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Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas

Stop-motion toyland, a Christmas pterodactyl and one very lonely Abed.

  • American
  • Family-safe
  • Good for kids
  • Animated
  • Tearjerker

Content note: Mild peril and a few grown-up jokes, but fine for most of the family

NBC

2010

First shown 9 Dec 2010

First shown
9 December 2010
Channel
NBC
Runtime
22 mins
Genre
Sitcom

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On the last day of term, Abed suddenly sees the whole world in stop-motion, like a Christmas special from the 1960s. The study group drags in a psychology professor to cure him, which sends everyone off to a wobbly toyland made of felt and wool, complete with a Christmas pterodactyl and a train to the North Pole. Underneath the daftness there is a genuinely moving story about why Abed's Christmas feels so empty this year. It is clever, strange and surprisingly sweet, and the sort of thing you can put on once the mince pies are out and everyone has stopped arguing about the telly.

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