Fun With Shorts: A Visit to Santa

[DGF2099]

The organ music is making the dog think that someone's at the door.

[JamesHillMusic]

This kills me every time I see it.

"And bring Uncle Santa's medicine, okay?"

[DGF2099]

It looks like they filmed this at the producer's house, went to a christmas exhibit at a museum and then went to a toy store! I guess all the budget went to whiskey for the writers.

[GeorgeSorass]

Yes this is a little old & hokey, but at least it does stay true to the Biblical Santa Claus. If anyone knows, has there ever been a soundtrack and/or Blu-Ray DVD release? I would love to share this with special friends and family.

[simonimyours]

Josh Way, thank you for having the courage to sit through this nightmarish short for our sake. As Tiny Tim would say, "God bless you, Mistah Way. God bless us, everyone!"

[LandmineLuv]

The creepy Chrismas funeral music was a touch. Can't say it was a nice one.

That's right, Edna! :P

[TheIr0nMike]

Santa has a bacha bazi stable?

[sillygrl23]

Oh my god.....this short makes all the other 1950s short look like they were directed by DeMille, Hitchcock, Coppola, and every other talented movie director combined! Seriously, this is a major eyesore. I don't know how the riffer could accomplish this without giving up the camera work, sets, and acting are just aweful!

[HParker001]

Hey don't be so harsh, I mean, no one can riff quite like Mike, Kevin and Bill. And this guy did this short first I think.

[simonimyours]

e-o They show this to children and WONDER why we fear Santa?!?!

[ngobleus]

"Santa sent me to take you to the North Pole..."

Doesn't this count as kidnapping?

[GregDad100]

Lame and pointless version of much better Mike Nelson, Kevin Murpy and Bill Corbett version.

[Oppledeldoc]

Outside of deliberate comedies, this must be the only film that shows Santa sitting in a suburban living roo.

[ngobleus]

It's not just broken child labor laws here, those damn 'elves' have no pants on...

[sillygrl23]

@ngobleus Forget the child labor laws we are playing in a whole new ballpark here. *shudders*

[ngobleus]

When the boy talks at the beginning, I was reminded of Mr. Tudball from the Carol Burnett Show.

[Ronclown]

I enjoyed this. The commentary was funny in spots. "Watch Santa pass the grassy knoll".

[Kahran042]

You have an Aunt Carol, too?

[thevoodoosailor]

the young MR B Natural cronicals

[TheMrPits]

This is definatly one of the best the maker of these video's has made, well in the spirit of the MST3K makers.

"Filmed in glorious poopo vision"

"North pole, looks like my aunt carol's living room"

[pdlbean]

"If you ever want to see Vixen alive again..." XD hey, these are really good! Usually homemade riffs stink but you're genuinely funny. :)

[daken000]

wow this santa creeps me out..

[DGF2099]

Santa kinda sounds like a 30's gangster. Now that I think about it, that might be a pretty cool movie. "Don Santa"

[oldblackford]

the elf needs a pair of pants

[ilikethecoke]

I have a message for the elf:

PUT SOME PANTS ON!

[Newtwist75]

Dear Santa My paranoid government tells me I have been a good little citizen and I should ask you for a 12 megaton H-bomb a tax cut for the rich jerk daddy works for but not for my daddy and the other wage slaves he works with and eternal life to our President Ike.

[VolkswagenNut1969]

The clever riffs could almost not save this one. Really sad and creepy. Makes me think of a line from Rifftrax: "I'm Josh Way, and I'm.... sorry."

[utenatenjo80]

The Mr. B Natural Chronicles. LOL

[WhiteTiger225]

love at 10:10 how her shoes seem more important then santa XD

[zachi033]

why do the little girls have to WARSH and SPANK their dollies?

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

Now children it's TIME FOR GO TO BED! XD

[Oppledeldoc]

At 3:30 it looks like the drawbridge scene from Reptilicus.

[NathanArnoldCharging]

lol 1:35-1:46 ... cue card, anybody?

Love the Santa parade segs... was expecting ol Kringle to start rockin' out or breakdancing or something...

And how about that ending... definatly a graduate of the Larry Storch school of acting!!

Overall... Grade F in grace, however Grade A in creepy!

[Devinity05]

1:21 Ya know when Ann was reading this out loud it sounded like "DEGAREDAHALEJIDAGUZ"

[kojikatsuya]

Oh, look at that! It's A Visit Fo Danta!

[keen14you]

OK... WAAYYY fuckin' creepy vid (minus the riffs, of course!)... With the low-budget slasher movie sound, I kept expecting drunk Santa to pull out a straight razor and off Dick and Ann!!!!!!!!!!!

[snakes3425]

Santa what are you doing? Is the economy so bad that you have to resort to doing crappy PSAs to make ends meet on your days off

[constansavictrix]

...this is enough to make you scream silent screams

[Iamafishproductions]

"Special effects NOT by Weta Digital."

"The psychological damage is IMMESURABLE."

"There's just ONE ELF! Two, tops!"

"Santa's being investigated for unsavory business practices!"

"We'll mis you, drunk, shifty-eyed, bad actor Santa!"

[bawoman]

Lol,this is almost TOO creepy

[ShadesofScorpius]

She 'cooks all day long' to serve a TV Dinner? TV Dinners musta been a lot of work back then!!

"all aboard." "Sheesh.. dont hurt yourself narrator."

"hey! We'll get Toy Black Lung!"

[DarkeRaven09]

difrest1 - What's the point of this short? Absolutely nothing. It's poorly made educational content for schools. These days you can skim Public Access TV channels (especially the ones the schools tune into) for a new era of badly made educational content (or just new to you stuff from the latter 20th century). That is the one nice thing about public access TV like Olelo (Hawaii), these days such content can be made for near cheap by anyone as long as they supply the filming gear and cast for it.

[smartbunny]

What's with the tension-building music cue at 08:53?

[ngobleus]

At about 4:27, you should have gone "Hohohoho, I'm stuck, help me folks!!"

[Adamgontierfan19]

The narrator sounds like he should be on a sex offenders list he has the creepiest damn voice

[DoyleDogma109]

A demented Mr. Rogers, if you will.

[Adamgontierfan19]

HA HA HA "hello neighbor

[constansavictrix]

' Dick and Anne will never speak again.'

- I really believe that!

[reubenthetadpole]

The tinnitus experience LMAO

[dfirest1]

Can I ask a real question here,

WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS SHORT?

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

Disturb and horrify?

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

1:48 - Mr. B Natural: The Beginning.

[Elvira4242]

"That's right, Edna."

[cllewis1]

I said "it's Mr. B Natural" to my wife as we watched this, just seconds before you said it, Josh.

Prince of Space reference was great too.

[trickymutha]

Tex and Edna Boil- wow this guy did a cool SCTV riff!

[needles1987]

Why aren't the elves wearing pants?

[Oppledeldoc]

Speaking of MST, Santa's helper make you think of "Pedro" in the Mexican Santa Claus film that MST showed. Like Pedro, he probably had to do a lot of the thinking around there.

A doll to "feed, clean and SPANK"? Isn't that starting that whole syndrome a little early?

In that parade, Santa's gestures start to have almost a Mussolini look.

This is one of the Best Fun With Shorts episodes of all. "Bye, Santa. You'll live to rue this day!"

[Jal8919536]

This was on tonight on Turner Classic Movies channel.

[DarkMario2]

I saw that! I was flipping through the channels; and I heard some extremely depressing organ music, and saw the brownish state the world was in. All I said was: "A Visit to Santa".

[blugreen123]

is this even selling or teaching anything?

i don't get the mr. b natural ref

a doll is fun to "warsh" man, he must be from the midwest! that's how we talk around here

"toy black lung" clever!

[TomMSTie]

1:48 - OH NO, IT'S MR. B NATURAL!!!

[sierra1nevada]

Why is Santa sitting in the Brady Bunch's living room?

[blugreen123]

POOP-O-Vision, that's freakin awesome

I have an aunt carol too

[frazzified]

are the elves just not wearing pants?

[KarlfMjolnir]

Yeah, I swear, mildly (just MILDLY) disturbing.

[blugreen123]

and the music's freakin' creepy too!

[dfirest1]

"Elves... with halos? It's a theological quagmire."

Elves PLAYING Halo would be more understandable.

[KarlfMjolnir]

Yep. Now... if only we could borrow the Covenant and land them on the north pole, they'd be that much more interesting than Santa.

Then again, the melting of the ice caps might prove that difficult... Santa won't be missed, (espically after he drowns...)

[dfirest1]

Was that the old train set from the Museum of Science and Industry?

[TheStoryWriter]

For God's sake, get that elf some pants! That's just wrong!

[YesIwatchthis]

Magic...Helicopter

[KarlfMjolnir]

I think they were thinking "magic dust"... and I don't mean things like DnD's crappy "invisibility dust"... I'm thinking white plastic baggied "magic" dust.

[MariomanProductions]

You should riff more films in Poop-O-Vision.

[mizzCici14]

I love how this short referanced Mr. B Natural and Prince Of Space

[SteamOmac]

"Santa's quickly running out of things to show the increasingly fidgety children." LOL

and "That's right Edna..." God, favorited AND 5 starred. You sir, are amazing.

[fdragon010]

And I thought the Santa Claus movie on MST3K was scary...

[azar96]

Oh how I long for Gomez Adams to show Santa how real model trains are to be set up and act. Beyond on that, lay of the hooch the kids are counting on you and your 1 elf to come through.

[lemmingguy1]

Wow.

An MST3K-style vid that is actually very funny.

Great job!!!

This short is so fucked-up it's wonderful.

[insanedemonspaz]

This is the most disturbing thing I have ever seen. And I've seen The Exorcist.

[Elvira4242]

This short is the most beautiful and disgusting thing I've ever seen. God bless you, Josh.

[nancytribe]

Awesome SCTV reference!

[seanharv]

Second place winners will recieve a one way visit to Santa at Santa's Mountain Fortress. Once there they will participate in such activities as Drunken Santa wrestling, Elf feeding, and fleeing for there lives and to escape with there childhood innocence. WARNING- Santa is not responsible for depression, anxiety, or loss of holiday spirit, and/or limbs whilst on, or watching a visit to Santa... seriously I'm sleeping with a gun this christmas.

[kevben2]

Prince of Space in Poop-O-Vision! :D

[constanzavictrix]

..this film is THE most horrendous sight I've ever seen, and the commentary is utter bilge.

It is an entire waste of celluloid.

[Annausagi2]

Uhm, Santa... the original Juletide-tradition didn't even have a Jesus, you jackass.

If I were one of those kids, this whole trip would scare me to death. o_O

[Ricktheracefan]

Jesus Christ was born hundreds of years ago?

[ApacheMan2K]

@Ricktheracefan More like thousands.

[nekozombie0]

@Ricktheracefan Well...This was made in 500AD so yes XD

[hydrophone]

Laughed till I cried.

[Tareltonlives]

Nothing says Merry Christmas like Prince of Space!

[thirdclass2006]

Has anyone mentioned you sound a bit like Josh Weinstien's Tom Servo voice from season 1 of MST3K?

Anyway, great work!

[OelkerStudios]

who even made this!? where would this crap even be shown in the first place!?

[PSLOwner]

Hilarious!

[winched]

"every doll must have a head and also have a body."

"took santa 400 years to get that one right."

[winched]

never mind. they have it on youtube.

[StareCalmo]

One more thing, nice JFK reference!

[StareCalmo]

The Young Mr. B Natural Chronicles. That was hilarious!

[Rixiozu]

Did you know that Rifftrax(The original MST3K crew) did this short? You can find it on their site.

[romeorhino]

I saw that! I haven't seen the whole thing, but in the sample clip they make the same joke I did at the beginning, about the kids "speaking in tongues". I can't wait to see the whole thing.

[AbbeyNormal]

I dunno, I watched yours first and so I sort of favor it. They did a great job, especially with the creepy laughing at the end. But I think you beat them :D The comment about the "Poop-O-Vision" wins it for me.

[reddyredd]

I recognized the 'speaking in tongues' riff too! Way cool, uh, Way! When I first saw Rifftrax had it, I thought, "Wait, didn't MST3K do it already?" Almost...

[Thoralmir]

@romeorhino Yes, It's "A Captain Howdy Christmas!" :p

[JBurdoo]

Gah! This is the lowest-budget short I've ever seen.

[CenCalDevil]

RIFFTRAX RULES!!!

[tooplex]

I just watched the whole thing and i must say they got it right on the mark. No offense Josh but theres is better but yours is still awesome. I would well recommend getting it. Its only 99 cents or 50 pence and you get the movie with the Sound file in built in it.

Highly Recommended

[CenCalDevil]

The Star Wars Holiday Special was fantastic! You rule, too!

[utenatenjo80]

They do rule!!!  Long live Mike, Bill, and Kevin!!!

[CenCalDevil]

And you, sir/madam, are awesome for thinking so!!!!

[GuardianKiune]

What was with the random shots of fireworks? Was that supposed to be the rocket exploding or something?

[YamiChippy]

"Stop assigning gender roles."

LOL. Loved it.

[electrogeek77]

Did the narrator say that girls like a doll to SPANK?

[GuardianKiune]

Yes... yes he did.

[winched]

I just wanted to know what dreamscape meant. I knew that the shot of Santa totally didn't match the previous shot.

[vanova74]

i loved the Mr. B joke

[winched]

the little boy said "good night, dad" to his mom! What the hell?!

[winched]

"Ahh! Meanwhile in dreamscape!" I don't get that joke. Could you explain it?

[PensieveScholar]

It's because there's a sudden random shot of Santa, with the two children nowhere to be seen!

[ElveeKaye]

"At the North Pole, Santa is reading your letters right now." And laughing as he throws them into the fireplace.

LMAO at the black lung joke! XD

[TheStoryWriter]

This is the most hideously cheap, stilted, patronizing thing I've ever seen!! And those "Little Elves" look more like disgruntled adolescent girls who feel that they are just too old to be dressing up for Christmas parades. And they would be correct!

[Keighvin1]

Is the narrator trying to rhyme, or has he simply never looked at the script before now? The parsing of his lines is way off.

[RodgerDodger]

"Y'know, I'm starting to sympathize with Scrooge"

[KckStartMyHeart]

Could they be any WORSE at acting!??! Don't the actors just sound thrilled to be there? LOL

[Rizza2k4]

...Did he just say Magic Helicopter?

[ElveeKaye]

Don't you remember that part of the story where Rudolph has to guide Santa's helicopter through the foggy night?

[EspanolBot]

Young Mr B Nature!

[barryjc15]

Music by Tex and Edna Boil. Any SCTV riff is a good riff. That's right Edna.

[vfdj42]

Watch Santa drive past the Grassy Knoll!

[alwrig]

That train setup looks like a coal mining operation in West Virginia.

[KDANTEATER]

whoooosh!

[AgentTwiggy]

Dolls to... spank? What the...?

Worst. Santa. EVER.

[reddyredd]

Dang, maybe that dork at the mall really WAS Santa--I'd sure hate to think this drunk bum is the real deal instead...

[snakes3425]

TWO WORDS: HORRIBLE ACTING

[ReverendSyn]

If only the sound and picture quality weren't so murky... Nah whoam I kidding this short would still be lousy. Not the comments, mind you.

[lemonqb]

wow! Bad acting, prince of space couldn't even save this. Thanks for the commentary, maybe you should be the next captive on the SOL.

[proflombardo]

Though not as funny as MST3K, this guy comes pretty damn close.

[AbbeyNormal]

Hilarious! I wish more films were done in Poop-O-Vision.

[decharnex]

i hink this one is very nice.lothar

[Queenie4666]

OMFG!!! the young mr. b natural chronicals!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

oh and merry christmas!!

[Imrahil2001]

I loved the "theological implications" bit. Merry Christmas!

[RobertoKay]

Wow, this is one awful short. Makes "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" look like "Miracle on 34th Street." Still, great effort, and hope to see some more in the future.

[OWfan]

Agreed. What were the directors thinking?

[GrilledMonkeyFat]

Hey, prince of space. LOL Yes, keep posting these "silly things". They rock, man.

[romeorhino]

Thanks, everybody! Thanks for watching all year long and giving me a reason to keep posting these silly things. See you in '07!

[RozRuss]

Thanks for making 2006 one hell of a fun year! Merry Christmas!

[pootzie]

I like the angel shooting craps at 5:38

[romeorhino]

Ha! Good catch.

[FEnM]

Oh man, that was... bad.

Merry Christmas, Josh, and thanks for all the great stuff.  Hope to see more of you in the upcoming year!

[TnAdct1]

...and people thought that Santa Claus Conquers the Martians was cheesy.

[Sgrubb1S]

And a Merry Christmas to you as well, Josh. Thanks for a fun year of wacky shorts and B-movie goodness.

[annexia3000]

Filmed in Glorious Poop-O-Vision!!!

[annexia3000]

Filmed in glorious Poop-O-Vision

[sparticusjoe]

Yea! I'm the first one to see it!

Just like to say: AWEXOME.