MST3K - 521 - Santa Claus (8/10)

[ChaoticYak]

The new vertical take-off and landing Santa Claus!

[CathBahd130]

"Merlin, Merlin (Tarzan Yell).

[CathBahd130]

"I've got friends Satan."

[DAVIDInitiative]

You know, for being such iconic figures, Santa and Satan are bitches.

[NYG4LIFE123]

That All Inclusive Christmas song: as silly as it was, it was actually kind of sweet. Am a little stunned.

[themightycelestial]

d00d.....

that song was beautiful.

[cwit89]

oh poopie!

[sleepyhollow783]

It's disturbing to see how Santa has become so dependent on his "Magic Dust".



[Capng123]

@sleepyhollow783 I imagine quite a bit of "magic dust" was involved in the production of this film...

[Amethystasheryn]

"Uh oh! A pair of scissors!" "Santa is not afraid of that dog!" God, even without the riffing, this narrator is a riot. XD

[RainshadowDesert]

"There goes the flower to disappear!"

[TheGunboat]

I'd like to show this song to those 'We're-Taking-The-Christ-Out-O­f-Christmas' idiots.

[silentnight99999]

tom servo + christmas hat and scarf = cute XD

[Tareltonlives]

"Lucifer will be very pleased" Yeah, I can see it now.

SATAN: Okay, what's next on the agenda?

MINION: Well, Pitch just came in from the Stealing Christmas operation

SATAN: Okay, Pitch, what's the report?

PITCH: Well, I annoyed Santa when he was in Mexico, almost tempted a little girl into stealing a doll, and got three poor boys to get into a fight. So, I think that's a good night's work.

SATAN:......*sigh* This round goes to you, Jehovah. Dam you all to my place.

[dillydallytwist]

When Pitch pulled out those scissors I thought it was a big-ass knife at first! @_@ Freaked me out... well, more than this nightmare of a movie already did, I mean.

[giuseppi77]

Thanks for including the ads in the upload. That's partly why I love watching these old episodes...the nostalgia factor. I love watching all the old commercials on my VHS copies.

[akje93]

For all of y'all wondering, I've seen this merchandise at the mst3k website :)

[NodDisciple1]

@akje93 Link plz? :(

[bloodrunsclear]

Satan believes in negative reinforcement apparently.

Then again, what else could be expected?

[Zekkron]

Has anyone else noticed that Pitch sounds JUST like young George Carlin?

[Zekkron]

Has anyone else noticed that Pitch sounds JUST like young George Carlin.

[originaldudeman1183]

This movie mustve been made by some weird religious group. someone who was agnostic. christmas is really supposed to be about Jesus. so far weve seen only st nick and satan and his minions, visions of hell and traumatic nightmares, children listening to the devil.

[guysmiley00]

@originaldudeman1183 Well, yes and no. Before being Christmas, it was Saturnalia or Brumalia - before that, Lenaia. Really, every culture has had some sort of festival around the winter solstice. To say Christmas is supposed to be about Jesus really doesn't make sense - Jesus was essentially placed on top of an existing mash-up of other rituals and beliefs, many of which make up a good portion of Christmas celebrations today. It's a Christian holiday, sure, but it's also always been much more.

[Tareltonlives]

@guysmiley00 Not to mention he was probably born in the spring, too. They just put him with the winter holiday so that you get more than one Christian celebration a year.

[Tareltonlives]

@originaldudeman1183 Well, in Mexico it's pretty much common knowledge that the devil is everywhere, trying to ruin your life. There's exorcisms and holy charms out the wazoo, and the chupacabras myth was a development of the age old "I saw the devil stalking me last night" story. He's even in the Christmas pageants called Pastorelas, and in festivals during Good Friday and Holy Saturday. My grandmother called him "El Mono Chango"

Yeah, I don't get it either.

[Rubberman202]

I wonder if I can still get all that MST 3K merchandise...

[NYG4LIFE123]

Best Holiday Not-Carol EVER! 

[putzthewondersloth]

I seem to recall Lucifer saying 'all' children, not just three. By any stretch of the imagination, Pitch failed miserably.

[Theburn77]

"Santa lives in a world of denial."

[pista9]

its interesting, as you see in the movie in méxico we don't have a problem having santa been a christian, we don't care for been inclusive because we asume everybody is catholic, that's very present now a days on mexican tv.

[freestylenut]

The "Oh poopie!" and 3-stooges reference at 8:05 - 8:12 had me laughing til I CRIED!!!

[Tareltonlives]

Personally, I say Happy Holidays AND Merry Christmas. It's a secular holiday, anyway.

Wouldn't the dog still be able to smell him?

"Oh poopie!" Who dubs Santa? He's fun to listen to.

"It's Rob and Laura!"

[Tareltonlives]

I love this carol so much.

And I still can't believe the dub actress read Christ as Craig.

[Tareltonlives]

@sanska And that Mexico is just as trippy as Japan.

[antgav79]

That sounds a lot like the music for lets have a patrick swayze x-mass lol

[TelecontarElessar]

Love the Ypsilanti reference...having lived there for a year I don't think Santa crashing into it would make things any worse.

[KawaiiGeek]

Did they really sell that MST3K watch? I want it endlessly.

[KawaiiGeek]

Did they really sell that MST3K watch? I want it endlessly.

[ctdsnark]

{01:55}Uh-oh....they've been DAMNED!!!!!

[RavnDream]

["What are you going to do now, Santa?"]

"I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!"

[Trancemaster2052]

This movie feels like it's 3 hours long. Ugh.

[MrDuncanBelfast]

4:36. They have Elton John for an operator?

[changyimei]

Indian food on Christmiss...yum! :P

[Tareltonlives]

@changyimei Mmmmmmm....

[antgav79]

I called lol, no dice.

[nico10035]

5:04 Scissors? Looks more like a freaking Bowie knife!

[Tareltonlives]

@nico10035 "Santa's a blade man!"

[EternityEyes]

"Unfortunately, none of the elves were in Santa's Workshop."

"They were all over at the Keeblers' place."

[Applemask]

Maybe you could SUPPORT us, Satan?

[nagaking07]

Holy crap Santa is slow!

[doomfeather]

Pitch kind of reminds me of Droppo.. I wonder if they're related?

[WoundedWolfgirl]

@doomfeather Pitch, you're the laziest man in Hell!

[guilmon182]

Best Christmas carol EVER. Oh, wait...Holiday...Human?

[00madbox00]

i think the devils horns were crooked! hahahahahaha :D :D XD

[DanRaccoon]

oooOOOh poopy.

[gunsandgurls411]

That was best Holiday Song ever!

[insomniac011101]

LOL Tough luck bitch XD

[jec444]

So raise your glass and toast, to Happy Day's Donny Most....

[arbitor365]

7:27 - 7:37

that part just made me laugh for some reason. dont ask me why.

[jec444]

"doesn't fall into bad hands. Jose Canseco?"

Hilarious, and this was BEFORE we knew he was juiced!

[jec444]

"Maybe you worship an extract being who is kinda vague, or else you worship some guy who is named Greg" or something like that!

I luv it!!

[snikt2k10]

So, where IS god in all this? Isn't it his job to stop satan? I mean, correct me if im wrong, But, I don't recall Santa and Satan doing battle by means of ridiculous little pranks on one-another.

[guilmon182]

@snikt2k10 I guess Santa is God in this. I mean, he does live in space in this.

[SpukiBlackKat75]

@snikt2k10 Well, I guess Satan sics his anti-Christmas Pitch on the World so God sends His pro-Christmas St. Nicholas aka Santa Claus to do battle.

Either way..."THIS IS SOME WEIRD THEOLOGY!"

[Tareltonlives]

@snikt2k10 God's been pretty hands off as far as Satan is concerned, as far as I can tell, but I had no idea Santa was an archangel.

[Adamguy2003]

@snikt2k10 Yeah, you'd think maybe He'd send a couple angels down to Earth to pound Pitch into hamburger meat for trying to corrupt children.

[TPrower]

Man, Servo's a really good singer. =)

[zorroazulapex]

Servo the snowglobe! Can I turn him upside down and shake him? Please! I'll be gentle!

[TPrower]

"Oh poopie!" I love that line. XD

[ElveeKaye]

Carol is a WOMAN'S name? Carroll O'Connor would have been surprised to know that.

Hey, wait, Santa doesn't need a freakin' MAGIC FLOWER to make him disappear! He does it all by himself 'cause he's SANTA! Stupid movie. Stupid, stupid, dumb, stupid movie. >:o(

[SaintRi]

A viscious boxer puppy named Dante. Were they eaving trying at this point in the movie?

[ChaoticYak]

Man, this movie is scary.

[Atrum]

0:12 - Pee Wee reference, lol.

[LightDeoxys]

Narrator: And there goes the Flower to Disappear! Now Santa won't be able to make himself invisible! What are you going to do now, Santa?!

Servo: I'm goin' to Disneyworld!

Mike: All references to Disneyworld are a property of the Walt Disney Corporation.

[SilverZeo88]

1:09. Yes, that right. Santa didn't leave any gifts for the three poor boys. Maybe next year they have a better attitude about being poor and having no parents on Christmas.

[DrWhiggs]

@SilverZeo88 Yeah, they were only planning to kidnap Santa and force him into slavery! Where does that jerk get off not rewarding them for that?!

[Tareltonlives]

@SilverZeo88 They grew up to become members of El Congreso de la Unión

[Tareltonlives]

@SilverZeo88 It's a Tea Party Christmas!

[Kinemacolour]

"Oh poopie!"

[Kingakuzutto]

"Is there something you could share with the whole class mr. Lucifer?"

[SeagalismyHero]

The lead up to that 'coal strike' was great.

Namaste!

[EternalGuardian07]

That's right. Fight the kid standing in front of you who kicked you from behind.

[KaterzTheMSTie]

In a way I don't understand, Pitch reminds me of Iwazaru from Killer7.

...You will never unsee that.

[ggmcnall]

My name is Greg. Worship me.

[SoundsmithOne]

The new VTOL Santa Claus.

[guilmon182]

Next to the Decemberween carol, that's the best holiday song ever!

[badluckshadow13]

"Defend yourself, he's going to murder you!"

XD I love that Santa has to call upon the heavenly powers of... Merlin to defend him from Satan...

[petercharleskrug]

There's a prowler out there! He's come to kill your wife and your children! He's really quite vicious!"

Yeah, that's the perfect thing to put in a children's movie...

[BigEOT3]

need for speed santa

[annthebold]

I've never seen this episode and the song cracks me up. I am so sick of how PC Xmas has become. we can't even say "Merry Christmas" to any of the students at school least we step on someone's toes. Servo is also so blasted cute with his snowglobe head and mittens I just want to hug 'em <3 <3 <3

[NUTCASE71733]

What's worse is there's only like one or two people who have such sentiments, and we all have to suffer for it. Useless idiots...

[sillygrl23]

@annthebold I know what you mean, its stupid, I was in the post office where they had a poster of different "holiday" stickers and for Xmas they had one called "Virgin and Child" MORONS!

[drewcifer721]

"I feel the need... THE NEED FOR SPEED!!"

[ShinyRayquaza2]

Narrator: Uh oh! A pair of scissors!

Mike: Don't run with them, now!

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

Santa lives in a world of denial!

Incoming!!

[ManaAdvent]

"Geez, I got to spoon feed you little brats!"

"Good thing Santa uses the club!"

"Uh oh! A pair of scissors!"

"Don't run w/ them now!"

"I feel the need! The need for speed!"

"Well, they're over at the Keebler's place."

"His name is Tim! He asked if I could marry him!"

[zerodragon9]

you guys are forgetting "Let's all have a Patrick Swayze Christmas" by Crow T. Robot. put that one and the song from this on a christmas and it'll sell millions!

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

Incoming!!!

[buffypython]

Oh, no! There's timpani playing! Evil is unleashed!

"And will you do now Santa?" "I'm going to Disney World!"

"Oh, darn, this is the Finkelstein's house!"

9:42 - EWW!

[vlcupper]

They should have released this Christmas song when this episode came out. It would have been a hit!

[Gomess]

Easily the best Christmas song of the 90s.... >_>

[pokes404]

INCOMING!!! lol

[0okamino]

Hey, I never realized that one of the famed pre-Renaissance poets was actually a dog. :P

[FerraTiKarynaNeil]

Hahahaha, I love how Pitch yells "See ya later" as the vault door of the theatre closes. Classic timing!!

[joshkitchen90]

santa lives in denial.

[LyndaHudson]

"I'm filled with mirth." LMAO that's the first time I noticed Servo saying that.

[DarkPascual]

I love this song...I sing it with my friends on Christmas!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS...if its ok...

[utukkuxul]

Don't Satan's servants have better shit to do than create schemes to get little kids to squabble?

[NUTCASE71733]

Of course not, they're evil. Do you expect them to appear before people quoting MacBeth?

[TimelordR]

@utukkuxul Some of them are gainfully employed as Jerry Springer's show staff.

[Sudenak]

This has some of the screwiest theology:

Santa has magic powder to make you fall asleep, and a "flower to disappear". He got these from -Merlin-, and Santa fights Lucifer every year. Santa grabs children and makes them make toys for the rest of the children. Santa uses vampire reindeer who turn into dust if they don't get back before sunrise, and don't forget his freakish observatory.

[utukkuxul]

If I was a Christian I'd find the whole film very questionable. They practically treat Santa as God. There are some asides to Jesus here and there, but overall Santa is Christmas and he can bless kids by appearing in their dreams to them, where they fall prostrate before him.

Not trying to read too much into it, it's just a poorly written movie, but it's kind of eerie.

[MexiGojira]

Reason is that at the time, Santa was little, if not known in Mexico, and pretty much what is on the movie was based on what K. Gordon Murray told to René Cardona.

[NUTCASE71733]

Hell, I'm Chrstian and while I'm not a religious lunatic like many other of my religion, I find the content very questionable. What the hell was Mexico thinking?

[kingslice75]

Yeah I think this movie is to Mexico what "The Final Sacrifice" is to Canada :)

[NUTCASE71733]

I think that's grossly unfair to Canada. I mean, Final Sacrifice was a better film for a number of reasons. For one the plot was pretty good, though they could have used a few different cast members. Most importantly the movie had Pipper and ROWSDOWER.

[Tareltonlives]

@kingslice75 El Santo vs Rowsdower!

[ShyriaDracnoir]

Blame the fact that most of their Santa knowledge went through WAY more than a few rounds of the "telephone game"

[jeannec1]

I know for one that I just hope that nobody believes any of this.

[livinintwilightzone]

I'm going to call that number and buy a mug.

[darthkrueger]

"Aint nothin in the lobster trap today!"

[jekblom123]

"oohhHH poopy!"

[elemental402]

You know, it's too bad we never got "MST3K: The Musical"

[VeryAngryCamel]

@elemental402 its a deeply moving song

[demondragon45]

@elemental402 with the hit song "he tried to kill me with a forklift"

[swgmigraines]

"There's a man outside! His name is Tim! He asked if I could marry him! Hee hee!!"

That line makes me laugh *so* hard and I don't know why. I think it's the way Trace says it.

[tajavi]

That holiday song makes me smile.

That devil makes me want to punch babies.

Guess it's a draw.

[ShinyRayquaza2]

Narrator: What are you going to do now?!

Servo: (as Santa) I'm goin' to Disney World!