Day 9 – One of my all time favorite cheesy classic Christmas specials is A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS (1987)!

It’s incredibly funny, kinda dark and way over the top with the Henson family cameos. From the crazy amount of snow flying at the truck as the Muppets take to the country side to Fozzy singing with a snowman to the Swedish Chef trying to cook Camilla to Miss Piggy’s ridonk bitchiness to Doc and Sprocket to Bert and Ernie all the way down to Big Bird and the dancing snowmen this special is pure genius.

Hands down my favorite running gag in the special is the icy patch at the front door which every character at one point or another slips on. Apparently I’m not alone and that kicks ass.

Below is a genius video I found of all the pratfalls and I’m psyched that others out there find joy in this silly and simple sight gag. Icy Patch FTW!

I’m sitting at home Friday morning when I heard such a clatter, I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter. Away to the door I flew like a flash to see my trusty man in brown with the nice calves.

It wasn’t a major award labeled “Fraile” but it was a shiny little present from Warner Bros..

I open the puppy up and what to my wondrous eyes does appear but a letter from Josh Schwartz and tonight’s episode of CHUCK (vs Santa Claus)!

I rushed back to my laptop, threw open the lid and settled in for a long winters viewing of what was sure to be yet another Schwartz holiday treat.

I was a huge fan of the 1st Chrismukkah (The O.C. Season 1 FTW – hell I even bought one of the yamaclaus caps) so I was dying to see what Schwartz and Fedak would do with Bartowski and Co. this holiday season.

I have to say that Chuck vs. Santa Claus is one of my favorite Chuck episodes ever. Not only is it action packed, full of hilarity and hijinks, it’s probably the sweetest episode they’ve ever produced. You will not be disappointed in tonight’s episode and to all my friends who follow me on Twitter, thanks for dealing with my play by play tweets while you were sitting at work hating my guts!

After the jump, I’ve written down my thoughts on the episode as it plays out. There are some minor spoilers and plot points so beware… (more…)

SURVIVOR: GABON ended last night and I’m damn pleased with Bob the Physics teacher being the winner this season. The show has been up and down for the last couple seasons but I think Gabon was one of the best they’ve ever done. There was crazy scheming, brutal personality clashes and some of the best backstabbing and strategic gameplay the show has ever seen.

Bob was a lovable waif-ish man that just flew under the radar for the first third of the season. We knew him as the wacky bow tie guy, the workhorse, the friend but never really as Bob-one-day-i’ll-beat-all-yo-asses. As we got into the final stretch that man kicked each and every players ass week after week, it was amazing. I slowly found myself loving the man that would soon look most like Jack Skellington. Hands down, Bob deserved to be in the final 3 and I’m pretty sure he deserved to win the entire shebang.

I will though make a case for Sugar. She was the girl who spent 1/4 of her time on the show at Exile Island. 10 out of 39 days were spent alone, outside the game and it worked to her advantage. Because she was gone so much, people underestimated the once homeless pin-up chik and before they knew it she had a hand in taking each of their heads off. I was pissed that no one showed her some love when it came time to vote. Game-wise Sugar was the player Kenny thought he could be. She was the player Ace wanted to be. She was the player that outplayed most of the Surivors and the one who irked them so much that they couldn’t see past her emotional state during the game to award her for taking them all out. Sugar, my pasties are off to you girlfriend, you deserved better than 3rd place.

Suzy? For reals?

The most aggravating part of any and all Survivor finales (except for that heinous remembrance walk crap) is when the Jury gets to make complete asses out of themselves. I hate how each and every single one of them thinks it’s their time to make television gold happen. Even the sane ones lose their shit when it comes to the Jury addressing the finalists. Case in point, Marcus going off on Suzy. I thought he was a normal dude until that happened. WTF Dr. Marcus Welby MD? Corrine and her crazy ass; I could smell the desperation dripping off her fake titties and greasy perm. Do these people really think they’ll become stars someday? Wake up idiots.

Then there’s Randy. Randy is the unabomber. Randy is the crazy border patrol/survivalist who lives in a bunker kinda crazy. Did he make great television? You betcha. Is he completely unstable and about a week away from throwing a shoe at President Bush? For sure. Watch your asses everyone, that man will take us all out someday.

All in all, I had a blast watching this season of Survivor thanks to all the amazing blindsides and the nut jobs playing the game. Kudos Survivor, you can still kick some major ass.

I realize that a while back I kind of gave up on blogging for various reasons. My job had become crazy busy, I was hoping to land myself another job that wouldn’t allow me any time at all for the fun stuff, blogging. I’d resolved that I was going to have to stop writing on here altogether when whoops, last week I got laid off.

I can’t say that I’m completely shocked I was laid off, working for a financial institution will do that in the current economy but still its a little disconcerting to know that at some point the well does actually run dry.

Christmas is my favorite time of the year and at my (now) old job I only had the day after off which seriously didn’t allow for all the Christmas fantastical I want and am entitled to. So on the bright side, I now have the holidays off completely and I couldn’t be happier. Bring it jolly old St. Nick.

This means that I’ll have time to blog again (to some degree).

As most of you know, my passion lies in running The Independent Film Festival of Boston (April) with my cohorts Nancy, Brian, Christine and Adam so that will take center stage during my really really extended vacation.

We’ve already received hundreds and hundreds of submissions that need to be watched and I guess I don’t really have an excuse to not watch them anymore. Curses! I’ll also be working on nailing down some new sponsors and whatever else I can get my grubby little gay hands on.

Basically what I’m saying is that for the most part, I’m back bitches…

Come they told me pa rum pum pum pum, I’ve always loved this version of “Little Drummer Boy” but most of all I’ve always adored the video of old man Bing Crosby and androgynous David Bowie working some holiday magic. It’s wonderful and it’s a great way to ring in the season with only 10 days until Christmas.

Total hotness.