Hey Billy! Just wanted to address the banned part of the episode. When I was working on this video I started researching the Billy and Mandy holiday specials and found a few sources stating the episode was removed from broadcasting because of a music licensing issue. I dug around more and found the same thing popping up repeatedly so I actually decided to check all streaming platforms and sure enough the XMAS special was nowhere to be found. I then “found” a copy of it and uploaded the FULL episode onto KZitem to test it for copyright and the entire episode had not a single claim but the end credit song did get claimed. So it seemed to confirm these sources I found. I don’t have cable and haven’t for well over a decade now but it seems from comments this is now airing on Adult Swim as part of the ‘Checkered Past’ Cartoon Network episodes. Can anyone confirm if the hair metal music is still playing during the credits of the Adult Swim version? I’m curious if they got the licensing back and we can possibly see it return to streaming, if they got new music and replaced it or if they’re just straight up playing the episodes without the licensing which would be amazing 😭
@joecrazy9896
9 ай бұрын
Well damn, doubt CN will ever get that squared away.
@Starro7002
9 ай бұрын
If the copyrighted song is Round and Round by Ratt than it did play over the credits when they played the special on Checkered Past.
@hidan1fan
9 ай бұрын
Late to this but yeah, it played the song with no issues on Adult swim
@MistressHowler
8 ай бұрын
i think they just recently made a new Halloween special, I think i was sick when it was on and fell asleep. i remember thinking, "thank god fred fred burger is still funny".
@sonyagordon9036
8 ай бұрын
I just want to give you a video idea: there is a show called apple and onion that I don't think your watching. At least review 2-3 episodes.
@davidperkins7782
9 ай бұрын
Funny how the Christmas special was creepier than the Halloween one.
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
Was soo good though!
@ShadyRK9
9 ай бұрын
R.I.P. Gilbert Godfried! 🥀
@ajstudios9210
8 ай бұрын
Creepier? It was hilarious! I always found the Halloween one way creepier.
@davidperkins7782
8 ай бұрын
@@ajstudios9210 I didn't SAY it wasn't hilarious. How do I say this? It's creepier for these reasons. 1. You expect creepiness from a Halloween special, not a Christmas one. 2. In the Halloween special, we knew who the villain was. In the Christmas special, Mrs Claus is not only the villain, but a full on vampire. And she turned Santa into one. That is a plot worthy for a horror movie. 3. Mandy literally sang a Christmas song. That alone should tell you how bad stuff is. 4. Mrs Claus telling Billy that some people are "naughty" and deserve to be put in harms way is a HUGE red flag. If my mom headed that line, she'd never let me watch CN again. Okay, that's an understatement. 5. I'm of the opinion that if something is meant to be scary (a parade of demon possessed pumpkins), it is not as scary as something that's meant to be safe but corrupted to be scary (vampire Santa).
@HieiDaHellSpawn94
2 ай бұрын
it was one of the best Christmas specials ever
@electrobob992
9 ай бұрын
What makes it more great? Billy showed to be the most supportive of santa being real, only to reveal in the credits that his family celebrate hanukkah. He was jewish.
@Octopugilist
8 ай бұрын
Mandy: Your whole plan was to infect Santa so he'd bite all the children, giving you an army of the dead to conquer the world! Mrs. Claus: Actually, I just wanted to get back at him. But I like your idea!
@brucemanthebestdemonofiction
8 ай бұрын
That was one of the two dumbass mistakes Mandy has done during the special, with the first being her attempting murder Vampire Santa Claus despite the goal was supposed to be them trying to calm him down and bring him back to his good Holly Jolly old self again. I also, want to count Mandy not believing in Santa Claus to begin with despite being friends with the literal Grim Reaper and all the other wacky Supernatural antics she has witnessed and encountered, but I don't consider that a mistake, just her fitting the Agent Scully/Flat-Earth Atheist Character Trope.
@davidperkins7782
9 ай бұрын
I can imagine that someone in the writers room decided to ask "You guys wanna stick it to the parents this season?"
@thefanwithoutaface8105
9 ай бұрын
Oh, I LOVED this special so much as a kid. I remember how psyched I was when I found out Gilbert Gottfried was voicing Santa, and it was just a darkly funny special. Also like they actually tried to give it an actual story with how Mrs. Claus and Santa met. Plus it's Billy and Mandy, always good for a laugh
@GODZILLA2915
9 ай бұрын
Having Gilbert Godfrey voice Santa was the weirdest choice that hadn’t been topped till Smiley Friends took it to ‘god teir.’
@royalport2
9 ай бұрын
There is a messed up joke in the Christmas special that has never left me, but no one talks about. When we first meet the Baron he is singing “singing in the rain.” What’s so messed up? He is voiced by Malcolm McDowell. Who is also Alex from “A Clock Work Orange.”…..
@electrobob992
9 ай бұрын
It's a shame the credits is the reason for the ban, since it also confirmed that billy.. Doesn't even CELEBRATE christmas. His family is revealed to be Jewish, yeah did not expect that. And Gottfried saying merry christmas hits harder now that he's gone :(
@jacobj3933
8 ай бұрын
I really don't remember their Christmas special being banned, nor the Halloween special. In fact I remember those two specials airing yearly, till the year after 2010.
@TroubledGothMime
8 ай бұрын
It was on tv just yesterday and the other past couple years it comes on the Cartoon Network livestream periodically during Christmas season, it’s def not banned, at least not in the US
@Itsbully06
8 ай бұрын
@@TroubledGothMimeyeah I legit watched a small bit of it yesterday lmao
@Bimb0ba
8 ай бұрын
SAME i was confused BIG TIME cuz i remembered seein the specials air on tv as akid
@thefantasticretroreviewer3941
4 ай бұрын
Me neither. I think I remember seeing it being aired on TV afew times.
@SlavTiger
9 ай бұрын
why the hell would they ban the best christmas special ever?
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@MerSorax2007
8 ай бұрын
@@viridianalopez248 I don't understand why this holiday was banned.
@Yubel198
8 ай бұрын
end credits song, copyrighted music.
@silentbanger5420
8 ай бұрын
They literally have a hollow Bone to pick with the creator for “ruining the image of CN” . I wouldn’t be surprised if they were doing it to be petty
@trevie7589
8 ай бұрын
Because big business sucks.
@grt1769
9 ай бұрын
Gilbert Godfried as Santa was icing on the cake 😂
@the-nina-beans88
8 ай бұрын
I remember one year my parents saw clips of Gilbert Santa and they were like “ he’s Santa” I don’t think they understood the humor behind the series or didn’t expect him to voice Santa
@ShaDHP23
9 ай бұрын
I was bored one year and wrote a "director's cut" of this special. It was full of filth, profanity and a lot of jokes that can't be made anymore. Those were some good times.
@mathieuleader8601
8 ай бұрын
Given Harold's nightmare in the Tangello episode I wonder if Harold had an unfortunate encounter with vampiric Santa Claus as a kid
@acaciaevans4185
9 ай бұрын
I remember this special, and the series! I miss it so much. This special was my absolute favorite 😢
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
It’s such a good one!
@Beessokoo1coo1
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRufflersame
@itzorin600
9 ай бұрын
This special was awesome and funny as hell and they got freaking Michael McDowell to play a vampire and made him sing singing in the rain
@kaitouluminous7114
9 ай бұрын
I adore this Christmas special so much. Plus a vampire Santa makes sense given the guy is immortal
@Santoryu90
8 ай бұрын
I had no idea this was banned I try to watch it every year.
@desireet3644
8 ай бұрын
They do play it every year still, where is it banned to?
@sandracedillo8088
9 ай бұрын
I love everything Christmas and I love The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. The Christmas episode was a masterpiece ❤
@alpyki2588
8 ай бұрын
When it was first broadcast, there was a flash game released before the Christmas special. If you got high enough in levels, your online handle would be posted on a tickertape running at the bottom of the special when it aired. The game was fun. Think I got to 32? The Halloween flash game was fun as well.
@vincentstuart9562
8 ай бұрын
I saw this more than once growing up so it was really weird that it got removed after quite a long time of being aired honestly, I feel like there should be a time limit on when copyright claims are valid so something doesn't get removed like 5 years later because no one noticed for a fat minute at first
@Tokuman100
9 ай бұрын
RIP Gilbert Gottfried
@boboli509
8 ай бұрын
I was gonna say, I just watched the Billy and Mandy Xmas Vampire special on the CN 24/7 Holiday stream on youtube like 3 days ago. They probs just swapped the track
@l0rdapophis
8 ай бұрын
Wait it's banned???? Since when???? This was childhood, I literally couldn't wait for winter cuz the CN specials were always amazing
@papiseni
9 ай бұрын
god this special freaked me out when i was younger. this, and that batman vs. dracula movie.
@montanajackson3713
8 ай бұрын
I remember this special, sure they could’ve gone through the easy route and have evil snowmen or krampus in it, but I think it makes sense to use vampires as a way to explain how their version of Santa is immortal.
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@Poyostar
8 ай бұрын
Gosh, the Billy & Mandy holiday specials are some of the show's very best. I had no idea the Decemberween special got banned, though.
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@fryguy9704
2 ай бұрын
My friend was wrong one time and I was like “I was right! Time to do the right dance” and started dancing like Billy and all my friend could do was laugh.
@ShadyRK9
9 ай бұрын
Banned?! Are you sure?! Since when?!
@SonicAndre2
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, this is my first time hearing about it being banned!
@SonicAndre2
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, this is my first time hearing about it being banned!
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
It was taken down due to copyright so it’s not available because of that It’s not on any of the streaming services or anything. It wasn’t banned for like anything bad or anything
@sleepygeekyandreadytodream...y
9 ай бұрын
Last year CN KZitem played Christmas specials from different shows. I'm pretty sure this special was on there too but I can't remember if they cut off the song...
@dreamgamershd345
9 ай бұрын
They didn’t cut the song. It was playing every 24 hrs on an official CN livestream
@gototheend1139
9 ай бұрын
They used to play the Christmas special app the time, I'm surprised it was banned after so many airings
@Chris-th5fl
9 ай бұрын
it makes me curious what they would have done with a thanksgiving special.
@montanajackson3713
8 ай бұрын
My guess is zombie turkeys.
@pkmnlover3812
8 ай бұрын
Cartoon Network actually had that Christmas Special on a few days ago (though it was part of Adult Swim's Checkered Past) and it seems they will also air it on Christmas Day
@TheLoneReni
8 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite Christmas Specials and I watch it every year when I can find it XD
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Me too
@meta527II
8 ай бұрын
Wait, this special was BANNED? I wanted to watch it because Trudermark’s YTP of that special made it look like a fun time, but now I learn that I can’t actually watch it on Prime!
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Prime
@meta527II
8 ай бұрын
@@viridianalopez248 What do you mean?
@shizuwolf
9 ай бұрын
What about the Underfist special? That’s pretty much a Halloween special
@safepel
8 ай бұрын
this episode is part of the cartoon network's christmas block this year on youtube.
@kierahenley2335
9 ай бұрын
Banned? I saw this special on TV recently
@davidperkins7782
9 ай бұрын
I know, right!
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
Music licensing issue. The music in the credits prevented them from releasing it in various places so idk how you’d watch something that they don’t have the rights for anymore Not sure if you’re mixing it up with something else but this one isn’t available anywhere atm
@usakosenpai6174
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffler they play it on the cartoon network: happy holidays Live stream, I just watched it the other day. And I remember it being on cartoon network every year.
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffler yeah
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@bostonrailfan2427
8 ай бұрын
you need to lookup the meaning of banned because a rights issue isn’t a banning, especially as it aired yearly for a decade before the rights to use the song expired. if the network chose, it could re-air with new music at the end…but there’s no money in doing that especially in this era of streaming rights issues
@JoeRuffler
8 ай бұрын
I know the meaning of banned but banned is an easier to understand word and title vs “musical rights issue” sometimes things need to be simplified 😁
@bostonrailfan2427
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffler so you know it yet you made an entire video about it despite it being a clear case of rights issues classic clickbait, you fraud.
@tayloredwards4968
9 ай бұрын
This is one of the best holiday specials I can't believe they would ban it
@sydneyhamilton2575
9 ай бұрын
What If They Did A Christmas Special About Billy And Mandy Meeting Krampus?
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@thefantasticretroreviewer3941
4 ай бұрын
Its nuts how this was banned
@ivygardenmist5585
9 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this episode as a kid it also has the best Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy game The Fright Before Christmas
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
I gotta give that a shot! I heard it was fun
@agonizingstarbutterfly1184
9 ай бұрын
This ep was scarier than the halloween special. How is that possible?
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@gamerhero9559
9 ай бұрын
I love this show and special! Goes to show you can make a Christmas special more action packed.
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
More action packed
@jokersmiley
8 ай бұрын
Cartoon Network is showing this episode on there KZitem channel on a 24 hour Christmas livestream
@Bullboy_Adventures
8 ай бұрын
9:56 except jack got unalived by the queens knight for a harmless practical joke, where as tanner cook got shot by a trigger happy cooc for a "prank" that even billy would think is stupid.
@MITSI1991
8 ай бұрын
Man i can still remember the commercials for this “new” episode during xmas break. Im getting old 😂
@justaregulardude3195
8 ай бұрын
Omg i didn't realize this is Ruff until the ad break but the voice and avatar are such a dead giveaway, but i didn't even realize it until he plugged Sorta Stupid then it clicked
@EnriqueReta25
8 ай бұрын
Band!! But who will save Christmas? And we're off, yes we're off, we're off to save Christmas ☠️
@arcanefury3666
8 ай бұрын
This was banned? Santa screaming,"I'll swallow your soul," and snarling scratching is locked into my brain, forever.
@WingDragonoidZero
9 ай бұрын
In high school my teacher and some classmates asked me on why I'm not offended about Irwin being pranked. My answer was the most crassed answer they ever heard, like Helluva Boss Blitzø bad. Irwin in my opinion deserved it. For most of the special he was wearing different costumes to get with Mandy and failed them all. Three of those costumes were feminine I might add, and in my Blitzø mind that tells me Irwin wants to be megged (youtube censors) by Mandy (who was wearing a masculine costume Twice). And explaining the running gag of Irwin obsessively trying to get with Mandy they understand the full context of the scene and acknowledge it as reasonable.
@StevenDolce
9 ай бұрын
Banned my ass.
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
Music licensing issue. The music in the credits prevented them from releasing it in various places. So yes it is not available
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffler yeah
@Hypercube2017
3 ай бұрын
0:48 not gonna lie, I burst out laughing. I have _got_ to use that sometime. Someone please remind me to use that. Use it yourself too. It’s too epic of a line to be unused.
@predator5775
9 ай бұрын
Wouldn't the Underfist film have also counted as a Holiday special?
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@hallofguns8174
8 ай бұрын
There is also the Underfist special that takes place around Halloween.
@Elvusmiw
8 ай бұрын
I remember the credits being weirdly edited. I never realized that was the main reason
@pericoloso9452
7 ай бұрын
I haven't been able to find the clip of Santa eating the dentist elf for years and I started to gaslight myself that it never happened
@supersmashfight
8 ай бұрын
This was on adult swim's checkered past block not to long ago.
@allykins1767
8 ай бұрын
It wasn’t banned, I watched it every year!
@SparkleBurgerLuv
9 ай бұрын
I loved this special and since now billy and mandy on cartoonetwork but it mostly adult swim plus ed edd eddy, dextar, and courage this special was on
@JuanMorales-ju6je
8 ай бұрын
Just saw it this morning. I watxh it every Christmas.
@JuanMorales-ju6je
8 ай бұрын
Saw it on KZitem but I also got a complete series bootleg complete with the specials and 2 movies. And the one crossover
@Uulfinn
8 ай бұрын
Underfist was a billy and mandy halloween special.
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744
9 ай бұрын
Was Santa Claus voiced by Gilbert Gottfried?
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
Yea it was!
@keynanmartinez
9 ай бұрын
I honestly love this episode!
@ChazWalser
8 ай бұрын
Oh….i see why in some ways the Christmas Episode is banned, but can still pay tribute to Gilbert Gottfried
@Chris-on4jp
9 ай бұрын
I saw this on Adult Swim the other day
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
Did they recently acquire the rights back? Because it is not available on any streaming platforms due to copyright licensing issues
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffleryeah
@dominicgreen4181
8 ай бұрын
You says it’s banned but they streamed this on their Christmas live stream lol
@JoeRuffler
8 ай бұрын
Read the pinned comment 😁
@dominicgreen4181
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffler hahaha nah not tryna correct you just laughing at the coincidence of this video lol
@michaela.pempleton1128
9 ай бұрын
It was banned!? WHY!?
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
Music licensing issue. The music in the credits prevented them from releasing it in various places
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffler yeah
@frankg2790
8 ай бұрын
I saw this when it came out and I loved it. It's still that good.
@Dking1998
8 ай бұрын
This special isn't banned. it's just not on the air anymore.
@androiduser3895
8 ай бұрын
Ok so now as an old man, I have learned a lot of mythologys/folk lore/fables w/e you want to call it and now need to go back and rewatch the show cuz the Halloween special is based off of a story, though instead of death it's satan that he tricks
@night-x6793
8 ай бұрын
I still wish they made a DVD set for it.
@sydneyhamilton2575
9 ай бұрын
This Is Way Before Edward Cullens And Bella Swan. This Is A Better Vampire Love Story Than Twilight. Maybe Santa Is A Vampire. Does That Explain Why Santa Is Immortal, Why He Comes Out At Night, Why Santa Lives Up North For Cold Temperatures (30 Days Of Night), Does The Red Suit Represent Blood? I Even Thought Up A Concept On Santa Sucking Blood From Naughty Children
@lukesmith720
8 ай бұрын
Cool how they got Ratts' "Round and Round" at the end credits
@TheDamatamama
8 ай бұрын
This show walked so teen titans could run.
@josieconroy9177
8 ай бұрын
I love Billy and Mandy Save Christmas it’ll always be a Christmas classic to me 💕💕🎄🎅
@kish45
8 ай бұрын
I’ve seen this special a few times on Cartoon Network when I used to watch the channel.
@BlackIce3190
8 ай бұрын
How the hell did I forget that Michael McDowell was the vampire?
@BrenTenkage
9 ай бұрын
ok that comment about the mall being on fire due to the economy has aged well LOL
@TOASTERBOI_2004
8 ай бұрын
I watched it on the Cartoon Network livestream a few days ago and loved it lol
@daniapfel2825
8 ай бұрын
I can say that the show Billy and Mandy made le Père Noël dirty
@thebigidea9659
8 ай бұрын
This was my favorite cartoon network holiday special!
@aderose
9 ай бұрын
Except it’s not banned, I just saw it air on Checked past 2 weeks ago
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
Pinned comment I explain with what I think is going on with that
@annoyed_bimbo8104
8 ай бұрын
Me, who just watched in twice on youtube with the original Christmas ads and without; BANNED WHERE?
@JoeRuffler
8 ай бұрын
Read pinned comment 👍
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@timeismichael
9 ай бұрын
I just watched the Christmas special on the official cartoon Network KZitem channel, cuz they're doing the 24-hour Christmas Marathon.
@theditty.itmasterlhammafia4346
8 ай бұрын
Is this why it's not on Max, well if that's the case than I would like to see why Underfist aka Halloween bash is not on there either the same with the KND crossover and that one Billy and Mandy tv movie where they defeated the boogey man
@Bullboy_Adventures
8 ай бұрын
11:26 anyone remember that awesome flash game where billy and mandy slash pumpkins?
@TroubledGothMime
8 ай бұрын
I watched it on Cartoon Network last night lol
@webby3109
8 ай бұрын
I loved the Billy and Mandy holiday specials!! They’re so good!!!
@masterseal0418
8 ай бұрын
This held dear to my heart. Usually Christmas specials are lighthearted, holly jolly, and sometimes saccharine, Billy and Mandy Save Christmas is the complete opposite, and it gets disturbing. There was perfect casting for Santa with the late Gilbert Gottfried, and the Head Vampire being voiced by Malcolm MacDowell(even singing Singin' in the Rain, which a character he played earlier Alex and the Droogs did in the infamous r*pe scene, causing A Clockwork Orange to be banned from the UK for years with the title 'Video Nasty' until it was lifted years later). Also, I heavily recognize a YTP of this special by now-retired pooper Trudermark, and quote it constantly when the time is right; a whole month of December, and the yuletide season in bloom. Just to watch other iconic Christmas YTPs within an entire month, a tradition of mine that's what. The Halloween special was also good, but the second featuring Underfist became wasted potential for a sequel series to both Evil Con Carne/Grim & Evil and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy(was introduced to it next to REPO, and We Are The Strange, and revisiting childhood Halloween classics Igor and Monster House from part 1 of Rebeltaxi's Underrated Halloween Gems; part 2 includes the Scary Godmother duology and a Scooby-Doo special tailor-made for the holiday).
@eeveefennecfox
9 ай бұрын
copyright issues? since when are christmas songs copyrighted? everyone's allowed to sing them including cartoon characters,man that's fucked up
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
Not the Christmas music the hair metal in the credits
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffleryeah
@icecreamhero2375
8 ай бұрын
7:53 Why don't they just get Maxwell Attoms and put a new music track in the ending scene. They replaced the music in the DVD versions of Daria.
@WolfmanArt
9 ай бұрын
The Christmas special was banned because of a copyright?
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@DrErikNefarious
8 ай бұрын
*Me who remembers watching this on TV*..............THIS WAS BANNED?.............*remembers what was in it*...........Yeah, that tracks......wait........it was for the end song?!............WHAT?!
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
What
@sunni.6375
8 ай бұрын
Why are you lying it was never "banned." I still watched it every Christmas since it first came out back in the early 2000s. And it's never banned as for today! As a matter a fact, I'm watching it on Cartoon network as for right now at 3:15am in the morning
@JoeRuffler
8 ай бұрын
If you read the pinned message it’s all explained. No lies being told 👍
@micahwilliams1449
9 ай бұрын
Banned over a rock song?
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@rhonnichan
8 ай бұрын
Excuse you, Im an emo girl with mommy issues 😂
@yunarukami6161
8 ай бұрын
I know this episode was Livestream on CN last uear for the special holidays for Christmas
@skunkman9815
9 ай бұрын
How was this banned?? I remember seeing this alot during rhe holiday season
@JoeRuffler
9 ай бұрын
Music licensing issue with end credits music. I think the license expired and they just didn’t renew it and removed it from air But I’ve been seeing some comments saying it’s now showing up on the adult swim checkered past so they actually may have renewed it just for that
@skunkman9815
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffler oh i see
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@viridianalopez248
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeRuffleryeah
@queenlightfury8964
9 ай бұрын
I think the special is up still, but the quality isn't the best
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