Dave Foley's "The True Meaning Of Christmas Specials" (2002)
Dave Foley's "The True Meaning Of Christmas Specials" (2002)
Dave Foley's "The True Meaning Of Christmas Specials" Christmas Special featuring Jason Priestly, Tom Green, Mike Myers, Dick Dale, Jann Arden, and El Vez & the Elvettes. 2002.
Warning: Not very good. But if you are determined to watch a Christmas special, August is the least obnoxious time of the year to do it.
"The hour-long special was originally supposed to also air that same season Stateside on ABC Family, but the Disney-owned network balked when Foley refused to make changes to the script.
"What really rankled Disney was Foley’s on-air suggestion near the end that Christmas isn’t about acquiring consumer goods or selling ad time. Echoes of the Grinch, who once observed that, 'Christmas doesn’t come from a store.'
"'They said it would discourage shopping and be offensive to their corporate sponsors. What kind of a network gives their ad sales department veto power over what they buy or script approval? I’ve actually never been angrier in my professional life.'"