# Need help identifying this Christmas cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207 "2005-12-26T01:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/1 "2005-12-26T01:54:59Z")
AAUGHH! Can someone identify this Christmas cartoon TV special for me, please? It involves this little round-headed kid who laments the commercialization of Christmas. This kid must have been deeply disturbed, since at one point, he even sought psychiatric counseling from this crabby young gal – for five cents! Good grief! I also remember this Beethoven-playing kid and this boy who’s a virtual pig pen. Oh, and this dancing, almost human-like dog. The round-headed kid tries to direct a Christmas play, but his attempt was, well, wishy-washy at best. So this other kid quotes from Luke’s Gospel, and all ends on a happy note. Can someone help, please? I feel like such a blockhead. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/2 "2005-12-26T01:57:07Z")
_Rio_ by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/3 "2005-12-26T02:00:02Z")
Now that I think about it, there’s this Christmas story I can’t remember. It was a movie, I think, a story about Christmas. Anyway, in this Christmas story, which took place in the past, there’s this kid, and the story is about his experiences during Christmas time. He really wants a BB gun, but nobody will get it for him. There’s also a scene in this Christmas story where a kid gets his tongue stuck to a freezing flagpole. I think this Christmas story was called _The Boy Who Couldn’t Get a BB Gun_. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/4 "2005-12-26T02:06:24Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Now that I think about it, there’s this Christmas story I can’t remember. It was a movie, I think, a story about Christmas. Anyway, in this Christmas story, which took place in the past, there’s this kid, and the story is about his experiences during Christmas time. He really wants a BB gun, but nobody will get it for him. There’s also a scene in this Christmas story where a kid gets his tongue stuck to a freezing flagpole. I think this Christmas story was called _The Boy Who Couldn’t Get a BB Gun_. I saw part of this today. I thought it was an old “Night Stalker” rerun. The family ate a swan or something. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/5 "2005-12-26T02:26:13Z")
Isn’t there one that’s all in rhyme, about a green guy who lives on a mountain and hates Christmas? I think it’s a sequel to “It’s a Wonderful Life”. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/6 "2005-12-26T02:54:12Z")
The Google ads seem to have the answers. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/7 "2005-12-26T02:55:19Z")
…Or did, until I jinxed them. That’ll learn me. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/8 "2005-12-26T02:57:56Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > AAUGHH! Can someone identify this Christmas cartoon TV special for me, please? > > It involves this little round-headed kid who laments the commercialization of Christmas. This kid must have been deeply disturbed, since at one point, he even sought psychiatric counseling from this crabby young gal – for five cents! Good grief! > > I also remember this Beethoven-playing kid and this boy who’s a virtual pig pen. Oh, and this dancing, almost human-like dog. > > The round-headed kid tries to direct a Christmas play, but his attempt was, well, wishy-washy at best. So this other kid quotes from Luke’s Gospel, and all ends on a happy note. > > Can someone help, please? I feel like such a blockhead. Must be the Family Guy Christmas episode… Now the one that I wonder about is that cartoon that has a snowman coming back to life when a magic hat is put on his head, was it Jack Frost? ---
**Author:** ![lonesome\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@lonesome\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lonesome_loser)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/9 "2005-12-26T03:12:11Z")
Doesn’t anyone think of the tree?? What about the tree? Please please think of the poor tree. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/10 "2005-12-26T03:52:21Z")
_Aeon Flux_, the debut episode. They sent George Clooney a copy, he duped it and sent it around to everyone he knew, and the rest is history! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/11 "2005-12-26T04:02:51Z")
Anyone remember that one about the two old army buddies who become entertainers after WWII is over, and then they try and save their commanding officer’s hotel from bankrupcy by performing there? I think it had, uh, Bill Cosby? No, that’s not quite it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/12 "2005-12-26T04:05:32Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > AAUGHH! Can someone identify this Christmas cartoon TV special for me, please? > > It involves this little round-headed kid who laments the commercialization of Christmas. This kid must have been deeply disturbed, since at one point, he even sought psychiatric counseling from this crabby young gal – for five cents! Good grief! > > I also remember this Beethoven-playing kid and this boy who’s a virtual pig pen. Oh, and this dancing, almost human-like dog. > > The round-headed kid tries to direct a Christmas play, but his attempt was, well, wishy-washy at best. So this other kid quotes from Luke’s Gospel, and all ends on a happy note. > > Can someone help, please? I feel like such a blockhead. “Charlie Brown Christmas Special” > [@GuanoLad](#): > > Isn’t there one that’s all in rhyme, about a green guy who lives on a mountain and hates Christmas? > > I think it’s a sequel to “It’s a Wonderful Life”. “The Grinch who stole Christmas” > [@mobo85](#): > > Now that I think about it, there’s this Christmas story I can’t remember. It was a movie, I think, a story about Christmas. Anyway, in this Christmas story, which took place in the past, there’s this kid, and the story is about his experiences during Christmas time. He really wants a BB gun, but nobody will get it for him. There’s also a scene in this Christmas story where a kid gets his tongue stuck to a freezing flagpole. I think this Christmas story was called _The Boy Who Couldn’t Get a BB Gun_. It was called a “Christmas Story” > [@mobo85](#): > > _Rio_ by Duran Duran. Rio is a river in Spanish, Duran Duran was the scientist from Barbarella. It is a great Christmas movie. > [@Susie Derkins](#): > > The Google ads seem to have the answers. Calvin and Hobbes should do a Christmas special. > [@lonesome loser](#): > > Doesn’t anyone think of the tree?? > > What about the tree? > > Please please think of the poor tree. I highly recommend a Live Blue Spruce, but if you live in a cold climate, dig the hole ahead of time before the ground gets to hard. Keep it watered and you should have a wonderful addition to your yard. Any other Christmas questions? I’ll be happy to help. Jim the Oblivious. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/13 "2005-12-26T04:10:14Z")
I seem to remember a special all about this kinda creepy live snowman. I think they cast The Stay - Puf Marshmallow Man as the lead before he made it big in movies… ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/14 "2005-12-26T04:44:13Z")
I just want to point out the Google ad on the bottom of this thread Humor Writing Workshops Work with a humor writing pro in acclaimed online workshops [ww.writingclasses.com](http://ww.writingclasses.com) ::: sneerk::: ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/15 "2005-12-26T04:54:15Z")
It’s called _The Brown Bunny._ I think it’s a Lifetime Television Original Production, but don’t quote me on that. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/16 "2005-12-26T05:03:37Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > It’s called _The Brown Bunny._ I think it’s a Lifetime Television Original Production, but don’t quote me on that. Nah. That special blew. _runs_ ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/17 "2005-12-26T06:00:17Z")
This one has been driving me crazy! There was this movie (maybe it was also a book) set in Victorian England about some mean old rich guy who’s haunted by all these ghosts around Christmas Eve. I think one of the ghosts wore a hood and carried a scythe like the Angel of Death. I believe the ghosts scared the crap out the old bastard so much that at the end he reformed and started opening up his pocketbook more often. And, while we’re on the subject, this may not be a Christmas movie but I remember there were some scenes with snow and sleds so maybe it was. It was also about some rich old bastard but this one dies at the beginning after mumbling something about roses and dropping a snow globe. The rest of the film is a flashback about how the old guy built this huge media empire and tried to bully anyone who stood in his way. For some reason, it ends with an old sled being put in a fire. Can anybody help me on this one? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/18 "2005-12-26T18:10:46Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > And, while we’re on the subject, this may not be a Christmas movie but I remember there were some scenes with snow and sleds so maybe it was. It was also about some rich old bastard but this one dies at the beginning after mumbling something about roses and dropping a snow globe. This was _A Charlie Kane Christmas_, based on the popular comic strip by Orson “Sparky” Welles, who was apparently a talented director as well. I wouldn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/19 "2005-12-26T18:15:41Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > AAUGHH! Can someone identify this Christmas cartoon TV special for me, please? > > It involves this little round-headed kid who laments the commercialization of Christmas. This kid must have been deeply disturbed, since at one point, he even sought psychiatric counseling from this crabby young gal – for five cents! Good grief! > > I also remember this Beethoven-playing kid and this boy who’s a virtual pig pen. Oh, and this dancing, almost human-like dog. > > The round-headed kid tries to direct a Christmas play, but his attempt was, well, wishy-washy at best. So this other kid quotes from Luke’s Gospel, and all ends on a happy note. > > Can someone help, please? I feel like such a blockhead. that’s easy, it’s either Family Guy, or American Dad, sheesh, c’mon, ask a hard one why don’t you… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207/20 "2005-12-26T18:19:02Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > This one has been driving me crazy! > > There was this movie (maybe it was also a book) set in Victorian England about some mean old rich guy who’s haunted by all these ghosts around Christmas Eve. I think one of the ghosts wore a hood and carried a scythe like the Angel of Death. I believe the ghosts scared the crap out the old bastard so much that at the end he reformed and started opening up his pocketbook more often. stop with the easy stuff already, that movie is most assuredly **Ghostbusters** > [@](#): > > And, while we’re on the subject, this may not be a Christmas movie but I remember there were some scenes with snow and sleds so maybe it was. It was also about some rich old bastard but this one dies at the beginning after mumbling something about roses and dropping a snow globe. The rest of the film is a flashback about how the old guy built this huge media empire and tried to bully anyone who stood in his way. For some reason, it ends with an old sled being put in a fire. Can anybody help me on this one? **Farenheit 451** or **1984** , maybe it’s **THX1138** i always get those “bleak future” movies mixed up… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-christmas-cartoon/337207.md?page=2)