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Director:
Eric Till
Writer:
Laura Phillips (writer)
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Release Date:
6 December 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Family | Musical more
Plot:
When no people are around, the toys still play in the playroom. But since a toy will be frozen forever if a person catches it out of position... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
User Comments:
A Christmas classic! more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Dave Goelz ... Rugby / Ditz (voice)
Steve Whitmire ... Mew (voice)
Kathryn Mullen ... Apple (voice)
Jerry Nelson ... Balthazar (voice)
Richard Hunt ... Belmont (voice)
Camille Bonora ... Meteora (voice)
Brian Henson ... Cruiser (voice)
Rob Mills ... Bleep (voice)
Nikki Tilroe ... Ding-a-Ling (voice)
Marsha Moreau ... Jamie Jones

Zachary Bennett ... Jesse Jones
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Jim Henson's The Christmas Toy
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Runtime:
50 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Many of the characters in this film (including Balthazar, Rugby, Mew and Ditz the Clown) were spun off into their own TV series "The Secret Life of Toys" which ran on the Disney Channel. more
Quotes:
Mew: It's catnip! Just catnip! more
Movie Connections:
Followed by "The Secret Life of Toys" (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Greatest Christmas Toy of All more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
A Christmas classic!, 8 October 2002
Author: AllisonLVenezio from Jersey shore, USA

Imagine being the light of someone's life, the favorite plaything of a child, only to feel rejected when a new plaything gets in the way?

"The Christmas Toy" is a 1986 made-for-TV Christmas special that aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC-TV) in December 1986, and centers around a playroom full of toys, including Rugby, a self-centered tiger, Apple, a sweet-natured curly-haired doll, Balthazar, an aged teddy-bear, and Mew, a catnip toy mouse, among others. The toys come alive when no one is around. On Christmas Eve, Rugby learns that he will be "replaced" by a new favorite toy, and is determined to get inside the box of the new toy. Rugby and Mew go on an adventure to the living room, where Rugby opens the box of Meteora, a She-Ra-esque doll that causes havock. When Rugby and Mew go back to the playroom, Mew lags behind, and becomes frozen, just like the cute little clown doll, Ding-a-Ling. Can Rugby still compete for his owner's heart?

This was a great program that, according to my mom, never aired again. It took forever to be released on video, but those of us who saw it in 1986, and even have it on tape, remember it fondly. I have mine on a tape my parents made in 1986, and it has the old "Kraft" recipe commercials, and my best friend and I thought the recipes were disgusting looking. I love how Kermit hosts the program, and the characters are the same voices as the great Muppets we all know and love.

My favorite parts are when Rubgy opens the box to find Meteora, the introduction with Kermit (I LOVE KERMIT!), and the ending, which I won't give away!

This was well-done and beautiful to watch, and a great Christmas story that teaches viewers not to be conceited, and that you're never forgotten. Definitely watch this at Christmas time this year, and remember an undying classic for all ages.



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