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OK, now that this thread has been resurrected again, I’d like to point out:
In the end credits, after Santa has agreed to distribute the Misfit Toys, there’s an elf in his sleigh that is attaching umbrellas (acting as parachutes) to toys, then tossing them overboard. (I supposed that the toys are then going to magically float to the homes of children who will want them.
But then, he pulls out the Bird Fish from TIOMT, shrugs, then tossed him off the sleigh WITHOUT AN UMBRELLA! The birds misfitedness is that he swims instead of flies. And this @!#?@! elf just lets him drop thousands of feet to his doom! Jerk!
Nah, that malingering bird just learned to fly real fast.
This was already pointed out earleir in the thread, so I will merely mention that maybe he dropped him into a backyard pool.
I hope it wasn’t frozen. :eek:
I swear this thread gets resurrected earlier every year. 
IIRC, the elf flaps his arms a few times to teach the bird toy the flying method. The bird-toy tries it, seems to get it, and just jumps itself. 'Course, as a kid, I totally forgot the toy’s actual skill was swimming.
And I don’t know if its been mentioned in this 8 page thread, but the Doll tells us why she’s a misfit – there’s no girl to love her. Thinking as an adult, I just figured her owner grew up, put her on a shelf, and the Lion King picked her up. Although logically, the island should be neck deep in dolls, if that were the case.
It is on tonight! Tonight, 8 pm 7 Central!
I just enjoyed it again.
2 thoughts:
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How did Santa go from skinny to fat in one night without serious health problems?
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What happened to King Moonracer? Santa took all of his subjects. He would be on that island all alone, what did he do?
I dunno – this thing is so dated. “We have to get the women back to Christmas Town.” Those stupid reindeer are so cruel to Rudolph, and no adult intervenes. Santa tells Donner – what is it? “You should have known better,” and Donner bows his head in shame.
Arrrrgh! :mad:
Worse than that. It’s, “Donner, you should be ASHAMED of yourself.” For what, not having suffocated Rudolph at birth?
Yes, that’s it! See, I really just can’t quite enjoy this thing any more. What’s wrong with a “Charlie-in-the-box”? And I would be happy to have that little spotted elephant, either when I was a kid or now.
Me too! Spotted elephant rules! And what kid wouldn’t want a pistol that shot jelly? (No sane parent, true, but kids would be all over that shit.)
So the world of the 1960’s is reprehensible because they had not yet advanced to our level of understanding?
I’m just saying I can’t really enjoy this show any more.
I watched it last night and enjoyed it even more than in past years. I was 7 when it originally aired but don’t remember watching it as a kid.
FTR, I would loff a spotted efalump.
If you’re in a mood to make excuses for the show, you could consider that Santa was simply disappointed in Donner’s behavior in hiding Rudolph’s … nonconformity, rather than accepting it.
And hell yeah, what’s wrong with a water pistol that shoots jelly. Its obviously very useful – Rudolph was very happy to lick Hermie’s face clean.
What the show ruined for me was Burl Ives. I’m supposed to watch Big Daddy face his mortality Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and all I can see is a chuckling snowman.
Either it shoots jelly because somebody loaded it with jelly (which is a problem with the user, not the device) or because it creates jelly (which would be awesome).
Not a chance. First, when Rudolph was an infant, Santa made it very, very clear (with a song and everything) that no reindeer with a glowing nose was going to get near his sleigh.
Then, after the nose covering incident at flying school, Santa said “Donner, you should be ashamed of yourself. What a pity. He had a nice takeoff too.” - again making it clear that whatever his other talents, his nose disqualified him from the sleigh team. Donner should have been ashamed of trying to pass of his horrible freak offspring as a normal reindeer. He shouldn’t necessarily have smothered him in the crib, but he definitely shouldn’t have let him interact with normal reindeer.
Everyone knows that human ethics have reached their absolute pinnacle among Dopers in late November 2011. Duh.