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The Christmas Santa Forgot
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The setup
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The premise
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A mock-earnest holiday special opens with a narrator and a Christmas Eve disaster: Santa has fallen down the chimney and lost his memory. Tommy's mother gently explains that a hard knock can erase things, and Santa rambles about sponge baths and parmesan-scented pants while the boy refuses to accept a cancelled Christmas. Tommy tries dropping him on his head, then hauling him to the roof, before a team of elves arrives to coach Santa's recovery. After a rousing pep talk and a last-minute reminder of who he is, Santa remembers his mission, thanks the boy and rockets off with a hearty laugh. A fake studio promo closes the piece.
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Highly quotable.
Please! I've seen this work on Tom and Jerry a million times!
My pants smell like parmesan cheese.
My sweetness and transcendent innocence has brought you out of your amnesia!
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:02
Speaker 1
What would happen if one Christmas, something went terribly wrong?
- 00:10
Tommy's Mother
Santa? Oh Where? Where's Santa? You!
- 00:21
Speaker 1
The Christmas Santa forgot, the tale of a holiday that almost wasn't, and one small boy who wouldn't take no for an answer.
- 00:30
Tommy
Mom, what's wrong with Santa Claus?
- 00:33
Tommy's Mother
Tommy do you remember when your grandfather dove into the pool and there wasn't any water in it Sometimes when people hit their head really really hard they forget things
- 00:44
Santa Claus
Hello, what's this? You might find this next number a little saucy. I Once had a sponge bath in the tub
- 00:56
Tommy's Mother
Okay, that's quite enough Gee, Tommy, it looks like Santa isn't quite himself.
- 01:02
Santa Claus
Mamma mia! My pants smell like parmesan cheese.
- 01:06
Tommy's Mother
Oh, Tommy, I'm sorry. It looks like Christmas is cancelled this year.
- 01:13
Tommy
Nuh-uh. Mom, I got a plan. Come on, Santa Claus, we're going out to the roof.
- 01:18
Tommy
We're coming on the roof with you. We'll drop you on your head again and you'll be good as new.
- 01:22
Tommy's Mother
Hold on there, young man, it's way past your bedtime.
- 01:25
Tommy
Oh, please! Please! I've seen this work on Tom and Jerry a million times!
- 01:28
Tommy's Mother
All right.
- 01:34
Santa Claus
Magic 8-Ball! Tell me, will I marry the girl of my dreams?
- 01:40
Santa Claus
Snake 1! Strike one! Snake 1! Snake 1! Oh, Deja vu.
- 01:54
Tommy's Mother
Sorry Sorry, Tommy. I don't think this is working.
- 01:59
Speaker 1
This is a tale for anyone who's had a dream, the dream and the courage to see it through
- 02:04
Tommy's Mother
this is a waste of time
- 02:06
Tommy
Tommy look at him hey elves
- 02:11
Santa Claus
I love your cookies
- 02:13
Tommy
see what I mean he can't remember who's naughty and who's nice
- 02:18
Santa Claus
one time I was in Nam and I was in the bush and I could feel the cookies all around me taunting me with their their chippy goodness
- 02:27
Tommy
it's useless what Santa say if he knew who he was right now huh I bet he'd say, hey, we can't disappoint all those good little boys and girls who've waited all year long just to open up their presents
- 02:43
Old Elf
You're right, Tommy You've just given an old elf a reason to believe Help us save Christmas, Tommy Go,
- 02:53
Speaker 1
Tommy! Go!
- 02:58
Tommy
Come on, Santa, focus! Focus!
- 03:01
Santa Claus
Oh, do this! Do this! I ordered a long line of nice tea Are you going to eat your peanuts?
- 03:07
Tommy
Oh, forget it. Mom was right. I guess Christmas is cancelled. There's no point in believing in anything.
- 03:15
Old Elf
Oh, come on, Tommy. You've got to believe. You must believe in the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy or Santa Claus.
- 03:24
Santa Claus
Wait a minute. All coming back to me now. I deliver presents every 25th of December. The North Pole, the elves. I'm Santa Claus!
- 03:37
Speaker 1
Santa Claus! Oh, Santa Claus!
- 03:39
Tommy
My sweetness and transcendent innocence has brought you out of your amnesia!
- 03:44
Santa Claus
Yes, yes, Tommy! Thank you for believing! Now go home and wait to see what I bring you!
- 03:50
Santa Claus
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!
- 03:55
Speaker 1
The Christmas Santa Forgot. Coming this holiday season from 20th Century Fox.
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