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futurefreak
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A Tale of Two Santas was most memorable for me.
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futurefreak
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Ah! How could I forget Hanukkah Zombie's first actual appearance? I loved that!
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Gorky
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"Xmas Story" is my favorite, if only because it seems like sort of a prototype for the more emotionally-grounded episodes that would come in seasons three and four. I'm just a big ol' sap, truly.
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Tedward
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"Xmas Story" easily gets my vote.
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futurefreak
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It's not like it had an actual believable story or anything...i give it a C+: okay, not great.
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Simonhead
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A Tale of Two Santas for me.
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CommanderZapp
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« Reply #22 on: 02-11-2011 10:20 »
« Last Edit on: 02-12-2011 00:19 »
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Xmas Story definitely. The storyline was the best, funny jokes, introduction of Robot Santa, plus an almost kiss by Fry and Leela. Couldn't have asked for a better Christmas special to be honest.
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No, but agreed with. I'd say that the first act was the funnies for me. But that was probably because of the change of environment. Behind is "That episode including neptune, written by Bill Odenkirk, and that was a bit dark, but with a fun Zoidberg being Jesus moment, and still being a solid episode". "The crap [for Futurama] that wasn't worthy of Al Gore, with cheap jokes such as the Albino Humping Worm, "They are'll dead", "Santa's coming!", and all that other stuff was a bit funny but bad by Futurama means". ^ Yeah, not my fave ep.
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Otis P Jivefunk
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I could have sworn I'd already posted/voted in this ... Anyways, my favourite is Xmas Story with A Tale Of Two Santa's close behind, and then Holiday Craptacular a very, very... very distant third. In fact it doesn't even deserve to be written in the same sentence as the other two, it's a disgrace to the Xmas Futurama eps. Xmas Story is one of my fave eps of the show and A Tale Of Two Santa's is also great hilarious holiday fun!...
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DannyJC13
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The Holiday Spectacular isn't really an Xmas ep, only the first segment is Xmas...
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DannyJC13
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Chill guys, it's not that bad...
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DannyJC13
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No, I went for 'A Tale of Two Santas'. I don't really remember much about the Xmas episodes, only 2 scenes: Xmas Story - Fry on the Clock Tower after the Parrot. A Tale of Two Santas - The Magnet execution machine.
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Otis P Jivefunk
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The thing with Holiday Craptacular is that it really is terrible and one of two good jokes doesn't save it, they just mean there's at least something worthwhile to look forward to if you're subjected to the torture of having to watch this crapfest. Some utterly dreadful jokes do more damage and pretty much undo any of the good which comes from the one of two good jokes within the episode...
This is why it makes me utterly horrified to see that someone has voted for Holiday Craptacular over arguably two of the best episodes of the series. Xmas Story has it all, the jokes of which a large and overwhelming majority work and are absolutely hilarious. Well written memorable scenes, superb animation and even some heart and emotion (some of the first deep heart of the series). It really achieves its goal of a futuristic fun holiday episode, and then some...
A Tale Of Two Santas also achieves what it sets out to do, this time a little darker in tone, but not at the peril of the episodes quality. Again there are countless fantastic and funny jokes, great animation and background designs and even a song which actually works! It's actually funny and it flows nicely, unlike any of the three terrible songs in Holiday Craptacular...
I'm aware that how much someone likes an episode is subjective, but there is a clear quality difference here, one which I find mind-boggling for someone who apparently didn't see this, unless they voted purely to be a troll...
Another interesting observation; when A Tale Of Two Santas originally aired, although it garnered a mostly positive response from the Futurama community, overall Xmas Story was still the preferred episode. It's interesting to see now that the overall majority seems to have shifted somewhat to a closer to equal rating since those times. Not that that's a bad thing, just an observation...
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Frisco17
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Ugh I accidentally voted for the Holiday Spectacular, which is not only not the best Xmas episode but the worst episode over all. A Tale of Two Santas is the best in my opinion. The episode is high quality throughout but the fact that it has one of my favorite moments from the entire series pulls it ahead.
Poopenmeyer: "My God! The real Santa! Get him, Jesus!"
Zoidberg: "I help those who help themselves!"
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DannyJC13
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accidentally
Suuurrrreeee....
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