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Ernest Saves Christmas
Santa needs a successor and Ernest is driving the cab. Stan calls it almost a perfect Christmas movie.
Black Christmas
Sorority sisters, snow angels and an icicle as the perfect weapon. Our first annual Christmas episode.
Silent Night, Deadly Night
A toy-store Santa goes very wrong. The wives join the Draft, and Stan salutes one perfect word: punish.
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