Press Clippings: Maybe you’ll binge-watch past episodes of “True Detective” from HBO, or “House of Cards” from Netflix. Or maybe you’ll go for the classic Christmas movies. If you go for the latter, just in case you were wondering how the lineup should go, here’s a great list From Rotten Tomatoes of the top 25 Christmas movies of all time. So…start a fire, fire up the flat screen, organize the snacks and refreshments, turn up the sound system, and settle in……..it’s the perfect time of the year to watch (again) the best of the season.
COMT X: Christmas One More Time (Live)
The “live” playlist….courtesy of Spotify
Top 10 Christmas Specials
Paying Attention: The Big Day is closing in. Just a few more nights of viewing time for Christmas Specials. For those keeping score, here’s a list of the top 10 Christmas Specials of all time, as selected by WatchMojo. Binge them all…you’ve got time!.
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Churchill on Christmas
“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection…..”
Bob Hope Christmas Special 1968
Paying Attention. The Bob Hope Christmas special from 1968, the last in our three-part look back at the quintessential American entertainer (who just happened to be born in England). This show features Glen Campbell, Carol Lawrence, Wally Cox, Nancy Ames and long-time sidekick Jerry Colonna.
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Air Apparent: How Jimmy Fallon Won Late Night
Press Clips. Late night television is a treasure trove for the networks, a minefield for the entertainers who work in that time slot and an ever-changing cultural zeitgeist for the viewers. The old guard has now officially left the building (Leno, Letterman, Stewart) and a new crew is working to make the time slot theirs. According to this great piece by the Hollywood Reporter, Jimmy Fallon is running away with it.
Bob Hope Christmas Special 1967
Paying Attention: This post features another one of Bob Hope’s justifiably famous Christmas specials, this one broadcast in 1967 and filmed on one of Bob’s USO Tours during the contentious Vietnam war. Hope is joined by Racquel Welch, Elaine Dunne, Phil Crosby and Barbara McNair, among others. Hope did over 50 USO tours in his life and during the holidays, when others were home relaxing in safety, he went into war zones to entertain the troops. It’s only appropriate to honor him this season by showing, again, for a new generation, the true spirit of the season as seen through the eyes and contributions of Bob Hope.
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C.O.M.T. X, The Best of COMT
The Hunt For New Music (Christmas Edition). One last Christmas playlist for the season, this one, like the preceding one, contains the very best of the previous Christmas One More Time lists.
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SNL On Christmas
A new classic, from Saturday Night Live…..
COMT X : The Best of C.O.M.T.
The Hunt for New Music.(Holiday Edition) A holiday season’s worth of playlists ends with a double feature: two playlists composed of the very best Christmas and holiday music. Here’s the first of two. The second one will be posted tomorrow.
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