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    #32
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,162 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Any update on this moving on?
    Nominations closed now I take it?
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #33
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,533 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Nope, still open- we'll see if we get a few more first. :)
    I still have to throw mine in, been too busy sunning myself. :pac:


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    #34
    Loughc
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    Posy wrote: »
    I still have to throw mine in, been too busy sunning myself. :pac:

    It shows you’re looking great :pac:


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    #35
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,533 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


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    #36
    DvB
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    Posy wrote: »
    Nope, still open- we'll see if we get a few more first. :)
    I still have to throw mine in, been too busy sunning myself. :pac:

    Nice one, have a couple more to add so...


    The classic, A charlie Brown christmas has to be included, love this. Hadn't watched it in a few years & did so again in the run up to Christmas 2020 and was delighted to see it still held up superbly.

    Family Guy – A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas. Am a big Family guy fan so had to have this one in here.

    South Park – Mr Hankey, The Christmas Poo, slightly crude, but I found this episode hilarious as the town of SP tries to ban christmas completely in an attempt to reach max political correctness, myself & the kids still sing the title song every now & again over christmas just to wind my wife up who absolutely abhors South Park :D

    Futurama - The Christmas Story, another animated special, but I loved this show, way funnier than the Simpsons but terribly underrated for some reason, the first christmas episode about Fry's first christmas in the future was brilliantly done, a great mix of comedy & drama & deserves a nomination.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #37
    Posy
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    Here's my list :pac:
    • Vicar of Dibley - The Christmas Lunch Incident (1996)
    • Porridge - No Way Out (1975) (trying to tunnel out)
    • Blackadder Christmas Carol- 1988
    • The Office (UK) Christmas specials/last episode (2003)
    • The Office (US) - Christmas Party (2005)
    • Gavin and Stacey 2008 Christmas special
    • Gavin and Stacey 2019 Christmas special
    • Father Ted Christmas special- A Christmassy Ted (1996)
    • Mr. Bean 1992- Merry Christmas Mr. Bean (the turkey :D )
    • Royle Family 1999 Christmas special (Denise has her baby)
    • Royle Family 1999 Christmas special (Emma’s parents visit)
    • Downton Abbey Christmas special (2011) (Matthey proposes to Mary)
    • Downton Abbey Christmas special and finale (2015)
    • Peep Show- 2010- Seasonal Beatings (Where's the turkey, Jeremy?!)
    • The Simpsons- Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (1989)
    • Futurama - Xmas Story (1999)
    • Arrested Development- 2004- Afternoon Delight
    • Modern Family 2009 special- Undeck the Halls
    • Frasier 1997- Perspectives on Christmas (Daphne thinks martin is ill)
    • Frasier 1995- Frasier Grinch (Frasier has no toys to give Frederick)
    • Frasier 1993- Miracle on 3rd or 4th Street (Frasier has a miserable Christmas in a diner)
    • Steptoe and Son 1973- The Party (Harold tries to go on a Christmas holiday)
    • Only Fools and Horses 1981- Christmas Crackers (Grandad cooks dinner)
    • Only Fools and Horses 1993- Fatal Extraction (Del has a stalker)
    • Only Fools and Horses 1983- Thicker Than Water (Del and Rodney's dad visits)
    • House 2008 Christmas special - Joy to The World
    • MASH 1972 Christmas special- Dear Dad
    • MASH 1980- Death Takes a Holiday
    • Cheers 1987 Special- Christmas Cheers
    • Bottom 2001 special- Holy
    • Black Mirror 2014-White Christmas (brilliant, and unsettling in equal measures)
    • South Park - Mr Hankey, The Christmas Poo (1997)
    • Call the Midwife Christmas Special- 2012 (workhouse woman’s lost children)
    • Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2013- (Sister Bernadette leaves the convent to marry Dr Turner)
    • Call the Midwife Christmas Special- 2018 (snow-storm of 62/63)
    • Parks and Recreation 2009- Christmas Scandal
    • Community 2010 - Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas
    • Scrubs 2001 Christmas Special- My Own Personal Jesus
    • Friends 2000 Christmas Special- The One With The Holiday Armadillo


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    #38
    TRS30
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    That is some list Posy.


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    #39
    DvB
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    Very impressive compilation there Posy... I tip my hat to you on that collection.

    Had forgotten OF&H Fatal Extraction, a genuinely brilliant christmas special... so well structured & laugh out loud funny even after multiple viewings.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #40
    freshpopcorn
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    Gavin and Stacey 2008 and 2019.


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    #41
    Posy
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    DvB wrote: »
    Had forgotten OF&H Fatal Extraction, a genuinely brilliant christmas special... so well structured & laugh out loud funny even after multiple viewings.
    "What's wrong with you, you moron?!" "Oh, just a couple of fillings" never fails to make me laugh. :D


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    #42
    DvB
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    Posy wrote: »
    "What's wrong with you, you moron?!" "Oh, just a couple of fillings" never fails to make me laugh. :D

    Dentist = "Anyone outside?"
    Del = "Just my brother..."
    Dentist, whilst holding up the syringe for the anaesthetic ..."Just a little prick..." Del = "oh you know him then"
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #43
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,533 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    The hang-glider, chandelier, and grandad's death are probably my 3 favourite non-special episodes. Some absolute classics there.

    Edit: oh, and the one the Peckham Pouncer. :D


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    #44
    DvB
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    Funnily enough I generally preferred the ones with uncle Albert rather than grandad... the one where him and Del were pretending to be shocked at Rodney bringing a girl to the cinema is tv gold... you can see David Jason struggling not to burst out laughing.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #45
    TRS30
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    'Alright Dave' :D


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    #46
    DvB
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    Triggers Street brush was another classic...

    Had the same brush for 12 years...

    18 new heads and 6 new handles....

    How's it the same brush then?... LOL
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #47
    Posy
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    Here's a picture of it, what more proof do you need!?

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    #48
    Beechwoodspark
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    In our house we watch the following in no particular order

    LLS Toy Show
    Tg4 Nollaig Shona trad session
    Various Christmas cooking shows
    The office Christmas specials
    Blackadder Christmas special
    Carols at Kings
    RTÉ carols show hosted by Mary Kennedy
    Various religious broadcasts over Christmas - midnight Mass being essential and the centrepiece of our viewing
    Brendan Grace specials
    Fr Ted Christmas special even though we’ve seen it loads of times
    Mr bean Christmas episodes
    Vicar of dibley Christmas episodes


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    #49
    DvB
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    Posy wrote: »
    Here's a picture of it, what more proof do you need!?

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    Easily the funniest TV show ever made... never gets tired.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #50
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,533 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Last call for nominations!! Think we better move forward with this since we're officially into May now. :)


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    #51
    TRS30
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    DvB wrote: »
    Easily the funniest TV show ever made... never gets tired.

    Closely followed by Del falling through the bar. Trigger makes it with the 360 turn :D


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    #52
    DvB
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    Posy wrote: »
    Last call for nominations!! Think we better move forward with this since we're officially into May now. :)

    So when we ready to kick off the real stuff!?
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #53
    Posy
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    I'd say we should be up and running with a few head to heads next week. :)


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    #54
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,533 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    First matches coming soon...

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    #55
    TRS30
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    Posy wrote: »
    First matches coming soon...

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    Ohhhhhhh :D


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    #56
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,533 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    First match is underway!!
    Will go for first to 3 votes, because there is something like 34 matches, and we don't want to stagnate. :pac:

    Gavin and Stacey 2008 Christmas Special

    v

    Downton Abbey Christmas special and finale (2015)


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    #57
    Caranica
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    Gavin and Stacey please

    Woohoo, first voter :D


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    #58
    odyssey06
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    Downton Abbey Christmas special and finale (2015)

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #59
    ChannelNo5
    Registered Users Posts: 779 ✭✭✭ChannelNo5


    Gavin and Stacey for me too please


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    #60
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    Gavin And Stacey please.


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    #61
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,162 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    GAvin & Stacey
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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