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The Christmas Raccoons

  • TV Movie
  • 1980
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
150
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The Christmas Raccoons (1980)
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In this prelude to the television series, "The Raccoons," Bert, Melissa and Ralph Raccoon have their home stolen when Tommy and Julie cut down their home for a Christmas tree. Eventually, th... Read allIn this prelude to the television series, "The Raccoons," Bert, Melissa and Ralph Raccoon have their home stolen when Tommy and Julie cut down their home for a Christmas tree. Eventually, they discover that Cyril Sneer is the mastermind behind the deforestation of of the Evergree... Read allIn this prelude to the television series, "The Raccoons," Bert, Melissa and Ralph Raccoon have their home stolen when Tommy and Julie cut down their home for a Christmas tree. Eventually, they discover that Cyril Sneer is the mastermind behind the deforestation of of the Evergreen Forest and they confront him and his son, Cedric who eventually relents. In a dream sequ... Read all

  • Directors
    • Kevin Gillis
    • Paul Schibli
  • Writers
    • Kevin Gillis
    • Juliet Law Packer
    • Gary Dunford
  • Stars
    • Rich Little
    • Rita Coolidge
    • Rupert Holmes
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    150
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Kevin Gillis
      • Paul Schibli
    • Writers
      • Kevin Gillis
      • Juliet Law Packer
      • Gary Dunford
    • Stars
      • Rich Little
      • Rita Coolidge
      • Rupert Holmes
    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Rich Little
    Rich Little
    • The Storyteller
    • (voice)
    Rita Coolidge
    Rita Coolidge
    • Melissa Raccoon
    • (voice)
    Rupert Holmes
    • Dan the Forest Ranger
    • (voice)
    Carl Banas
    • Schaeffer
    • (voice)
    Tammy Bourne
    Tammy Bourne
    • Julie
    • (voice)
    Hadley Kay
    • Tommy
    • (voice)
    Bob Dermer
    • Ralph Raccoon
    • (voice)
    • (as Bobby Dermer)
    Len Carlson
    • Bert Raccoon
    • (voice)
    Fred Little
    • Cedric Sneer
    • (voice)
    Michael Magee
    • Cyril Sneer
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Kevin Gillis
      • Paul Schibli
    • Writers
      • Kevin Gillis
      • Juliet Law Packer
      • Gary Dunford
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      This Special introduces Bert, Ralph and Melissa Raccoon, Dan the Forest Ranger and his children, Julie and Tommy, Cyril and Cedric Sneer and Schaeffer the Dog.
    • Goofs
      When Melissa throws a snowball at Cyril, she shouts, "Take that!" but her mouth doesn't move.
    • Quotes

      Ralph Raccoon: [reading the paper] It's an outrage!

      Melissa Raccoon: What?

      Ralph Raccoon: Thousands of the forest trees have disappeared!

      Bert Raccoon: [blearily gesticulating] Well, maybe, uh, they've gone on a... Christmas vacation!

    • Connections
      Featured in The Raccoons: Let's Dance! (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Lost Angels
      Written by Kevin Gillis

      Sung by Rita Coolidge

    User reviews5

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    8/10
    Cute if mind-bending Christmas special
    The Raccoons made their TV debut in 1980 with this special. It tells the story of how the Raccoons met Schaeffer, and it shows their only interaction with Julie and Tommy. So back then, they did have a purpose. The animation has a little of that late 70's awkwardness. It's not as clean as it was in the TV show but it also has a lot of life to it at times, particularly with the Sneers. Cyril (Michael Magee doing an impression of a schoolmaster he disliked), a bell-bottom-legged, ragged-eared pink aardvark who looks like a cross between a Grinch and a Heffalump doesn't just stomp around and once in a while cock his head a little when he talks: he waves his arms, kicks stuff and jumps around madly. Cedric is really well animated as well. If he sounds different to how he does in the show, it's because he's voiced by Fred Little. In the show he's voiced by Marvin Goldhar. Len Carlson gives a great voice performance as Bert, the slacker/housemate raccoon and by far the most interesting of the raccoons. No one is more perfect for the role than him. It's one of those stories where it appears to be a dream and then it's not. I find it surprising that he has other aardvarks working for him. In the series (and from The Raccoons on Ice onwards) he has a trio of pigs working for him, and a squad of bears. Maybe all those aardvarks quit after Cyril was thwarted. In this special, Cedric is still on Cyril's "team", so to speak, but in the next special he defects to the side of the raccoons. Still, here he's the conscience of the team, trying to stop his greedy father from cutting down too many trees. It's a pretty groovy special and I recommend it.
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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mosómacik karácsonya
    • Production companies
      • Gillis-Wiseman Productions
      • Pooled Film Services (PFS)
      • Atkinson Film Arts
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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