’s commercial where Peter sneaks in on Christmas morning and makes coffee for his whole family. I practically squealed with delight. I can’t believe they still show it and use it as legitimate advertising (you can see how old it is when it’s nestled between commercials made 20 years later), but I couldn’t be happier.
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Lori @ 12/02/2005 10:35 AM EST
Thanks for the jukebox link squee!
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Ultimo Cactus @ 12/02/2005 10:36 AM EST
I’m so glad Kuse and Knacks are back! Wee!
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Sarah @ 12/02/2005 11:06 AM EST
Lori-
I saw it!!! The first thing I thought of was x-e and I couldnt wait to tell everybody…then I forgot. Did you notice at the very end they edited the "gift basket" to include the new plastic canisters of coffee? That was a little crappy, but I was still excited to see the old thing.
I was loving it, but–who the hell is the little girl? She doesnt say ‘Uncle Peter’ so is she supposed to be his little sister? Mom looks way too old for that, but maybe she just hasnt put her face on yet…I think I’ve been wondering that for like 20 years.
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schroeder @ 12/02/2005 11:06 AM EST
It is either a basket for kitty, or a tray for snacks. Either way, it’s going to smell like cat. A spoonful of retard makes the medicine go down.
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kingklash @ 12/02/2005 11:39 AM EST
MATT HON YOU ROCK !
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MOM @ 12/02/2005 12:07 PM EST
YOU KIDS WANT TO GET HIGH AND SING CHRISTMAS SONGS ?
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MOM @ 12/02/2005 12:08 PM EST
I can’t believe they still show that Folger’s commercial! Kudos to them for recognizing that tradition is the best part of Christmas.
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Rosella @ 12/02/2005 12:33 PM EST
Yeah, I noticed the new graphic at the end with the new packaging. I guess that’s only fair considering they’re legitimately trying to sell their product with that ad. I’m still psyched. The first thing I thought about was X-E too! I was tempted to jump on here and post about it last night, but I let it simmer until today.
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Lori @ 12/02/2005 12:50 PM EST
I was wondering if you were going to do the advent calender this year, and what do we get? Not one but TWO calenders! Two advent calenders equal twice the awesomeness! This is my second X-E Christmas, and like alot of other people here X-E has become one of my holiday traditions.
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Realm @ 12/02/2005 12:53 PM EST
Where to get the Lego calendar? Well I got mine from Lego.com itself. They like have an online store and stuff. (plus web exclusive Lego sets like Star Wars’ Cloud City with Lego Lando!) I also saw a couple for sale in the local Waldenbooks.
Today’s item wasn’t as cool though. A Fire Hydrant, a water pack for the Fireman, and a water cannon/spout for the hydrant.
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Bloodcat @ 12/02/2005 12:55 PM EST
Although not as classic as "peter’s folgers" I have seen the snowman melting into boy Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup commercial a few times this year. That’s another good one.
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kb @ 12/02/2005 1:06 PM EST
Another classic they’ve brought back from about 20 years ago is an old Orville Redenbacher commercial. Wow, does he look old in that one. It’s great hearing Orville sticking it to the inferior popcorn once again.
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Pastor Dave @ 12/02/2005 1:35 PM EST
"(you can see how old it is when it’s nestled between commercials made 20 years later)"
Yeah, but then you can really see it’s so much better. Commercials today, not as good as they used to be, especially McDonalds. But yeah, it’s great they brought it back, and that Orville Redenbacher ad is great, too.
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Larry @ 12/02/2005 3:00 PM EST
I too have seen the classic Folger’s commerical. I too immediately thought of X-E, but then wondered if there was anyone here as sick as I was to get all excited over a coffee commercial…granted, it was from our childhood, but coffee? I should have known better.
I don’t care if it’s only 12/2, I feel more Christmassy than ever right now. There’s a nice lake effect snowstorm swirling around outside, my second pair of Christmas socks features a tree and lots of presents, I’ve been listening incessantly at work to the jukebox, and then there’s the new X-E’er holiday tradition: blowing off actually working at work to read previous advent calendars. Ah, I love you guys. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go…
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Nicole @ 12/02/2005 3:08 PM EST
I saw my beloved Eat N Park commercial the other day. and i just froze my ass off at lunch today, so as far as i’m concerned, it’s beginning to look a lot like christmas!
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bitchpants @ 12/02/2005 3:17 PM EST
They’ve been playing the BC Clark ad here since Thanks-Gibbon, and just started the ads where they show clips of average consumers singing the jingle. And I heard "Santa Claus and his Old Lady" yesterday, so with the Vent/Vert going on, it’s officially Christm-, I mean Holiday Season!
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kingklash, the cause of pronoun trouble @ 12/02/2005 3:46 PM EST
This thing is kickin’ so much ass so far! But the 2nd Advert isn’t up yet, but there’s still time, it’s still the 2nd.
Anyone else watch Rudolph on CBS the other night? I did, and it was just as good and cheesy as it ever was. I was able to notice some stuff I haven’t before, like the wires sticking out of Rudolph’s nose and how the audio for the Foreman Elf didn’t synch up with his mouth.
Also, some suggestions for a new version of the Jukebox:
-Christmas At Ground Zero (Weird Al)
-The Night Santa Went Crazy (Weird Al)
-any of Larry The Cable Guy’s songs
-O Tannenbaum/Christmastime in Hell (from Mr Hankey’s Christmas Classics)
-Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo (same as above)
-the muppets 12 Days of Christmas (you know the one I mean, Ms Piggy doing 5 Gold rings)
-The Snowmiser & Heatmiser songs from A Year Without A Santa Claus
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Invader Norbert @ 12/02/2005 4:55 PM EST
I believe the Bedpan of Mystery is some sort of Technosled. Time Displaced Halloween Death Cat will obviously use it to try and knock Santa from his sleigh this year.
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ChibiSoma @ 12/02/2005 5:30 PM EST
It’s cold enough out there to freeze a winnebago.
Can’t wait for Mare!
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Felix @ 12/02/2005 6:01 PM EST
Yay, it’s back! I actually laughed out loud at the Dusty Rhodes reference.
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Skroob @ 12/02/2005 7:07 PM EST
LEGO Star Wars guys using "Dusty Finish" in context was the funniest thing I’ve heard all week. I needed that.
Not looking like xmas yet up here in Boston, though the forecast next week is for 24 hours of snow between Monday and Tuesday. Now THAT would be a fine time to sit at home and curl up with some old holiday X-E articles.
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Great Gatz @ 12/02/2005 7:58 PM EST
santa claus is comin to town is on right now
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pdac @ 12/02/2005 8:01 PM EST
My favorite will always be Rudolph’s Shiny New Year. And speaking of Heatmiser:
"like your favorite Heatmiser song goes, it’s just like being alone"
my favorite song on that album to boot. It’s good to know I can listen to this now without blubbering. Haven’t listened to it since right after graduation.
"don’t it feel like sunshine after all, the world we loved forever gone"
Futures indeed.
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Knegative @ 12/02/2005 8:18 PM EST
pdac, this is the very first time that I’m watching Santa Claus is Coming To Town, and I’ll have to say, it’s pretty good.
None of that cynicism and bizarre questions raised by Rudolph. Just about every major question about Santa Claus is basically answered, and how he sneaks into houses at night. And why he goes out on Christmas Eve, which is his wedding anniversery.
That, and the name Burgermeister Meisterburger kicks ass. And there’s a brief cameo by Rudolph, and as Fred Astaire says, that’s another story.
And I’ve finally noticed something about the Rankin-Bass specials: There are at least 2 songs in the show that are exactly the same but with different lyrics.
-Rudolph: Both Rudolph & Hermey sing "I’m not just a misfit" but with different lyrics, then they sing it together
-A Year Without A Santa Claus: The Snowmiser & Heatmiser songs
-Santa Claus is Coming To Town: Both Tanta Kringle & Burgermeister siongs songs about toymakers to the king, just that Tanta sings about the first one, and Burgermeister sings about no more of them
These simple xmas specials seem to have more layers than an onion…
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Invader Norbert @ 12/02/2005 9:03 PM EST
yea santa claus is comin to town is one of my favorites and your right about the songs invader. burgermeister meisterburger is up there with the grinch and scrooge mcduck
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pdac @ 12/02/2005 9:57 PM EST
I just watched that Milkbone commercial earlier! My husband feels bad for the dog who had to sit there while some guy manuvered fake paws to shake the box.
Merry Christmas, pal.
Hey Wukong Effect, I was in hysterics looking at donkey lips’ page. So funny. How’d you find it?
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conchristador @ 12/02/2005 10:56 PM EST
Has anyone heard the Star Wars Christmas Album: Christmas in the Stars? It’s rediculous. It makes me forget how to feel… in all the wrong ways. It’s mostly C-3P0 singing very homosexually about the strangest things. I’ve never heard the word "indigestion" so many times in a christmas song. Somehow I can’t help but make other people listen to it. Look it up! It will scar you, but you’ll like it.
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Mattman @ 12/02/2005 11:03 PM EST
Knegative: That Jimmy Eat World lyric isn’t related to the Heatmiser from the Christmas special, but is actually referring to a song by late pop singer Elliott Smith’s band (also called Heatmiser). The song is called Untitled (Not Half Right) and the line is: "When I talk to you on the phone/well, it’s just like being alone." Sorry, I’m an Elliott Smith fanatic, so I had to step in there.
I’m torn by that commercial. I don’t know what I love more: the commercial itself, or the fact that you can totally see the hand moving that fake dog arm.
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mtrox @ 12/02/2005 11:24 PM EST
Invader Norbert: Glad you got the Jones Soda and hope you enjoy it, although enjoy might not be the right word! Also, don’t worry about the shipping cost. You didn’t make me do that; I wanted to get it to you as soon as possible (especially since I didn’t get to you by Thanksgiving like I originally promised).
I ABOSULTLY LOVED the Star Wars Christmas album when I was a kid!!! My family would always play Christmas albums the entire time when putting up the decorations, and I would demand we played it (much to the dismay of my sister who hated it).
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
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Jeff @ 12/02/2005 11:37 PM EST
Can’t say I recall the SW xmas album. Although I DO recall renting (borrowing?) the SW vinyls for ANH and ESB from the Oyster Bay/East Norwich public library when I was a wee lad to listen to the movies that were produced earlier than I could have understood them.
And if we’re on xmas specials, "Jack Frost" has to land himself up there with the rest of the 70’s/80’s claymation specials, no?
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Great Gatz @ 12/03/2005 3:52 AM EST
Wow, guess that lands me in the odd between-land of the Friday night and the all-saturday thread, doesn’t it?
Btw, Matt, I took a trip to the City when I was home for the Thanxgiving break, and it’s changed muchly since I worked there. As such, it’s good to see your pics of NYC as you post them, even if it is to see Spiderman hulking in his element. Ghostbusters smoke pipes and all, I miss that place. Thanks!
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Great Gatz @ 12/03/2005 3:56 AM EST
as of this moment, my alcoholism has cut in badly, and I can’t think of where else to post this, but, matt, please please please, find time in your busy schedule to update the pictures for this article http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/279.html if you possibly can.
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Ian @ 12/03/2005 6:27 AM EST
Seriously, I’m dying to see those.
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Ian @ 12/03/2005 6:32 AM EST
Stayed into with the lady. So, I decorated my desktop. http://www.flickr.com/photos/icupg/69575726/. I have snow falling and lights glowing around the boarder. It is slowing down the computer though. peace.
Jesus- Happiness overload! Advent is great thus far- Knacks and Kuse are back in my life once more. Oh, happy days!- I can’t tell you how much I loved Knacks and Kuse while I was over in Korea.
I was the only 24 year old woman in the PC room (Ok- The ONLY girl in that all male gaming environment). While they paid tons of $$$ to play games all night long, I giggled happily to the jukebox and the calendar, and as long as I looked at the XE screen, I was connected to home. Thanks, Matt!
Now, thanks to you wonderful people of the XE blog, my Xmas spirit is HERE. I caught the bug on the blog. (as usual!)Thanks, everyone, for making this blog a great one to hang out on!
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Muppet Baby @ 12/03/2005 12:13 PM EST
Wow a dusty finisher on the first day this is gonna be great
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Thejyav @ 12/03/2005 12:39 PM EST
Three words:
"Shaking It Doggystyle"
Zoinks! Matt may have just earned himself the InterNet version of the Pulitzer.
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kingklash @ 12/03/2005 1:55 PM EST
Don’t forget ABC Family is airing a marathon of Xmas specials starting at noon today.
Anybody seen the ad for the Sopranos DVDs set to the sounds of The Chipmunks? I find it incredibly amusing, but I’m not sure if it’s actually a new commercial or if it’s just new to me.
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squee4242 @ 12/03/2005 2:21 PM EST
No! I sneaked a peak :O
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dohopoki @ 12/03/2005 2:27 PM EST
I knew I was colored blind, I didn’t know santa was too. Oh, joy!
Wow, those cat croissanwiches must be really tasty for Santa to be risking getting at those sweater kittens.
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squee4242 @ 12/03/2005 5:21 PM EST
So, getting married to a real honest-to-gosh Saint gets the Missus a nice set of implants? Yo-ho-ho, I say.
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kingklash and his all-sawhorse orchestra @ 12/03/2005 5:26 PM EST
Mrs. Claus is a hottie. Is it even possible to have a crush on a toy?
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JLAJRC @ 12/03/2005 5:39 PM EST
If she can crush you with her giant jumanjis, yeah.
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kingklash @ 12/03/2005 6:35 PM EST
No! I sneaked a peak :O
That’s funny, that shocked face wasn’t on the December 4th entry when I snuck the peak at it before there was text to read but it was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the waiterboy. Makes my post there all the more important. To me that is.
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dohopoki @ 12/04/2005 10:28 AM EST
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