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2 • December 15 - 21, 2019 • Brainerd Dispatch By Breanna Henry TV Media C uddle up for a festive, fun-filled night on Fox, when the four fun- niest animated families on television celebrate the holidays with new Christmas specials, airing Sunday, Dec. 15. The festive episode of "The Simpsons" (titled "Bobby, It's Cold Outside") is the show's 20th Christ- mas special, while "Bless the Harts" is celebrating its first (titled "Miracle on Culpepper Slims Boulevard"). Add to that a "Bob's Burgers" special ("Have Yourself a Maily Linda Christ- mas") and one from "Family Guy" ("Christmas is Coming"), and you've got a full night of animated fun. "The Simpsons" is known for its celebrity guest voices (many celebs lend their own voices to a storyline that's making fun of them). A special episode is the perfect time to show off how many celebs still love this show, and "Bobby, It's Cold Out- side" goes all out. "NCIS: New Or- leans" star Scott Bakula and former Microsoft CEO-turned-LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer both lend their voices to the episode, which also fea- tures the return of the most notorious Simpsons villain: "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob. It seems some evil-doer is traips- ing around Springfield stealing Christmas packages off of people's doorsteps (a timely subject), and this no-goodnik must be tracked down if there is to be any hope of saving Christmas. In completely unrelated news, this year's Springfield Mall Santa is none other than famed ac- tor, professor, scientist, former may- or and convicted murderer Robert Underdunk Terwilliger Jr. PhD — more commonly known as Sideshow Bob. The episode title riffs on the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside," which was written by a man named Frank Loesser in 1944 to sing with his wife at parties. Despite never men- tioning anything holiday-related, the 75-year-old tune has been intrinsical- ly linked to Christmas. "Bless the Harts" is the baby of Fox's Animation Domination time block. The show's first Christmas spe- cial is only its ninth episode overall, and having to follow a series with 672 ep- isodes (and a movie) under its belt might seem difficult if it weren't for how much heart "Bless the Harts" has shown throughout its freshman season, particularly in the way it has chosen to avoid tropes associated with low-income families, a category that the Harts fall into. Rather than having a deadbeat, alcoholic (or worse) boyfriend, Jenny (voiced by Kristen Wiig of "Saturday Night Live" fame) has Wayne (Ike Barinholtz, "The Mindy Project"), who certainly won't be winning any awards for book smarts, but who wants nothing more than to care for her and her family. In "Miracle on Culpepper Slims Boulevard," the show's creator, Emily Spivey, voices Louise, Jenny's boss at the restau- rant. Louise invites the Hart family to her an- nual Christmas party, but after seeing the extravagance of Louise's home, Jen- ny begins to feel insecure about the kind of holiday she is able to provide for her own family, and her mother, Betty (Maya Rudolph, "The Good Place"), tries to focus on how she can stick to a budget but also "win" at Christmas gift-giving. It's hard to believe "Bob's Burg- ers" is already in its 10th season (with a movie set to premiere next year), especially since the writers have been able to keep each epi- sode as fresh and funny as the first. In "Have Yourself A Maily Linda Christmas," the Belcher matriarch, Linda (hilariously voiced by comedi- an John Roberts, who based his per- formance on his own mother), wants some extra spending money for the holidays, so she gets a temp job at a post office. However, Linda discovers an undelivered package and ends up going a little off-book to ensure it reaches its intended destination. While mom is out saving the day, Bob (H. Jon Benjamin, "Archer") and Tina (Dan Mintz, "Adventure Time") end up stuck at home with her diffi- cult parents. The younger kids, Gene (Eugene Mirman, who also voices a main character in "Archer") and Lou- ise (Kristen Schaal, "The Last Man on Earth"), are scrambling at the last minute to find the perfect gift for their eccentric older sister. Fox's Four Funniest Families Cover Story this week Jenny, Wayne, Betty and Violet from "Bless the Harts" The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon A new poster for the upcoming season of The Bachelor was just released and the slogan for this season is "Expect Turbulence." When they saw, Spirit airlines was like, "Hey! Get your own damn slogan!" According to a new study, 50% of people don't change their underwear every day. Yeah, HALF. So if you change yours every day, that's great, but odds are the person who sat in your seat last night didn't. Jimmy Kimmel Live We heard today from a gentleman named David Holmes of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. He's the guy who overheard Trump on that phone call with Ambassador Gordon Sondland. And the reason he overheard it is because the president's volume knob was turned up to 11 that day. Well you know, the thing is, the human voice really reverberates from inside a tanning bed. Late Night With Seth Meyers According to sources, President Trump has abandoned plans to increase restrictions on vaping out of fear that it could hurt his re-election chances. Because right now he's polling at 83% among high school dirtbags. During his testimony today, Gordon Sondland said that he was involved in efforts to pressure Ukraine because he and other diplomats, quote, "followed the president's orders." And then Trump said, "Look, I don't know the president, I've never met the president …" Late Laughs 501 W. 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