How Murray Saved Christmas Page #2

Synopsis: One-hour animated special surrounding a surly deli owner Murray Weiner, who is forced to step into Santa's shoes for one Christmas and bumbles his way into doing a great job.
Director(s): Peter Avanzino
  Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
TV-G
Year:
2014
42 min
505 Views


You're, uh, supposed to point it

away from your face.

Ho ho! Don't worry, son.

I'm perfectly schnibble

and ready to glibble.

- You're starting to dribble.

- Really?

All of the toys

fell out of the sled.

And they bounced one by one

off of poor Santa's head.

Mama!

Gah!

Oh, nutmeg.

Anyone else hear that?

Hmm, it needs work.

Globble, glibble, ish,

kibibble. Hee hee!

Mmm!

Appetite... Good.

When someone is having

a less than a jolly day,

they call on this man.

His name is Doc Holiday.

Diaper rash.

- Ooh! Ooh!

- Seasickness.

I'm under such pressure

to see my shadow

and get winter over already.

What if I don't see it?

I mean, should I lie?

Diaper rash.

- Aah! No...

- Claus-trophobia.

One year I was certain

I saw my shadow,

but it turned out to be

an oil stain on the pavement.

I cannot tell a lie.

Ha ha. You're fat.

I'm a rodent,

not a meteorologist.

Uh, diaper rash.

Uh, how's it look, Doc?

Would you like to hear

the bad news first?

I'd rather hear the good news.

Oh, I didn't say

there's good news.

Heh heh. In layman's terms,

Santa Claus is suffering from...

Superficial fractures of

his little baby toeses.

His ears moved south

and now his mouth is pushed up

where his nose is.

I'm prescribing aspirin

in super megadoses

for superficial fractures of his wittle,

bitty toeses.

Where exactly did

you go to med school?

Colombia.

Bogota, Colombia.

He's got inflammation and abrasions,

bruises and contusions,

spinal fusion, great confusion

marked by weird delusions.

I'm a pretty little girl.

My mommy calls me Susan.

Inflammation and abrasions,

bruises and contusions.

Doc Holiday

never cured anything.

But you had to admit,

the guy sure loved to sing.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Oy!

Stop. Stop!

This is terrible!

I didn't mean

to frighten you.

It's just a slight

concussion.

I know that you

feel terrible.

The bad news must

be crushin'.

Make sure he gets lots of rest

so there's no repercussions.

I will.

But Christmas

must be canceled.

That's the end of

the discussion.

Christmas must be canceled.

That's the end of

the discussion.

All right.

I ruined Christmas.

I mean, that's not the worst

thing in the world.

Actually, it is.

I've done the worst thing

in the world.

People will forgive me in time.

They'll be able to look back

at this and laugh...

Ha ha...

In say 6 billion, 8 billion years.

So let's review.

I hurt Santa, broke his toys,

ruined Christmas,

and now I'm stuck in a trench.

Help! Help!

Hmm...

Oof!

Where are you going?

What's all the rumpus?

So long, Easter Bunny.

Good-bye, Columbus.

There in the snow

stood the holiday stars,

every last person

in Stinky Cigars.

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Mike Reiss

Michael L. Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer and author. He served as a show-runner, writer and producer for the animated series The Simpsons and co-created the animated series The Critic. He created and wrote the webtoon Queer Duck and has also worked on screenplays including: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, The Simpsons Movie and My Life in Ruins. more…

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