{"id":1214,"date":"2009-12-25T10:59:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2011-01-15T13:11:34","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T00:11:34","slug":"xmas-re-post-desperately-seeking-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1214","title":{"rendered":"Xmas Re-post: Desperately Seeking Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(from <a href=\"http:\/\/mr-orgue.livejournal.com\/5650.html\">9 November 2004<\/a>)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: In a world<br \/>\n(Santacorp high-rise on the Arctic wastes)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: where Christmas means business<br \/>\n(interior Santacorp CEO office. CEO reading a child&#8217;s letter)<br \/>\nCEO: &#8220;Dear Santa, blah blah, I&#8217;ve been very good all year, brownnose brownnose brownnose&#8230; ah, here we go: what I want for Christmas is&#8230;(he flips the page) my little brother to get better?&#8221; (stops reading) Who let this get through?<br \/>\n(shot of nervous, cowering elves with pointy green hats in their hands)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: Now<br \/>\n(shot of the elves running from the room, chased by the raging CEO who is throwing their hats after them)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: the most unlikely heroes<br \/>\n(shot of the elves fighting amongst themselves Three Stooges style)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: must find the one man<br \/>\n(shot of elves marching out through the reception area of the Santacorp high-rise)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: who can put things right<br \/>\n(closeup of one elf who seems to be in charge)<br \/>\nElf: We gotta find Nick.<br \/>\n(a boardroom meeting at Santacorp.)<br \/>\nCEO: Saint Nick, Santa Claus, Father Christmas &#8211; he&#8217;s old news. History. We need something fresh.<br \/>\n(CEO standing in front of a small audience, giving a big speech)<br \/>\nCEO: Allow me to introduce the new face of Christmas: Santa Rhymez<br \/>\n(zoom in on a black dude wearing a red gangbanger vest and shades, with swimsuit ladies hanging off him and lots and lots of jewellery.)<br \/>\nSanta Rhymez: Yo. What&#8217;s digging y&#8217;all?<br \/>\n(Elf talking to a policeman on the streets of New York)<br \/>\nElf: Excuse me, sir? I was wondering if you could help me?<br \/>\n(The policeman is kneeling down, eager to help.)<br \/>\nElf: We&#8217;re looking for a magical fat man in a red coat.<br \/>\n(Cell door closing on the elf, who is kicking and shouting)<br \/>\n(Santa Rhymez addressing a group of teenagers)<br \/>\nSanta Rhymez: &#8220;Remember, there&#8217;s a reason for the season: tha ka-CHING-CHING-CHING!&#8221;<br \/>\n(Shot of the elves beating the crap out of a guy in a Santa suit)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: This Christmas<br \/>\n(Elves gathering around a table, lit by the torches in their high-tech goggles. They unroll a blueprint of Santacorp&#8217;s high-rise.)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: Get ready<br \/>\n(Shot of the elves abseiling down the outside of the building in a blizzard. Something SWOOPS past the camera.)<br \/>\nElf: I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re alone out here.<br \/>\n(SUDDENLY a RAGING REINDEER SPRINGS INTO VIEW behind the elf)<br \/>\n(Shot of elves breakdancing in a nightclub)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: To get merry<br \/>\n(A flame-filled cave. Standing in the centre is the Devil.)<br \/>\nThe Devil: I&#8217;m Old Nick.<br \/>\nElf: Ah. Well, we&#8217;re looking for Saint Nick.<br \/>\nThe Devil: Sure, sure. It&#8217;s a common mistake.<br \/>\n(cut to TITLE)<br \/>\nVoiceover man: Desperately Seeking Santa<br \/>\n(Santa Rhymez with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.)<br \/>\nSanta Rhymez: Ho ho ho!<br \/>\n(the woman slaps him)<br \/>\nWoman: Watch your mouth!<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a game idea that took on a life of its own. As with so many things, blame ubiquitous_cat&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(from 9 November 2004) Voiceover man: In a world (Santacorp high-rise on the Arctic wastes) Voiceover man: where Christmas means business (interior Santacorp CEO office. CEO reading a child&#8217;s letter) CEO: &#8220;Dear Santa, blah blah, I&#8217;ve been very good all year, brownnose brownnose brownnose&#8230; ah, here we go: what I want for Christmas is&#8230;(he flips &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1214\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Xmas Re-post: Desperately Seeking Santa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-and-also"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8D9ZE-jA","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2102,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions\/2102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}