Holidays in the 80's! (Ongoing list)

Aurora · Last edited by Aurora on Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:34 pm; edited 2 times in total

I'm thinking about finding and watching 80s cartoon episodes and specials (and non-animated children's specials as well!) from the holidays.

I found a few already, but I'm specifically looking for ones from Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. I'll take the old classics that were re-aired regularly through the 80's as well, like the Grinch, Frosty, Rudolph, and the Charlie Brown specials, just add the year for reference.

Some cartoons had individual episodes, like the Smurfs' "Littlest Witch" or the Pac-man ones. I'm at work, so I don't have the same list with me as I have at home. I'll post with it when I get a chance.

Halloween Specials:
Which Witch is Which?
Garfield's Halloween Adventure
Mr. Boogedy
The Worst Witch
Disney's Halloween Treat
Frankenweenie
The Great Bear Scare
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
Bugs Bunny's Howl-o-ween Special (1978)

Halloween Cartoon Episodes:
Smurfs: "The Littlest Witch"
Pac-Man: "Pacula", "Trick or Chomp"
Pound Puppies: ???

Thanksgiving:

Christmas:

New Years:

This will get updated over time as you guys submit information! Smile

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MacGyver · Cowabunga! Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 2359

Well, since they've pretty much been re-aired every year since their original airings, I would definitely go ahead and list the Charlie Brown specials.

"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"
"A Charlie Brown Christmas"

Those are 3 classics! Very Happy

This may also be helpful to you in picking out '80s classics for your lists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Christmas_television_specials

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Christmas_television_specials

Those pages also have links to most all of the holidays you were asking about.

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Aurora · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:32 am Post subject:

Oooh, awesome! Thanks for the links! I haven't made it very far in my list because it's been work, sleep, and be ill for the last couple of days. Ugh. I'll update it tonight, hopefully.

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ReComposed · Gnarly Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 64 Location: Skelweb

Since the lists didn't mention them, there are The Real Ghostbusters' Halloween specials:

When Halloween Was Forever (1986): When the ancient fiend Samhain is released from his stone prison by the ghosts and goblins of New York, the Ghostbusters must stop him from freezing time so Halloween will never end. This is one of my favorite episodes of any show, ever.

Halloween II 1/2 (1987): Samhain and his minions attack and capture the firehouse, kicking out the Ghostbusters and taking the Junior Ghostbusters hostage. Very impressive animation.

The Halloween Door (1989): Musical episode. A crotchety old man accidentally releases a host of eldritch horrors trying to prevent the children of his neighborhood from celebrating Halloween. Boogaloo's villain song is catchy.

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LepricahnsGold · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject:

I don't have the year, but from Pac-Man, you have "Pacula" and "Trick or Chomp".
http://halloweenspecials.blogspot.com/2008/09/pac-man-halloween-episodes.html

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Aurora · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject:

Ooh, good finds! Thanks!

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teddy0bear · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

"The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone" (79/80)
"The He-man & She-Ra Christmas Special" (85)
"the Witches Night out" (7 Cool

"the Adventures of Ichabod" (49)
I'm also a big fan of the Christmas Carol. The Flintstones (94), the Jetsons (85), the Muppets (92) and the Mickey mouse (83) versions can usually be caught on tv.

....and the Pinky and the Brian Christmas Special (95) was really good. And the Halloween Tree (93) has been doing pretty good.

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Aurora · Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:25 pm Post subject:

For Livejournal users, here's a GREAT holiday show resource, with tons more than I ever thought of. You'll need to join LJ and the Holiday Shares community before you'll get access to it, though.

http://community.livejournal.com/holidayshares/60077.html?view=105389#t105389

Great stuff! And more than I could possibly watch between now and New Year's!

Edited to add: This is part of what you can find there:

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer(1964)
Frosty the Snowman (1969)
The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
Little Drummer Boy Book II(1976)
Santa Claus is Coming to Town(1970)
The Year Without Santa Claus(1974)
Twas The Night Before Christmas (Rankin-Bass, 1974)
Jack Frost (1979)
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985) (TV Rip with Commercials)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
The Snowman (1982)
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
A Garfield Christmas Special (1987)
Claymation Christmas
Beavis & Butthead Do Christmas
The Small One (Disney, 1978)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
A Christmas Carol (1971)
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (1977)
Hanna Barbera Christmas Cartoon Pack
Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
Yogi's All Star Christmas Caper(1982)
The Smurfs Christmas Special (1982)
The Smurfs Babys First Christmas (1983)
Tis the Season to Be Smurf (1987)
A Flintstone Christmas (1971)
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
A Christmas Story (Hanna Barbera 1971)
Christmas Comes to Pac-Land (1982)
Tom & Jerry - The night before Christmas
Tennesse Tuxedo-Tree Trimmers
The Tangerine Bear
The Madagascar Penguins - A Christmas Caper
Ren & Stimpy Christmas Eps
Son of Stimpy
A Scooter for Yaksmas
Beauty & the Beast Enchanted Christmas
Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer The Movie
Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas In July
Merry Madagascar
Christmas Is Here Again
Olive The Other Reindeer
Santa and The Three Bears (Tony Benedict Prods 1969)VHS Rip
The Cabbage Patch Kids First Christmas (1984)VHS Rip
The Christmas Raccoons(PFS, 1980)VHS Rip
Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great S anta Claus Caper(Chuck Jones 1978)VHS Rip
Robot Chicken S03 Christmas.Special

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Lazimus_Prime · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:02 pm Post subject:

There's an animated TV special from 1987 called The Adventures of Candy Claus. It's about a doll that comes to life and is raised by Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus as their daughter.

Here's the IMDb page on it:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446665/

The cartoon even seems to be on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_EXcO-qk00

I remember that "Alvin and the Chipmunks" had a Christmas special, but it already seems to be mentioned in the Wikipedia page that's been posted.

MacGyver · Cowabunga! Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 2359

WOW! Nice find on the Live Journal link. Very Happy

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