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O Come All Ye Bums

O Come All Ye Bums

1978TV Episode⏱️ 30mTV-G
ComedyFamily
7.8
IMDB Rating
132 votes

Frank DeFazio loses some of his Christmas spirit when he has to cancel his yearly gathering for the homeless and poor. The girls and friends step in to help him keep the holiday meaningful for the less fortunate.

Director
Joel Zwick
Writers
Paul B. Price, Stephen Nathan
Stars
Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Betty Garrett
Release Date
December 19, 1978
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall
as Laverne DeFazio
Cindy Williams
Cindy Williams
as Shirley Feeney
Betty Garrett
Betty Garrett
as Edna Babish
Michael McKean
Michael McKean
as Lenny Kosnowski
David L. Lander
David L. Lander
as Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman
Phil Foster
Phil Foster
as Frank DeFazio
Eddie Mekka
Eddie Mekka
as Carmine 'The Big Ragoo' Ragusa
Hamilton Camp
Hamilton Camp
as Rags
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Rusdi Lane
as Santa Claus
Lynne Marie Stewart
Lynne Marie Stewart
as Sister Sarah

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Miller-Milkis Productions, Henderson Productions, Paramount Television

🏷️ Keywords

christmas episodechristmaschristmas spiritholiday

🎯 Categories

ComedyFamily

⭐ Featured Review

Classic TV Xmas Countdown Episode #48
by kgraovac2023-12-20
6/10

"Frank cannot afford to put on his Annual Xmas dinner for the local homeless people. This is the weaker of the two L&S holiday episodes. It's not as cohesive and we have a few different ideas that kind of seem thrown together to make a full episode. Shirley chastises Laverne for messing up the lyrics to "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and singing off-key. Which seems kind of mean but Laverne has it coming since she ate the popcorn they had strung for the tree. She also ate a chunk out of the gingerbread star (YUCK - they'd had it for years!). Later, when the girls go X..."

💡 Did You Know?

Scott Marshall, who plays the kid who harasses Santa Claus, is the son of Happy Days (1974) creator Garry Marshall.

📖 Synopsis

Frank DeFazio loses some of his Christmas spirit when he has to cancel his yearly gathering for the homeless and poor. The girls and friends step in to help him keep the holiday meaningful for the less fortunate.