Film Junk Presents: A Very Gerry X-Mas!
It took some hardcore convincing but we here at Film Junk finally talked the reclusive Reed Farrington into starring in his very own X-Mas special! In the tradition of such classics as A Charlie Brown Christmas and The Star Wars Holiday Special, we present to you A Very Gerry X-Mas! We hope that this half hour short might become a part of your traditional holiday viewing line up, reminding you that X-Mas (Christmas) is not just about presents; it’s also about classic holiday themed television programming. Now it’s Film Junk’s turn to add to the joy! Before you get to the video I figured seeing as it’s the holiday season, I’d throw out a few thank you’s on behalf of Film Junk…first to Reed for agreeing to appear in the short. You’ll hear more about this on Film Junk’s 300th podcast. Secondly, a big thanks to Rob Niosi who came through huge, working on a very tight schedule, providing us with the awesome opening sequence (Film Junkies might recognize Rob from The Goblin Man of Norway and Obsessed & Scientific). Finally, a big thanks to all of Film Junk’s friends who came out and helped shoot this thing! So kick back by the fire, click the ‘full screen’ button, and treat yourself to some nog and a nice piece of ginger-munch. It’s time for A Very Gerry X-Mas!!
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Oh yes.
Posted by Joolies on December 24th, 2010…and another holiday classic is born
Posted by Cy-Ed on December 24th, 2010The SNEEZING is INCREDIBLE
Posted by dirrrtyfrank on December 24th, 2010Just like one of the three wise men, I come to worship the immaculately conceived Reed Christmas special.
Posted by Film Ape on December 24th, 2010Thanks for making me this a very Merry Christmas Eve, indeed. Hopefully I didn’t catch Reed’s cold. A sublime piece of work, as expected. The SEVEN homage was quite the unexpected highlight. Oddly enough, I’m making Gingerbread Cookies tonight, so this fit very well with the narrative of the day. 4/4, Two Thumbs Up.
Posted by Jim The Movie Freak on December 24th, 2010BEST SNEEZE OF THE YEAR!
Posted by Turd Burglar on December 24th, 2010Fuck. Yes. Merry X-mas, friends. This is surely more momentous than The Christ’s stupid birth, life, or Passion. Praise Jay-sus!
Posted by Fatbologna on December 24th, 2010Thanks for all the hard work Jay and Rob. This was AMAZING.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Posted by dirrrtyfrank on December 24th, 2010Thanks to you Frank for a solid performance and a masterful use of the word ‘haul’!
MERRY X-MAS and see you on boxing day (maybe)!!
Posted by Jay C. on December 24th, 2010that was amazing… a true Christmas miracle! Thanks to all those involved for making this happen
Posted by alechs on December 24th, 2010lol, that was fucking hilarious
Posted by Slushie Man on December 24th, 2010should have been called A VERY SNEEZY XMAS, it was pretty funny
Posted by MikeH on December 24th, 2010The whole production looked awesome. My in-laws are visiting so I gave them a crash course over the past few days with Cantankerous ep 7 and cooking with Gerry. We all laughed throughout the entire video. Nice Job!
Posted by Xidor on December 24th, 2010“Christmas is about adult responsibilities and homicides”
Sounds about right guys. Thanks so much for this!
Posted by matty on December 25th, 2010Disturbing.
Posted by TDR on December 25th, 2010Oh man. Jay, Reed, this is great stuff guys. I swear, Jay, you are literally building yourself quite a career using Reed. Keep it up!
Posted by ShenEvil44 on December 25th, 2010Awesome work to everyone involved, I really enjoyed it. Also merry Christmas to the Film Junk crew and to all you fellow listeners.
Posted by Tomoo on December 25th, 2010Ok, this is brilliant. Loved it. The switch to hard-boiled crime noir was as inspired as the gift story was sad (that is: very). Kudos!
Merry XMas!
Posted by James on December 25th, 2010exceeds all expectations… high ones.
As years go by there needs to be a Gerry special for every holiday
Posted by Goon on December 25th, 2010Awesome!
Posted by Calvin on December 25th, 2010As expected, I loved it. Everyone involved in this did amazing. Reed is incredible. As soon as I can get some extra cash together, I’m making a donation because this kind of stuff deserves it. Merry Christmas to the Film Junk crew and to the other viewers. Thanks a lot for this and can’t wait for episode 300.
P.S. – Was that Frank from the show?
Posted by bard on December 25th, 2010Solid job.
I don’t know who Rob Niosi is… but I’ll be the first to call him out on some sweet-ass stop motion. It’s a bitch to do… and anyone who can make it work gets major kudos.
High-fives all around!
Posted by Falsk on December 25th, 2010I loved this so much
I actually watched it on my TV drinking a bottle of Cherry Limeaide because I have a Vimeo channel on my Roku box, it looked amazing!
Posted by Drew on December 25th, 2010Jay, I only managed to watch the first 8 minutes because I didn’t want to use up too much of my dad’s 2 GB internet connection limit, but you managed to make me entertaining even to myself! I think you will get future credit for introducing the “sneeze transition” into the cinematic lexicon.
Rob, thanks very much for making me into a stop-motion character. One of my life-long dreams has been finally realized. I wonder if I’m the first Chinese person to have ever been made into a Rankin Bass-type character.
And bard, that was indeed Frank from the podcast.
Happy holidays everyone!
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 25th, 2010KAPLAH!
Posted by DOUGNAGY on December 25th, 2010Brilliant. Emma and I watched this instead of A Christmas Story tonight.
We don’t get Klingon blood knives (or whatever the hell that monstrosity was) in A Christmas Story.
Posted by Andrew James on December 25th, 2010Thanks guys. Awesome stuff!
LOL That was magical! Thanks for all the hard work film junk crew! Have a Merry Christmas boys!!
Posted by Kevin on December 25th, 2010remind me to kill myself. Lx
Posted by Louisxxx on December 25th, 2010This is amazing! Thank you for this precious gift!
Posted by Andrew on December 25th, 2010The sneezing reminds me of the discussion about the little girl in The Fall wiping her nose throughout the film at the Movie Club Podcast.
Posted by Gil on December 25th, 2010Jesus Christ, that was the highlight of my week. No Christmas gift I receive tomorrow can top A Very Gerry Christmas. Seriously, bravo guys. Magnificent work. I laughed my ass off at Reed sneezing his way through the gingerbread segment.
Posted by Rian on December 25th, 2010AWESOME!!! Thank god for the invention of cameras!
Posted by FoxMulder on December 25th, 2010Great stuff guys!
Posted by Hanoi_Xan on December 25th, 2010that was fucking awesome.i pissed myself everytime he sneezed with those retareded facials.good on you gerry for having fun with it
Posted by jeffdog on December 25th, 2010thanks reed!
Posted by christopher reed on December 25th, 2010wow, really enjoyed that! these things just keep getting better and better. Also, what was that knife from? And Frank’s a lot bigger than i imagined!
Posted by bert belgium on December 25th, 2010brilliant but odd stuff.
Reed is Jay’s muse, as Devine was to John Waters.
Posted by Deven Science on December 25th, 2010Thanks Jay and all involved. Great stuff to receive this during xmas lunch today (xmas day in Aus)
Posted by Rick on December 25th, 2010god bless us! every one.
Posted by Jonny Ashley on December 25th, 2010Amazing! It’s not an exaggeration to say this made my Christmas morning!
Posted by Chris on December 25th, 2010Amazing. Reposting on Popshifter right now!!
Posted by Less Lee Moore on December 25th, 2010Thanks for all of the kind comments guys. It was hard work but it seems to have paid off!
For anyone who enjoyed the opening animation, check out this video of Rob on Reading Rainbow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE15oMLWVkc
Posted by Jay C. on December 25th, 2010nice work guys.
Posted by dangerdoom on December 25th, 2010get those allergies checked out Reed!!!
Posted by blart on December 25th, 2010I love this! Thanks, guys.
Posted by Berserker on December 25th, 2010totally forgot to thank the star himself, REED!!!
Thanks bud, Merry Christmas.
Posted by dirrrtyfrank on December 25th, 2010solid performance Frank.. Reed, good police work getting your fingerprints all over the evidence =).. Nicely done, loved the animation
Posted by pcch7 on December 25th, 2010I love Rob Niosi. I had no idea he was an animator too.
Posted by Drew on December 25th, 2010BRILLIANT in so many levels!
Rotten food, expired 16yearold presents, dried nasal mucus, special Christmas coffee, a crime scene, Sneezings, Dead bug skin. I adored every second of it boys, really good stuff!
But why the photographer is not mentioned on the end credits?
Was it Greg or Jay?
@Reed, the video is just 130.2mb and I have a 1 GB internet connection limit. Just go for it man.
As a fellow filmmaker I think would have changed only 2 things
The first smoke effect transition with the dream music. You should have just cut from Reed singing to the dream scene and create a small WTF moment.
Also, I think you shouldn’t have used the teleportation effect the first time. If you have saved it just for that very last scene you would have been much more effective in amplifying that unfulfilled dream atmosphere in the first scene and then completely elevate the final scene with that out of the blue self-fulfilling low budged allegorical transportation..
Posted by kyri on December 25th, 2010Don’t get me wrong man I really liked it, everything else is so beautiful, touching and funny at the same time. Seriously this is solid filmaking.
1. A Very Gerry X-mas (Jay)
Posted by Robin on December 25th, 20102. Inception (Nolan)
3. The Social Network (Fincher)
merry xmas gerry!
Posted by SnuggleBob on December 25th, 2010What is the music? I especially liked the track after Reed opens the 8 year old present.
Posted by Film Ape on December 25th, 2010Actually the song is before he opens the present, when he lights the tree. Just watched it again.
Posted by Film Ape on December 25th, 2010The best thing since the last Reed video.
Posted by Kasper F. Nielsen on December 25th, 2010I absolutely loved it.
Great job Jay and Reed.
Merry Christmas to all of you
Posted by Glen on December 25th, 2010Reed, it’s now tradition in this family to spend some of Christmas day listening/watching you. You always make the day even more fun so Thanks!
Also ginger munch, huh huh huh
Posted by Froggiegirl on December 25th, 2010This is amazing! Best Film Junk video ever. Please make the entire Cooking with Gerry series available on DVD.
Posted by Ford on December 26th, 2010Merry Christmas Film Junk,
That was pretty awesome stuff.
This is why Film Junk is THE site for movie related material.
That snot dripping part is the greatest moment in the history of the internet since those completely nude sunbathing pics of Elsa Benitez.
Stay awesome Film Junk.
Posted by Mark In Ottawa on December 26th, 2010more depressing than Dancer In the Dark. Lx
Posted by Louisxxx on December 26th, 2010This has made my christmas. (Well, Boxing Day).
Posted by Billy Boyd Cape on December 26th, 2010Well done! Everyone’s favorite Chinadian brightened my holiday.
I eagerly await the DVD releases of the Best and the Rest of Reed Farrington.
Posted by Mike on December 26th, 2010This has to be playing at sundance, right?
Posted by Mike on December 26th, 2010where can i get my Gerry ornament for next year?
Posted by Mike on December 26th, 2010WOW HOLY SHIT!! THAT WAS AWESOME!
Posted by MoriaOrc on December 26th, 2010Great Job to all!
I’ll be tuning in next year as I think a new Holiday Classic has arrived.
Funny and fun.
You really went all out.I’m very impressed.
Merry Christmas Film Junk!
who said Asian people don’t like Christmas…
Posted by Idontknowwhattowrite on December 26th, 2010you all are my hero
Posted by Dave on December 26th, 2010Thanks so much for this great Christmas gift. Watching this is going to become a yearly Christmas tradition for me. Great job, Jay. And Reed you were hilarious as always. I also loved that it had an amazing amount of heart with the 16 year old present scene. Good stuff. Merry Christmas guys and Happy New Year!
Posted by Jason Cartagena on December 26th, 2010top shelf guys fucking top shelf…great job.
Posted by david on December 26th, 2010loved it!!!!!
Posted by STeve on December 27th, 2010What a pisser, awesome stuff.
Posted by Jean Claude Pannel Van on December 27th, 2010Man, this is so disturbing… I somehow start to believe that that’s the REAL Reed aka Gerry we’ve seen here… great sneezing btw!!!
This film has made it into my honorable mentions this year and it definitely should be up for short film at the Oscars… is it possible to send it to the Academy? I mean… consider Reed sitting next to all those big shots and starts sneezing again… and making a film of Reed visiting the Oscars… I mean it cannot get any better than that… maybe he’d even meet some of the Star Trek fellas there… wishful thinking I guess… awesome work, Jay! Made my day!
Posted by Rolf on December 27th, 2010Now is the time to do a full feature documentary on any subject (doesn’t really matter what) involving Reed.
Jay & Gerry do Hollywood
Posted by Werner on December 27th, 2010finally a good follow-up to that Nativity Story everyone keeps talking about, sweet all around
Posted by rus in chicago on December 27th, 2010My favorite parts are the white boarder and the moment Reed grabs the knife from atop the range.
Thanks!!
Posted by Jeff on December 27th, 2010Brilliant. Gerry, I want your xmas tree.
Posted by catho on December 27th, 2010What an amazing production!! I loved it!
Posted by Nate on December 27th, 2010Who is Gerry?
Posted by GfC on December 28th, 2010Bit late in catching this, but I have to say: Congrats to Gerry and Jay and the rest of the crew. You have all managed to top “The Star Wars Christmas Special” as my favorite holiday special this year!
Hilarity and awesome from top to bottom.
Big thanks Gerry for doing this even while clearly sick! You’ve brought us all a little joy this season!
Posted by auraldissonance on December 28th, 2010Brilliant….as always.
Posted by anncine on December 28th, 2010Great. Thanks guys.
Posted by Robert on December 28th, 2010Great stuff guys – thanks for all the effort you put in to this kind of stuff…well worth it!
Always funny the first time you see what one of the crew look like…in this case Frank. I always pictured him as looking a bit more weasily, kind of like Jesse in Breaking Bad! I’ll have to adjust my mental picture when listening to the podcast now…
Posted by Liney on December 30th, 2010fun fact: the French title of this short film is “S.O.S Noel”
Posted by Goon on December 30th, 2010PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE put together a DVD of all the Filmjunk related video content and sell it on the site! I’ll buy 5!!!
Posted by Fatbologna on December 30th, 2010so great!
Posted by Jacob on December 30th, 2010Very nice!
Posted by tjg92 on January 2nd, 2011HAHAHA awesomely gross… like…awesome.. Well done Reed!!!!
Posted by D-Gee on January 4th, 2011There are no words for how awesome/funny/sad/touching this was. I love you guys!
Posted by Kim on January 5th, 2011Classic shit right here.
Posted by Napalm on January 19th, 2011All I can say is, “A snot rag Reed? Really?”
All kidding aside I really enjoyed it and it will definitely become a Christmas tradition in our household.
Posted by Elio on January 30th, 2011@Elio: In order to save on Kleenex costs, I resorted to handkerchiefs. I’ve read it’s bad to use handkerchiefs for cold sneezes, but I use mine for allergy sneezes.
For next Christmas, we should re-title the video as “A Very Gerry Xmas: Reed’s Star Trek Holiday Special” in order to attract all of my fellow Trekkies although I’m afraid I would be seen as an embarrassment.
Posted by Reed Farrington on January 30th, 2011I laughed, I cried, It was almost as good as Mr. Nobody.
Posted by other greg on March 2nd, 2011Absolutely amazing. I always watch when im feeling blue. I hope Jay makes a living out of being a filmmaker.
Posted by Richard on June 23rd, 2011This was awesome. I don’t even enjoy a Charlie Brown Christmas anymore, but *this* got me in the holiday mood.
Posted by deadmic3 on December 17th, 2011Still hilarious! And the intro from Rob Niosi really brings an old school feel to it. Love it!
Have a Very Gerry Christmas everyone!
Posted by milath on December 25th, 2011Thx, milath! Mucus never gets stale.
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 26th, 2011I love the way Reed turns towards the ingredients on the side every time he sneezes.
Posted by Gary on January 1st, 2012Man this was awesome. I love Jay’s obession with Reed the human. The se7en scene was the best. I was laughing my ass off. Thanks for the entertainment.
Posted by max on January 6th, 2012Thx, max! Comments like yours make life worth living.
Posted by Reed Farrington on January 6th, 2012Amazing, well done all involved.
Posted by Spooksta on February 24th, 2012Love the knife Reed. Where did you get it.
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