TV'S FUNNIEST HOLIDAY MOMENTS: A PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA SPECIAL (4:3 LETTERBOX) (TV)
Summary
This comedy special, produced by The Paley Center for Media and narrated by Jane Lynch, examines the top 30 funniest holiday-related moments on TV, as voted by the viewers. Examined through clips and brief interviews with the actors and writers associated with the shows, the program counts down the scenes: number 30 is a scene from the “Mary, Joseph and Larry” episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” featuring comments from Cheryl Hines (Cheryl David). Number 29 is a scene from the “Undeck the Halls” episode of “Modern Family,” featuring comments from Ed O’Neill (Jay Pritchett). Number 28 is a scene “Saturday Night Live” featuring Chris Farley’s Matt Foley character as Santa. Number 27 is a scene from the “Christmas Party” episode of “The Office” (US). Number 26 is a scene from the “Christmas Special” episode of “30 Rock.” Number 25 is a scene from “In Living Color” featuring Damon Wayans’ Homey D. Clown character as Santa. Number 24 is a scene from the “A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas” episode of “Family Guy.” Number 23 is a scene from the “You Better Watch Out” episode of “Married…With Children,” featuring comments from O’Neill (Al Bundy). Number 22 is a scene from “The Strike” episode of “Seinfeld,” featuring comments from Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza). Number 21 is a scene from the “Simpsons Christmas Stories” episode of “The Simpsons.” Number 20 is a scene from the “Slapsgiving” episode of “How I Met Your Mother.”
Number 19 is a scene from the “Mission Control” episode of “Murphy Brown.” Number 18 is a scene from the “Christmas Day at the Bunkers’” episode of “All in the Family.” Number 17 is a scene from the “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” pilot episode of “The Simpsons.” Number 16 is a scene from the “Santa Claus” episode of “Roseanne.” Number 15 is a scene from the “A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!” special. Number 14 is a scene from the “Hal’s Christmas Gift” episode of “Malcolm in the Middle,” featuring comments from Jane Kaczmarek (Lois). Number 13 is a scene from the “‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas” episode of “The Golden Girls,” featuring comments from Betty White (Rose Nylund). Number 12 is a scene from the “A Keaton Christmas Carol” episode of “Family Ties,” featuring comments from Michael Gross (Steven Keaton). Number 11 is a scene from the “Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid II” episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” featuring comments from White (Sue Ann Nivens).
Number ten is a scene from the “Thanksgiving Orphans” episode of “Cheers.” Number nine is a scene from the “Warning, It’s Dirty” episode of “Two and a Half Men,” featuring comments from Jon Cryer (Alan Harper). Number eight is a scene from “The Pick” episode of “Seinfeld,” featuring comments from Hines. Number seven is a scene from the “Frasier Grinch” episode of “Frasier.” Number six is a scene from the “No Fat” episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” featuring comments from writer Phil Rosenthal, Ray Romano (Ray Barone) and Patricia Heaton (Debra Barone). Number five is a scene from the “Yule Better Watch Out” episode of “Home Improvement,” featuring comments from Richard Karn (Al Borland). Number four is a scene from “The One With the Holiday Armadillo” episode of “Friends.” Number three is a scene from “The Bath Gift Item Hypothesis” episode of “The Big Bang Theory,” featuring comments from Jim Parsons (Dr. Sheldon Cooper). Number two is a scene from the “Cliff’s Wet Adventure” scene from “The Cosby Show.” And number one is a scene from “The One With All the Thanksgivings” episode of “Friends,” featuring comments from Matt LeBlanc (Joey Tribbiani).
Five “classic” moments are also listed at various points throughout the program, including: scenes from “The Christmas Show” episode of “I Love Lucy”; scenes from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”; scenes from the “Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas” episode of “Happy Days”; scenes from “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”; and scenes from the “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” episode of “The Honeymooners.”
Details
- NETWORK: FOX
- DATE: November 26, 2010 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:26:18
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 104533
- GENRE: Comedy; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Holidays
- SERIES RUN: Fox - TV, 2010
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Pat Mitchell … Executive Producer
- Diane Lewis … Executive Producer
- John Wolters … Executive Producer
- Brad Lachman … Executive Producer, Director
- Michael O'Rourke … Coordinating Producer
- Mark Cowen … Supervising Producer
- Bill Bracken … Producer
- Brian Rhodes … Line Producer
- Lisa Kane … Media Producer
- Shaun Benson … Segment Producer
- Matt Lachman … Segment Producer
- James Tumminia … Segment Producer
- Chuck LaBella … Talent Producer
- David Leaf … Writer
- The Music Collective … Music by
- Jane Lynch … Host
- Jon Cryer
- Chris Farley
- Michael Gross
- Patricia Heaton
- Cheryl Hines
- Jane Kaczmarek
- Richard Karn
- Matt LeBlanc
- Ed O'Neill
- Jim Parsons
- Ray Romano
- Phil Rosenthal
- Jerry Stiller
- Damon Wayans
- Betty White