How Murray Saved Christmas Page #5

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Peter Avanzino
  Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
TV-G
Year:
2014
42 min
527 Views


- No, I can't.

- Please?

- No.

- Please? Please?

- No.

- Please?

- No!

- Please?

I can't sing,

I can't sing. I can't...

Sing!

Well, maybe I can sing

a little.

My life was empty

and at an end.

I could make a sandwich

but I couldn't make a friend.

But thanks to this guy

I'm filled with glee.

His best invention

was a whole new me.

Now I'm happy and gay.

- When?

- On Christmas day.

Yes, I'm ever so gay.

- When?

- On Christmas day.

I'm incredibly gay.

Gay as the month of May.

Gay, gay, gay, gay,

I'm so gay.

I don't mean in that way.

That way is ok.

What I'm trying to say...

Oh, forget it,

oy, vey!

You want to get out of here?

Sure. When?

About 10 minutes ago.

You.

You look great.

I had a big restoration

back in the eighties.

What are you doing here?

I heard you saved Christmas.

That's the Murray

I used to know.

Libby, how could you

come back to me

after the way I treated you,

after all these years?

Murray, no one can

carry a torch like me.

Mm!

I missed you.

Sure. Her he'll hug.

I haven't forgotten you.

Ahh.

All right. That's enough.

Enough!

All right.

Maybe a little more.

Stop!

Statue of Liberty, Edison Elf.

The two of you saved

myself from myself.

Oh, pleased to meet you.

Big fan.

Now, who wants to go

on a sleigh ride?

- Me!

- Me! Me! Me!

- On, Lipstick and Dipstick.

- On, Pixie and Dixie.

On, Kramden and Norton

and Alice and Trixie.

And I heard him exclaim

as he rode out of sight...

Murray Christmas to all

and to all a good night!

And as Murray Weiner

sailed off in the sky,

the people of Stinky Cigars

waved good-bye.

- Au revoir, mon cheri.

- Don't be a stranger!

- Grazie, Murray.

- Thank you, Lone Ranger.

Edison Elf would

go on to get work,

selling his stuff on

the Elf Shopping Network.

My latest

invention gives diapers a voice.

It tells you it's wet

with the song of your choice.

Should auld

acquaintance be forgot...

That is amazing!

And Murray would

start every day with a smile.

He became a new man.

Well, at least for a while.

We'd like to split

a pastrami sandwich.

- With mayonnaise.

- On white bread.

And could you

cut the crusts off?

And we get

the senior citizen discount.

I have a coupon.

Get out!

Murray.

And so ends our story.

That's all that you get.

Should auld

acquaintance be forgot...

I'd love to say more,

but my diaper's wet.

Happy New Year, y'all.

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Mike Reiss

Michael L. Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer and author. He served as a show-runner, writer and producer for the animated series The Simpsons and co-created the animated series The Critic. He created and wrote the webtoon Queer Duck and has also worked on screenplays including: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, The Simpsons Movie and My Life in Ruins. more…

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