30 Rock with Tina FeyI was never comfortable as a kid writing a Dear Santa letter, I guess because I'm Jewish. Then again, the consolation for the Jewish kids is to have eight nights of Chanukah. But Hannukah to me is like Phoebe Cates on Christmas, maybe because my grandfather actually DID die on Hanukka (see my Thanksgiving blog for a fun story).

I'm not a good asker when it comes to gifts. People ask me what I want, I say "A $10 million capitalization for my show on Broadway." Or a Tin Man colllector's item (I collect Tin Man stuff... because I have no heart).

Still, in the tradition of "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth," I do have eight TV-related wishes for Chanukka Harry to put under by Hanuccah Bush.

1. I want to see a Soap reunion. Sure, Billy Crystal is a superstar who may not deign to go back to his humble beginnings as Jodie, one of the first gay lead characters on TV, and Catherine Damon is immortally unavailable, but I would love to see Katharine Helmond's Jessica Tate come back from the dead (did she really get shot by the firing squad?) and see what the Tates and Campbells are up to. I am also DYING to know how well Diana Canova aged.

Phoebe CatesOr, at the least, I would like a time machine so I could go back to 1980 and jockey for a staff writer job on the final season of Soap (I was only 11 at the time) and make sure they don't do shark-jumping things like turning Mary and Jessica against each other and turning Jodie into a straight and septuagenarian Jewish man.

2. I want more half-hour comedies on the schedule. Remember when there were like 50 sitcoms on Tuesday and Wednesday nights? I would even settle for shows like Carter Country and Union Square if it meant that TV had more comedy blocks.

3. I want to be a Rankin & Bass character. I just saw the new Apple commercial where the “PC” and “Mac” guys were rendered in claymation. Hmmm, the Justin Long character did look a lot like me, so maybe I did get my Festivus wish.

4. I want George Lucas to allow the Star Wars Holiday Special to be seen again (I know I was not hallucinating when I was eight and saw Bea Arthur and Chewbacca on the same hour of television).

5. I want an all-30 Rock and all-The Office network.

Lisa Kudrow Comeback6. I want The Comeback to have one. Lisa Kudrow's post-Friends HBO show was so friggin' good. I DO need to see that! Speaking of comebacks, isn't it time for C. Thomas Howell to appear on a show like Dexter or American Chopper? (Ed. Note: Hells yea!)

7. I want someone other than me to remember the gender-reversed remake of It's a Wonderful Life with Marlo Thomas in the Jimmy Stewart role and Cloris Leachman as Clara. Anyone? Anyone? Called It Happened One Christmas? I watched it the night after our house was burgled (yet another happy holiday memory).

8. Yeah, um, I DO want that $10 million capitalization.

What are your non-denominational holiday TV Land wishes?

Peace and prosperity to you in 2009!
Message Edited by TVLTheLink on 04-14-2009 12:20 PM