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Thanks Steve Crook, that's about what I thought .

I'm too lazy to look it up, and I didn't see it, but wasn't there a TV movie where Angela Lansbury played Mrs. Clause with songs, I think, by Jerry Herman?

Quote: Originally Posted by Gerald Lovell The VHS I had was in a movie-style format, i.e. not in individual episodes. The flow of the story was fine in my opinion. However, the DVD box set is far superior in that it is in unedited, episodic form and the print quality of some of the filmed sequences is excellent. Cheers Gerald.

Father Exe-mass (title of thread) Father Exe -mas?? Never heard of him so I have never seen a cast list with anyone listed as Father Exe-mas.

Quote: Originally Posted by will.15 I'm too lazy to look it up, and I didn't see it, but wasn't there a TV movie where Angela Lansbury played Mrs. Clause with songs, I think, by Jerry Herman? Mrs. Santa Claus (1996) (TV)

Quote: Originally Posted by GoggleboxUK Are we talking about actors who played Santa Claus or Actors who played a character who played Santa Claus within a movie? Billy Bob Thornton didn't play Santa but played someone playing Santa. Here are a few 'real' Santa roles: Tim Allen in The Santa Clause 's Leslie Nielsen in Santa Who? John Call in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Steve Guttenberg in Single Santa Seeks Mrs....

Quote: Originally Posted by GoggleboxUK Actors who played a character who played Santa Claus within a movie? Charles Dierkop was the hold-up Santa in Silent Night Deadly Night . Robert Brian Wilson was the even nastier one in the same film.

Careful Bernie, you wouldn't want to offend other religions by adding Christ, or putting up town centre decorations that include a manger. And while we're at it how come you lot never empty the cardboard bit of my recycling? I know all boxes are supposed to be flat-packed but surely if the box is full and I put flat-packed boxes into another box and place that on top it's not going to kill anybody is it? Oops! sorry, I thought...

Quote: Originally Posted by billy bentley Stephen Laws, perhaps you can help. On IMDB (not always correct I know) Jimmy Sangster is credited with screenplay and "story". Alexander Baron is cediited as "writer". Could this mean that Baron would have done some work on Sangster's script, after all Baron was an East London boy (Bethnal Or Stepney Grreen's I think) ? A writer's credit for...

Quote: Originally Posted by Amethyst_Isle According to IMDB All commercial releases prior to the 2004 DVD box set are an edited omnibus version. Several scenes written to allow actors to move between sets during the live broadcast were removed, along with the opening and closing titles. Has a running time of 178mins. "Quatermass and the Pit" (1958) - Alternate versions Is this true and if so does it spoil it because it is in...