The Christmas Elves (Golden Films) - Phelous

[@JamieSwitzer]

"Unfortunately he died!" Cam Clarke stealing Phelous jokes!

[@gracekim1998]

Indeed what I was thinking too😂

[@scottylewis8124]

Three months early

[@gracekim1998]

@@kitestar the fact that he said ‘then he died’ 😂

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Talk about cutting a long story short...

[@smb-c3po]

"Sora, Donald, Goofy!"

[@cameronstone4495]

"A shoemaker isn't all that great at his job but then elves start doing it and he becomes successful due noting he actually did." Eh, sounds pretty much like every supervisor I've ever worked under.

[@FirstnameLastname-bp2pg]

How’d they even get their jobs then?

[@cameronstone4495]

@@FirstnameLastname-bp2pg They suck up to higher management and do what they say.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

''There can't be black elves!'' Drow: Are we a joke to you?

[@jamesoblivion]

@@FirstnameLastname-bp2pg Nepotism, probably, or someone owed their daddy a favor?

[@miciarokiri5182]

@@FirstnameLastname-bp2pg nepotism and ass kissing

[@Pipkiablo]

"First you're a Sprite, then you get promoted to an Elf, then you're a Christmas Elf". I think Santa's running an elf-targeted MLM pyramid scheme...

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Either that, or he's one weird Pokémon professor...

[@richardpulido4624]

What happens if the Wood Sprite becomes a Dark Elf or Drow?

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

@richardpulido The Druchii grow restless.

[@Magitek1112]

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives "Call me ELF MONSTER."

[@brianhebert6152]

What happens if they become a Faerie instead of an Elf? Would they have to be handed over to Queen Fyora? And not to mention, what would happen if they became a Color Sprite, would Rainbow Brite have to get involved?

[@chibikim77]

In one shot the baking elves are wearing oven mitts while handling the bread, and then in the next one they're taking them out the oven with their bare hands. Brilliantly animated!

[@AnInsideJoke]

Nah, that wasn't an animation mistake, Santa just felt that the baking elves weren't suffering enough and ordered the supervisor elves to confiscate their mitts so they'd have to burn the hell out of themselves to do their jobs.

[@MegaDeathRay10]

They crave the pain, it makes them feel alive

[@1Thunderfire]

The inconsistency in this film, from Droopy being in and out of prison, to the kids swapping between no shoes and having shoes, is brilliantly animated!

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

inconsistency is the Golden film trademarks

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Great continuity! 👍

[@Stibly]

It's like everyone was given the crappily drawn storyboards, couldn't 100% tell what they were animating because of it, were given completely different scenes and everybody involved had no communication with eachother whatsoever. Gotta get that paycheck and scam grandma I guess..

[@gracekim1998]

reminds me of that Droopy gag in roger rabbit XD

[@gracekim1998]

@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 EH!

[@crazycookie4645]

I like that the blonde boy sprite/elf straight-up acknowledges that the elves are Santa’s glorified slaves. He seems a bit more aware of their situation than the others.

[@hecatejones4038]

We have found the one with the group braincell.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

That sprite/elf should be head of the eventual elf union

[@rickpgriffin]

"so just the management style at every level in Santa's organization is threat-based" hmm I wonder if there are any hints as to what the Goodtimes writers' relationship was with their management

[@culwin]

Better make this good, or we'll send you off to work at Dingo Pictures!!

[@tempestfennac9687]

@@culwin So all their staff ended up at Dingo? :P

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

@@tempestfennac9687 I'd consider that a blessing. After all, where else can you get paid for zero effort? :D

[@tempestfennac9687]

@@TheEmeraldWeirdo Excellent point. I wonder how much people actually got paid to work at Dingo? (I'd be surprised if they got much to do it.)

[@ember9361]

lmfao

[@mattr75]

Specials like this are why the jokes of elves having terrible jobs or non-existent wages continue to thrive. I mean, who would want to work at Golden Films version of Santa's workshop?

[@Predator20357]

“Why no proper wages? That’s slavery!” “Pal, you haven’t seen Elf slavery until you went to Golden Films Workshop”

[@shwahgamer]

"Unfortunately, he died!" Ok that was honestly funny. 😆

[@litbolt4205]

"I need money, fast! We'll invade someone!" is legit hilarious

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Putin: Write that down!

[@somegingerguy4242]

Not since "An Angel for Christmas" have I ever seen a villain so underwhelmingly evil.

[@wstine79]

Old Man, Goron, Bonesteel, and Wabuu set the Christmas feast as they welcome their new member, King Reinhold. The roast beast was eaten. Unfortunately, they died.

[@brianhebert6152]

Old Man Elf was also there, but shrugged throughout.

[@mrlaz9011]

the roast beef is actually rat meat bonesteel got whike hunting in the sewers.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Siro, THE GREATEST MORTAL KOMBAT BANQUET CRASHER: Did I miss anything?

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

''Listen to me ya shoe freak! I amore Simon Bonesteel, and i have just learned my name this morning.''

[@Chimerism101]

After Cricket Crocket landed on their hearth and Cricket Cursed them for not inviting him.

[@RedHatMeg]

I remember different version of the "Elves and shoemaker", where the shoemaker had just a lot of shoes to do and couldn't do them all, and that's why elves were helping him. If the goodtimes went for that and/or even give the shoemaker a deadline (the movie already had a tyrannical king who loves shoes; maybe he could threaten the shoemaker that if he won't prepare certain amount of different shoes, the guy will be jailed/executed), the story would be better. Edit: Nevermind, they would have to drop the Santa subplot too.

[@1Thunderfire]

Having an impossible deadline or workload with the threat of jail makes a lot more sense for the plot.

[@RedHatMeg]

@@1Thunderfire see? I know someone will get it! And if we keep the kid apprentice subplot, the stakes are even higher.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

King Shoe Freak could try to justify an invasion for shoe money by saying he's denazifying the invaded country.

[@mrlaz9011]

but how will he invade if he doesn't have an army anymore? he's gonna get his feet chopped off.

[@RinAldrin]

The background artist could have also made it look like he makes a lot of shoes that are average or bland in order to give the impression he is genuinely trying his best. Also it would make sense why the king ignores him as he wouldn't be known for outstanding shoes.

[@SHINOBI-03]

Not gonna lie, Santa sounding like a tyrant driving the elves like slaves and threats them to "disappear" for their failures is darkly humorous.

[@Predator20357]

“So why did you guys leave the Golden Films Workshop to work at Santa’s Prison Complex?” “Because this Santa and his Christmas Brigade at least doesn’t threaten to kill us!”

[@nate567987]

or send them to the mines

[@HordikaNate3821]

Always a treat when Phelous talks about Christmas movies

[@AnInsideJoke]

Merry Christmas, and Dingo Bless us, everyone.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

I hope he looks at The Night Before Christmas next year. That one's got Cam Clarke in it too.

[@annaolson4828]

Odo as the fairy changeling is a stroke of genius.

[@solusprime8143]

I'm glad it wasn't just me seeing that :)

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

It's a faaake.

[@smb-c3po]

Cosmo and Wanda are theorized to have replaced Timmy with a changeling.

[@oren1305]

My folks got sick, my MIL is ill, and my cat needed an emergency vet trip today. All is calm again, and so I'm binging Phelous Christmas videos to cheer me up. Merry Phelousmas!

[@phelous]

Hope they helped some!

[@kaiser8659]

My mom actually saw this special. She loved it and got me to watch it with her last year after finding it again on KZbin. XD she said she thought the King was hilarious because she related to his love of shoes.

[@joshuahall8176]

I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU BECAUSE YOUR MOM CLEARLY HAS ZERO TASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kaiser8659]

@@joshuahall8176 Man, what the hell? I'm glad my mom found that silly cartoon funny. Watching the movie with her was wholesome even. It's just a silly cartoon, bro. Why make such a big deal over it?

[@joshuahall8176]

@@kaiser8659 I'd watch it only if the RiffTrax guys gave their commentary They make every shitty movie BETTER

[@kaiser8659]

@@joshuahall8176 That's all well and good.. However I fail to see the part where I asked

[@joshuahall8176]

@@kaiser8659 I was just kidding

[@rosevee34]

We need a Christmas "movie" made entirely from Phelous's editing and ad-libbing lines. It'd be great.

[@gracekim1998]

yes :)

[@JamieSwitzer]

7:28 "Shoe Shoe Shoe Shoe!" "What the HELL is going on here?!"

[@kenthuang436]

Imelda Marcos’ inspiration is stealing money from his people just to buy more shoes.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

MAH GOD!

[@AnInsideJoke]

...Wait....wasn't there a line or two in Wabuu's theme song about feet/shoes?... MAH GOD! It's all starting to connect!

[@jamesoblivion]

@@AnInsideJoke I roam around the forest, and I don't need any shoe!

[@HeilRay]

Dan Schneider wet dream.

[@zarrg5611]

The second story is actually a fairly common myth, the Japanese tale of Urashima Tarō and the princess is another popular variation. The ending in this version is quite light, normally several generations pass and all the protagonist's relations are dead. Also, some of those illustrations are awesome.

[@alexjewett7455]

And in some versions, the main character ends up aging into dust in seconds as time catches up with them.

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

Rip Van Winkle is a vaguely similar American version of the tale.

[@austincameron6461]

This is easily one of the most chaotic episodes Phelous has ever done. I think it's cemented itself as a solid classic among Goodtimes Beauty and the Beast, the Littlest Angel's and Golden Films Hunchback.

[@nousukas]

His older horror movie reviews are sometimes way more chaotic. For example I recommend his review of Triangle. This also really is a classical episode.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

A chaotic good episode.

[@attilavarga1152]

Wow, in the original story the, the shoemaker wasn't a lazy crap, he just simply had too much work to do. This is why the elves helped him out. After once the shoemaker's wife hid in the workshop to find out who are their secret helpers, she noticed that the elves were all naked, so she decided to make all of them clothes to return the favour. Simple story with a simple good message. How can they overcomplicate it, it is beyond me. Also , as a (kind of) shoemaker myself, I love how the guy just bought that pair of shoes immediately, without trying on or anything. Also, this shoemaker must be magical, because he made a whole pair of shoes from that tiny piece of leather, in reality, you need many types of leather which ones are not interchangeable. Have fun making an upper from sole leather or vice versa.

[@LaNoLaCola]

Phelous really is the gift the keeps on giving

[@Emperor_Oshron]

the one about the woman partying with elves and it turns out to have been seven years is a pretty common thing--Rip Van Winkle, Urashima Taro, Hengist and Horsa, and others all thought they were only gone for a night at least or a week at most, etc., but came back to find decades or centuries have passed.

[@bluesandman7566]

Didn't that kind of thing also happened in the odyssey? I don't remember the exact details but I believe it happened.

[@Emperor_Oshron]

@@bluesandman7566 not to my knowledge. i know that at least one version has it like that as a result of story compression, (it combined Circe and the Lotus-eaters in particular) but iirc in the original text Odysseus was totally aware of being stuck in place for however long (i seem to remember that seven of the ten years the story takes place over was him stuck on Calypso's island) rather than waking up one morning and being all like "Wait, I was asleep for HOW long?!"

[@zarrg5611]

Dammit, you beat me to it.

[@zarrg5611]

@@Emperor_Oshron Since in the original he was kept as a sex slave you can see why they might have changed it.

[@alexjewett7455]

And in some stories they end up aging into dust when time catches up with them.

[@roddmatsui3554]

The DVD package just has “Christmas Classic” written all over it, doesn’t it? 😆🌲🎅

[@Propanesucka]

I didn't know what Cam Clarke looked like until recently, so I always just imagined Liquid Snake in a recording booth.

[@truegamercroatia]

me too

[@loneshewolf74]

When I was a kid I once saw a Tex Avery version of the Elves and the Shoemaker. In the intro the old shoemaker had become sick from overwork, and all he had was a crust of bread to eat, but he fed it to some birds, which turned out to be elves in disguise. Then they went into the shoemaker's house at night to make the shoes, and then the usual Tex Avery slapstick hilarity ensued, but it was a lot more musically fun and brilliantly animated than this holiday turkey.🦃

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Sounds like "The Peachy Cobbler".

[@sharona1981]

I never tire of this man ripping the piss out of awful animated films. Thank you for your service Phelous, and merry Christmas!!

[@CoconutBuyer]

The "You Gotta LOL" clip is such deep cut reference that i though I was the only one that remembered that. I think that was a common ad back on Blip back in the day

[@phelous]

Yeah, it was, heh.

[@gracekim1998]

Whoa 😮

[@ChaosSolEternal]

I rewatch all your animated Christmas reviews every year. I'm glad to see a new one to add to the list!

[@limalepakko6074]

I recommend you watch Satan Claus and Psycho Santa reviews too

[@gracekim1998]

@@limalepakko6074 ooo i saw those a few months ago, pretty cool

[@themysteriousspeeddemon]

People worked on this movie, and yet nobody questioned what they were making.

[@youukaaa]

“shoes shoes shoes shoes” is right up there with “ding dong ding dong”

[@koenvandamme6901]

Ha, I got to hear the reasoning about the eggshell thing in the Leprechaun Museum in Dublin. The point was that the mother had to pretend she was preparing broken eggshells to eat. If the child didn't think this was strange, it was a changeling (and she was planning to shove a red hot poker down its throat, but the elves changed the kid back right before she actually did).

[@ShadowNinetales]

I...I really, really hope nobody ever actually did this to their child just because the child happened to be an especially dim/unquestioning/quiet/joking/trusting one, and so didn't produce the expected reaction to the eggshell trick. I'm autistic, and as a child I actually had an unusually STRONG reaction of revulsion to non-food items being treated as food, even for a joke. But it's horrible to imagine some other, possibly neurodivergent little kid in the past just smiling and nodding and faithfully assuming that mum must be talking about something that made sense even if it sounded weird...then suddenly terrible pain and burning and agonizing, senseless death. Sometimes I wish I wasn't a history student. I learn about the many, many ways humans have come up with to be the worst species on the planet. Witch hunts and all that sort of shit. I try to focus on being glad that I don't have to experience it myself, but still holy shit.

[@SiRenfield]

@@ShadowNinetales Actually you’re not too far off, some scholars speculate that changelings were a medieval way to explain neurodivergent children due to classic “don’t understand something? Blame it on witchcraft!” philosophy

[@ShadowNinetales]

​@@SiRenfield Those poor, poor kids... :( I think I've heard of autistic babies sometimes having a burst of development before seeming to regress backwards into a more disabled state, which might be what set people off thinking their child had been swapped for something else - it's also the basis for the ignorant "Vaccines gave my baby autism!" crowd, since it tends to happen just after the age at which the vaccines are typically administered. People have definitely been jerks about my autism before (such as a random old lady once flouncing up to my involuntary-upset-meltdown-having little kid self and telling me that I should be smacked on the bottom - my mum was NOT pleased!) but looking back through history, it seems like much, MUCH more insane things would probably have happened to me back then. It's haunting to read about, doubly so as a woman, another class of people who were not treated as normal or rational human beings for much of history (to an extent, at least). Instead of anxiety medication or extra exam time allowance, I'd have been given a diagnosis of hysteria and a prescription of a domineering husband, if I'd made it to non-institutionalized adulthood at all.

[@fluffyman85]

Everything of Santa and his workshop seems like a horror movie beneath a seemingly wholesome film. Wouldn't surprise me if the Elves, like the Family Guy iterations think "Christmastime is Killing Us."

[@brianhebert6152]

So this film's depiction of a shoe-obsessed king and his whole shoe musical number predicted sneakerhead culture?

[@DigiMega351]

The Shoes song by Liam Kyle Sullivan comes to mind.

[@tyrant-den884]

Santa really catch-22-ed the baking elves. "Doing too good of a job, can't promote them!"

[@Tsrashi]

I remember having this on VHS along with Golden Films’ BatB (three ghosts version) and Goodtimes’ Snow White. Honestly it kinda amazes me how many repressed childhood memories have been revived thanks to Phelous.

[@thedarthmj94]

"I hate Santa!" - The Christmas Turtles, probably.

[@tultsi93]

I hate Santa Claus! That cheerful Santa Claus!

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

I hate Splinter 🎵🐭

[@iKadaj]

i love the "i'm out of money. let's invade someone!" bit for how pure evil the character would have to be to say that in a better movie, but the santa walks in flippantly mentioning hoof-and-mouth disease like it's not extremely contagious and life-threatening. why is SANTA more evil than the supposed villain!? also merry holidays, phelous. ^_^

[@therealthirst8099]

Woah a king obsessed with shoes? Cinderella Prince better watch out.

[@LauraSusanJohnson]

2 people whose mouths disappear?! Brilliant animation!!! I was shocked to see an absence of messy blizzard snow like in Miracle in Toyland and Little Angels Brightest Christmas! Golden Flims!!!!

[@DeathofInk]

It's always a wonderful Phelous Christmas review with depressive undertones to the story he's talking about. A wonderful Christmas time for all! :D

[@cr1ng3loid_user22]

8:50 Well, at least she didn't seem to be TOO upset with that smile she has going on-- Honestly, I've been so worn out from working retail but man seeing you review this has brightened my week. Hope you have a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! :'B

[@cameronstone4495]

Y'know, it occurs to me that it's far more work to have a group of inch high elves (sprites) make a pair of human sized shoes than it is for lazy-ass Hans to just buckle down make them himself. If he's really THAT bad at his chosen profession I'm surprised he's even allowed hold scissors, let alone cut shapes out with them..

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The problem is in the original story I believe the Shoemaker was old (over 50 and I think maybe close to 70 in the original story) and somewhat feeble and has an excuse for why he was constantly tired and overworked. In this version he’s like a 30-year-old freaking idiot with no skills. It doesn’t explain how he ever even became a shoemaker because he doesn’t seem to have any skills whatsoever.

[@daliborjovanovic510]

I noticed how Hans is among the villagers that Prince Beast turned down in their time of need in Golden Films’ Beauty and the Beast. My headcanon is that Beast is King Reinhold’s son and Hans was among the villagers who died during the mass exodus and then became one of the annoying ghosts forced to serve the Beast in the afterlife XD It’s a nice thought.

[@ivanmedina2983]

5:34 King Rinehold: “Look at his shoes” Is this Rinehold’s way of saying “WHAT ARE THOOOOOSE!!” Also why does Rinehold’s droopy dog assistant sound like Sad Jerry Lewis Executioner from The Handsome of Norte Dame? Merry Golden Films mas everybody.

[@cbhlde]

Happy Phelousmas to us all!

[@wstine79]

Nothing like Phelous, Cam Clarke and wacky Golden Films to put me in the Christmas mood.

[@BugsyFoga]

Been marathoning Phelous good time Christmas vids, so I’m glad he did another one to add to this binge .

[@thekingofallfrogs]

Phelous is back at it again with taking jabs at Golden Films. It's been a while but the wait is always worth it.

[@Turbomun]

Christmas in September?! That's way too early!!!...is what I would say if I didn't love the hell out of Phelous's Christmas reviews.

[@LizardOfOz69]

What? How is this comment possible?

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

I'm so confused.

[@smb-c3po]

KZbin is glitching again, this was uploaded today before Christmas Eve 2022.

[@LizardOfOz69]

@@smb-c3po maybe it was unlisted and uploaded for patrons?

[@smb-c3po]

@@LizardOfOz69 But it was clearly uploaded today.

[@sarapistilli180]

I have vague memories of watching this as a kid. I had completely forgotten about it until I saw this this video. Maybe the elves used their magic powder on me. 😆

[@SleeperInTravel]

Phelous + Golden Films is the Christmas gift I've been wishing for!

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

So, not only did Amazon’s Rings of Power not have the first black elf, but they got beat by Golden Films? How embarrassing 🙈

[@dg4545]

3:58 King Eaterman died! NOOOOOO!!!! I loved his sandwiches...

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"Don't you just love these lyrics?" They're giving the Discworld dwarves a run for their money in the lyrical genius department.

[@roberthayes9314]

Ah, Phelous, always bringing us fun times with Golden Films! So to that I say: Merry Holiday-mas and may the spirits of Old Man, Wabuu, Broken-Neck Guy, Depressed Sonic Claus, Ooktar, Oro, Jen from Conquest, IT Nightwolf, Colonel Schraeder, Our Power Five, Gridlock, B.O.T. and Christmas Skeletor continue to plague you until the end of time! Wait, that's not a very Christmas-y sentiment, is it? 0__o

[@phelous]

Haha, thanks!

[@roberthayes9314]

@@phelous You're welcome. :)

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

You forgot SIRO THE GREATEST MORTAL KOMBAT CHARACTER!

[@gracekim1998]

@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 can’t forget SIRO 😂

[@AlichinoAi]

Merry Christmas Phelan ! Thanks for another year of laughter & here’s to another one to come! 👍🏾😁

[@johnalogue9832]

At Santa's Workshop, it's not just a career. It's a family. Now, work.

[@AuroraPaintBrush4444]

I can't believe it... I actually got a Footlocker advertisement!

[@GalakStari]

😱 It’s a sign!

[@jamessartstudio7904]

I love when you review Christmas cartoons I watch them all year round and they always make me laugh

[@Hadam10Rose]

Holy carp, this is the first time he's doing a movie that I actually had when I was younger. I can remember watching it once I think it seems familiar. And the King that sounds like George Costanza is the thing that made it click in my memory

[@HumanSoulSama]

Does anyone remember an audio book version of this movie? If I remember correctly they change some of the story and shortened it and at the end they play the two songs from the movie. I sadly don’t have the audio book anymore as that was years ago some time in the mid 2000s when I had it . I tried to find the book with no luck. Anyway glad phelous is reviewing this “gem” of a movie.

[@saloz9483]

I love these phelous Christmas reviews they are so brilliantly animated.

[@matthewjones6786]

Thank you for your hilarious shoes, Phelous, it really cheered up my shoe. I hope you had a Merry Shoe!

[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

Phelous you are my favorite Canadian KZbinr 🇨🇦

[@gracekim1998]

aye he's my fave too :D

[@pseudohippie55]

I cannot imagine how many takes it took for Cam Clarke to not bust out laughing reading "unfortunately, he died"

[@zacharyhefner2208]

Wow back in the I remember this playing on Teletoon repeatedly every Christmas season. Now seeing it again I can certainly say it was a christmas cartoon played on Teletoon. I dunno there were several D-Grade Christmas cartoons played on Repeat on Teletoon in the 90's. Many of which Phelous already reviewed

[@mareofmaers3590]

Fortunately, the kingdom would fall into the hands of a beast whose cousin was a Goomba and the useless shoe maker would starve to death under his reign.

[@felipechalreo]

I've been watching Phelous Reviews for so long that when he mentions a useless dungeon my mind went straight to the vault in Hobgoblins! Thanks for making me laugh all these years! Happy holidays! 🎄 🎄 🎅 🎅

[@geardog24]

"So working for Santa is like any real sh*tty job where they have to keep trying to gaslight you and tell you what a great place this is to work at." *cough* Amazon *cough*

[@TheCommenterDragon]

You know Phelan, you should consider doing a review of the long forgotten 1995 tv animated Christmas movie titled "Jingle Bell Rock." it's pretty interesting for a cheap Christmas movie.

[@michaelmalfaro3746]

Is it terrible? Terrible movies make the best reviews.

[@ZC-Infinity]

To be fair to Hans, he states after finding the first pair of shoes that he thinks he makes them in his sleep, so I think he's starting the work, then hoping his subconscious does the rest.

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

This glorious return to reviewing Golden Films Christmas crap was FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING!

[@iamRAYZILLA]

Golden Films was an average filmmaking company, Kakarot, but this movie was brilliantly animated!

[@ColeYote]

Man, this movie is well-animated. Brilliantly, even.

[@vanillabeam5400]

YES! Now you just have to do Golden Films "The Night Before Christmas" and you'll have done all the specials I grew up with

[@maniacaldude]

Talk about an early Christmas gift! I've been going back and watching some of the Christmas cartoon reviews you did, and this is a hilarious new addition to that list. The part with the King throwing himself out of the window and dying got a really good laugh out of me. Also really enjoy how you depicted this Santa as an asshole and pointed out some of the more messed up implications surrounding him.

[@WeirdWonderful]

They use amnesia powder on him so he can remember them in the next scene anyway. I mean...I have no words.

[@breadboxx6662]

I'm surprised that Phelan didn't call the king king happy feet, king foot loose, or Dan Schneider. Anyway I found another Thomas transformer bootleg that maybe Phelan might be interested in reviewing. It's being sold on Amazon.

[@homecruz7743]

Merry Goldenfilms to all!

[@KyleRDent]

Perfect timing - I've been binging your old holiday cartoon reviews this week.

[@CodecrafterArtemis]

Where are those elf unions when you need them?..

[@hunnykun101]

I remember this one!! Back in kindergarten on YTV. You really remember that one Christmas elf song in this movie and nearly forgot the rest

[@redkingrauri3769]

Golden Films really went all out reusing characters here. Hans is one of the peasants from Beauty and the Beast in the flashback, the baker is the one at the beginning song for Handsome of Notre Damme. Couldn't help but notice the king is the only one with 4 fingered/toed hands and feet. Clearly he's the result of inbreeding.

[@Chimerism101]

I'd love to see you review The Nuttiest Nutcracker!

[@KillerCaitie]

I remember this one! I recall it airing on YTV sometime in the 90s.

[@iceheart862]

We need a proper Dingo Christmas because that would be brilliantly animated.

[@BrandonCroker]

Phelous and the shoemaker is my favorite fairy tale.

[@flufflewarrior]

Perfect! I come home and get a Golden Films review. Christmas is one day early this year!

[@fritzy8318]

2 days.

[@countofarcadia]

Well, I know Jennifer Darling is voice actress for the the wife of the Shoemaker, Elsa, and the Manager of the Sprites. The wife' voice was a mix of Irma from 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ayeka from Tenchi. I knew mostly because I have a thing for Ayeka' English Voice.

[@a.c.9639]

All right! Time to start the Christmas weekend off right with a new Phelous video!

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

After a few years of covering other Christmas cartoons and specials... and that crappy Grandma got Run over by a Reindeer special for some reason... Phelous finally covers a Golden Films Christmas movie... It's an American Film Investment miracle! Also, missed opportunity to not have Reinhold say the "cat burger" line from Phil Nibblelink's Puss in Boots!

[@reptile1687]

i just noticed some characters have 5 fingers while others have 4, it must be because this movie was so "brilliantly animated"

[@amaibambina]

I always look forward to you ripping apart a terrible Christmas cartoon, even better that it's a Golden Films review too! 😆 Merry Christmas, Phelous! 🎄🎁✨❤💚

[@Private-Potato]

I have this same dvd and it’s a Christmas tradition for me. First because I couldn’t tell it was bad as a kid, then to riff on it every year as I got older.

[@millennialmatt7]

5:17 Good thing this guy wasn't the love interest in Cinderella. He would have just taken the other slipper. Happy Holidays Phelous!

[@halospartan129500]

I literally got an ad for shoe carnival. how unexpected!

[@MamaMOB]

Santa isn’t a human. He’s a supernatural being who can deliver millions of gifts to the entire planet in a single night. Nothing human about that.