Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays...Special

Watch Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays...Special

  • 2014
  • 1 Season

Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays...Special is a stop-motion animated sketch comedy series that targets the absurdities of contemporary pop culture. The show is presented in a series of fast-paced, irreverent clips and sketches with a playful, often darkly humorous edge. The Lots of Holidays...Special episode is a holiday-themed installment of the series, with sketches focused on a variety of different winter holidays, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and more.

The show opens with a sketch that sets the tone for the rest of the episode. A group of carolers are going door to door singing when they come across a couple who has just murdered a group of carolers who came to the door before them. The carolers quickly flee, but not before breaking out into a musical number that celebrates the holiday season with a dark twist.

Throughout the episode, Robot Chicken takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to holiday-specific topics, such as gift-giving, holiday traditions, and the meaning of the holidays. Many of the sketches serve to comment on the commercialization of the holidays or to highlight the absurdity of certain commonly-held beliefs, such as the idea that Santa Claus rewards good behavior or that Jesus was actually born on December 25th.

Some of the standout sketches in the Lots of Holidays...Special episode include one in which a group of elves at the North Pole stage a takeover of Santa's workshop and another in which a miserly Scrooge-like character is visited by ghosts who try to teach him the true meaning of Kwanzaa. In another sketch, a Jewish family celebrates Hanukkah by spinning dreidels and lighting the menorah, but things take a dark turn when a cursed dreidel unleashes a violent and malevolent spirit.

Other sketches poke fun at pop culture staples and icons, such as a skit in which Superman tries to act as Santa Claus but fails miserably, and a segment in which a group of Nintendo characters play a game of White Elephant gift exchange.

While some of the sketches might be considered crude or offensive to some viewers, the show's irreverent humor is balanced out by its self-awareness and willingness to poke fun at itself. In one sketch, for example, the show makes light of its own tendency to recycle the same jokes and characters, with a segment that features familiar Robot Chicken figures like Bane and the Robot Chicken himself.

Overall, Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays...Special is a humorous, fast-paced comedy series that offers a unique and often irreverent take on holiday traditions and themes. While the show may not be for everyone, viewers who enjoy edgy humor and rapid-fire pop culture references will likely find plenty to enjoy in this holiday-themed episode.

Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays...Special is a series that is currently running and has 1 seasons (1 episodes). The series first aired on December 7, 2014.

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1. The Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays but Don't Worry Christmas is Still in There Too So Pull the Stick Out of Your Ass Fox News Special
 
The wacky Robot Chicken writers take on every holiday that ever existed in this holiday special!
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Where to Watch Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays...Special
Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays...Special is available for streaming on the website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays...Special on demand at Amazon.
  • Premiere Date
    December 7, 2014