Christmas Is Coming!

Last Christmas I gave you my heart I listed the Christmas TV specials from my DVD or VHS collection that I try to watch every year. Well, this year I haven't watched a single one yet, and time is running out. (Although I have listened to every Christmas song in my iTunes. I want to try to do a holiday music-related post this week as well.) But it's not as if I haven't watched any Christmas programs. I've got both the "Glee" Christmas episode and this year's Christmas-themed "Simpsons" episode guest-starring Martha Stewart and (in live-action with Muppetized Simpsons) Katy Perry on my DVR and have watched both two or three times.

I also just recorded the TV-movie "A Diva's Christmas Carol" starring Vanessa Williams -- surely this helped lead to her becoming Wilhelmina Slater on "Ugly Betty" -- and right now I'm recording "Bad Santa" from Spike TV, although I'm sure it's a censored version that may disappoint.

Tomorrow I plan to try and add to my DVD collection, if I can find an inexpensive DVD of "Scrooged" starring Bill Murray. Like the Vanessa Williams film, it's another update of the Dickens classic, but with a more satirical streak. The soundtrack included the duet by Annie Lennox and Al Green of "Put A Little Love in Your Heart," a non-Christmas song that is now, for me, a holiday classic.



Yes, Christmas is coming...although the case can be made that it arrived early this year...

La La La La La...Daria on DVD

It's just about three months away. May 11 is the official release date for Daria: The Complete Animated Series on DVD -- and the set will include the two TV-movies, "Is It Fall Yet?" and "Is It College Yet?"...




Makes a great gift! ;-)

I found this link on the Daria page on Wikipedia. It mentions that since the rights are so expensive, much of the music on the show will be replaced by cover versions or similar-sounding music. I'm not so happy about this. There are certain scenes where music is a key element. I hope it doesn't affect my enjoyment of each episode. I'd hate to have to settle for my old VHS tapes recorded from MTV.