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• Actors: Howdy Doody
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000I5M8NY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #340,740 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Main Feature: A Christmas Carol from Dickens *** This classic Dickens tale stars Basil Rathbone as Ebenezer Scrooge, the richest and loneliest man in England. Also co-starring Frederic March as the host and narrator of this timeless tale of the true meaning of Christmas. 1959 (25 minutes) *** 12 Bonus Features *** Santa & The Fairy Snow Queen, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, The Santa Claus Story, Howdy Doody Christmas, Santa In Animal Land, Christmas Fairy Tale, A Present For Santa, The Elf and Mr. Little, Christmas Dream, Christmas Visitor, O Little Town of Bethlehem & The Little Lamb

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This was fun to watch and kind of weird, too, January 23, 2007

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Greg Ehrbar "'MouseTracksOnline'" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas TV Favorites - Featuring Howdy Doody (DVD)

This is actually a collection of mostly Coronet educational films, Castle home movies, commercials and public domain cartoons, but there's stuff here I have not seen elsewhere.

If you like kitsch, don't miss Santa Claus tell his little friends how monkeys celebrate Christmas. There's an ad for Barbie with the voice of Paul Frees, a sort of window-dresser's version of the Littlest Snowman, a wonderfully sille Howdy Doody film with an on-camera performance by Dayton Allen (voice of Deputy Dawg), and it opens with a short version of Christmas Carol hosted by Frederick March and featuring Basil Rathbone.

The kids enjoyed it simply because it was so different from so much of today's slick, machine-made fare.