This was _The Santa Clause_ by John Pasquin. Scott P.S.: The Dad in _Santa's Last Stand_ is not dressed in a Santa suit. It is written by Toney Crawford. On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Brower, Kalynn Huffman wrote: > Tim Allen played Santa Claus about 4 years ago. As I recall, he suddenly > put on weight; it was a magical transformation from regular guy to jolly > leader of elves. Is that weird enough? Sorry, I don't remember the film > title... > > Kalynn Huffman Brower > (812) 855-9935 > Radio-TV Center, Room 309 > Department of Telecommunications > Indiana University > Bloomington, IN 47405 > http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom > > > > ---------- > > From: kelly abbott > > Reply To: Film and TV Studies Discussion List > > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 3:25 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Christmas query > > > > On a lighter note... > > I've been writing a column on films for a comedic magazine. Soon we'll be > > producing a December marathon that includes a new article ever day of > > December. An advent calendar, actually. Anyway, I plan on making my > > regular Christmas reviews but also had an idea to write about Santa Claus > > in film throughout the years. > > What I'm asking screen-l, h-film all my friends and readers to help me > > with, is to compile a record of all the weirdest Santa Clause imagery they > > can remember form films past. Myself, I can only think of a few. The > > "Dream Santas" in The City of the Lost Children, the "Rude Santa" in A > > Christmas Story. But I'm drawing blanks after that. I seem to remember, a > > Terrorist Santa from Christmas past, and didn't Chevy Chase do Santa once. > > Was it SNL or the Vacation movie? Oh, and Gremlins featured Gremlin > > Santas. That's a prime example. See where I'm going? > > If you could forward your suggestions, so that I can fortify my article, > > I'd be grateful indeed. Also, feel free to write me personally about any > > memorable Chistmas film experiences. My editor mentioned that he kept his > > ticket stub from the Muppet Christmas Story from way back. When he looked > > through his albums recently he noticed that the stub had been torn just > > so, leaving "Muppet Christ" legible. "Now that's a movie I want to see!" > > he joked. > > Get the picture? > > Thanks > > Kelly > > ---- ---- ---- > > kelly abbott > > great jones street design > > 1075 east nineteenth avenue > > eugene, or 97403-1326 > > tel. 541.683.7207 > > http://www.great-jones-street.com/almanac/ > > > > > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama. > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite