Digger dark shadowspartially based on thumbelina by hans christian andersen directed by r. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 stream and watch. Rifftrax santa and the ice cream bunny extended edition 12. Shot like a home movie with horrible childrens singing and a dud of a santa, the whole mess is actually terribly depressing, and may put you off christmas for a. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 part 2 of 11 the. Fathom events, ign and r are excited to bring rifftrax favorite, santa and the ice cream, to the big screen for the first time for a live riff on thursday, december 3 followed by a. Mar 04, 2016 one of the strangest, most baffling christmas movies ever made, santa and the ice cream bunny defies logic, reason, and we believe several laws of physics.
The footage was likely included to help pad the film because mahons earlier thumbelina 1970 or jack and the beanstalk 1970, in some prints was used. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 children and a bunny try to help santa get his sleigh out of florida sand. Few movies have made quite an impression on the riff crew as this classic, which features gorilla suits, santa costumes, and a nonsensical plot. Dvd release of santa and the ice cream bunny, they thoughtfully included a copy of the film without. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 part 5 of 11 the. Santa and the ice cream bunny headscratchers tv tropes. And his exciting rescue by the daring ice cream bunny.
Santa and the ice cream bunny is a 1972 american musical fantasy film written, composed, shot, edited and directed by r. Indeed, given how cheap the movie is, how did they afford to rent a firetruck for the movie in the first place. Tom sawyer and huck finn make cameos because barry mahon tried to make a tom sawyer movie, but gave up after one day of filming. The threadbare plot concerns santa claus attempts to free his sleigh from the sands of a florida beach, assisted by local children different prints feature one of two filmswithinthe film. Winer to frame barry mahon s childhood productions films for a christmas release.
Next story santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 part 8 of 11 previous story santa and the ice cream bunny. Not only is right out of nowhere, it contradicts an earlier scene where santa says he cant just fly back home on an. Why does the ice cream bunny have a firetruck anyway. Nov 16, 2015 after visiting the grand canyon and hoover dam, we swung south to catch some of the historic route 66 and the mother road museum in kingman arizona. A publicity still from the pulsepounding climax of santa and the ice cream bunny. Streaming friday, 1216, and again saturday 1217, at 7pm pst on both days. Dec 17, 2012 this is the point in santa and the ice cream bunny in which the filmmakers made the decision to insert an entirely different movie into the middle of the one you actually paid to see. The dvd release from legend films cuts 12 minutes from the thumbelina segment. He stops time and sends out a subliminal message that summons all nearby children to come help him. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 user ratings imdb. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 rotten tomatoes.
Though this does not really fit well with him running around the beach under a hot sun. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 part 1 of 11 the. The film is an exercise in padding and makes next to no sense. Not only is the ice cream bunny s arrival the stuff of survival horror games, the way santa operates is its own brand of blasphemy. Dec 08, 2011 the worst movies ever santa and the ice cream bunny thumbelina part 210 duration. Its one of the strangest and most baffling pieces of outsider art that mike, kevin and bill have ever riffed. But, instead of the familiar thumbelina insert, instead we got jack and the beanstalk, which turned out to be not only way more ridiculous and cheap than thumbelina, but actually more enjoyable. I came to the same conclusion that perhaps the ice cream bunny was a familiar pirates world ice cream stand mascot. Winer to frame barry mahons childhood productions films for a. We see whats clearly the actor actually narrowly missing running over a dog in the street. Poor acting and production values have made the film.
Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 posted on december 2017 by kevin lyons 1 comment. Naked bunny with a whip on birds of prey and the fantabulous emancipation of one harley quinn, a recap part 3 jose gregorio bencomo gomez on birds of prey and the fantabulous emancipation of one harley quinn, a recap part 3 brian shanahan on star trek. Oct 10, 2016 in this liveaction feature santa finds his sleigh stuck in the sand on a florida beach only days before christmas eve. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 part 4 of 11 the. Filmed on the now defunct theme park pirates world in florida, this movie is about santas sleigh getting stuck in the sand on a beach by the theme park. The threadbare plot concerns santa claus s attempts to free his sleigh from the sands of a florida beach, assisted by local children. The worst movies ever santa and the ice cream bunnythumbelina part 210 duration. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 movie moviefone. When santas sleigh is stuck on the beach, only the ice cream bunny can save him. Jay clark jay ripley as santa claus true grit shay garner as thumbelina humongousbob oconnell as mr.
But youll be willing to let this pass, since it does contain pigs, gorilla suits, paper mache birds, soiled santa. In this liveaction feature santa finds his sleigh stuck in the sand on a florida beach only days before christmas eve. Santa and the ice cream bunny is a mindnumbing, soulcrushing, incoherent mess of a socalled movie. Film title santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 synopsis. For this film, santa and the ice cream bunny, is a massacre to the family matinee of the early 1970s. Rifftrax santa and the ice cream bunny the ice cream bunny. Unfortunately, the fire truck that the ice cream bunny drives needs repairs, so hell be a little late coming from pirates. Not short flashbacks to an earlier film or stock footage or any of those other tricks to extend running time so familiar to bmovie fans, but an entire movie with. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It seemed for a while as though santa claus conquers the martians 1964 was going to be the worst santa claus film ever made.
Santa and the ice cream bunny is an entirely surreal childrens christmas movie that is exponentially worse than santa claus or even santa claus conquers the martians, and is really a 96 minute ad for a longgone dania, florida amusement park called pirates world. Santa and the ice cream bunny jack and the beanstalk. Winer that aired as a weekend afternoon kiddie matinee. Santa and the ice cream bunny contains examples of. With the recent rifftrax dvd release of santa and the ice cream bunny, they thoughtfully included a copy of the film without the rifftrax commentary as well, so you can get this material on dvd now at a fraction of the cost of an old vhs copy. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing rl. In fact, this is the citizen kane of awful family matinees. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 november 16, 2015 by goat. I ordered and ate their huge cheeseburger and fries, the cheeseburger. But youll be willing to let this pass, since it does contain pigs, gorilla suits, paper mache birds, soiled santa costumes, pervy moles and, of course, an ice cream bunny.
Dec 09, 2010 santa and the ice cream bunny is deceiving. The actual santa and the ice cream bunny segments are truly the stuff of unintentional nightmares. Get the new rifftrax live of santa and the ice cream bunny. Even worse, in a film that has to this point only evinced a rough relationship with the basics of editing, things collapse complete when the ice cream bunny shows up. This liveaction feature finds his sleigh stuck in the sand on a florida beach only days before christmas eve. This is the point in santa and the ice cream bunny in which the filmmakers made the decision to insert an entirely different movie into the middle of the one you actually paid to see. Theres another full film within this film with credits and everything.
Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 part 7 of 11 the. Rifftrax santa and the ice cream bunny the ice cream. The gorilla brought in to try and help santa is clearly just a man in a cheap gorilla. He psychically summons childrens aid from a nearby subdivision. Actually, no, that description doesnt nearly do it justice. Countdown to christmas santa and the ice cream bunny. Apr 06, 2015 even worse, in a film that has to this point only evinced a rough relationship with the basics of editing, things collapse complete when the ice cream bunny shows up.
This is a hilarious recap of a movie of epic badness. There is a sort of swirl running around his costume, not entirely unlike the appearance of a soft ice cream cone, so maybe the idea is that he is actually made of ice cream. Eh, this film is so cheap, they probably couldnt afford more than one free character. Dec 23, 2002 santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 part 2 of 11 by dr.
Rifftrax burst back to theaters to bring us a new take on an old classic, with santa and the ice cream bunny. Incidentally, the santa and the ice cream bunny portion of the film clocks in at about 30 minutes. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This is the question and answer for psych movie bluff. This is the last movie filmed at pirates world, which closed in 1975. When santas sleigh gets stuck in florida, he tells a group of kids the story of thumbelina. With jay ripley, shay garner, pat morrell, bob oconnell. The action takes place in and around pirates world in florida. It should come as no surprise that pirates world, which operated back when amusement parks didnt have to worry about things like safety, has been out of business for many years.
This was the original studio tagline for santa and the ice cream bunny. Dec 23, 2002 a publicity still from the pulsepounding climax of santa and the ice cream bunny. Santa lays out the moral of the story ahead of time, and its something along the lines of never giving up on hope, not doing drugs, staying in school, drinking all their milk, blah blah blah, whatever. Dec, 2017 santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 posted on december 2017 by kevin lyons 1 comment it seemed for a while as though santa claus conquers the martians 1964 was going to be the worst santa claus film ever made. This is the kind of movie that would actually kill a dog. Best of rifftraxs santa and the ice cream bunny youtube. Posters for this movie reveal that is was meant specifically to be a saturday and sunday afternoon matinee only. Santa and the ice cream bunny is a 1972 childrens fantasy film made by r. Santa and the ice cream bunny jack and the beanstalk edition rifftrax live trip report. Santas sleigh magically warps back to the north pole at the end. Winer to frame barry mahons childhood productions films for a christmas release. It stars jay clark as santa claus and kids from ruth foremans pied piper playhouse. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 g 1h 36min family, fantasy 18 november 1972 usa when santas sleigh gets stuck in florida, he tells a group of kids the story of thumbelina. Its actually a complete and utter mind screw from start to finish.
Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 santa and the ice. Santa and the ice cream bunny is a 1972 christmas film directed by barry mahon and r. In watching the thumbelina film on the video at the end of the sicb story i was interested in finding out more about the pirates world amusement park in dania, florida. When santa s sleigh gets stuck in florida, he tells a group of kids the story of thumbelina. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 full film youtube. Santas sleigh is stuck on the beach, and only one creature can help him. One of the strangest, most baffling christmas movies ever made, santa and the ice cream bunny defies logic, reason, and we believe several laws of physics. Search, discover and share your favorite santa and the ice cream bunny gifs.
The guys riff live in nashville for this hilarious holiday film. Not only is the ice cream bunnys arrival the stuff of survival horror games, the way santa operates is its own brand of blasphemy. It stars jay clark as santa claus and kids from ruth foremans pied piper playhouse actually, no, that description doesnt nearly do it justice. An exciting new party game to play when youre with friends. Rifftrax santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 extended dual audio 1. I did this version there was another version that had the live show audio mixed with the unriffed audio and it had an annoying echo. After the neighborhood children fail to get him out using their livestock. Santa and the ice cream bunny 1972 part 2 of 11 by dr.
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