Customer Reviews

Claymation Christmas [VHS]

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This show is THE holiday special. I am sooo happy that it is being sold here, because my copy is getting worn out from being watched over and over. I mean, how better to hear "We Three Kings" than when it is being sung by camels? That, and the California Raisins doing their rendition of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" is what forces me to take this tape every year and watch it. And NOBODY knows how to kill a pesky blue flea like Dumbbell does. Nobody.

I suggest that all fans of Will Vinton's works should e-mail him (www.vinton.com) and BEG him to put this back on the air for the next millenium. Also, a sequel! We need more Christmas specials hosted by dinosaurs!

"I told you there was a Christmas song about snacks."

This has been my favorite Christmas Special since the night my sister and I watched it for the first time as kids. None of the other specials out there have the this type of creativity or the unique take on holiday classics.

"Joy" is one of the most visually beautiful, touching versions I've ever seen or heard, I'm moved by it every time and find myself singing the song in the car around the holidays.

The Camels and the Bells will have your stomach hurting, from laughing too hard! My daughter fell for this special like a ton of bricks, and we've been watching it every night since she got it in the mail. I'm still not tired of it, that's how good it is.

We have a box of Christmas videos that we bring out every year... Claymation Christmas ranks right up there with the Grinch and "Its a Wonderful Life". My only regret is its not yet on DVD...

The stunning thing about this video is how utterly nuanced the claymation is, how brilliantly vinton's team plays on our expectations for facial expressions. If this video only had the scenes with Rex & Herb, it would still rank as one of the achievements of animation. Their repartee is more credible than most live hosts, and their characters are perfectly delineated with a minimum of screen-time. So now lets talk about the sequences. "The simple and lovely Christmas Tree Carol" is one of the most touching surrealist masterpieces of our century. "Angels we have heard on high" takes a simple comedic shtick, two obese ice skaters who keep bumping into one another and into six hapless penguins, and plays it for laugh after laugh after laugh. "Joy!" is perfect. My only regret is that the tape is not ten times as long, and that our society spends its resources on defense contractors rather than stipends for Vinton's cultural contributions... This is now available on dvd!

I am glad to have found this and other tapes that I have wanted, such as "Meet the Rasins" and such. I can't wait til I receive them. I hope they hold up to lots of viewings. I wish they would come back on TV as they were like Christmas Classics to a lot of people! Please Wil, bring them back!

Ever since this was aired on CBS, this has been a christmas favorite of my family. Every year we watch it on the copy that we taped off of the television. However, that copy is getting choppy and warped, so I urge that this be brought back into production. Nothing can match the cute, yet quick witted humor of Herb and Rex. Next year I hope to be "waffling" with a new copy of this Christmas time favorite.

I remember the first time I ever watched this show ....I was 4 years old. Now, after fourteen years, it's tradition to experience the holiday silliness. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the "carol of the bells" sequence! Enjoy this eighties classic and may it become a tradition in your household for years to come!!

I love the Claymation Christmas Video. I know that with the recent release of Chicken Run, there might be more interest in Claymation again. This movie is a great Christmas selection. The songs are excelent, especially the camels and the three kings.

The first time I saw it I was alone. I laughed so hard I thought I was going to stop breathing.(And no one was there to save me) I still laugh just as hard every time I see it. Glad I found it, so I can die laughing. :}

Ever since this debuted, my family has loved it. My old copy I taped off of Disney channel is getting old. Was pleased to see this turn up using Google search engine. My only concern is some reviewers' comments about the tape quality. I look forward to getting my copy in the mail! Thank you Amazon!