Saturday, December 19, 2020

The Addams Family : Christmas with the Addams Family (1965)



Made for ABC, airing December 24th in the US.
Season 2. Episode 15.
The story: Unneighborly neighbor Mr. Thompson told Pugsley and Wednesday there is no Santa Claus.
So now the kids are questioning it.
Just in case, Morticia and Gomez decide they need a backup Santa, so they nominate Uncle Fester.
But on Christmas Eve, while Uncle Fester is trying to get down the chimney, he gets stuck.
Stars Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Ken Weatherwax, Lisa Loring, Ted Cassidy, Jackie Coogan, Felix Silla, Thing, Gregg Martell, Marie Blake
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Rated TVG
B&W
COMEDY/FAMILY/SERIES/CHRISTMAS

Archie's Weird Mysteries : The Christmas Phantom (2000)



Made for TV, airing February 8th in the US.
Season 1. Episode 30.
The story: After giving everyone at school gifts Archie meets up with the gang.
Veronica finds out he doesnt have any cash left to get her a gift when her phone rings.
He asks if she knows anyone who could use some cash, that could work as the department store, Santa Claus.
The Santa he has apparently got attacked by the Christmas tree and took off.
She suggests Archie and hands him the phone.
Archie is more than happy to help out plus he could really use a new, good story.
But on Christmas Eve, when his work shift is over, he tries to leave.
Stopping him is a strange cloaked man wearing a mask, claiming to be the Christmas Phantom.
His plan is to take over the town and punish everyone for not having the right intentions and ideas about Christmas.
Stars (voices by) Andrew Rannells, Camille Schmidt, Pail Sosso, America Young, Chris Lundquist, Pam Carter, John Michael Lee, Jerry Longe, Ben Beck, Terry Berner, Matt Bross, Tina Dixon
Rated TVY7
ANIMATION/FAMILY/SERIES/CHRISTMAS

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Addicted To Fresno (2015)



Released September 1st in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story: Shannon and Martha are sisters.
Martha has recently been released from rehab, as she is a nymphomaniac...
She is staying with super motivated, dedicated, and serious Shannon, who got Martha a job with her cleaning hotel rooms.
Shannon is very serious about work and tries the best she can to motivate Martha.
But Martha really doesn't take anything seriously, and she has not exactly been rehabbed.
When Martha is stressed at work after learning her therapist/lover just left his wife to be with her , she does what she always does.
She finds a guy to have sex with.
But while doing so, Shannon catches them.
Martha claims she is being raped and while putting on her act for Shannon, she accidentally kills the guy.
Now, Shannon has to help Martha cover this up or they will both go to jail for manslaughter.
Stars Natasha Lyonne, Judy Greer, Malcolm Barrett, Edward Barbanell, Jessica St Clair, Jon Daly, Aubrey Plaza, Ron Livingston, Molly Shannon, Barbara Drotow, Alan Mandell, John Roohinian
Directed by Jamie Babbit
Not Rated
COMEDY/MYSTERY

A Christmas Story ( 1972)



Made for TV, airing December 9th in the US.
The story: It's Christmas Eve. 
Little Timmy hopes that Santa gets his letter in time for Christmas but after he has gone to bed for the night, Gumdrop the mouse finds it on the floor.
Worried that Santa will never get little Timmy's letter, Gumdrop wakes Goober the dog.
He insists that they must get Timmy's letter to Santa or he will be heartbroken.
So the two set out to do just that.
Stars (voices by) Paul DeKorte, Randy Kemner, Stephen McAndrew, Ida Sue McCue, Judy Richards, Don Messick, Walter Tetley, Janet Waldo, Daws Butler, Paul Winchell, Hal Smith, John Stephenson 
Directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
Not Rated
ANIMATION/FAMILY/CHRISTMAS

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Blood & Flesh : The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2020)



Released on Blu-Ray, May 26th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story: Al Adamson. A man who grew up within his parents' self-made independent silent film direction.
As a young adult, Al learned he was better at giving orders when it came to films than being given them.
So, in the 60s, Al became a filmmaker in his own right. 
A king of independent exploitation and B-movies, that is.
Many of his early movies didn't see much popularity, but there were people who really enjoyed his cinematic style.
Plus Al hired and used over and over the likes of many aging film stars who were more than happy to be a part of any film project.
Marrying his longtime leading cast actress Regina Carroll in 1972.
Al's last major film was made in 1978, but he and wife Regina finally retired from the movie biz in the early 80s.
The couple then went into the real estate industry which they worked on together until Regina's death in 1992.
Everyone who knew and loved Al always said how great of a guy he was.
But he was also known to be very cheap.
In 1995, Al was living in a home he was fixing up to ultimately sell in Indio, California.
There, he had hired and was living with contractor Fred Fulford.
Fred was to fix up the house to sell and was given a personal credit card of Al's to pay for expenses.
Things became tense between the two after many confrontations between Al and Fred, involving the money being spent with the credit card until one day, without warning, Al disappeared...
Stars Samuel L Sherman, Ken Adamson, Chris Poggiali, Ewing Miles Brown, David Konow, Michael J Wheldon, Robert Dix, R Michael Stringer, Michael Ferris, Gary Kent, Ken Osborne, John 'Bud' Cardos, Greydon Clark, Fred Olen Ray, Sean Graver, JP Spohn, Linda Sherman
Directed by David Gregory 
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

The Foxworthy Show : Merry Christmas , YA'll (1996)



Made for TV, airing December 16th in the US.
Season 2. Episode 10.
The story: Karen wants to go home to Indiana for a white Christmas this year.
But Jeff wants to spend Christmas at home, with his boys, having a Foxworthy traditional Christmas.
He convinces Karen to stay home and the night before Christmas, he and Grandpa Jim take the boys out into the woods to chop down their own Christmas tree.
While out in the woods though, they run into some trouble with the police.
Apparently, they are trespassing.
Stars Ann Cusack, Jeff Foxworthy, Haley Joel Osment, Jonathan Lipnicki, Bill Pelton, Neil Giutoli, GW Bailey, Tim Maculan, Dick ONeill, Ritch Shydner, Candy Trabuco 
Directed by Andrew Tsao
Rated TVPG
COMEDY/SERIES/CHRISTMAS

The Jeff Foxworthy Show : He's Making a List , Checking It Twice (1995)



Made for TV, airing November 25th in the US.
Season 1. Episode 9.
The story: This year, seeing how Karen is pregnant and busy with work, she could really use Jeff's help with the Christmas cards, gifts, and making an appointment to have their family Christmas picture done.
When at work and trying to do his best with the cards and gifts, a man claiming he needs an emergency heating job done.
The guys figure it's probably a tour bus that the problem is on, maybe even The Judds.
So they all go to do the job and find out it's Travis Tritt's tour bus.
When Jeff arrives home that day, he gives Karen all the signed and sealed cards. 
She asks about the Christmas photo appointment but he hasn't made that quite yet.
The next day when the guys are still on Travis's tour bus Jeff remembers he needs to make that appointment, but he can't get an appointment.
Karen shows up to meet Jeff at Travis's bus and he tells her the bad news.
But he has a better idea!
Stars Jeff Foxworthy, Haley Joel Osment, Steve Hytner, Anita Barone, Matt Clark, Matt Borlenghi, Tom La Grua, Travis Tritt
Directed by Alan Rafkin
Rated TVPG
COMEDY/SERIES/CHRISTMAS

"He's pretty drowsy for an outlaw."