“He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special”: Holy Moly
strange days these were. Have you seen this special? And what in Eternia is
going on? And talk about a blast from the past. The characters I remember like
they were in my life yesterday, well, the toys that is. My buddy & brother
went through a phase of collecting the figures. I strayed a bit from my G.I.
Joe collecting to help them. I was a little brother trying to have one of my
big bros appreciate me. Don’t think he did. I know for a fact, he doesn’t now.
I do not remember the cartoon characters one bit, except for Prince Adam, aka
He-Man. “By the power of Grayskull!” I would love to know who was the human
model for He-Man; He(-Man) was humongous. At that moment He(-Man) was inspiring
me to go in my basement to get my weights together and start lifting some
weights (but that is next year’s resolution). This special had so much going on
with so many different bad guys, good guys, good girls, strange creatures,
humans, robots & the creepiest voices you ever did hear. Animation was simple
and sweet, just the way I love it, after all, this is the 80s, baby! The
greatest awesomeness of this Christmas special was Skeletor. Skeletor was
hilarious, especially when the Christmas spirit overcame him. This special is
so worth watching for the sake of Skeletor and those creepy character voices,
oh, and the occasional furry under panties worn by the men of
Heeeeeeeeee-Maaaaaaaaan! (Say it in a loud manly voice, it’ll have a better
effect. Do it. Do it. Do it.) And the little girl
has the weirdest looking hands: wrinkly old lady hands. HEARING AID ON
“Nertsery Rhymes”: Here it is, the first Stooge short with
Ted Healy. I hate Ted Healy. I hated this musical comedy but it was a product
of its time. Nonetheless, today’s viewer gets to see young, healthy, unwealthy
& dumb Stooges, who truly do look like little boys. HEARING AID ON for the
short that created the greatest comedy of anything anywhere, ever.
“Roast-Beef And Movies”: A very unfunny musical short
starring Curly. The best part was Curly (listed here as Jerome) being so hungry
he decided to eat his friend’s buttons. That is clever. Aside from that, there
was too much dancing footage. SaaaaleeeeeeePER. HEARING AID OFF.
“Frosty The Snowman”: Classic Christmas Cartoon. Bring on
the cheer of the Christmas snow. I had no idea there were different kinds of
snow. So, if it were to snow in Brazil, would that be Brazilian snow? Someday,
our weathers will shift and it will snow in Brazil. Nothing remains the same.
Maybe except a Zeppelin song. Ever notice the little children are not dressed
for winter. One of the girls has short sleeves and a dress: so, so odd. I guess
in those day, snow wasn’t that cold feeling. After all, it was Christmas snow,
and so ready to melt, just like Frosty. I hate red thermometers. Loved the
bunny and the silly magician who couldn’t do magic. But most importantly, I
loved the very simple animation and that Santa made an appearance to save
Frosty. Those two are usually not linked together and I think that was a very
nice touch. It made my holiday duos times better. HEARING AID ONE
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