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Martin, you're right. Had it not been a Christmas themed episode or at least had I not watched it during the Christmas season, I might have appreciated it more. THE UNTOUCHABLES is by and large a solid series, but I do think they could be gratuitous on occasion and the more notoriety they got...

Josh, this is really a nice collection of Christmas episodes from the eras you are interested in. Vintage sitcoms and 30 minute dramas with a great variety of holiday themed stories. Being a Mill Creek set of public domain material, the technical quality is not always so great, but I found most...

I'm definitely with you on both scores, Jack. I can still handle Cosby on I SPY because according to allegations it was still before any of his monstrous behavior started, but after that he's really persona non grata for me. I always wonder what Robert Culp would have thought of his good...

A bit late and on the periphery of the topic at that, but managed to watch the Thanksgiving episodes for BACHELOR FATHER (streamed) and THE BOB NEWHART SHOW (DVD). In the former, "Bentley's Double Play," S3E11, from November 26, 1959, Uncle Bentley is drafted into helping an ESL night class of...

My Christmas TV screenings have begun with the first holiday episode of THE BOB NEWHART SHOW from the first season airing only two days before Christmas in 1972. I didn't remember it at all, so it was fun to see, but it actually was just OK. The story involved Bob's group therapy patients...

I can only imagine that was a particularly solemn Christmas season in 1963, only a little more than a month after the President was assassinated. I agree that while there have been numerous gains in our lives and its commensurate culture since then, there are many instances of second nature...

So great to see the original and most comprehensive HTF TV Christmas episodes thread back in action! I can’t understand why other threads were started on the exact same topic when this one has already covered the subject just fine and has numerous great, fun posts to explore. Ah well, such is...

Too busy for in depth reviews, but watched a couple more last night, though each were pretty marginal. In fact, the "Boys' Christmas Money" episode of THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET I wouldn't consider a Christmas episode at all. It's a cute, funny episode, but outside of having Christmas...

OUR MISS BROOKS: "Christmas Show"/ This unimaginatively titled episode was very entertaining, but came nowhere near the excellent Christmas episode where Miss Brooks is exchanging gifts she received to buy gifts for others (I can't determine what seasons aired what Christmas episodes as there...

MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY: "Christmas Story"/ Up until a couple of years ago I had not seen MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY since morning reruns when I loved it as a kid. Its relative absence in syndication more or less rendered it forgotten and I never seemed to have much nostalgic yearning for it as I did other...

I had no idea she was a child actress. It would have been nice to see how she looked as a child, but the copy of the show was so blurry it was hard to make out any details. At one point it almost looked like Fred Clark had hair, but we all know that would be impossible. :D

CAPTAIN GALLANT OF THE FOREIGN LEGION: "The Boy Who Found Christmas"/This is a really nice show, telling the familiar tale of a selfish child who learns the true meaning of Christmas. What transcends its less than original storyline is the sincerity of the writing and acting and the exotic...

DENNIS THE MENACE: "The Christmas Story"/ Really enjoyed this one. Some very funny situations that are fully developed and a nice sentimental moment which doesn't get too saccharine. But is this the only episode that took place in the winter? I hate those old shows where it always seems to be...

Finally found the time to start my Christmas viewing. Just two so far: THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW: "Grandpa's Christmas Visit"/Ok episode with some genuinely funny moments, but not very Christmasy. The opening scene has some Yuletide trappings, but the rest of the show only mentions holiday parties...

Hey, I've been MIA from HTF for awhile, but nothing brings me back each year like Gary's great original Christmas thread. I always enjoy reading everyone's season's screenings. Just wanted to alert those who may not know that this nice Blu Ray set of 7 classic Rankin-Bass Christmas shows has...

Watching some traditional favorites, but also trying to mix it up with some that don't get mentioned too often:THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL: "The Christmas Present"Fair episode which might have worked better had I experienced more of the series prior to this single show. I'm a big fan of the UK...

TCM is showing it on December 18. I watched it a couple of years ago and it was VERY heavy handed and talky, befitting both Serling and Mankiewicz. It has a great cast, but it didn't resonate with me at all. I like Serling quite a bit, but when he gets preachy it can be unbearably overwritten...

Time for my annual reminder for Gary to remember the Goncours! ;)

Many thanks for all the great Thanksgiving episode recommendations. I have THAT GIRL, BOB NEWHART and BEWITCHED and, unfortunately, that looks to be about it. Over 7,000 DVDs and Blu-Rays in my collection and I could only come up with three Thanksgiving holiday episodes! Well, I guess that means...

Before we join the rampant corproate/consumerist culture of celebrating Christmas too early, may I politely interrupt and ask if anyone can recommend some good Thanksgiving episodes, rare as they might be? I love the one they did on THAT GIRL, but can't think of any others at the moment.

Apologies to fans and for interjecting a bit of humbug, but the Christmas episode of the Buddy Hackett series STANLEY is unwatchable.

Watched the George C. Scott A CHRISTMAS CAROL last night for the Eve. I never cease being marveled by it. Scott never veers into caricature as some other interpretations of Scrooge have. This is a truly pathetic and in no small way, frightening man, borne out by beautifully atmospheric...

Mostly movies from here on in, but stopped by to wish everyone a MERRY HAPPY!

Gary O, we are in agreement on the FURY episode. I didn't mean to let my discontent over the studio bound filming get in the way of what was a very good story for kids about Christmas spirit vs. Christmas greed. Like you, I thought the second act was a bit much and wished they had just made them...

Too busy to get to much this year, but still attempting to squeeze in shows I've never seen before. GUNSMOKE: "Magnus." Nice to see snow in Dodge City that actually looked like real snow. Episode packs in a lot for 25 minutes and is a good one, but Christmas is more the setting and not the...

My pleasure, Gary. Of all people, you know that my head is always wrapped around some pop culture minutia cleverly disguised as eminently inconsequential trivial nothing. Not necessarily bearing this out, but worth mentioning; In that 1965 AVENGERS Christmas episode I referenced above...

Gary, I wish there were an actual answer as that would represent some seriously silly research which is always right up my alley of entertainment. I like your guesses. I was leaning toward OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL and GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN as I seem to encounter at least snippets of both...

Once again digging deep to find some Christmas shows I have never seen before. Last eve, donning my miner's hat, I came up with YOU ASKED FOR IT, an early 50's show which featured a congenial host directing variety show fodder as sent in and requested by viewers. This Christmas show had a...

I vote for Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO for my favorite example of this. As Janet Leigh is fleeing town with stolen money, she stops at an intersection just at the moment her boss makes an ill timed appearance crossing the street. In the background you can see Christmas decorations on the street...