Is the movie in Skinner's Sense of Snow based off a real film?
In the Simpsons episode, Skinner's Sense of Snow there is an imaginary film called, "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, But Then Was". The movie was set in Santa's workshop, and featured Christmas hobgoblins and Little Bo Peep.
Is this a parody of a real movie? I saw there was a film called The Christmas that Almost Wasn't, although the plot seemed entirely different.
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According to mainstay Simpsons fansite, The Simpsons Archive, the film bears similarities to Laurel and Hardy's March of the Wooden Soldiers:
The film that Skinner shows the class is similar to the Laurel and Hardy film, the March of the Wooden Soldiers. Based on the tale Babes in Toyland, the film features the duo as Stanley Dumb and Ollie Dee, two residents of Mother Goose Land. There, they help Tom-Tom, the Pipers son and Little Bo Peep to fall in love while, with the help of giant wooden soldiers, saving the town from Barnaby, the Crooked Man, and the Bogie Men, man-beast creatures that the hobgoblins in the school film resemble.
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The kids go through the schools records. Skinner sends a hamster out in the snow in an attempt to save himself. Homer and Flanders pass out due to carbon monoxide poisoning and Homer has bizarre fantasies about ranch dressing. The hamster saves them, leaving them free to save the kids.Skinner (aka Skin Person Devil) (1993, USA) Trailer
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