Some excellent TV guide moments. An extract from the description of "Emil and the Detectives":However, on the train to Berlin he befriends a stranger, who drugs and robs him. So that's a lesson about Christmas spirit for us all. And on another channel, the bizarre Christmas lineup of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" being followed by "The Hunt for Red October", before The Queen's Christmas Message and "Mrs. Santa Clause". What's Red October doing in there? I became suddenly unsure about whether it was set at Christmas-time or something, so I clicked to see what the TV guide has to say about it, which was this, in its entirety (other than cast and such):The United States reacts with surprise and intrigue when the captain, and selected crew of a Soviet missile submarine announce their intention to defect. Which is a brilliant story. "Hey, Americans, we want to defect!" "What?! You do? Why would you want to do that? How intriguing." The end.
Hooray! Because I'm in Australia, Christmas is almost over already, and for all you poor fools in other countries it's only just beginning. Take that, time-zone luddites! However, you all probably have quite nice cold temperatures, so I still lose this battle of wills. I'll get you next time.
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