When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network, hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network she gets more than she bargained for. Nick ...
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| Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Lucy Cullins | |
| Nigel Hawthorne | ... | Nick | |
| Brian Stokes Mitchell | ... | Cameron | |
| Victor Garber | ... | Taylor | |
| Taylor Negron | ... | Ralph | |
| Frankie Faison | ... | Dwayne (as Frankie R. Faison) | |
| Alexandra Wentworth | ... | P.A. | |
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Melody Garrett | ... | Mama |
| Robert Costanzo | ... | Teamster Santa | |
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Jazmn | ... | Iesha |
| Bruce Vilanch | ... | Himself | |
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Nicholas Edwin Barb | ... | Boy onlooker (as Nicholas Barb) |
| Allyce Beasley | ... | Telemarketer | |
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Meredith Bird | ... | Meredith (voice) |
| Juan Carlos Cantu | ... | Doorman | |
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When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network, hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network she gets more than she bargained for. Nick really is Santa Claus, and he faces mandatory retirement after 200 years on the job. Nick must find his replacement by Christmas Eve or the world will face dire consequences and he has his sights set on Lucy. Written by Patrick Spreng <spreng@kosher.com>
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2 December 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Ralph: It's a lifetime contract and elves age slowly.
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Written by Lisa Sanderson, Jenny Yates & Garth Brooks
Performed by Garth Brooks
Courtesy of Capitol Records
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The list of Santa candidates in the lead Elf's book: Andrew Richtoy Robert Brenner Thomas Hoffanth Steve Glick Bill Douglass Jon Huddle Tom Hoberman Don Steel Fred Rubin Buot Pearl F. Lee Bailey 'Lucy Cullins' See more »Goofs
When the church congregation is outside when 'Santa' flies away, in between shots, the veil on Mama's hat alternates from being covered in snow to just having a few flakes. See more »Quotes
Lucy: If you're not careful, I could fire you.Ralph: It's a lifetime contract and elves age slowly.
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Call Me ClausWritten by Lisa Sanderson, Jenny Yates & Garth Brooks
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Because she had true Christmas spirit as a young lass, "Shop-A-Lot" TV producer/pitch-woman Whoopi Goldberg (as Lucy Cullins) is chosen to be the world's new Santa Claus. This decision was made (in a 1965 flashback) by traditional roly-poly red-suited Nigel Hawthorne (as Nick). Being "Santa Claus" is revealed to be a 200-year job. If the presently grow-up and grumpy Ms. Goldberg can't get her girlish Christmas groove back, Earth will suffer a massive flood. Call her Scrooge. For Goldberg's Los Angeles-based home-shopping channel, she hires Mr. Hawthorne as a seasonal sales-marketing Santa and he tries to win her over. For a TV movie, "Call Me Claus" is nicely produced. This was the last role for Hawthorne, who performs memorably. The soundtrack music (by Van Dyke Parks) pleasantly moves it along. Having a woman take over the role of Santa Claus is an interesting and welcome premise, but the story really doesn't work. As it's destined to get lost in future years, we won't have to explain to millions of confused young children how Whoopi lost the job.
***** Call Me Claus (12/2/01) Peter Werner ~ Whoopi Goldberg, Nigel Hawthorne, Taylor Negron, Brian Stokes Mitchell