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Ghosts Of Christmas Specials Past: The Year Without A Santa Clause

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Whenever the holiday season hits the first thing that comes to my mind is the stop motion animated Christmas specials by Rankin/Bass.  The one that really hearkens to my childhood is The Year Without A Santa Clause

The show was based on a book by Phyllis McGinley, that was printed in 1956 and later released as an animated Christmas special on Dec. 10, 1974. The main character isn’t Santa but two elves named Jingle and Jangle, who set out to prove to Santa that people still believe in Christmas.  Accompanying them on their trip is Santa’s youngest reindeer, Vixen.

They end up in a place called Southtown, where Vixen is ticketed and impounded for not having a license. The two elves try to explain their story to the town’s mayor but to no avail. His test was to have the elves make in snow in SouthTown to see if they were telling the truth.

They return to Mrs. Clause and report on what had happened on their excursion. They decide to take a trip to the brothers who control the climate in that area. First Cold Miser, and then Heat Miser.  This is the only thing I remember from the special word for word.

This catchy tune sang by actors Dick Shawn (Snow Miser) and George S. Irving (Heat Miser) was the one jewel in this family holiday special. With its long trombone slides this anthem buried itself in my mind since I was a kid and it never goes away like a song on the radio.

The other great fact about this show was that women took center stage as well. Mrs. Clause who always played a secondary role to Santa became front and center. She was played by the great actress Shirley Booth as her last role before her retirement. Mother Nature also played a big role as well as Mother Nature who was voiced by Rhoda Mann.

There were some marvelous holiday songs from this special other than the Miser Brothers. There is another holiday classic. I Believe in Santa Clause that really captures the spirit of the season.

Some points worth mentioning from Indiewire’s

  • Most accurate representation of Southern Californians in this special
  • How do people mistake reindeer for a dog
  • Best Holiday moment was a palm tree with christmas lights
  • Strangest easter egg, at the bottom of said palm tree is a pentagram

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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