IMDb plot summary: It's Christmas Eve, and Rugby the Tiger remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he's going to be unwrapped again. And it's up to Apple the Doll, whom Rugby supplanted as favorite toy, to tell him what's in store.
Directed by Eric Till. Starring Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmore, Kathryn Mullen, and Jerry Nelson.
It's kind of tough to figure out how to review a children's Christmas puppet show made for television. And this is definitely FOR children, as opposed to some of the other Henson/Muppet stuff that is clearly meant for the whole family. But there's nothing in here for adult viewers. It's a very simple story with childlike logic. It's kind of cute, I guess, but nine years later Toy Story would come out and tell the exact same story but in a much more widely relatable way.
I'm so clearly *not* the audience for this that I'm having a tough time figuring out how to rank it. I was bored about half the time and annoyed by some of the voices, but that's not a fair judgment of it since it is in no way trying to appeal to adults, so... maybe it's effective with kids? *shrug*
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Christmas Toy < Captain Fantastic
The Christmas Toy > Nine (2009)
The Christmas Toy < The General
The Christmas Toy > Brokeback Mountain
The Christmas Toy > McLintock!
The Christmas Toy > Meet the Parents
The Christmas Toy > Haxan
The Christmas Toy < X2
The Christmas Toy < The Sound of Music
The Christmas Toy > 12 Days of Terror
The Christmas Toy < Spy
Final spot: #1799 out of 2848.
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