Claymation Christmas

For most people, Christmas is one of their very first memories, and I am no exception.  Claymation Christmas was one of my very first memories, and every year it was a Christmas tradition to gather around the tube and watch.  That is, until it stopped coming on.  My brother and I were devastated.  Every year we'd scour the newspaper TV section with no luck.  We'd check for it at our local video store.  No luck.  These were dark times, the early 90's, and the internet was still a thing of science fiction.  Even worse, no one knew what we were talking about when we mentioned the brilliant Christmas special. We were out of luck.  I thought I'd never see it again.  

Then the internet happened.  Then YouTube.  Hell, you can even purchase the whole thing on Amazon now.  We are living in enlightened times.      

For me this is nostalgia at its finest.  Way to go, internet.  Way to go.

Derek

Please, do yourself a favor and watch this show.  In typical Netflix fashion the entire first season was released at one time, and at only 7 episodes you can pretty much finish it in a day.  In my experience, Ricky Gervais is one of those people you either love or hate.  I wouldn't say I ever hated him, but this show has completely changed my opinion of the man.  He is brilliant.  The show is brilliant.  It will make you think.  It will make you want to be a better person.  It is deep.  And it does all these things while being hysterically funny.

It's only seven episodes long and I've already seen them all twice.  Brilliant.  I want more.  I hope there's more.

For those of you who enjoy behind the scenes stuff, here's a great little documentary on the making of the show: