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jmslsu01
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Registered:
6/9/2003
From:
northern VA | posted: 12/1/2004 at 9:52:34 PM ET
...there was The Mac Davis Christmas Special.
Anyone catch this one?
I quote poster Sue,from the rec.arts.tv newsgroup:
"Anybody remember a TV movie from about 1979 called 'The Mac Davis
Christmas Special'?
It starred singer Mac Davis and Bernadette Peters. It took place in
the future (sci-fi being
all the rage in the post-Star Wars pop culture world), where Christmas
had evolved into
a strictly commercial observance called Commerce Day. By the end of the
show, Jesus
appears to the couple's two materialistic kids and sets them straight on
what the holiday was supposed to be about.
I remember it was pretty entertaining, in a cheesy late-70s kinda way,
but not surprisingly, I haven't seen it aired since.
I'm sure it's the very defibnition of 'dated'!"
End quote.
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Jenn
| Karen
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Registered:
5/3/2002 | posted: 12/1/2004 at 10:36:30 PM ET
Oh, wow. I've never heard of it.
Sounds terrible. I must see it!!
This will be my new quest in life. Thanks, Jenn.
| Anonymous
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From Internet Network:
216.84.38.x | posted: 1/24/2005 at 7:48:49 PM ET
Yes, I remember this Christmas special, too, rather vividly...and in fact, I'd love to find it on DVD. (I don't remember the part about Jesus's appearing, though, only the sirens as the police came to haul the family away for celebrating Christmas, instead of Commerce Day.) Too bad it wasn't broadcast during subsequent Christmas seasons, but, it probably hit a bit too close to home for any commercial sponsors to want to touch it. Oh, well.
Please let me know if it's ever released to DVD!
Jeannette
jgcase@aquinaschurch.org
| Anonymous
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70.102.240.x | posted: 7/25/2007 at 4:04:19 PM ET
As I remember it was in the early 70s. I remember i had a cassette recorder (before the invention of the walkman or VHS) and recorded the show on cassette and listened to it. I too have been searching for a copy of this somewhere in any form or fashion.
| Karen
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Registered:
5/3/2002 | posted: 7/25/2007 at 7:22:04 PM ET
The exact broadcast date was December 12, 1978.
| Joyfullone
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Registered:
12/12/2005
From:
concord, CA | posted: 7/26/2007 at 1:10:47 AM ET
quote:
Oh, wow. I've never heard of it.
Sounds terrible. I must see it!!
This will be my new quest in life. Thanks, Jenn.
I agree
Bollywood Rocks!!!!
Preity Zinta, and Raveena Tandon Rule!!!!
| Joyfullone
Registered User
Registered:
12/12/2005
From:
concord, CA | posted: 7/26/2007 at 1:12:07 AM ET
quote:
Yes, I remember this Christmas special, too, rather vividly...and in fact, I'd love to find it on DVD. (I don't remember the part about Jesus's appearing, though, only the sirens as the police came to haul the family away for celebrating Christmas, instead of Commerce Day.) Too bad it wasn't broadcast during subsequent Christmas seasons, but, it probably hit a bit too close to home for any commercial sponsors to want to touch it. Oh, well.
Please let me know if it's ever released to DVD!
Jeannette
jgcase@aquinaschurch.org
same here for Bobbie's Girl
chorichorisapnomai@gmail.com
thanks
julia
Bollywood Rocks!!!!
Preity Zinta, and Raveena Tandon Rule!!!!
| Joyfullone
Registered User
Registered:
12/12/2005
From:
concord, CA | posted: 7/26/2007 at 1:13:22 AM ET
quote:
The exact broadcast date was December 12, 1978.
cool a year and a day before I was born!!!!!
Bollywood Rocks!!!!
Preity Zinta, and Raveena Tandon Rule!!!!
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