tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post3356148391764038119..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: Forgotten TV Christmas SpecialsMike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-77307665616001189912008-12-18T20:56:00.000-05:002008-12-18T20:56:00.000-05:00The first of my favorite is a TV movie from 1977: ...The first of my favorite is a TV movie from 1977: "The Gathering", starring Ed Asner and Maureen Stapleton. Ed plays an estranged family patriarch who finds out that he is dying and wishes to "tie up loose ends". I watch my copy every year...and I cry every year.<BR/><BR/>The second is an animated special circa 199-something: "Opus and Bill: A Wish for Wings that Work" by Berkeley Breathed. Everyone's favorite penguin from "Bloom County" (etc.) wants only one thing for Christmas - to be able to fly (well, that, and having the neighborhood ducks stop teasing him about his flightlessness...and that Bill the Cat would just LEAVE HIM ALONE). Hilarious (and with an uncredited cameo voice of Robin Williams as a kiwi).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-65837004626959657522008-12-13T13:09:00.000-05:002008-12-13T13:09:00.000-05:00I haven't thought of that pilot for the Waltons fo...I haven't thought of that pilot for the Waltons for years. But it was a on every year. I'll have to carve out some time to watch the whole thing; It's the one where the girl kills the duckling because she doesn't want it to grow up. <BR/><BR/>And The Littlest Angel, which I recently bought at a dollar store, is one of my earlest TV watching memories. <BR/><BR/>These shows remind me of the lonely feeling that always came around Christmas I watched TV in my room. Like you were the only person in the world who was watching them. Sorry, Too much informationJohnny Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689795212796453233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-7350611662378558652008-12-13T12:22:00.000-05:002008-12-13T12:22:00.000-05:00Love "The Littlest Angel""In my boxTwo Blue EggsBl...Love "The Littlest Angel"<BR/><BR/>"In my box<BR/>Two Blue Eggs<BR/>Bluer than any summer sky"<BR/><BR/>Best thing since "Sigmund and the Sea Monster"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-29032035064817347632008-12-12T14:21:00.000-05:002008-12-12T14:21:00.000-05:00The Snow Goose with Jenny Agutter and Richard Harr...The Snow Goose with Jenny Agutter and Richard Harris hasn't aired since I was a kid, as far as I can tell. This makes no sense as it was produced by Hallmark who have Their. Own. Freaking. Cable. Network.<BR/>I'm guessing the reason it's not shown anymore is because it depicts the warm, caring relationship between a hunchbacked man and a young girl as they rehabilitate a wounded snow goose.<BR/>And the Harris' character (SPOILER ALERT) dies evacuating British soldiers from Dunkirk at the end. Bit of a downer. <BR/>Jenny and Richard are both quite good, though.A. Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124807315659909534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-86413341706897310782008-12-11T13:15:00.000-05:002008-12-11T13:15:00.000-05:00Please watch out for and try to see "A Christmas M...Please watch out for and try to see "A Christmas Memory," based on the Truman Capote story. Made in the early 70's, I think, with Geraldine Fitzgerald. It is so touching, yet stringent, as narrated by Capote himself. Always cry buckets by the end, and I am extremely cynical!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com