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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 10:09:53 AM
Does anyone remember a TV program that used to be shown on Christmas Eve. It was in the 1950's I think, and in black and white. It was farm scene, and out in the barn the animals would talk, but only on Christmas eve. What was the name of that and is there a book?
NANCY JO
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| Beemoosie |
Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 07:16:42 AM
AHA! Someone YOUNGER than me!! Yes, loved Nester! We had a black and white TV for a while if that counts! Watched lots of reruns with my mom that were black and white
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 07:00:36 AM
I don't have any memory of the show, so I can't help. Strange because I remember just about every other Christmas special...Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey, anyone? It must have been just a little before my time (I was born in 1975). But I do remember black and white TV quite well. Funny thing, in my memories the shows I watched as a young child are always in color even though I know I must have watched them in black and white. |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 05:30:00 AM
Thanks Brenda and lindy, I will look into both your Ideas. If there is a book I sure would like it. I remember is so clear form when I was little, but not the name.
NANCY JO
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| Sweet Harvest Homestead |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 6:15:27 PM
I am having the hardest time remembering that movie. I know I have seen it. The name is very familiar to me. I think it will come to me later.
Have any of you read Miss Hickory? That is what I thought you were talking about when you said the Amimals could talk. On Christmas Eve, Miss Hickory goes to the barn and all of the animals talk and an image of the baby jesus comes as well. Miss hickory is a doll made from an apple twig and a hickory nut for a head.
Lindy
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 5:16:16 PM
Well it's a couple of decades later, but I found this reference to 'The night the Animals Talked' - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066146/ Do you think this could be the one you are looking for?
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| joan1e |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 1:22:54 PM
Wasn't there an animated movie back in the late 60's or early 70's by that name on tv? I remember something like that...the animals were able to speak only that one night.
HaH! That was a while ago...it could have been later. Time sure flies by!
Joan |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 12:07:28 PM
well .. here you have it!!!!
Based on Kathyrn Forbes's book "Mama's Bank Account"
I Remember Mama Cast
Peggy Wood as Marta Hansen
Judson Laire as Papa Lars Hansen
Rosemary Rice as Katrin Hanson
Ruth Gates as Aunt Jenny
Carl Frank as Uncle Gunnar Gunnerson
Alice Frost as Aunt Trina Gunnerson
Iris Mann as Dagmar Hansen (1949)
Robin Morgan as Dagmar Hansen(1950-1956)
Toni Campbell as Dagmar Hansen (1956 to 1957) Kevin Coughlin asT.R. Ryan (1952-1956)
Malcolm Keen as Uncles Chris (1949-1951)
Patricia McCormack as Ingeborg (1953-1956)
Dick Van Patten as Nels Hansen (1949-57) Roland Winters as Uncle Chris (1951-1952)
I Remember Mama Theme Song -
"Holver Suite (open) and "The Last Spring" (close) by Edward Grieg
I Remember Mama Tidbits
"I remember the big white house on Steiner Street, and my little sister Dagmar, and my big brother Nels, and Papa. But most of all, I remember Mama."
Mama was the story of a Norwegian-American family living in San Francisco in 1910. The story is told through the eyes of daughter Katrin (Rosemary Rice). The show opened looking through the pages of the family album and remembering.
Mama was played by veteran stage actress Peggy Wood who created one of the warmest characters ever to grace television.
In 1956 they cancelled Mama but popular support from the public brought it back for a 13 week run on Sunday afternoons from December ot March of 1957.
Sadly, except for that last 13 weeks, Mama was telecast live rather than filmed and so we have no taped record of the show.
Passings
Ruth Gates died in 1966 of a heart attack, Carl Frank in 1972, Kevin Coughlin in a car accident in1976, Peggy Wood in 1978 of a stroke, Judson Laire in 1979, and Alice Frost in 1998.
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 12:06:05 PM
Wasn't the daughter who wrote named Karin? Or Katrin? "I remember the house on Steiner Street.....but most of all, I remember Mama".
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| ByHzGrace |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:58:21 AM
 1972
bonnie do you remember black and white TV lol
Nancy The night animals talk the father tells the story.
There was an Aunt Jenny in it too.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:57:45 AM
or .. was it: KATRIN? (i'm on a memory roll here!)
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| Nicie |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:56:46 AM
It sounded really familar so I went serching.
Try this site:http://ciaoitalia.com/rc_recipe_view.php?recipeid=350
Denise |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:55:07 AM
Frannie- lets see MAMA, LARS, NEIL, CATHERINE, DAGMAR.
NANCY JO
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:54:30 AM
KATRINA!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:53:17 AM
BEE,
Could have been, but if it was a Mama episode it didn't take place from their usual setting. You know their house in SAN FRANCISCO. I would love to find out for sure so I could see if there is a book.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:51:34 AM
The life of a Norwegian immigrant family in 1910 San Francisco centers around Mama and her detailed, pennywise household budget. We follow the Hansens' small joys, sorrows, and aspirations, with the boisterous antics of Uncle Chris as counterpoint.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:49:42 AM
well phooot! i tried to google it to no avail! janice .. didn't you just love the MAMA show! i have actually followed the advice of (ohhh .. what was the daughter's name who 'wrote' the stories???? mama, lars, a sister who started with a "d" i think .. oh .. dagmar! but who was the sister who wrote??? was it dagmar? and was lars the father or the son? olde-timer's setting in here! i must GOOGLE that one too!
anyhoo .. the advice was "write what you know! write your own stories".
sooooooooo .. that's what I do! xo
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:45:17 AM
Was is a special episode of "I Remember Mama"? That show was on until '57 and that kind of sounds familiar to me......
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 11:15:01 AM
Sorry, Nancy Jo, I was born in 1972! 
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 10:59:42 AM
oh that sounds so familiar .. but for the life of me .. i can't remember what it might have been. hope someone remembers and can tell us! have you tried googling it?
50's TV show .. animals talk to each other on christmas eve? i'll try it!
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