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He-Man & She-Ra Christmas Special on DVD!

Aside from today's entries that will be posted TODAY, the Advent and Advert Calendars are finally up to date! On the Advent side, we've got some sticky Santa situations mucking up what should've been a righteous celebration after Waiterbot's defeat, and no, I have absolutely no idea how it's going to end up. On the Advert side, old commercials from Radio Shack, Burger King, Little Debbie and beyond all conspire to make your holiday season just a weeeee bit more Christmassy. Hope you're digging it.

What's probably going to end up being the highlight of my 2005 Christmas season is up above. The He-Man & She-Ra Christmas Special is out now on DVD! Holy shit, I'd repeat it but you just read it and whatever but just know that it bears repeating. I'm glad I finally gave up on trying to be a VHS guy for no other reason than the fact that I had such a big VHS collection, because I just can't believe the amount of awesome shit coming out on DVD. This one just takes the cake. It's really cheap, too -- so cheap that I was expecting a bare bones affair. This is anything but a bare bones affair. First off, the box has that weird 3D etching that makes He-Man and friends seem ever so slightly like they're going to jump off and eat me, and secondly and thirdly and fourthly are the insane amount of special features, ranging from commentaries to a music video. This one's a keeper, a beautiful, beautiful keeper. Click here to read my old shoddy review of the only cartoon in history featuring a goody-version of Skeletor, or better yet, buy the damn DVD!

I'm a sucker for candy canes, nyuk nyuk nyuk. While I actually do prefer the original minty canes above all else, I can't resist trying out the many thousand new candy canes on the market meant to taste like specific, popular candies. I've had everything from Spree candy canes to Hershey's Chocolate candy canes, but if I had to make my bid and spend the rest of my life with one and only one brand, I think I'd have to go with Starburst. Jesus Mary are these things goooood.

Posted by Matt on 12/20/2005. E-mail me!



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For the sake of being the first to post, let me just say that I hate Candy Canes. I freakin LOVE the idea of them…so Christmasy, but they totally gross me out. All covered with your own spit for however long it takes you to eat them. And kids invariably get that sticky crap all over their hands….ick. Glad someone out their eats them, just don’t ever let me see you doing it.

Chestnuts roasted by *JEM* @ 12/20/2005 3:06 PM

speaking of He-Man, I noticed all He-man toys were 75% off in the discount shelf of my local deptartment store. I guess the return of He-man didn’t catch like they were hoping.

Chestnuts roasted by Gene @ 12/20/2005 3:07 PM

I never knew about a MOTU Xmas Special until now. Between the new and the old tv series I prefer the new one. Skeletor looks really cool in the new series and I don’t know why Cartoon Network for LatinAmerica cut it off!!!
Buuaaaaaa!!!!!!

(merry Xmas for all of you!!)

Chestnuts roasted by Yelinna @ 12/20/2005 3:14 PM

Blueberry candy canes, cinnamon candy canes, cherry candy canes, and strawberry-kiwi candy canes all rock. I don’t know if I’ve seen any this year, what with the proliferation of "name brand" candies making canes, but I remember eating the hell out of the "gourmet" candy canes when I was a kid. We’d usually get 5 or 6 different flavors, use them as tree decorations, and just pick them off at our leisure.

Chestnuts roasted by ZiZak @ 12/20/2005 3:14 PM

I had no clue that was out on DVD. I loved it as a child but I’m a bit warry to watch it again and spoil the magic. I also wish candy canes were available year round, but then again that might spoil their special magic.

Chestnuts roasted by thescifiguy @ 12/20/2005 3:16 PM

The other day we were trying to find some standard candy canes, but could only find the wacky variant candy canes.

On the plus side, I did see a five pound Hershey’s bar.

Chestnuts roasted by marioshoku @ 12/20/2005 3:18 PM

I’m with Jem, I can’t stand candy canes. Usually, though, I’ll buy some and put them on my tree. Friends come over and eat them, and I feel like I’m enjoying them vicariously. Even though that sounds kind of gross.

And I’ll never get over how they make He-Man and She-Ra all lovey dovey. Arms around each others’ waists, swords crossing…ick.

Chestnuts roasted by Rosella @ 12/20/2005 3:21 PM

Ok, I just caught myself up on the calendars, and I have to say that
"Sometimes my parents would get all clever and leave a half-eaten cookie on the plate for me to gawk at in awe, but I admit that much of the effect was lost as they’d typically bite the cookie in half with me standing right there. I never understood that."
was frickin’ hilarious. Fine job you’re doing, Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by ZiZak @ 12/20/2005 3:39 PM

Matt, I picked up a Stinkor mini-statue at Sam Goody today in the mall. They’re the same scale as the MOTU figures and by the same guys who made them. I knew you were a fan of el stinkola so I thought I’d pass the news along. They had a few more left when I went today (along with Grizzlor and Clamp Champ).

http://cornerstorecomics.com/images/af_motu_ministat2_stinkor_L.jpg

Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 12/20/2005 3:41 PM

Mmmmm. . .an update 20 mins before work is done . . .I will read the update and save the calender for tomorrow. . .or tonight.

Chestnuts roasted by Geoffinsanity @ 12/20/2005 3:42 PM

has anyone seen the folgers christmas commercial?its the one from the late 80s and at the end the camera shows a gift basket with the modern folgers coffee plastic container with the resealable lid.ive seen this commercial 1000 times.i know its old because in the commercial he opens the old ass metal folgers can with a can opener.i wondered if anyone noticed the modern gift basket at the end?

Chestnuts roasted by becki @ 12/20/2005 3:45 PM

i dont know why i posted my comment about the commercial. i just thought the way they added the modern looking gift basket looked cheap,like they didnt want to make a new commercial.
just ignore this,im bored!!

Chestnuts roasted by becki @ 12/20/2005 3:47 PM

Jelly Belly has candy canes with flavors based off of their jelly bean line. I didn’t buy this particular set of flavors, but one of the boxes contains popcorn-flavored candy canes. I looked in the ingredients and it actually has salt in it.

Iiiiiiick

Chestnuts roasted by Brandon @ 12/20/2005 3:55 PM

dont worry becki, a few of us discussed the hell out of it a couple weeks ago. i think we saw it when rudolph was on.

and ya, i thought the change at the end was crappy. i thought the new plastic canister in the basket just messed it up.

Chestnuts roasted by schroeder @ 12/20/2005 3:58 PM

omigod, i cant WAIT for the update!

nothing going on at work, i just keep checking back over and over, it’s making me feel crazy.

i know it takes time to make such quality entries, matt, but HURRY UP!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by schroeder @ 12/20/2005 4:00 PM

These calendars are getting better by the day!!

And nice with adding the "X-Entertainment" on the screen of the new Adverts, so no one can claim them as their own. Some idiots will try to take em anyway, but they’re still gonna be yours! :D

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 12/20/2005 4:13 PM

Merry Christmas!. No, that’s not what I want to say. Christmas comes but once a year. No, that’s not true, it comes about 20 times for me, stupid fertile family. Have a safe holiday… no, I know:

I can’t believe it’s not butter. Alright, I don’t have anything to comment on, I’m just waiting for my Mare Wares. I hope wares means what I think it does because nothing else rhymes with Mare.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/20/2005 4:22 PM

Ah, yes. Who needed a Coleco Donkey Kong when you had a Tandy KingMan. I’m sorry Billy, but the stores were all out of "Simon", so you get "Copycat." I know you wanted Decepticon Shockwave, but here’s a Radio Shack Galactic Man.
Actually, those were cool, in a Paralell-
Earth kind of way.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 12/20/2005 4:26 PM

Ahh, the day before heading home for Christmas for the usual week. Finishing up my annual viewing of "Santa Claus: The Movie" On DVD! Boo yah! Course it’s kinda weird, being that Santa dies in the first five minutes to be reborn by weird star powers. But man I love the first movie where he becomes Santa Claus, rather than the second movie it becomes for some odd reason when it has to go to modern day.

Man what a weird (albeit cool) movie!

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas from my Terrifying Claws to yours!

Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 12/20/2005 4:26 PM

i for one am happy that they are recycling the old holiday standard commercials. it gives me a warm fuzzy

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 12/20/2005 4:35 PM

I have to say that my favorite flavor candy cane has always been Spearmint. Damn hard to find which makes them all the better when I do.

Never saw the He’man special, but looking at He-man and She-ra arm in arm like lovers who can’t keep there hands off each other just creeps me out completely. With He-mans smile and the surprised look on She-ra’s face one can only wonder where there hands are.

Chestnuts roasted by Wenthral @ 12/20/2005 4:37 PM

Matt,
Really enjoying the Advent and Advert calendars. You’re outdoing yourself this year, man.

Also, I’ve been seeing x-e mentions all over the place. You had a mention in the last Wizard that came out about a month ago, and today on IMDB they’ve got a link to the old Spidey Crayola review. Not real sure why, but I guess this will probably result in some increased traffic.

Chris

Chestnuts roasted by Chris Martin @ 12/20/2005 4:40 PM

Now that you mention it Wenthral, every time I glance at the DVD I keep thinking the emblem on She-Ra’s chest is He-mans oddly bent hand feeling her up. Look at it real quick and see if you can see it.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/20/2005 4:43 PM

schroeder,yourcomment made me feel better.i should have been in on that discussion about it.glad other people noticed it,now i dont feel like im the only one who notices such things.no one else gets it when i point the commercial out to them. i think x-entertainment is my home.you people understand me!

Chestnuts roasted by becki @ 12/20/2005 4:50 PM

dohopoki I’ll raise my glass and toast to that! "To fertile families!! hear hear!"

Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 12/20/2005 5:04 PM

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