Comments on: The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/ DEVISING A SYSTEM FOR REMEMBERING EVERYTHING Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Felicity http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183966 Felicity Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:32:37 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183966 [chuckle] Especially the Star Trek and Cronenberg Christmases. :-) [chuckle] Especially the Star Trek and Cronenberg Christmases. :-)

]]> By: Steve http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183849 Steve Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:45:02 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183849 One small correction: NSA is the National Security Agency (or No Such Agency as it was previously unknown). Zbigniew Brzezinski was Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, which is usually abbreviated as APNSA or ANSA to avoid confusion with the spook shop. One small correction: NSA is the National Security Agency (or No Such Agency as it was previously unknown). Zbigniew Brzezinski was Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, which is usually abbreviated as APNSA or ANSA to avoid confusion with the spook shop.

]]> By: Even More Least Likely Christmas Specials « Happy Valley News Hour http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183844 Even More Least Likely Christmas Specials « Happy Valley News Hour Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:19:30 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183844 [...] December 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment In what has become a cherished Christmas tradition here at Happy Valley News Hour, we have compiled our annual list of the Least Likely Christmas Specials. Last year we brought you four highly unlikely specials, including Methodone Christmas with Amy Winehouse, and Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme Hanukkah. Two years ago the unlikeliness manifested itself in six unlikely specials, including The Five Stages of Christmas: A Kübler-Ross Holiday Special, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Christmas Comes to the Gulag. As always, this unlikeliness was inspired by this classic post by John Scalzi, The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time. [...] [...] December 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment In what has become a cherished Christmas tradition here at Happy Valley News Hour, we have compiled our annual list of the Least Likely Christmas Specials. Last year we brought you four highly unlikely specials, including Methodone Christmas with Amy Winehouse, and Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme Hanukkah. Two years ago the unlikeliness manifested itself in six unlikely specials, including The Five Stages of Christmas: A Kübler-Ross Holiday Special, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Christmas Comes to the Gulag. As always, this unlikeliness was inspired by this classic post by John Scalzi, The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time. [...]

]]> By: Bob Davidson http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183841 Bob Davidson Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:22:19 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183841 Ayn Rand should have hired The Village People. Genius. Pure genius. Ayn Rand should have hired The Village People.

Genius. Pure genius.

]]> By: Egg Nog Made With Romulan Ale – en|Gender http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183631 Egg Nog Made With Romulan Ale – en|Gender Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:50:23 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183631 [...] Christmas Eve! Check out this amusing post from 2004 about the 10 Least Successful Christmas Specials. Here’s my favorite: Ayn Rand’s A Selfish Christmas [...] [...] Christmas Eve! Check out this amusing post from 2004 about the 10 Least Successful Christmas Specials. Here’s my favorite: Ayn Rand’s A Selfish Christmas [...]

]]> By: Weekend link dump for December 20 – Off the Kuff http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183346 Weekend link dump for December 20 – Off the Kuff Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:58:09 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-183346 [...] The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials Of All Time. [...] [...] The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials Of All Time. [...]

]]> By: GL2418 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-182517 GL2418 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:34:54 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-182517 OK I actually wish they had made the Star Trek episode (and I actually would mind seeing the Village People one which both amuses and disturbs me at the same time). Bravo! OK I actually wish they had made the Star Trek episode (and I actually would mind seeing the Village People one which both amuses and disturbs me at the same time).

Bravo!

]]> By: EJK http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-182424 EJK Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:58:20 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-182424 Seriously? Ayn Rand's special was only one hour? Not four, or six, or perhaps even more? Did you even TRY to make it believable? Seriously? Ayn Rand’s special was only one hour? Not four, or six, or perhaps even more? Did you even TRY to make it believable?

]]> By: Weekend Open Thread : Delaware Liberal http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-182292 Weekend Open Thread : Delaware Liberal Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:01:49 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-182292 [...] think ‘Bulo is not the only listaholic around here. I found this through Facebook: The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials Of All Time. Here’s my favorite: Ayn Rand’s A Selfish Christmas [...] [...] think ‘Bulo is not the only listaholic around here. I found this through Facebook: The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials Of All Time. Here’s my favorite: Ayn Rand’s A Selfish Christmas [...]

]]> By: Tom K Mason http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-182291 Tom K Mason Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:20:39 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2004/12/01/the-10-least-successful-holiday-specials-of-all-time/#comment-182291 Loved it! Thanks for today's big laugh. Having read about those guys for years, and having seen the actual table in person, I really wish the Algonquin one was real. Loved it! Thanks for today’s big laugh. Having read about those guys for years, and having seen the actual table in person, I really wish the Algonquin one was real.

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