RiffTrax w/ Mike Nelson - Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey

Mike Nelson takes a stab at Rankin & Bass!

Category:

Comedy

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• Mike
• Nelson
• rifftrax
• Riff
• Trax
• Disembaudio
• squadio
• mystery
• science
• theater
• mst3k
• cinematic
• titanic

[zyphoid666]

O.k people let's get the knots out our knickers here, I <3 Nestor too but I have this Rifftrax version and it's funny. Mike Nelson has given many many deserving movies the proper verbal boot they deserve as well so support Rifftrax, have some laughs and you'll still <3 Nestor afterwards. :)

[BelovedCaptain]

I love this movie, but that was pretty funny. XDD

You wanna hear more, huh?

No, I never said...

Can't say i blame you.

[snarkus63]

SERIOUSLY....what the HELL was Rankin-Bass THINKING with this depression-riddled Rudolph/Dumbo wannabe?

[zyphoid666]

@redredrosesleep

Do the 13 or so episodes which were only shown locally really count? It's kinda like saying Dave Mustaine and Cliff Burton didn't originally write for Metallica because they weren't in Leather Charm. You dig? It's "technically" correct but in a kind of anal-retentive way.

[67nairb]

@ExplorerDS6789 Yeah I'd like to see the rest of NESTOR too on RiffTrax. This wasn't even the opening of the show when Santa began on his journey around the world on Christmas Eve.

[67nairb]

@67nairb That's my problem with NESTOR it's just too depressing.

[67nairb]

@limbdarkening Nestor got Mary and Joseph through and because of that he became a hero. NTL-ECD is a beautiful and inspirational holiday special, but it's a severe downer with all the tragedies Nestor experienced throughout the show's 22 minutes. Especially when his mother froze to death protecting him from the snowstorm, that was the saddest part of the show. Rankin-Bass could've made NESTOR a little less depressing and little more lighthearted.

[67nairb]

@limbdarkening "A DUMB STORY?" You've got to be kidding! This was truly a beautiful, inspirational story....even if it wasn't true. Nestor, the Long-eared Christmas Donkey led Joseph to Bethlehem and carried Mary the Virgin Mother on his back while she was pregnant with child. Nestor wrapped his long ears around Mary to protect her from the sandstorm and brought her and Joseph to Bethlehem where she could give birth to Jesus

[67nairb]

@NateSean LOL! Good one. At least Nestor's deformity was put to good use at the end of the story and he wasn't an ass anymore.

[67nairb]

@NateSean This film is just too depressing for small children and even older kids to watch. NESTOR even makes grown ups cry. Whenever I see this XMAS special I get so saddened by it that I'm on the verge of crying. I don't actually cry when watching it, I hold it in. But it's still an emotionally draining movie. NESTOR THE LONG-EARED XMAS DONKEY was produced in 1977, but it's still emotional jarring 34 later.

[NateSean]

@67nairb Yes. That fact is clearly relevant to the comment I made.

[67nairb]

0:58-1:02 the Roman Empire did stretch as far north as Britain, up to Scottish border. But this map doesn't illustrate that.