Oh, lookee! It's a "Holidays" post, with a bouncy, catchy, Santa Claus song

[capri0mni]

Another clip from Old School Electric Company, this time, showing the influence of adult sketch comedy, like The Carol Burnett Show:

And really, I think: If this had been first released through some other (aka commercial) venue, rather than PBS children's programming, it would have been as popular a novelty song as "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas," or "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus." For one thing, it tells the truth about Christmas that's rarely acknowledged in kids' music, especially.

I also really like the ending (how much do you want to bet he was hoping for a shot of bourbon?).

Comments

[spiralsheep]

(Unrelated) Department of Things You Haven't Mentioned (so I don't know if they've crossed your path): Tale of Sand = Jim Henson film script realised as a picture book/comic/graphic story. I haven't seen it yet as it's still too expensive for me and not in libraries here yet but it might be worth adding to a long term want list or trawling t'interwebz for example pages in reviews.

[capri0mni]

Ooh, I'd not heard of that! I will keep my eyes open for it (but not peeled... 'cause that's disgusting).