A WISH FOR WINGS THAT WORK CHAPTER 1 OF 3

[coolpenguinchick1792]

Featurng Chaz Finster as Opus... Wow... I think I died a little inside. Not because I hate the actor... I just imagine him with a higher-pitched voice.

[butteryfistful]

Blame evolution, Opus, but Congress is just as guilty, too.

[MWolfL]

Great vocal work, Opus's voice sounds perfect. And Bill is wonderful with physical humor.

"I might as well be a dung beetle! Or a fly-infested, work-infused, molded, mildewed SCRAP OF ROTTEN BANANA! Or a network executive...." XD

"Now I have no need for a sidekick sir, but still he'd like to be my best buddy. Of course stinkbugs might like to dance the watusi in my shorts but you gotta draw the line somewhere...." Poor guy about the stinkbugs, but still that was an amusing line. XD

[HoppoLOL]

Opus Bogum (his last name) an anagram for Soup Gumbo. I am very glad i own one of the comic books.

[jtrockstaraz]

AWSOME! i found it :3, we had this on laser disc as kids, we watched it ALL THE TIME

[Caitlin44444]

3:12 AHAHAHA AWEE

[Caitlin44444]

No one ever knows what I'm talking about when I mention this!!

[TheFreeb1tchbaby]

This is probably my finest childhood memory.

[ACRedsCreations]

Dude I thought I would never see this again! Best X-Mas Special Ever!

[angelofdarkness821]

OMG I remember Seeing this when i was kid THANK YOU for uploading this

(^_^)

[MrDowntown222]

i have to dust the dust off the computer screen to watch this

good ol' 80's

[SovereignStatesman]

Penguin-wings work great-- in WATER. Why he doesn't go out for the Olympics or something.

[MichaelSar12IsBack]

Opus sounds like Simba from The Lion King.

[EternityEyes]

@MichaelSar12IsBack No, but he IS Chuckie's dad from Rugrats!

[MrHiskar]

A wise man once said "BLAGHHH ACK"- Bill the Cat

[reivenlocke]

Doesn't work as a cartoon, imo.

[Haquize]

@reivenlocke The creator actually said the same thing. He's disappointed in the special even though he wrote it and was an Executive Producer.

[WatchVenusSpa]

Bloom County forever!!!

[HomoChicken]

awesome

[areallystupidguy]

I had this on tape when I was a kid and watched it a million times, even when it wasn't the holidays

[rhetorictree]

at :39 there's a suggestive part of the mountainside. :)



[jonescalypso]

truely...EPIC!! XD <3

[TruenoandLevin86]

Bloom County: Small Town, Good Times...

[jamzilla960]

were is oliver?and blinky? and steve? or is this outland?

[linkfan770]

i was so sad when the comics stopped. the last few were really... wierd tho

[Shadow1ness]

.... SCRAP OF BANANA!!! Or a Network Executive. LUL I LOVE IT

[booksandcoffee101]

PENGUIN LUUUUUST!!!!!!

[TheWoodlandHippie]

I remember watching this as a kid! It was my absolute favorite, next to Who Framed Roger Rabbit of course...

[furiyamu]

we should see this more often as far as xmas specials are concerned

[glennorange]

Remember the Sunday comics? Lying on the floor in front of the tv reading Bloom County...sigh.

[glennorange]

Remember the Sunday comics? Lying on the floor in front of the tv reading Bloom County...sigh.

[bdpickett]

He'd like nothing more than to be my best buddy.

But then stink bugs might want to do the wattusi in shorts.

[2klime]

Opus rules! ' I need just No Frills Flappers'

Good anytime of the year!

Thanks for the share...

2klime :)

[YamazaruEiki]

I prefer to blame... CONGRESS. HAHA! I love you Opus!

[MWolfL]

Opus has a great sense of humor, for example, when he's ranting about not being able to fly and should be something other than a bird:

"...Or a fly infested, worm infused, molded, mildewed SCRAP OF ROTTEN BANANA! Or a network executive...."

XD

[theBAMFalert]

OMG!!! IM soo happy I found this, me and my family would watch it EVERY christmas but sadly we lost the VHS. :( I havent seen this since I was 6. I'm so exicted

[BlutoDaBoss21]

18 years....it has been 18 years since i have seen this....thank you so very very much! XD

[Antnj81]

remember seeing this as a kid. It ruled!

[onwardparasites]

i wish i could have tater tots for brains so i could be like bill

[TheNosemarie]

I love this show. My family and I watch it every Christmas. My sister looked everywhere for it on DVD a couple of years ago and finally ended up with a better quality VHS. This is awesome :)

[Crotchrot]

I remember recording this when it was on TV. It's not a great copy, but it's nice to watch once in a while!

I miss Bloom County...

[dianasheart]

I watched this every year on a vhs copy from tv. Bought it as soon as dvd was available. Lovely film, especially for Christmas season. Good idea to keep the video posted here as an introduction for those unfamiliar with it.

[boofieman]

Wow I love this comic so much. I have the 25 year anniversary edition of all three strips :D

[Racerjames666]

Did not know this existed till today. How cool to see a small portion of Bloom County move!

[insertclevernickname]

Watched this once when I was fourteen. Couldnt find it againt till recently (why they never show this is beyond me, along with The Far Side halloween special they are the two most underrated holiday specials)

[FalconKPD]

Ya know, this is the exact voice I pictured Opus having.

[ButterflyNM14]

down with bad voice acting!

[thegundamguy]

I FINALLY FUCKING FOUND IT!!! i watched this as a kid one christmas and havent seen it since. just saw the opus comic collection in forbidden planet and now ive found this again after so many years!!!!

[jagedrok]

@thegundamguy totally same herre, for the longest time i couldnt think of the name for some god awful reason

[TheAmicojoe]

Opus is Chucky's dad from Rugrats. XD

[xJustDontBiteItx]

I saw this the one and only time it aired! what i dont get is why the heck is Opus so obsessed with wings? i mean there were a few old strips mentioning this but i dont remember it ever being a huge issue with him. oh well its still a great upload!

[StevenTylersmitten]

I HATE the voice they gave Opus...

[ifiwasabug]

@StevenTylersmitten Me too. You know I always heard Jon Lovitz in my head as Opus.

[sentimeter233]

The music at the beginning made my heart melt.

[DilbertW01]

This was such a classic Christmas special! I can't believe it has only been on TV one time. I think I remember reading that Berkeley Breathed doesn't care for it either!?!?!?!? A true classic.  I waited a long time to see Bill the Cat animated - and they met and exceeded my expectations with him! Order the DVD!

[TheEdgyBubble]

OhMyGOD!

I would watch this EVERY Christmas when I was little!

It was always an adventure finding the VHS tape we recorded it on.

I love this so much!

I'm almost as happy right now, finding this, as I was when I saw Opus was back in the comics section a few years ago!

YAY!

:D

[canofbudlight]

where can you order the dvd for this?

[mrsmaryrussell]

@skittlesareawesome07 You sir, are a fucktard.

[skittlesareawesome07]

@mrsmaryrussell Oh go suck a sink drain you idiot.

[3shacks1house]

@skittlesareawesome07 What a stuffed Shirt, The guy who created this was a friggen genius. You sir Fail!!

[skittlesareawesome07]

@3shacks1house O.k first of all I'm a girl, second of all I like comic strips but not ALL of them. And people are ALLOWED to have their own opinions

[liberatethelemons]

@3shacks1house - Holy shit, dude, let her be.

[Darkphantom789]

I can remember being a kid and reading these all the time so funny but i remember my mom also telling me that they were very inopropriet

[TheProcrastiMaster]

I find it funny that it starts out with the copyright warning. On YouTube. XD

[vibradiant]

Exactly as I thought!

[WillyWolverine]

this was a really good movie.

[alw7]

Thank you for uploading this movie. I've been looking for this movie for the past 13yrs. My Aunt, my God bless her soul, recorded this for me along with the older Disney cartoons and I've been looking from them all over youtube. Made me tear a bit but thank you so much!

[skittlesareawesome07]

My favorite comic strip is Calvin and Hobbes, not this, but this is cool.

[briankashtan]

i haven't watched this in YEARS. i love bill and opus and remember growing up with a vhs taped-from-tv version with all the terrible commercials. more than a few were for Super nintendo NES. haha. good upload.

[VerySourLemon]

I wonder why Berkley Breathed disliked this adaptation? HE was the one who wrote it and HE was the executive producer, which means everything must go by what he wants!

Awesome cartoon, BTW

[anunnakivisions]

you rock for putting this up...i have it taped from TV on VHS....and i still watch it.. :)

[wireandangels]

You've made my day, poster! Thank you so much! I saw this on TV when I was in 2nd grade and have always remembered but only recently found out the name of it. I was going to rent it on Netflix but suddenly it went from "Available now" to "Short wait"...I was so sad because I wanted to watch it this year (before Christmas). THANK YOU! :) :) :)

[chk444]

Thank you for posting this. My copy disappered years ago. I have to take the advice from the other posts and purchase a new one. Merry Christmas...

[jediskunk67]

Or a fly infested worm infushed molded mildew scrub of rotten banana!

[rgvsithlord]

I got two copies at Big Lots for $3 each...

[jasonsgroovemachine]

@rgvsithlord Way to ruin Christmas for the rest of us.

[Warfare72]

I just got this on DVD at Best Buy for $12! GET IT NOW

[Opium1958]

I watch thisw movie every year. I heard they might be making another one called Opus: the last Christmas.

[MicahSps]

Now if only they'd release the Far Side cartoon. The aliens in the old west skit was brilliant.

[drdmjr]

Just to let you all know, this has been released to dvd, over a year ago. I left it up because so many people watch it. You're better off ordering the dvd online, It's still hard to find in the stores even at Christmas.

[capitalmindz]

They did Bloom County!?!?! Why don't I know about this? Other Characters? Milo Oliver Wendel Holmes? Steve Dallas?

[CrimsonNineTail]

@drdmjr I got it two years ago through Amazon. Great holiday movie.

[saliormoony]

@drdmjr i know i want this dvd so bagly

[TheAcesofJokers]

Bill D. Cat for the win

[Legend813a]

Bill D. Cat for President.

Much better than that what-ever-you-want-to-call-it

in the White House now.

[soapysoup134]

i like how you left the FBI warning at the beginning of the video

[pikkenwolf]

the only thing this needs is hodge podge binkly milo and the others lol i love bloom county

[zzman305]

god i love bill the cat

[VecTron5]

Bloom county for the win.

[jtwidmer]

Where can I find this?

[raptorhunter104]

well at a walmart maybe i saw one for sale but i didn't buy it check during christmas

[rexnickles2]

no you wont! i dont even think walmart sells VHS anymore! and (unfortunately) this will never see a DVD formatting.

[JTHMBirdGuy777]

Good old Bloom County. It's one of my favorite strips. I didn't know that they actually did an animated Christmas special with them in it. It's pretty good. Very Breathed-like humor.

[SERGAENTMAJ0R]

I think Opus has the same voice as Chaz from Rugrats  : O

[BeachballSU]

It is same guy who voiced Chaz from Rugrats. The voice actor's name is Michael Bell.

[drdrew42]

This is awsome!!! I love Bloom County!

I wish someone would upload "Noel" thats my favorite Chrismas cartoon about a little red christmas ball that has a "Happiness"

[Barbako]

Thank you SO MUCH for this... I loved this movie when I was a little girl, and I can't find it anywhere now!!

[dsnygirl16]

Ive been looking for this since my parents got divorced and the video for this somehow got "MISPLACED"

Thank you so much for uploading it, It'll be a nice thing to show my sister when she moves back in a couple of weeks.

[Thatwhichisinevitabl]

Great soundtrack.

[GreatAuntCayce]

Could you please upload the animated Christmas movie called "The Wish That Changed Christmas"?

[TriggerCRamsey]

I have searched for this FOR YEARS! this brightens my holiday

[FuzzyDuck]

Thank you so much for uploading this! This one of my all-time favorite Christmas specials.

[trailhiker43]

ok, I just thought it was a little humorous that you included the copywright warning. lol

[Underlighted1]

thank you so much for putting this up here. It is a small taste of my childhood that I have missed. You can find this on Amazon.

[ManderinOrange7]

oh i looooove this xmas special!! thank you for posting it!

[bbambers19]

Omg. I would LOVE to get this on DVD. How does one do so?

[edyken77]

you can find it on amazon. or you can look for a torrent and download it with utorrent. Look it up.

[Evilizabeth]

I just bought it for *five dollars* at Wal-Mart. I was shocked to see it there and nearly had a coronary event in the Electronics section.

[1900yesterday]

I ordered mine at Best Buy.

[AnimeJunkyMA]

Yeah I love this vid! I'm so glad someone has it on YouTube!!!

[rhyno101]

AWSOME! I used to have this on tape when i was a kid, i used to love this special. I lost the tape and havent seen it in over 10 years and still remember almost the whole thing.

[Tweegrrl]

I just ordered the DVD, but I couldn't wait! Thanks for this :)

[VerySourLemon]

I hear that Berkley Breathed disliked this special, and yet he wrote it and he was the executive producer. Why did he hate it? Could someone explain?

[mkv025]

funny cat

[IyagaruUzumaki]

lol i want that clock...XD

I thought of his voice alittle different also.

[michaelHda]

Kind of, anyway.

[michaelHda]

!Read the final strip this AM- you were right!Congrats!

[CGold113]

I'm almost sure that, regarding Breathed's contest regarding Opus, Opus is going to the moon. The clues were in the most recent comics. Check out the archived comics, and you'll see that Opus is carrying a copy of Goodnight, Moon with him. Also, in the dog pound, there is a sketch on the wall of a cow jumping over the moon

[michaelHda]

I don't like opus's voice- I always had it in my mind he sounded like woody Harrelson.(!) Antimation is great though. Bums me out that this sunday's OPUS will probably be the last we never see/hear of him. Bloom county was the ONLY good thing that came out of the 80's, as far as I am concerned...

[CGold113]

Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes spring to mind, kind sir

[michaelHda]

Very true CGold113. I LOVE both strips! For some reason I identified with Opus's outlook on life. And like the Far side & Calvin & Hobbes, I MISS THEM TERRIBLY. I myself feel that Opus will end up in the eternal danilion (sic), field. I hope the same for me & you!

[CGold113]

Agreed. The eternal dandelion field is an excellent choice. The only reason I didn't pick that was because, frankly, it's very obvious.

Though there is nothing wrong with an eternity in a dandelion field. Just so long as God gets rid of my allergies, that'd be perfect, heh heh

[zigarten]

Funny how we all like the same humor!

[Zamorak32]

I love this animation! But Opus's doesn't fit... Berkely Breathe's new Opus isnt as good as the old one ):

[baddakutachi]

Oh wow. I haven't seen this since I was 7!

[Kevin90028]

Opus RIP

[hanakosama]

omg! i had the VHS of this when i was little!! it's been so long!! i love it!

[Magikoopa189]

Opus's voice DEFINETLY does not fit. He sounds too doughy. I always thought he had sort of a matter of fact voice, considering his role in the comics.

[AvalonIsle]

Somehow Opus's voice just dosen't fit his animation... or maybe I just imagined something different from all the years reading Bloom County books. BTW, I thought Bill D. Cat's brain was swapped with Donald Trump's? Or was it reversed? God I don't remember; the strip ran like a soap opera in many respects anyway :)

[narfsensical]

@Avalonisle: No, I don't think it was reversed in the strip. But in the Sundays-only "Outland", he was Bill again.

[poelover37]

I never write this, but this DVD is so damn adorable! I could only write that about a Bloom County production. This was sweet without being sappy and soppy,like most Christmas fare. Thank you for posting! Bill the Cat is my idol. He's way more talented than Brittany.

[Leatherbubba]

I saw this so damn long ago.

[strutnoodle]

Is the voice of Opus Stephen King!?

[PumaPumaPride]

no, Michael Bell

[ninjasuzuki]

thank you for this, I have been waiting 12 years to see this again. Thank you, you rock!

[Morterre]

This movie always made me want peanut butter, crackers, and eggnog because i thought thats what he was eating :p

[HarryHepcat]

I always remembered that this existsed, but never got to see it until now. STraneg to hear Opus speak--almost like a mix of Woody Allan and Droopy Dawg.

Thanks for the post!

[mclew]

"you also have a rubbish can up to your netherregions"

[InternetPwner]

"I prefer to blame congress", "Or a network executive" XD

Berkeley Breathed is a genious.

[CyclopsFan1]

love this movie. very subtle undertones. Albatross!!!

[Hadag2219]

drdmjr, I love you. I remember when I was 3, my parents made me watch this (I did not understand any of the more crude humor back then, neither did my parents understand that there would be any). Then I remember finding the tape years after and watched it, only to say to my parents "You let me WATCH this when I was 3?!"

[Stacey3030]

Love this Movie and try to watch it every year but cant find my copy thx for posting this one

[derekcool]

oh man, I remmember this movie from my long past childhood. lol I love this move and that kiwi totaly makes the whole thing.

[filburt50]

HAIRBALL!

Get out the way.

Don't touch that thing. lol

[Ghoulunatix]

Wow! I've been searching for this for years! This is definitely my favorite Christmas cartoon of all time. Thank you!

[leo3375]

I remember seeing this ONCE when I was a kid. My mom has the book off of which this is based. Good memories!

[drdmjr]

YES!

For those of you who would like this on dvd, it was just released on 11-06-07!

Merry Christmas!

[DrCHUD666]

This is now on DVD??? Cool. I remember watching this and thought it was cool. It really didn't push the typical Christmas....but I just loved it. Thanks for posting.

[laragothraider]

Thanks so much for posting this! I remember owning my eldest sisters' copy and then it got stolen with all of my other special items; I'm just glad somebody else loves it as much as I! Thanks again!

[1900yesterday]

This video is now available on DVD at Best Buy.

[Ninjathing16]

This is awsome. i CAN'T BELEIEVE YOU HAD THIS. Have you ever heard of The story of Holly and Ivy? I haven't been able to find it any where. they showed it on CBS once and i've never seen it again

[drdmjr]

Happy Holidays!

Sorry, I don't remember that one. To tell you the truth, I found this laser disc on ebay a few years ago. Also, there are quite a few places on line you can search for, many people have converted hard to find video tapes & laserdiscs to dvd. Try searching for "holly & ivy dvd" or dvd-r, you may be surprised.

[HollyG2006]

OMG i was trying to think of the name of that one too! I couldn't remember the names of any of these, it has been so long, but thank GOD for Google, hm?

[HollyG2006]

YOU are my freaking hero. I remember this from when I was really little and I could NOT remember the name of it but I LOVE YOU for this! This was one of my favorite movies!

[drdmjr]

Thank you, & Merry Christmas

I had it on video tape, they only aired it once. The tape was not a good copy, & I played it so much it just wasn't watchable anymore. Somehow I found out it was put out on Laserdisc briefly & was able to get a copy of it. So this copy here is actually the dvd I made from the ld.

It's here for everyone to enjoy now!

Happy Thanksgiving!