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"Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" is now showing on the Movies! channel.
Rats. I mised the first twenty minutes.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Theatrical release poster
Release date: November 14, 1964
Running time: 81 minutes
Budget: $200,000 (estimated)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a 1964 American science fiction comedy film directed by Nicholas Webster, produced and written by Paul L. Jacobson, based on a story by Glenville Mareth, that stars John Call as Santa Claus. It also features an eleven-year-old Pia Zadora as Girmar, one of the Martian children.
The film also marks the first documented appearance of Mrs. Claus in a motion picture (Doris Rich plays the role), coming three weeks before the television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which also featured Mrs. Claus.
The film regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made, is regularly featured in the "bottom 100" list on the Internet Movie Database, and was featured in an episode of the syndicated series of the Canned Film Festival of 1986. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians took on newfound fame in the 1990s after being featured on an episode of the comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
That episode became a holiday staple on the Comedy Central cable channel in the years following its premiere of 1991. It has since found new life again, as it has been the subject of new riffing by Cinematic Titanic and RiffTrax, both productions of former MST3K writers and performers. The film was also featured on Elvira's Movie Macabre.
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Theatrical release poster
Release date: November 14, 1964
Running time: 81 minutes
Budget: $200,000 (estimated)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a 1964 American science fiction comedy film directed by Nicholas Webster, produced and written by Paul L. Jacobson, based on a story by Glenville Mareth, that stars John Call as Santa Claus. It also features an eleven-year-old Pia Zadora as Girmar, one of the Martian children.
The film also marks the first documented appearance of Mrs. Claus in a motion picture (Doris Rich plays the role), coming three weeks before the television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which also featured Mrs. Claus.
The film regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made, is regularly featured in the "bottom 100" list on the Internet Movie Database, and was featured in an episode of the syndicated series of the Canned Film Festival of 1986. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians took on newfound fame in the 1990s after being featured on an episode of the comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
That episode became a holiday staple on the Comedy Central cable channel in the years following its premiere of 1991. It has since found new life again, as it has been the subject of new riffing by Cinematic Titanic and RiffTrax, both productions of former MST3K writers and performers. The film was also featured on Elvira's Movie Macabre.
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I've been using a scene from the movie as my Teams background in meetings this week. This one, but I can't find it in a linkable format:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/resizer/ecc4uMHIze96irapSLoIgBXle3E=/800x459/top/www.trbimg.com/img-5a298e85/turbine/bs-1512672897-bkpkaossc7-snap-image
Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/bs-fe-retro-snta-claus-martians-20171207-story.html
This is close:
https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,h_1178,w_2100,x_0,y_0/f_auto,q_auto,w_1100/v1554736505/shape/mentalfloss/80246-sony_pictures_home_ent.jpg
Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/80246/10-festive-facts-about-santa-claus-conquers-martians
Here you go; this is my Teams background:
Source: https://kawarthanow.com/2019/12/17/santa-claus-conquers-the-martians/
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