OK, I found something even weirder. Full-Court Miracle, on the Disney Channel. A Jewish school has a basketball team. The main character kid has gotten several talks from the rabbis about how he needs to find the Judah Maccabbee inside himself to lead the team. Now, it's the championship game, and there's a storm, and the power went out, and there's not enough fuel in the emergency generator to have lights to finish the game! But they're going to try anyway.
I suppose I should take it as a good sign that Jews get ridiculous holiday movies just like Christians do?
That story sounds familiar. But. I don't recall the basketball part. I wonder where I know that story...
It's a miracle! Without any fuel, the lights came back on!
Oh, and the coach who had coached them to the championships and then left because he got an NBA contract showed up just when the lights came back on, so he walked into the gym surrounded by a halo of light.
Hey, we got a "shine as a beacon of hope to all the world" voiceover! I don't think I've ever seen that "all the world" stuff in a Jewish-themed show that wasn't specifically made for a Jewish audience before. I'm ... unsure how I feel about it. But it's interesting.
Cash, glad to hear the good news for your sister. Vibing hard for her.
This.
Hey, we got a "shine as a beacon of hope to all the world" voiceover! I don't think I've ever seen that "all the world" stuff in a Jewish-themed show that wasn't specifically made for a Jewish audience before. I'm ... unsure how I feel about it. But it's interesting.
Hil, that sounds every bit as mortifyingly schmoopy as most made-for-cable Christmas movies. That's the America I know and love - non-aerosol cheez-food for all!
More Muppets!
Statler and Waldorf comment on the comments on the Internet:
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Just skipping to the end to say that Jilli needs this: [link]
Dear office people,
Stop giving files names in Hebrish (Hebrew written in English). It hurts my eyes and takes me ages to read. You're fluent in both langauges, use 'em, for God's sake.
Thanks,
Me.
I *love* the Muppets Christmas bells. Shared it on FB. Genius (like much Muppets stuff).
Shir, eek. That sounds irritating.
Continuing best wishes for your sister, Cashmere.
I handed in my dissertation two weeks ago. I wonder when it's OK to start asking professors if it's been marked yet...
