Christmas Stuff
Not Rankin/Bass, except for "The Little Drummer Boy," "The Little Drummer Boy II," and 'Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.' For the others, I already have another list, "My Favorite Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials." What this list does have is every other Christmas special, movie, or TV episode I have enjoyed, plus many I haven't seen but would like to.
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- DirectorLucien NonguetFerdinand ZeccaStarsMadame MoreauMonsieur MoreauThe story of Jesus Christ from the proclamation of his Nativity to his crucifixion. Impressive scenes and dynamism of the actors prelude to the Italian colossal movies of the silent period.
- DirectorAlice GuyThe life of Jesus Christ in 25 scenes.
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaDepicting well-known incidents in the life of Jesus Christ, this milestone of early cinema won world fame, huge audiences and a screen life of decades when most secular films of the time measured their commercial life in weeks.
- DirectorSidney OlcottStarsR. Henderson BlandPercy DyerGene GauntierAn account of the life of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament, told as a series of tableaus interspersed with Bible verses.
- DirectorLawrence MarstonStarsFlorence La BadieJames CruzeWilliam RussellThree wise men from the East follow a star to Bethlehem in search of the infant Jesus.
- DirectorColin CampbellStarsTom SantschiBessie EytonGuy OliverA few years ago J.J. Tissot dawned upon the world of art with new views of the Holy Land through modern eyes, that was startlingly realistic. In this charming little miracle play in which a wealthy rounder is transported from the Great White Way to the lonely desert to meditate upon the holy truths of a little pamphlet a Salvation Army lass has thrust in his careless hand, the three wise men come out of the East, on camels as of old, and impress the scornful eye of doubt. The young man follows them under the guiding star of Bethlehem, to their destination, but is refused admission to the lonely stable until he cleanses his soul. Then he awakens from his dream, sanctified by the lesson of the ages.
- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsMadame MoreauHenry PettiboneMonsieur MoreauA mother tells the Bible Story to her children, including the life of Christ from the Annunciation to the Ascension. As the mother tells the story, the film fades into a picturization and periodically fades back to show the children's interest and reactions.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsH.B. WarnerDorothy CummingErnest TorrenceJesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection.As an adult, Jesus is played by H.B. Warner, who would later play Mr. Gower in It's a Wonderful Life.
- DirectorMiguel Contreras TorresStarsLuana AlcañizLuis AlcorizaLuis MussotA biopic of Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Jesus Christ, based on the Holy Gospels and early Christian traditions.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsJacques AubuchonFay BainterAnne BancroftThe child born in none other than Jesus Christ and the event that was to rock the world is seen through the eyes of an innkeeper and his wife.
- 1992–199825mTV-G8.5 (75)TV EpisodeDirectorJack StokesDianne JacksonStarsNiamh CusackIan HolmDerek GriffithsIt is Christmas time and an old tailor must great a waistcoat for the mayors wedding, but when illness and lack of money prevent him from doing so, a few little mice decide to help
- DirectorKirk BrowningGian Carlo MenottiStarsChet AllenRosemary KuhlmannAndrew McKinleyOne night in Judea, a disabled shepherd boy-turned-beggar and his mother are visited by three strangers. They are the Three Kings, and they are on their way to Bethlehem to visit the Christ Child, who has just been born.
- StarsArt GilmoreRobert HoltonWilliam HenryThe first mini-series made for television. Originally airing on NBC in 12 parts, it documents Christ's story from his birth to the resurrection.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsFay BainterLloyd BochnerHorace Braham
- DirectorFielder CookStarsFay BainterBarbara BoltonHorace Braham
- 1948–19581h5.6 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsRobert Shaw ChoraleBetty FurnessLloyd BochnerThe birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.
- StarsDavid AikenJohn ButlerFelisa CondeOne night in Judea, a disabled shepherd boy-turned-beggar and his mother are visited by three strangers. They are the Three Kings, and they are on their way to Bethlehem to visit the Christ Child, who has just been born.
- StarsLouise ArthurJohn BaerJeanne BatesA dramatization of the story of the Nativity, introduced by a family scene at the home of Pat O'Brien.
- DirectorArne ArnbomStarsOlof WidgrenTyyne TalvoJackie SödermanBiblical images - a dance drama in seven scenes.
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJeffrey HunterSiobhan McKennaHurd HatfieldThe temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ.
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsEnrique IrazoquiMargherita CarusoSusanna PasoliniThe life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
- DirectorGeorge StevensJean NegulescoStarsMax von SydowDorothy McGuireCharlton HestonAn all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.Takeo NakamuraStarsJosé FerrerPaul FreesJune ForayAn orphan drummer boy who hates humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men en route to Bethlehem.
- DirectorJoe LaytonStarsJohnny WhitakerFred GwynneCab CallowayA little shepherd boy newly arrived in Heaven tries to adjust to life in the Hereafter.
- DirectorDaphne JonesStarsEarl CameronSebastian Graham JonesAl ManciniWritten by Ted Hughes.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsGreer GarsonZero MostelDavid JayAaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers.
- StarsRobert PowellOlivia HusseyLaurence OlivierBeginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsRoger MillerBrenda VaccaroPaul FreesAn outcast donkey in Roman era Judea with overlong ears finds his destiny on the way to Bethlehem.I first saw this after 'The Small One.'
- DirectorDon BluthJack CuttingWolfgang ReithermanStarsSean MarshallWilliam WoodsonOlan SouleOrdered by his father to sell his old, small donkey, named Small One, a boy in ancient Palestine takes the donkey to the Jerusalem market. Finding no buyers there, the boy is about to give up when he meets a kind man named Joseph.I saw this in the theater. I believe it was shown as a preview to Pinocchio. I believe it was the following year that I first saw Rankin/Bass' 'Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.'
- DirectorKen CameronBernard L. KowalskiStarsMadeleine StoweJohn SheaJane WyattThe story of the courtship of Joseph and Mary, and of the events leading up to the first Christmas.
- DirectorDon LuskRay PattersonStarsGregory HarrisonHelen HuntVincent PriceThe three protagonists find themselves in Judea where first they journey to Jerusalem where they hear of the coming of Jesus Christ then they travel to Bethlehem to witness the Nativity themselves.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseMichael PalinBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
- DirectorRobin CrichtonStarsRichard BlaneJohn CairneyGregor FisherOn Christmas Eve, 1818, in Austria the Oberndorf organ broke down. The assistant priest writes a carol to be accompanied by guitar. The carol was "Silent Night".About the writing of 'Silent Night,' and how the original copy was almost lost.
- DirectorJim PabianStarsThe Norman Luboff ChoirOlan SouleBarbara EilerFictionalized account of how Clement C. Moore came to write "A Visit from St. Nicholas," in which his young daughter, stricken with pneumonia, asks for a Santa Claus story for Christmas. No such story had been written, so Moore writes his famous poem, set to Ken Darby's musical version and sung by The Norman Luboff Choir.
- DirectorTim KileyStarsPaul LyndeFoster BrooksAlice Ghostley'Twas the Night Before Christmas is a Christmas television special loosely inspired by the 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore. It first aired December 7, 1977 on ABC.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsReginald OwenGene LockhartKathleen LockhartAn elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.This is the version I've seen most often.
- DirectorJames CaddiganStarsSomar AlbergDavid CarradineJohn CarradineOn Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAlastair SimJack WarnerKathleen HarrisonEbenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.
- DirectorZoran JanjicStarsRon HaddrickBruce MontagueJohn LlewellynOn Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsAlbert FinneyAlec GuinnessEdith EvansA musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.Musical with Albert Finney in the lead. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Pk1jcaLDI&t=1105s
- DirectorRichard WilliamsStarsAlastair SimMichael RedgraveMelvyn HayesAn old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorMoira ArmstrongStarsMichael HordernJohn Le MesurierBernard LeeMiser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, but then gets a visit from his companion Jacob Marley, who has been dead for seven years. He urges Scrooge to change his life.
- DirectorRae AllenRonald BishopKirk BrowningStarsRonald BishopJennifer BorgeThomas DillonOn Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsGeorge C. ScottFrank FinlayAngela PleasenceA bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorEric TillStarsHenry WinklerDavid WayneChris WigginsIn an American town, an old bitter miser is given a ghostly chance at redemption on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorCatherine MorsheadStarsRay FearonRoss KempShezwae PowellAn unscrupulous loan shark who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.Ross Kemp stars as Eddie Scrooge, a latter day East End London loanshark.
- DirectorEdward LeSaintStarsHarry CareyStella RazetoGeorge BerrellThree outlaws fleeing a posse through the desert come upon a dying woman and her baby in a wagon. Before she passes away, she makes the men promise to take care of her baby and get it safely through the desert.
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsChester MorrisLewis StoneWalter BrennanThree fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WaynePedro ArmendárizHarry Carey Jr.Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization.
- DirectorShôgo FuruyaSatoshi KonStarsTôru EmoriYoshiaki UmegakiAya OkamotoOn Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
- 1984–198554mTV-PG8.1 (1.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid CarsonStarsJeremy BrettDavid BurkeRosalind KnightWhen the Countess of Morcar's priceless blue carbuncle is stolen, a reformed thief is charged with the crime.
- DirectorSarah HellingsStarsJeremy BrettEdward HardwickeRosalie WilliamsSusan Cushing asks Holmes' help in solving the disappearance of her sister Mary Browner, but it doesn't seem Holmes' type of case until he is told of a Christmas present's grisly contents.This is set at Christmastime, but the original story was set in August.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsJim BackusSusan SiloCourtney LemmonPartly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus.The original classic, directed by Bill (a.k.a. J.C.) Melendez (who also directed 'A Charlie Brown Christmas') and narrated by Jim Backus. Based on a true story of a girl who wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun asking if Santa was real.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary AstorYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsBob HopeMilly VitaleGeorge TobiasAfter the young wife of vaudevillian Eddie Foy passes away, he incorporates their seven children into the act and takes it on the road.
- DirectorGeorge A. CooperStarsBasil GillThis was the film that first revealed his home to be at the North Pole.
- DirectorAndrew GrieveStarsDavid SuchetFrederick TrevesStephanie ColePoirot reluctantly agrees to help an Egyptian prince recover a valuable royal ruby that was brazenly stolen from him during the Christmas holidays.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetPhilip JacksonVernon DobtcheffThe tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional but wealthy family summons his adult children for a Christmas reunion, but prior to the holiday his throat is slashed apparently by one of them.They did a really good job of casting actors who like enough alike to make us believe they are a man in his twenties and his seventies and his grown sons. Their family resemblance turned out to be integral to the plot.
- DirectorDon McBreartyStarsDenholm ElliottMathonwy ReevesGlynis DaviesYoung Thomas is disappointed because it?s raining on Christmas Eve. But his spirits are soon lifted by his grandfather, who gives him a snow globe and recounts his own childhood Christmas memories.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerOn Christmas Eve, Mickey is forced to sell Pluto to a bratty rich kid in order to give some orphans presents.I saw this in the theater.
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsRudolf IsingThe King's MenJohnny MurrayChristmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild (in the full version, they sing the title song, but this has been censored in some versions due to outdated stereotypes). He plays with a few toys. A candle falls off the tree and starts a fire. The toys try in vain to fight the fire; the boy hooks up a hose to a set of bagpipes and takes care of it.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleJames DunnJane DarwellAn orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'SullivanFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsJohnny MurrayBrox SistersThe Four BlackbirdsStation ABC broadcasts the Toyland Revue, featuring music from baby-doll singers, a roly-poly bandleader, a jack-in-the-box crooner, a wind-up music box and more.
- DirectorMorton DaCostaStarsRosalind RussellForrest TuckerCoral BrowneAn orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.
- DirectorGene SaksStarsLucille BallRobert PrestonBea ArthurFollowing the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsPeter BillingsleyMelinda DillonDarren McGavinIn the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsEverett ClarkJack MercerMae QuestelAt an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsMae QuestelGus WickeIn their dreams, two poor and hungry tots enter a fantasy kingdom where there are more sweets than they can eat. But when they wake...
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsEverett ClarkJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye invites Olive's grandmother along for a New Year's Eve party.Popeye takes Olive's grandmother out for New Year's Eve.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsMel BlancJeanne DunneThe Hollywood Choir BoysTwo baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when they hear everyone singing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMargaret Hill-TalbotChristmas eve, and Sniffles is determined to stay awake to see Santa. Not an easy task.
- DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHughWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyIngrid BergmanHenry TraversAt a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsHal HolbrookEva Marie SaintNancy TravisThe Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War 2.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
- DirectorMatthew DiamondStarsCasey KasemBill PullmanPenelope Ann MillerPerformance of the 1947 Lux Radio version of "It's a Wonderful Life", taped live in the historic Pasadena Playhouse as a benefit for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.Actors reading radio play version in front of a live studio audience and cameras.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsDon DeForeAnn HardingCharles RugglesTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsEdmund GwennMaureen O'HaraJohn PayneAfter a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsSebastian CabotJane AlexanderDavid HartmanA department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.With Tom Bosley as the Judge and David 'Bosley, John Bosley' as Mr. Macy. I'd rather have this version, and know that I can see it anytime I want, before I see the 1994 version. It's not on DVD, but it is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmorMZb1PGc
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelFive children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop.
- DirectorBill TytlaGeorge GermanettiStarsMae QuestelHector is a dog with an easy life and the run of the house when the lady of the house gives him a warning...one more mess and you're out. Hector would be okay if not for the fact that three little puppies have been left on their doorstep. Hector has a hectic time keeping them in line and cleaning up their messes without alerting the lady.
- DirectorMax FleischerStarsPaul WingSanta and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero.Not the more famous Rankin/Bass version. This was based directly on the original storybook that introduced Rudolph to Montgomery Ward shoppers in 1939.
- Young Larry Gelbart goes on tour with his idol Bob Hope in the middle of the Korean War and learns the true price of patriotism.Larry Gelbart goes on tour with Bob Hope in the real Korea during the real Korean War, some 20-30 years before writing for and producing 'M*A*S*H.' This, and other variety specials, may have been lost.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldFrank TashlinStarsBob HopeMarilyn MaxwellLloyd NolanA New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.
- StarsJackie GleasonFrankie AvalonJerry BergenThe Honeymooners' first Christmas.
- DirectorFrank SatensteinStarsJackie GleasonJack AlbertsonEvelyn AyBelieving that Alice is pregnant, Ralph takes a job as a sidewalk Santa, with Norton as his helper, in order to earn extra money. But they are unaware of the fact that their new bosses are bookies who are using Ralph and Norton as a front to receive their betting slips.
- 1952–1973TV-G7.7 (27)TV Episode
- DirectorSheldon LeonardStarsDanny ThomasJean HagenSherry JacksonDanny may not come home for Christmas.
- 1952–19731hTV-PG7.6 (17)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank SatensteinStarsJackie GleasonRay BlochArt CarneyThe Kramdens and Nortons celebrate New Year's Eve with The Doresy Brothers.
- DirectorSheldon LeonardStarsDanny ThomasJean HagenSherry JacksonMargaret and Danny decide to eschew New Year's celebrations for a nice, quiet evening at home.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBing CrosbyDanny KayeRosemary ClooneyA successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
- DirectorNorman CampbellStarsBing CrosbyBernadette PetersKathryn GrantBing and his second family welcomes guests as they celebrate the holiday. Various Christmas songs are sung and Jackie Gleason plays Santa. An added highlight is a performance by a British boys choir.
- StarsJackie GleasonSammy BirchRay BlochRalph is intrigued by the potential fame and fortune in writing popular songs. Before long, he and Norton pitch in (by raiding their spouses' Christmas Club funds) and buy a piano; Alice is furious. Desperately working through the night in Ralph's apartment, Ed and Ralph exhaust every lame premise for writing a hit song, until a chance series of disruptive noises sparks Ralph's imagination, and their new masterpiece begins to take shape. Within a day, they are auditioning their new opus "My Love Song to You" for a local publisher, who tells Ralph that he likes Ed's music, but refuses to publish the song with Ralph's amateurish lyrics. Ralph makes the ultimate artistic sacrifice by allowing the publisher to hire a lyricist to replace his own words. Ralph is thus thrust into an emotional funk, which reaches its height on the night Ed's new song makes its radio broadcast debut.