Y’know wats funny? I heard that SSB was gonna be released on the virtual console a WHILE ago, and I still dont think its been officially announced yet. Google it.
I’ve eaten BW3s two nights in a row now, is that bad?
Hell. No. When is there ever a bad time for BWW? I am pissed that the cheap wings have gone up 10 cents in price. I don’t know what traditional wings are, but Boneless is up to 60 cents! Maddening.
Also: I agree that it’s too early for Christmas. My CVS is bombarded with Christmas crap and none of us are ready for it yet!
I wanna do Captain Will’s thing watching all the Christmas Specials this Christmas, but my list seems short. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
Frosty the Snowman
Frosty Returns
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol
Little Drummer Boy
Cricket on the Hearth A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Star Wars Holiday Special
Pee-Wee Herman’s Christmas Special
A Pinky & the Brain Christmas Special
Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas
He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
A Curb Your Christmas
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
Robot Chicken’s Half-Assed Christmas Special “Growing Pains” A Christmas Story (1985) “Family Ties” A Christmas Story (1982) Charles in Charge Yule Laff “Who’s the Boss?” The Christmas Card (1986)
“Perfect Strangers” A Christmas Story (1986)
“The Golden Girls” ‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas (1986)
Any more ideas anyone?
Aaron– I heard that too about the original Super Smash Bros. Everyone I knew was remarking how they couldn’t wait to play as party hat pikachu!
I for one re bought my wii last saturday after selling it two weeks prior because of the stupid utlilty companies. I am looking forward to Animal Crossing City Folk being released next sunday the 16th. OMG om gom gomg omg omg omg omg omg omg
Ghosted by mandy _Reeves @ 11/09/2008 9:19 AM EST
Sorry to DP here folks…however slurpee lovers beware…slurpachino coffee slurpees are NASTY!!!! I’d like to know if anyone has had the vanilla slurpee yet? I want to go to Target today and see if they still have the halloween Jones sodas. I got them last week for 75 per 4 pack. The little cans that is. I got Buried Pomegranate. Not bad not bad….
Ghosted by mandy _Reeves @ 11/09/2008 9:23 AM EST
Seems like the Charlie Brown DVD’s have come out again, with new stuff, remixed songs, a few new scenes, etc, and a digital download from I-tunes. I bought Great Pumpkin DVD a few weeks ago, and there is an I-Tunes digital download with that too. But I am leery of going near I-tunes. Right before I met my wife, she bought a computer from a friend, and he had I-tunes out the wazoo, and their software kept seizing up the computer. Not sure I am ready for the emotional commitment to I-tunes yet. (But this Great Pumpkin DVD has an excellent “making of” feature) I have the CB Christmas DVD’s, bought the Rudolph Box set last year , that came with Frosty, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and Little Drummer Boy as well. And a separate Cricket on the Hearth. It’s too bad they don’t show Little Drummer Boy on TV. Too religious I guess. But so what, I just liked it. Big secret there, Christ connected to Christmas. Not that I’m a religious fanatic, but whatever. Read some blog somewhere last year saying CB Christmas Special was “too religious”. And it somehow “promotes something __________”. So what. If I watch it, I don’t have to explain my views; I just like it. Target already geared up with all the Christmas stuff. The grocery store Super G (Giant in some places) already with their Christmas set-up. Cool looking Rudolph and CB animatronic thingies at Giant for $20.00. Also, must confess, bought a box of Little Debbie Christmas trees to “share”with my daughter who was with me. She she is barely 2, she could only eat one cake. So, yes, yes, I confess, I had a rare “binge” moment. But, heck, I saved it for Little Debbie Christmas Trees!. And they also had the hexagonal non-descript Christmas Debbies too. (Help me out with that one, hexagonal as I recall?) Went to Macy’s to get the wifey an anniversary present. I was more excited to see the in-store poster promoting the annual parade. Is it the 150th anniversary or something? Sorry for the inaccuracies people. I’m now the dad of a 4 and 2 year old, and the brain cells burn out quickly…!
Aaron: FYE had a “Legends” three pack that had the Billy Graham, Dusty Rhodes, and the Rise and Fall of AWA DVD’s about 30 bucks. From the bookstore I got used copies of the Greatest Managers in Wrestling, Wrestling Families, the 4 Horsemen DVD, and a Ohio Valley Wrestling one that’s a “Before they were famous” type of thing with commentary from Jim Cornette and Dave Meltzer.
Anyway, in the Sunday paper today there was a Target Toy catalogue in there, and frankly I think it had slightly more interesting stuff in it than the Toys R Us one from last week.
I also saw in the Wal-Mart ad they are now selling Candy Cane Oreos.
Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 11/09/2008 10:43 AM EST
ubik – Yeah – A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS, the greatest Xmas special of all time!
Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 11/09/2008 11:23 AM EST
ubik, I would also add in at least a few more Rankin-Bass holiday specials. I’m thinking mainly of “Frosty’s Winter Wonderland” and “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” which are now available on the same DVD. You’ve also got “Year Without a Santa Claus.” I’d throw in “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July,” but at that point, IMO, R-B were running out of ideas and the specials got a lot longer and a little lamer.
Also need to mention a chestnut from my childhood that I bought on DVD last year: “Mickey’s Christmas Carol.” I found it on Disney’s “Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 9,” which was a pretty inexpensive DVD. Highly recommended.
I have sort of melded Thanksgiving with the X-mas season. Although TG has its own distinct feel, and as I wrote a couple of threads ago is the best single-day holiday, I wrap it up under the whole holiday season umbrella. A number of years ago I would have forbade it, but recently my tree has gone up the day before Thanksgiving. I suppose your interpretations of holidays change as you get older.
Ghosted by Clockwork @ 11/09/2008 12:49 PM EST
I’m down with a Christmas special a day. It’d be cool if X-E had a schedule of ones we should watch on which day so we could watch the same one each day and then talk about them in the blog.
ubik, you’re missing about 80% of the Rankin/Bass specials. Best to just google R/B, ’cause there’s too many to list. And don’t forget Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!
Ghosted by Moony @ 11/09/2008 1:54 PM EST
IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS.
Ghosted by ashley @ 11/09/2008 2:19 PM EST
Mooney said: “And don’t forget Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!” Ah yes, I saw 100 of those on sale for a dollar at Target. Got my copy 2 years ago. Pia Zadora’s debut role as the daughter of the Martian leader!
I’m way ahead of all of you. I’m already celebrating Christmas 2009.
Ghosted by Jordan @ 11/09/2008 3:36 PM EST
RE: The earlier discussion of BW3s.
First, it is never a bad time for eating wings. Therefore it is perfectly acceptable to consume BW3s on consecutive days.
Second, and this is off on a bit of a tangent here, but am I the ONLY person in the world who cannot understand why “boneless buffalo wings” are labeled as such? I mean, it was never actually a part of a wing, right? So why do we call it one? Grrr. It is a breaded chunk of chicken, probably from the breast, that has been deep-fried and slathered in sauce. Tasty? Yes, of course. A wing? No, certainly not. OK, rant over.
Hope everyone is well.
Ghosted by TF @ 11/09/2008 3:46 PM EST
Personally, I’m kind of easing into Christmas. It doesn’t have to be totally-Christmas or not-Christmas-at-all. I’m not ready for Rudolph or Charlie Brown’s little tree just yet, but yesterday I watched Eight Crazy Nights, which isn’t fully a Christmas movie, and it felt right. And today I watched the Simpsons where Bart melts the Christmas tree, just because I had Season 9 out anyway. Right now I’m baking chocolate chip cookies and listening to the Nutcracker, but honestly I like Tchaikovsky all year long. Decorations and full-blown Christmas music will probably wait until Thanksgiving weekend, but I feel good about hot cocoa and Christmas Tree Cakes in November. To me it feels like Christmas has so much to offer that if I try to cram it all into one month it feels rushed and forced, instead of homey and nostalgic like it should.
Interestingly, my mom seems to be celebrating November by becoming a pie addict. We had banana cream last week and she’s bought a pumpkin pie for this week, and I have stuff to make strawberry pie in the freezer. I guess thoughts of Thanksgiving on the way make us want pie.
Ubik- You can also add the G.I. Joe Christmas episode, Cobra Claws are coming to town.
As for Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, I’ve only seen it on MST 3000. It’s funny when they say, She’s going to hit me over the head with a frying pan.” I liked it.
Ubik, I just remembered another one. The Mister Ed Thanksgiving episode. the one where Mister Ed tells Wilbur his own version of the first Thanksgiving.
Ghosted by LoneStar76 @ 11/09/2008 3:55 PM EST
Don’t forget two other Muppet Christmas specials: Emmett Otter’s Jugband Christmas and The Christmas Toy.
If you would like to combine Christmas with Halloween, you can always watch the following:
The Tales from the Crypt episode with the killer Santa.
The Tales from the Darkside episode called “Seasons of Belief”
The Silent Night, Deadly Night movie franchise
Jack Frost 1 and 2
Santa’s Sley
Black Christmas
Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 11/09/2008 4:25 PM EST
I suddenly have the urge to play Heatmiser adn Snowmisers songs. Theyr’e just so catchy.
Ghosted by ULTRAMAN @ 11/09/2008 4:59 PM EST
It is way too early for Christmas. I’ll be ready for Christmas November 28th.
Shuanfu, you seem to be confused…the proper expression is GO DAWGS!
I’m currently watching a pretty funny Thanksgiving episode of 3rd Rock From the Sun. There’s also at least one Simpsons Thanksgiving show. And, the best…the Thanksgiving episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”
I’ve been playing Native American Christmas music today…its Christmassy but not in an annoying way. And I’m hoping I’ll have enough money by the end of the month to buy the tacky purple Christmas tree that I love at Walmart.
My fiber optic one won’t last another Christmas with an active young cat – I adopted the foster cat I took in shortly before my old cat had to be put to sleep. She’s on the extremely hyper and oversensitive side, enough that she needs herbs to be ‘normal’, and the oversensitivity leads to sudden aggression so as a result she wasn’t very adoptable. But since we’ve been managing just fine and the adoption fee was ‘free’ because I’d fostered her for so long, I went ahead and signed the papers. She now needs a new collar and a Christmas stocking!
Ghosted by Moony @ 11/09/2008 5:11 PM EST
Moony: Bless you for showin such kindness to a critter in need of love. =)
Ghosted by ULTRAMAN @ 11/09/2008 5:25 PM EST
I’m so glad someone mentioned “Seasons of Belief”, I’ve been singing the Grither song since November first.
Ghosted by Lottie of Millhaven @ 11/09/2008 6:12 PM EST
Thanks. She used to belong to my neighbors, until they got tired of her and her sisters and literally just tossed them out the door one day. The building manager did what she could to get them to at least feed the cats, but to no avail. She’s the only survivor, and I took her in after she lived on my porch for a month before they took a long vacation in May. Of course she was pregnant, so I tried to give her to a rescue, but only one would even talk to me. I signed up as her foster home, and they spayed and vaccinated her, but it became obvious that she had a lot of issues. She’s a white cat with one golden brown and one blue eye, and after some research on my part she’s got nervous system, hearing, and visual problems. The vet I took her to the day I adopted her agreed. Fortunately the homeopathic remedy I already had for myself and my previous cat works for her.
She’s pretty sweet most of the time when she’s had her doses of Rescue Remedy, but when she hasn’t had it she can go for six hours straight without being still for more than a minute. The rescue wanted to take her and put her in a cage in a busy shop, or in a multi-cat household after she’d already shown cat aggression, but that would have been a disaster waiting to happen with all the stress. I didn’t want another cat so soon, but it was the best decision.
Whoa, hi Jazzy! I haven’t seen you around in a while.
I am torn on the subject of Christmas. I like Christmas and I like Christmas things, and I’ve been vaguely in the mood to put up my tree and listen to my Carpenters Christmas album, but I also don’t want to think about it at all yet. For God’s sake, it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. I don’t want to think about how I have to spend this Christmas without Daymon and I don’t want to think about how I can’t afford to buy anybody presents this year– again.
Annette: I keep sayin to hold off on Christmas until after Thanksgiving. That way Thanksgiving can shine and we won’t collapse from the holiday overlaod. But some places and people are bent on pushin Christmas early this year. What can ya do? =) P.S saw Saw V and LOVED it!
Ghosted by ULTRAMAN @ 11/09/2008 7:32 PM EST
So sad, I do not agree with this pushing of Christmas so soon. Here in OC. the day after Haloween, South Coast Plaza had already put up their Christmas decorations out front. That means they probably installed the big ass reindeer and ornaments on Halloween night so theycould be ready by morning. What would Linus say?
I figure the retailers are doing it early as a reaction to the poor economy.
I personally feel this urge to really live it up this Christmas, like it will be the last really good one for a while. Doesn’t give me any more money, but at least I can give my cat a good one and celebrate it with family. But I’m going to wait until after Thanksgiving at least (the day after, that is) to try and get that tree I want. I don’t have any extra money until then anyway.
Ghosted by Moony @ 11/09/2008 8:04 PM EST
Around Black Friday I start playing Mariah Carey’s ‘Merry Christmas’ and Robert Palmer’s ‘Ridin’ High’. Other than ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’, Robert’s album doesn’t have any Christmas tunes, but for some reason the collection of standards sort of fits the atmosphere and I think that Mariah’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ is a staple in anyone’s Christmas collection.
Ghosted by palmerholic @ 11/09/2008 8:15 PM EST
I just scored four boxes of Christmas Tree Cakes. Let the Gorging begin!
Ghosted by Cameron T. @ 11/09/2008 8:24 PM EST
I’ve got the Christmas Fever!!! I can’t wait to start decorating and bringing out all the Christmas specials! Every year, as soon as Halloween is over I am all about Christmas, but this year I am even more so as this is my baby girl’s first Christmas. The hubby has asked that I refrain from putting up the two Christmas trees, lights, and knicknacks until at least the day after Thanksgiving, but I think my whining to put them out early (like tomorrow) will wear him down eventually. I’m a really good whiner.
Ghosted by earthwormgoddess @ 11/09/2008 9:30 PM EST
Congratulations earthwormgoddess! Try not to bankrupt yourselves buying the baby all the presents you want for her!
Ghosted by Moony @ 11/09/2008 9:43 PM EST
Hey all, just found Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash at Target. It’s pretty tasty, but i’m wanting some Pomegranate 7-Up. I just contacted them via the website to see if they will make it again this year. Here’s hoping!!
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Oh yeah, K-mart lay away!!! gotta get on that soon! IF I can find a nice Kmart. The one near me is a total trash heap.