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The Holidays

  1. The 20 Specials of Christmas: Saturday Night LiveExcluding compilation episodes and DVD releases, Saturday Night Live has never done a proper just-Christmas-material special. It can’t, really; […]
  2. Faux Lonely Island Holiday Albums Jet to the Top of Imaginary Christmas […]Lonely Island staged these amazing-looking album covers for GQ, and all we can do about it is buy sweaters? SWEATERS? Will sweaters have us […]
  3. The 20 Specials of Christmas: The SimpsonsI already wrote about this special here. But, because it’s Christmas, why don’t I plagiarize my own ideas? The first episode of The Simpsons […]
  4. The 20 Specials Of Christmas: Father Knows Best Dad is upset that Christmas has become too commercial (in 1954), so he decides his family is going to participate in some good old-fashioned […]
  5. The 20 Specials of Christmas: Moral OrelHoly Baby Jesus this Christmas special is dark. By itself, Adult Swim’s Moral Orel was a spot-on parody of the Sunday school propaganda many […]
  6. A Christmas Story, From Movie to Touring Musical to Broadway?Did you know that A Christmas Story is now a $5 million musical on tour in five cities and hoping to end up on Broadway? This article is an […]
  7. The 20 Specials of Christmas: Futurama Any Christmas special that starts with Conan O’Brien’s head doing stand-up is going to be fine. Even outside of its holiday trappings, “Xmas […]
  8. The 20 Specials of Christmas: Mork & MindyBaby Jesus, this is a weird Christmas special. “Mork’s First Christmas” is exactly what it sounds like. Being an alien, Robin Williams’ Mork […]
  9. The 20 Specials of Christmas: Family GuyAnother day, another Christmas special Hulu Plus has locked in its pay wall prison. Released towards the end of the show’s original […]
  10. The 20 Specials of Christmas: South ParkYesterday I said that South Park often used the preaching technique invented in A Charlie Brown Christmas. This special seemed like a good […]
  11. The 20 Specials of Christmas: A Charlie Brown Christmas You know A Charlie Brown Christmas Special. Why recap it? Even if you haven’t watched it beginning to end, almost everyone has culturally […]
  12. The 20 Specials of Christmas: The Dick Van Dyke Show Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. A time of brutal avarice and stunning generosity. When mothers trample each other so they can see […]
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    Julian Assange Posed in a Santa Suit for NewsweekAnd he uses a Mac, for the record.
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    Tourist Stampede, Chris Christie Head to Disney Theme ParksDisneyland has been shut down.