Claus can't persuade the Miser brothers to cooperate, she goes over their heads and calls on their mother. Don't Tell Mama!: The last thing the Miser Brothers want is the attention of their mother.Christmas Elves: Jingle and Jangle, primarily, although a fair-sized crowd appear at the beginning and end of the show.Can't Argue with Elves: Enthusiastically averted - almost no one listens to anything Jingle and Jangle have to say.She still makes Jingle and Jangle's mission sound like their idea, though. Claus is pathetically unable to hide her scheming from Santa. Ass in a Lion Skin: See All Animals Are Dogs, above.Although we definitely get the feeling she can be scary if she wants to be - she's able to frighten her sons into obedience, at least.only to have a charming friendly lunch with her and have all of their problems peacefully solved without any hesitation from Mother Nature.
The main characters are nervous but bravely go to confront her. Anticlimax Boss: Mother Nature is hyped up to be a dangerous, hot-headed woman, whom even her vicious children fear.All Just a Dream: It's implied in the closing song that the whole story is something Santa dreamed.One could argue that she was really in character, but even so. All Animals Are Dogs: Vixen, while disguised as a dog, barked at and chased a cat.This holiday special contains examples of: The script was written by Wiliam Keenan (instead of Rankin/Bass stalwart Romeo Muller), with the studio's usual mixture of classic Christmas tunes with original songs by Maury Laws and co-producer Jules Bass.Ī Live Action remake aired on NBC in 2006, starring John Goodman as Santa.įollowed in 2008 by the non-Rankin/Bass A Miser Brothers Christmas, in which Heat Miser and Snow Miser are forced to work together to save Christmas. Hilarity Ensues, contributed to in no small part by the memorable obstructiveness of the climate-ruling Miser Brothers, Snow Miser (Dick Shawn) and Heat Miser (George S. Claus (voiced by Shirley Booth) sends a pair of elves out to find enough Christmas spirit left in the world to make Santa change his mind. In an effort to get Christmas back on, Mrs. This time, Santa Claus (voiced by Mickey Rooney, reprising his role from 1970's Santa Claus is Comin' to Town) decides to take a holiday from Christmas when he becomes convinced that nobody really cares anymore. A Rankin/Bass Productions' Stop Motion puppet animated (called "Animagic") holiday special from 1974.
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