The holiday specials are starting to hit TV. You already missed the Charlie Brown Christmas, but if you care you probably own it already, and have made your kids watch it as well. Stop fidgeting. This is classic. I've no idea if modern tots enjoy the show the way their boomer parents or grandparents did; animation has changed, and the leisurely pace of the show may bore jangly kids. They may wonder why characters are leaning up against a brick wall in the middle of nowhere and sounding depressed. I still remember showing my daughter the Great Pumpkin special and watching her lose the plot when it turned into a dog flying on a house shooting things.

She would have loved this, but I missed it:

Dang. I love these characters, and the post-Andy shorts have ranged from amusing to incredible. (The Halloween special had some of the best animation in the entire TS series.) But this is not like missing Rudolph in 1967, which would have been THE MEANEST THING EVER, especially if you had to miss it because you had to go to your aunt's house. This is the modern world, and if you miss it you don't have to wait a year for it to roll around again. Probably up on iTunes right now!

But it's not. There's an audiobook version. That's it. You're out of luck, unless you want to torrent it, which of course you shouldn't. Is it too much to ask that I could buy it now? Look! Over here! Guy waving credit card! It will be repeated Dec. 23rd, so if you missed it, you've one more chance.

Here's the trailer.

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Hold on, need to adjust the spam filters. Be right back.

In the meantime, head over here: an analysis of the typography of "Alien." Brilliant AND hilarious.