A WISH FOR WINGS THAT WORK CHAPTER 2 OF 3

[crazyginger011]

my life's purpose is almost complete thanks to this movie.

[MWolfL]

I can't believe Truffles the Pig was stupid enough to charge into a *brick* wall! XD

Robin Williams should've gotten credit as the George the Kiwi Bird he deserved it!

"ALBATROSS!"

"He was on hormones. You heard me, read my beak: HORMONES!"

"SHE WANTS 'EM BIG, MARRY THE SPACE SHUTTLE YOU SHREW!"

The third one's my favorite! XD

[Kotsuso]

I dont know why, but every time Bill sputters or hacks up a lung, i feel compelled to laugh... oh right, that's why: he's Bill the freaking Cat.

[rayharryhausen6]

I could watch 9:17 until my eyes bleed and laugh until my gut bursts.

[rayharryhausen6]

Oh my God, his voice mixed with the expression when he shouts "HORMONES!!!" is side-splitting!

[Dipstikk]

I always loved that riveting music that plays during Santa's introduction.

[Dipstikk]

DARNED IF I DON'T FEEL LIKE A BOEING 747

[SoJustCool]

poor bill

[jamzilla960]

oh so this is outland

[godhelpusall1]

"Barf... on the Chinese rug" I haven't seen this in almost 20 years, and I still laugh just as hard at that line now as I did when I was 7.

[onwardparasites]

@godhelpusall1 coughs up a hairball*

[Dipstikk]

@godhelpusall1 That rug really tied the room together.

[skymotel]

3:25 starts what is perhaps the best monologue ever presented in an animated holiday special.

[rrswimmer16]

"SHAKE N' BAKE! SHAKE N' BAKE! SHAKE N' BAKE! SHAKE N' BAKE!"

[cgktuber]

"AN ALBATROSS!!!! At least your wife didn't run off with AN ALBATROSS!!!"

[cgktuber]

"AN ALBATROSS!!!! At least your wife didn't run off with AN ALBATROSS!!!"

[MWolfL]

"I need cats like I need BUTT IMPLANTS!"

Even though it was mean, it was funny. XD

[MWolfL]

"He was on hormones, you heard me read my beak: HORMONES!"

"SHE WANTS EM BIG? MARRY THE SPACE SHUTTLE YOU SHREW!"

Robin Williams is hilarious! XD

[savvypanther]

I swear, this video contains some of the most brilliant inside jokes within my family! It's really fantastic to see it again after so many years (due to the fact that our video collection is pretty much indecipherable), so thanks!

[Nifferbabe]

this is my favorite xmas cartoon as a lil girl and little did i know (at 4:04) they mention the airplane i would be someday working one lol Awesome!!!!!

[Nifferbabe]

@Nifferbabe workin on i meant

[luckygreen17]

Thankfully when I was a kid it was on tv and had the knowledge of taping this went it cams on and been watching for the last 15 years

[hell5309]

If you pause at 1:22, you can see how Truffles knocked out her dentures!

[mickey180703]

I have been trying to find this for the longest time!!! I cant stop saying Albatross lmao!!!

[MalChan13]

I'be been trying to find this since it was played on TV when I was really little! omg thank you for putting this up!!!! <333333

[kittykat2210]

bahahahahaha!!! at the end when Santa's sled hooks break and he falls is EPIC! XD

[frAnkysGirl00]

I always quote the "rhinoceros/pig" argument with my family and NO ONE ever gets it. love love love!

[TheAmicojoe]

The ALBATROSSSS!! guy is Robin Williams. :D:D

[onwardparasites]

@TheAmicojoe ALBOTROSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arelak]

@TheAmicojoe Only he could pull off that voice.

[futurecsi6]

ALBATROSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Best part ever.....

[futurecsi6]

ALBATROSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

Best part ever....

[WillyWolverine]

one of my fav christmas films . classic haha

[bingbang881]

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE,i am Opus's #1 fan you can't deny it!! i have like every single book!! ;)

[jccw227]

I love how the support group meeting was practically taken straight out of the comics.

[TheFingledorf]

I suppose it's too much to hope that Steve Dallas makes an appearance? ; ) (Although, he wasn't in Outland, was he?)

[rayharryhausen6]

Was it just me, or was Santa falling to his alleged demise and shouting, "Ho ho ho, OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" just about the funniest thing ever?

[NJGuy1973]

@rayharryhausen6 No, it's not just you. It is, in fact, the funniest thing ever.

[guestinformant9]

Opus sounds a bit like David Sedaris

[MickeyAlla]

AAAAAALBATROSS!!!

[briankashtan]

i wish calvin and hobbes had done something like this...

[rayharryhausen6]

@briankashtan

Yeah, you're right, in the right hands that could have been grand!

[TheBeans1994]

I love this movie

[PropellerBusted]

For something they only intended to show on TV the animation is very above par. Probably had a bigger budget.

[ToonJoey34]

what is the name of the song when santa is flying?

[DarthAverage]

@ToonJoey34: It's Elmer Bernstein's "Theme from 'The Magnificent Seven'".

[LadyDeerskin]

the cockroach with the MilkDuds stuffed in the front of his dress is Dustin Hoffman...for some reason, that just kills me! ^o^

[drpants]

The voice of the angry brown bird at the meeting was Robin Williams.

[mjjfan04]

lmfao "she want em big? marry a space shuttle you shrew!!!"

[XwordXlifeX]

Hahaha. Opus's voice is done by the same guy who does Charles Finster from the Rugrats!! I love it!!

[foreverindebtkurdt]

OMG!! I didnt know they made a cartoon of Bloom County!!! Opus has the voice I imagined Rosebud would have... xD my favorite comic ever. Opus rules!! and Bill the cat.. my uncle wrote and illustrated a storybook for me when I was little, and most of the characters looked just like Bill... <3 love and respect to Berk Breathed.

[INTENSETIM]

i remember that JTH

[missdeathwishful]

Is that Elvis in there? xD

[jtwidmer]

Where can I find this and whats it called?

[ShadowMage3D]

It's called A Wish for Wings that Work. It's from the Bloom County comic strip by Berkley Breathed.

[TheCrisisKings]

actually this special is based on the spin-off "Outland"

[JTHMBirdGuy777]

It's interesting, because the idea for the book that was made into this was based off of a poem in a Bloom County strip where Opus is asking God for a pair of wings that work. I should know. I read it.

[jtwidmer]

Good call!! It was the first page of Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things (I think).

[JTHMBirdGuy777]

Actually, it was even earlier, I think. It might have been in Loose Tails, but I'm not sure.

[MedCodingGoddess]

The hormones bit is one of the best parts but I do enjoy the theme from The Magnificent Seven playing when Santa's sleigh somes on screen.

[pervnerve]

at 8:00, anyone else really moved by him wearing the goggles to bed?

[pervnerve]

You heard me, read my beak, HORMONES!!

Did you all know George the Kiwi is Robin Williams? Sometime between Ferngully and Aladdin.

[greedymuppet]

I thought it sounded like him. I miss the early 90s! Back when we had some really great comedian actors around.

I have a stuffed Opus wearing a Christmas hat. I bring it out every year. It's one of those items I feel really close to, even though as a kid I was never exposed much to Opus. Just something heartwarming about it. Great to see this cartoon after so many years.

[SeanButt]

5:48 I love that choral harmony there.

[xmichaelmyersii]

he was on hormones, you heard me read my beak, HORMONES!

[torichio]

ALBATROSS!! So many memories of childhood from this special!

[dsnygirl16]

omg, their reactions of Bill's hairball is hilarious.

&& I love Truffles!!!!!

[thriftyh4xx]

ho ho ho OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[madmanotl]

My favorite holiday special. Thanks for posting this.

[rhyno101]

Hairball!!

[gamedude407]

wasn't there a game for the pc about these two guys? if anyone knows please let me know, I know I whatched my brothers play something when I was little but I barely remember what it was...

[pikkenwolf]

i love bloom county i have all the books

[michaelHda]

Excellent story so far. Miltoaqse (sic) the cockroach was hilarious!!!

[crapamusesme]

3 cheers 4 OPUS!!!!!

[MexicanoINC]

Opud is one of my favorite comic strips ever! It is too bad that it is ending! There will only be a few good comic strips left after it leaves.

[Magikoopa189]

Where's Milo and everybody who actually lives in the boarding house?

[hamza721]

this is in outland not bloom county

[richintalent]

LOL ya gotta love Bill!

[unionjacklyn]

This is fantastic! The support group scene is almost exactly the comic. I must admit, some of the voices I'm not happy with (I always imagined truffles having a sort of high pitched, pompous voice). Ronald-ann and bill are right on the money, though (of course, how could someone go wrong with a character that only grunts and spits hairballs?)

[yogibeal84]

I love Berkley Breathed! I agree with Marbles, The voice for opus and truffles aren't what I expected either. It's awesome to see a full length animation of his characters. I've been a fan since Bloom County. Now all we need to see is a movie on Penguin dreams and stranger things. Billy and the boingers would be sweet also.

[AvieWolf]

AN ALBATROSS!!1!!

[lettherebeCOLBY]

a million times over amazing.

dustin hoffman is the voice of milquetoast.

wonderful.

[Marbles471]

Dustin Hoffman was Milquetoast? Kewl!

Truth be told, I never liked any of the voices in this film, except for Ronald-Ann's and Bill's. Opus and Milquetoast always sounded very different in my mind. (not that Hoffman's one line wasn't hilarious). Breathed must have approved them, though.  Since he's the creator, what he says, is. Oh well.

[kistenandamanda]

I love this its hilarious!

[kcphaid]

From Laser Disk WOW one that still works. WOW!

[Pizzastealingninja]

i'll be flyin' on Christmas day...

good vid

[filburt50]

HAIRBALL!

Get out the way.

Don't touch that thing. lol

[Behonkiss]

The kiwi's voice actor was jokingly given the name "Sudy Nim" in the credits, but if you know the guy's voice and listen to the kiwi for a few seconds, you will know who it is very quickly.

[InternetPwner]

*SPOILER ALERT* Its Robbin Williams

[KasutoStve]

Best Christmas Cartoon EVER. Earthbound Birds Annonymous- best scene! Love it!

[drdmjr]

YES!

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

Merry Christmas!