![]() ![]() Where to watch: Amazon, Google Play, Hulu, iTunes, Microsoft, PlayStation Video, Vudu There are eight specials in all: “Robot Chicken’s Christmas Special,” “Robot Chicken’s Half-Assed Christmas Special,” “Dear Consumer (Robot Chicken’s Full-Assed Christmas Special),” “Robot Chicken’s DP Christmas Special,” “Robot Chicken’s ATM Christmas Special,” “Born Again Virgin Christmas Special,” “Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United,” and “Lots of Holidays but Don’t Worry Christmas Is Still in There Too so Pull the Stick Out of Your Ass Fox News Special.” Seven of them will be played back-to-back on Adult Swim Dec. Why you should watch it: While a distinct departure from the usual Christmas fare, it may be just what the doctor ordered after the holiday season’s typical onslaught of jingle bells and reindeer. It’s gotten four Emmys since its 2005 debut. ![]() What it is: Unapologetically unhinged and totally un-PC, Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken is a stop-motion animated sketch comedy series that delights in the demented. Where to watch: Amazon, FandangoNOW, Google Play, iTunes, Microsoft, Netflix, PlayStation Video, Vudu Also check out “The One With the Monkey,” “The One With Phoebe’s Dad,” “The One With the Girl From Poughkeepsie,” “The One With Ross’ Step Forward,” “The One With the Routine,” and “The One With Christmas in Tulsa.” Why you should watch it: Featuring Christmas episodes in all but the 10th and final season, Friends lets you check in on its central gang at the same time each year to see Ross dressing as the Holiday Armadillo for his son (“The Holiday Armadillo”), Phoebe volunteering her time to collect money for those in need (“The One With the Inappropriate Sister”), Rachel quitting her job at Central Perk (“The One Where Rachel Quits”), and more. This decade-spanning, New York City–set sitcom introduced us to friends, roommates, siblings, and on-again, off-again lovers Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Joey, and Chandler and made us fall in love with them in the process. What it is: We all know Friends - heck, you can probably even sing the whole theme song. Where to watch: Amazon, FandangoNOW, Google Play, Hulu, iTunes, Microsoft, PlayStation Video, Vudu “Comparative Religion” and “Regional Holiday Music” round it out to make this a memorable Community Christmas trilogy, indeed. Case and point: Season 2’s “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas,” which dabbled in stop-motion animation akin to animated Christmas classics of yesteryear. Why you should watch it: Community earned its cult comedy stripes thanks to its off-the-wall humor uninhibited performances from McHale, Donald Glover, Alison Brie, and others and fearlessness in experimentation. Partially inspired by showrunner Dan Harmon’s own community college experience, Community is the story of Jeff and the makeshift family of classmates he creates at Greendale. What it is: Joel McHale’s sleazy lawyer Jeff Winger is forced to enroll in Greendale Community College in Greendale, Colorado, when it’s learned that he didn’t, in fact, earn a law degree from Columbia University. ![]()
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