# Charlie Brown, Grinch, or Rudolph? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298 "2003-12-01T17:35:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/61 "2003-12-03T17:25:58Z")
Absolutely! That Norelco Santa needs to be brought back! Along with ads for Dolly Madison snack foods (I always felt vaguely guilty that I never ate those). That’s great news about the Grinch reruns - but what’s CN? If you meant CNN, that’d be a welcome break :). I’ll look forward to the big-eyed kids marathon! ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/62 "2003-12-03T19:42:33Z")
1. Charlie Brown (Linus’ monologue is great) 2. Grinch (Love the dog!) 3. Mr. Magoo (but I never see it on TV anymore!) 4. Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas (I can’t believe no one mentioned this yet!) Rudolf? Meh. The first part is good, but they lost me with the Island of Misfit Toys. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/63 "2003-12-03T22:18:22Z")
There is simply no contest: \*A Charlie Brown Christmas \*is vastly superior to every other Christmas special ever made. I had not seen it for a while, then I watched it last year, and again this year. It is astounding how well it has held up over the years. The dialogue is still very funny, the story is wonderful, and Vince Guaraldi’s music is simply amazing. (The instrumental of “Christmas Time Is Here” may be the most beautiful piece of music ever recorded.) It’s the hands down winner. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/64 "2003-12-03T22:56:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nutty Bunny \* > \*\*1. Charlie Brown (Linus’ monologue is great) > 2. Grinch (Love the dog!) > 3. Mr. Magoo (but I never see it on TV anymore!) > 4. Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas (I can’t believe no one mentioned this yet!) > > Rudolf? Meh. The first part is good, but they lost me with the Island of Misfit Toys. \*\* YOWZA! The Mr. Magoo version of _A Christmas Carol_ beats all three of the others by a country mile. I would so love to be able to score that on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/65 "2003-12-04T00:09:12Z")
CN=Cartoon Network ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/66 "2003-12-04T14:30:41Z")
Not mentioned until now: Simpsons Roasting on a Open Fire. #1 ---
**Author:** ![BrandyFine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrandyFine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandyFine)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/67 "2003-12-04T15:10:21Z")
Kaylasdad, I don’t know if VHS is good enough for you, but we managed to find a copy of Magoo on video last Christmas. Wasn’t easy though. Did anyone find out where to get the Claymation Christmas special? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/68 "2003-12-04T20:38:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fessie \* > **Absolutely! That Norelco Santa needs to be brought back!** I saw the tail end of an ad last night. Santa on his razor making the new Norelco logo in the snow. So it seems he’s still on his little ride. _Mr Magoo’s Christmas Carol_ is available on DVD, it seems. A rental place I know has it in stock. Available at Amazon, as well. Please be kind to the gods at Classic Media, who give us nearsighted men, red-nosed reindeer, talking moose, Christian vegetables\*, and so many other things. If only they would give more of their treasures to the public. They’ve bought a lot! [sub]\*Mmm…Moses…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/69 "2003-12-04T21:11:48Z")
I think I’d have to call it a three-way tie, with _A Christmas Story_ coming in fourth, followed by the other R-B specials. Unfortunately, I don’t have cable, so I miss a lot of this stuff these days. Does anyone know when anything will be airing on network television, or will I have to watch them on the computer again this year? ---
**Author:** ![WhetherMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@WhetherMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhetherMan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/70 "2003-12-05T06:19:00Z")
What…not one person, besides me, voted Rudolph in the number one slot?? Come on now…it has adventure, reformations, love, murder, good guys, bad guys…all in one little hour of TV. Perhaps we should rethink our lists… ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/71 "2003-12-05T06:40:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrandyFine \* > \*\*I am trying like hell to find a copy of this. Any idea where I might start looking? Do they ever air it anymore? We Three Kings was my favorite part! \*\* I have never seen ‘Claymation Christmas’ after the first broadcast. But there’s three-in-one DVDs available on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) for around 20 bucks for new, and a few used ones for slightly less. It’s on my buy-it-for-myself-after-I-get-everyone-else’s-gift wish list. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298/72 "2003-12-07T04:30:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by shelbo \* > \*\*I’m Mr. Heat Miser > I’m Mr. Sun > (ba da da da) > I’m Mr. Green Christmas . . . > I’m Mr. Hundred and One! > Friends call me Heat Meiser, > What ever I touch > Starts to melt in my clutch . . . > IIIII’m too much > (ba da da da) > > _Year Without a Santa Clause_ > Way better than Rudolph. > The other one that’s way better than Rudolph is the one that tells the story of Santa Claus, with Burghermeister Meisterburgher – which I can’t recall the name of right now. > > Ah, the joys of Christmas. \*\* _Santa Clause is Coming to Town_. I feel like watching it now. 🙂 Charlie Brown is first. We watched _Grinch_ the other night. Rudolph takes a fall on the list. It used to be the first movie we would watch every year is _National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation_. _It’s a Wonderful Life_ too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-grinch-or-rudolph/216298.md?page=3)