How Murray Saved Christmas

How Murray Saved Christmas (2014)

One-hour animated special surrounding a surly deli owner Murray Weiner, who is forced to step into Santa's shoes for one Christmas and bumbles his way into doing a great job.

Date of release
2014-12-05
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (9)
Runtime
42m
Genres
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Music
Director
Peter Avanzino

Casting

Interesting facts

How Murray Saved Christmas is a 2014 animated musical television special, directed by Peter Avanzino and written by Mike Reiss. The story, narrated in verse, is based on Reiss's 2000 picture book of the same name. Voice actors included Jerry Stiller, Sean Hayes, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jason Alexander, John Ratzenberger, and Dennis Haysbert.

Production

How Murray Saved Christmas was produced by Universal Animation Studios, with the animation being done by Rough Draft Studios, both of which are based in Glendale, California.

Mike Reiss, a writer and producer on The Simpsons, sought to bring a "Simpsons sensibility" to Christmas specials. Reiss adapted the script from his 2000 children's book of the same name and its 2002 sequel Santa Claustrophobia, which were both illustrated by David Catrow.

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