Christmas Specials and Cartoons

This is a revised version of an earlier entry.  Uploaded is the full version of this selection.

In 1976, Rankin/Bass made a sequel to The Little Drummer Boy. They subtitled it "Book II" in a biblical style reference.

Made in 1971 by accalimed animator Chuck Jones, A Christmas Carol was originally created as a television special but was later released theatrically to critical acclaim winning an Oscar for best animated short in 1972.

Featuring non other than Sir Alastair Simm as Ebeneezer Scrooge, this half hour presentation of Charles Dickens' classic is very well done.

Here is the feature in it's entirety.

I've been looking for this commercial for a while now.  Sprite made a series of Christmas ads from the late 70's featuring a jingle made to the tune of Good King Wenceslas.

Here is one from 1980

Here's another variation of the Coca Cola Christmas commercial from 1978

In 1938, MGM adapted the Captain and the Kids comic strip (orginally The Katzenjammer Kids) into a cartoon series.

A total of 15 cartoon shorts were made including this one.

 

Jack Jones

Now, around here, we love Jack Jones.  A much forgotten singer, Jack is most famous for singing the theme to The Love Boat. But Jack is as good a jazz singer as Sinatra, Deano and the rest of the gang.

Here is Jack on Judy Garland's Christmas Show from 1963.  You will also notice our pal Mel Torme' among the guests.

Running from 1965 to 1974, The Dean Martin Show appeared on the NBC network featuring Dean and a plethora of guest stars.

Here's Deano and the Chairman of the Board singing their rendition of "It's a Marshmallow World"

Enjoy!