A Miser Brothers Christmas
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| Directed by: | Dave Barton Thomas |
| Written by: | Eddie Guzelian |
| Release date: | December 13, 2008 |
| Running time: | 48 minutes |
| Characters: | Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Mother Nature, Snow Miser, Heat Miser, Tinsel, Bob, North Wind |
| Available on: | DVD |
A Miser Brothers Christmas is a sequel to the classic 1974 television special The Year Without a Santa Claus. The stop motion animated special, produced by Los Angeles-based Warner Brothers Television Animation, owners of the post-1973 Rankin/Bass animated special library, and Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee Studios, premiered as part of ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas annual programming stunt on the Disney-owned cable channel, on December 13th, 2008. Mickey Rooney reprises his role of Santa Claus, which originally debuted in the 1970 special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, while George S. Irving revises his role as the Heat Miser. Original music was written by William K. Anderson, with the exception of "Snow Miser/Heat Miser", which was written by Maury Laws and Jules Bass for the 1974 special, Eddie Guzelian ("Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch") wrote the story and Dave Barton Thomas directed.
Story
SPOILER: Plot details or story follow.
Santa's new chief mechanic, Tinsel the Elf, has created a new rocket-powered sled, however on its inaugural test flight, the evil North Wind (voiced by Brad Adamson) has plans to sabotage Christmas by taking Santa's place, and sends two of his minions to ruin this test flight. The Miser Brothers, Snow Miser (now voiced in this special by Juan Chioran) and Heat Miser, see Santa in trouble and swiftly call a cease fire in the midst of one of their petty feuds. As a result, North Wind says that he blames the Misers for the accident, and with Santa in bed with a backache, is ready to replace St. Nick. However, Mother Nature orders her sons with the help of Mrs. Claus (voiced by Catherine Disher) to fill in for Santa whilst settling their differences. Meanwhile, North Wind has other ideas to blame the Misers on one another by sabotaging their flight on Christmas Eve by placing the opposite sides with a snow machine and a flame thrower, forcing Santa to make his flight, bad back and all. Tinsel then sees the real reason with North Wind's minions leave the evidence: a wrench and screwdriver in the jet sled. North Wind gets thwarted by the Misers and is punished to doing chores from Mother Nature for the next several thousand years and the Misers save Christmas, learning the true meaning of family.
Spoilers end here.
The actors portraying Mother Nature, Tinsel the Elf and Bob the Elf, an efficiency expert, are not readily available.
Songs
- Joy of Christmas Season
- My kind of Christmas
- Snow & Heat Miser Song
- Brothers Should Be Friends
- Snow & Heat Miser Song (Reprise)
DVD
A "deluxe" DVD was released on December 6, 2009, which includes a documentary on how the special was made.
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