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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!



Discussion Thread: 123 comments

god lori, you never fail to disappoint me with your posts :)

i’m glad someone else likes the fogelberg song. dont know why i do. maybe i wish i had a nice old sweetheart to meet in the grocery store instead of rat bastards and semi-stalkers that still think they "love" me.

we must be about the same age, because now the Mister Jesus plot is coming back to me. i went to a christian school, and all the other girls just thought it was the sweetest, saddest thing. then there was lovely cynical me, thinking it was a bunch of crap. go me!

Chestnuts roasted by schroeder @ 12/21/2005 11:53 AM

oh my god, did i just say that?

i meant NEVER DISAPPOINT ME! or NEVER FAIL TO AMUSE ME!

i cant believe i accidentally insulted you instead. and i almost didnt notice…

Chestnuts roasted by schroeder @ 12/21/2005 11:59 AM

I really hope that waiterbot and waiterbetty are forced to sleep in a barn of some sort and waterbetty miraculously becomes pregnant with, well, whatever would fit inside her area and be easily extruded. It would be a christmas miracle!

This is my one christmas wish.

Chestnuts roasted by chpmmttn @ 12/21/2005 12:10 PM

you know, it won’t be snowing in Hawaii for Christmas this year either. let’s get a telethon going for those poor bastards! screw "feed the world", we need snow in the tropics!

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 12/21/2005 12:11 PM

I think Santa’s dead. My thought is probably not original.
My son was sent home from Pre-Schol/daycare ill today. So we get to sit at home and watch TV. YAY! Christmas SNL rereuns on E. Well he’s not watching he’s spending his time next to me on the couch sleeping next to the "bowl".

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 12/21/2005 12:40 PM

Matt, I’m Afraid of Americans. And you kill me. "Christmas Shoes" hilarious…I love Kuse so much. I’m going to miss these guys after Sunday, lots and lots. Well, actually, after Tuesday, as I won’t get to see the THRILLING CONCLUSION until I get back to work after the holiday. Grr. Oh, and yay for you being mentioned on IMDB, yaaay!

bitchpants, I fully agree with you there. As a lake effect snow band resident, I have over 2′ of snow and it’s just now the first day of winter. I say, let’s pack some of this shit up and send it to those damn warm climates.

Lori, schroeder, I like that Dan Fogelberg song too, because I can be a sap. Actually, my dad had me download it just a few months ago, because he knew I’d like it. And yes, Bob Carlisle should go away. Far, far away.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 12/21/2005 12:52 PM

Click my name for a little game to help pass the time between updates or take out some holiday aggression – some of you need it.

Chestnuts roasted by El Barto @ 12/21/2005 2:02 PM

Matt, how are you doing with the transit strike….it sucks being stuck here in Brooklyn. Glad I have your site to read.

Chestnuts roasted by GadgetMouse @ 12/21/2005 2:43 PM

kb, hope the little one feels better. Does he have a stomach bug? Poor kid–right before Christmas too.

Lori and Schroder–you guys cracked me up, but dare I laugh out loud while I’m working. I’m not supposed to be doing this during work anyway.

My last day was supposed to be Friday, but because Wednesday is the end of the payweek, the office manager came in and informed me that they wouldn’t need me tomorrow or Friday. They don’t even know how late they’ll be open on Friday, so its pointless to come in for a lousy two day paycheck (but I make $10 an hour, so how bad could two days pay be?). It’s still $160 before taxes, but I guess when you figure in deductions and stuff, it would probably come out to just over $100. But still, it’s $100 I could use while I’m unemployed. Hopefully, it won’t be 2 months like the last time. Although this time, I have $1500 more than I did last time (Despite credit card bills during shopping season, I managed to save alot of money), and I’m getting a discount card for prescriptions b/c I dont have insurance. Covers all my stuff I need. I think I’ll be fine.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 12/21/2005 2:47 PM

There won’t be snow in Florida this Christmas either, although I wish there would be, because when it DOES snow here (last true ground-covering was in ’88) it’s kinda funny. Nobody has proper snow gear and nobody knows how to drive in the snow, so everyone freaks the hell out and everything just kinda shuts down. We don’t even have proper winter clothes and most of our schools are built with an open design to save on cooling costs during the 9 months of summer we have every year. Once when I was in high school they cancelled school for a day just because it was really cold (12 degress F) – no snow, just cold and nobody had heavy coats to wear.

Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 12/21/2005 3:00 PM

There’s somebody on Fark who uses the Login "Somebodypleasekillthechristmasshoes" due to an overwhelming hate for that song. Now, here’s a prescription from yours truly: next time you get assaulted by that song, forced upon you by an otherwise well-meaning compatriot or DJ, have a recording of, or request for, the song "DOA" by Blood Rock ready to go. Nothing counters contrived sappiness about a dying parent like a song about the last moments of a car accident victim. "God in Heaven, teach me how to die" indeed.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash was flying low, and missed something in the air @ 12/21/2005 3:26 PM

as much as i bitch to myself when people start random conversations on here…

ALLISON, i had that happen to me once too. i put in a three week notice instead of two weeks, so that i could leave at the end of the year, since my new job didnt need me till after the first. I was told instead that my last week would be the short week before christmas, hence screwing me out of christmas AND new years holiday pay.

and sorry to make you laugh out loud at work. happens to me sometimes too. esp. reading the advent calendar…

…which I’m hoping will have today’s entry today

…but it’s okay if not…xoxoxoxo

Chestnuts roasted by schroeder @ 12/21/2005 3:49 PM

Matt–

Kickass about the IMDB link!

Chestnuts roasted by Rosella @ 12/21/2005 3:53 PM

was just listening to bob and doug mckenzie do their 12 days of christmas. i never knew what they were saying for the "five golden…" part, so i looked it up.

sounds like they are saying "five golden toooooooooooooks."

guess what? it is spelled toques.
and it apparently is canadian for "hat." like a winter hat, it seems.

am i just a complete retard because i didnt know that? (or even because i am asking)?

Chestnuts roasted by schroeder @ 12/21/2005 4:20 PM

Schroeder, I learned the word toque from my father, who is Italian and American. I guess you know it if someone exposes you to the word.

Jazzy–talk about mass panic. "Oh my GOD! What is that white stuff?!" The people in Miami (and I’m sorry if you live there) probably thought God was supplying them with pure crack-cocaine from heaven.

Ok, that was mean, but it was funny. Admit it. You laughed. Yes you did. You ALL laughed. Then you went, "oh."

Also, I got another completely random story for ya. I saw the name *JEM* as the top posting. My boyfriend’s mom told me that my boyfriend liked JEM when he was a kid. This came out after I said I had JEM toys. She said "Oh Steve liked JEM when he was little…" right in front of him. I think JEM came on in 1987, which would have put my boyfriend around 8-9 years old. I was only 4-5 years old (I turned 5 in October 1987). Haha, nice confession.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 12/21/2005 5:26 PM

Touques, ya hoser. Shove off, eh! Beauty.

Chestnuts roasted by MrsDanFielding @ 12/21/2005 6:01 PM

At the time JEM was on, We were living in the country, and Satellite dishes were the size (and cost) of swimming pools. So it was one of the few things on for me to watch. It’s main saving grace was it was a Marvel production. Which meant that there were neat little touches not to be found in other girl shows at the time. Secret identities, holographic computers, and a dead mother? Let’s see Bratz work ideas like those into their toys!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 12/21/2005 6:07 PM

And a beer on my knee!

Chestnuts roasted by the Unrecognized McKenzie Brother @ 12/21/2005 6:10 PM

I love Santa II. He’s so hopeful.

Y’know, after years of listening to the Same Two Christmas Tapes, I think I’ve finally decided on my favourite christmas song.
It’s, uh, Alfie the Elf. Yeah. Anyone know that one?

Speaking of elves, I’m making them out of plastic modelling compound as cheap presents. Swish.

Chestnuts roasted by onslaught86 @ 12/21/2005 6:26 PM

I’m not sure what made IGN review this but I know I want one.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/21/2005 7:51 PM

Come they told me…

Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef

A newborn yeast to see…

Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef

Happy Whatever your people celebrate from a woman’s special place!!

Chestnuts roasted by U Know U Want It @ 12/21/2005 7:54 PM

I went to my local Best Buy to pick up the He-Man Christmas special, and it was sold out as well. I guess Best Buy didn’t order enough or something. I have heard from others who couldn’t find it a week after it came out too.

Chestnuts roasted by Destro @ 12/21/2005 8:47 PM

Oh, blog entries with no comments allowed make me nuts. I get a huge kick out of seeing articles I remember being posted like two weeks ago described as "old" though, so it totally balances out.
I too thought of Matt when hearing about the strikes and hoped he’d hit those vacay days. Today marked the day that I officially lost patience with the Xmas music playing at my own employment…I think it was the third time they played "It Happened In Sun Valley" in three hours that finally did it. God, that song is absolutely terrible.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 12/21/2005 8:58 PM

Wow, an IMDB Post! Matt continues to get a bigger and bigger audience (rightly so). I keep mentioning him to my boyfriend as "that website guy" and bragging whenever XE gets a nod in a mag or another website (like Anthony Daniels’ website, for example!) It just makes me really really glad when I know other people are made as happy as I am from this awesome spot on the web. Way to go, Matt!

Yeah, I also wondered about Matt during this transit strike…craziness! It must have been chaos that first day…

Wonder why IMDB chose the Spidey crayon review instead of an XE movie review…???

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 12/21/2005 9:40 PM

SWEET MOTHER OF FUCKER, JESUS HOLY AND SHIT! Why the Hell am I always the last to know about great new things, such as the He-Man and She-Ra Christmas special coming out on DVD!!! I envy you, Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 12/21/2005 10:23 PM

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