"Santa & The Space Men"
So you're wanting to know if I have anything of a UFO Christmas persuasion laying around the house, do you? Well it's funny you should ask... you're all probably familiar with the legendary and long thought lost to the ages late '50's short film "Santa & The Space Men, or How Mr. Claus Met The Elves." Well as it turns out, my recently deceased great uncle Nestor worked as a prop man on that same film (he propped up one of the trees in the background) and whilst dumpster diving on the studio lot a few weeks after production had wrapped Uncle Nestor came across a discarded copy of the film which he decided to hold onto as a small memento of the many long hours he spent working on the movie. I have recently re-discovered this brittle reel of film at the bottom of a trash bag full of old Highlights Magazines which my Uncle deeded me in his will... as this is the only copy of the film known to exist, I don't have to tell you that quite a fierce bidding war has erupted amongst several different parties who are all interested in restoring the film and re-releasing it for the enjoyment of a whole new generation of viewers! It may be quite awhile before the general public ever again lays eyes on this Yuletide classic in all its glory, but in the spirit of the season I'm posting a few screen caps from the film along with some snippets of dialogue so that visitors to this blog can get a small taste of the joys that await them! I hope that you come to love it as much as I do!
"You think making toys is a pain? Why don't you try shoveling manure all day long? I mean, isn't there anything other than magical corn that will make those things fly? They never stop pooping!
"What the hell?"
"Your puny air force poses no threat to-"

"Holy Sh-"
2 comments:
Man Santa can be such a hardass. I think my favorite Santa stories are ones where he's either trading in white-elf slavery, or when he's trying to blow up the planet or save the planet.
I guess my all time favorite would have to be the Lobo vs. Santa comic that Simon Bisley did at DC in the 80's or early 90's.
Another great work by Nestor Altis. Sad that such a great artist should be shunned because of his long ears.
Do you recall his great work on
Robot Santa saves Christmas:
http://www.cecebell.com/christmas/rcp0.html
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