One-hour animated special surrounding a surly deli owner Murray Weiner, who is forced to step into Santa's shoes for one Christmas and bumbles his way into doing a great job.
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Title: How Murray Saved Christmas (2014– )
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Jason Alexander | ... | Doc Holiday (voice) | |
| Sean Hayes | ... | Edison Elf (voice) | |
| Dennis Haysbert | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Nick Jameson | ... | Various (voice) | |
| Tom Kenny | ... | Various (voice) | |
| Maurice LaMarche | ... | Various | |
| Tress MacNeille | ... | Various | |
| John Ratzenberger | ... | Officer Bender (voice) | |
| Kevin Michael Richardson | ... | Santa Claus (voice) | |
| Jerry Stiller | ... | Murray Weiner (voice) | |
| Billy West | ... | Various (voice) | |
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One-hour animated special surrounding a surly deli owner Murray Weiner, who is forced to step into Santa's shoes for one Christmas and bumbles his way into doing a great job.
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The first animated film for John Ratzenberger that is not from Pixar or Disney. See more »Goofs
According to the groundhog when he sees his shadow, that spring will be coming. According the groundhog day tradition, Spring comes if a groundhog cannot see its shadow, not the other way round. See more »Quotes
[Elves singing]: Oh, we work, work, work, work, work, work,work We really bust our heinies, They hire Elves for this work, work, work 'cause we're cheaper the Chinese.See more »
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A quaint little town called Stinky Cigars – a secret location hidden only by a name that was chosen to repel tourists – is populated by iconic holiday characters from every culture around the world. It is home to Santa Claus and his workshop full of hard-working elves, and to other holiday figures from the best-known (Cupid, the Easter Bunny, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln) to the most minor and obscure (Arbor Day Aardvark, Labor Day Amos).
The story, which is narrated in verse and "cheekily punctuated" by original songs,[1] centers on Edison Elf (Sean Hayes), an optimistic inventor with an unexpectedly hazardous new toy, and Murray Weiner (Jerry Stiller), the cranky owner of the town's diner. Murray's talent for delivering orders makes the unwilling curmudgeon the only person in town who can fill in for an injured Santa (Kevin Michael Richardson) on Christmas Eve.
Fun special. There is plenty of holiday material that this cleverly spoofs. What is nice is that the makers of this film do not "Dumb it Down" when I am sure they were tempted.