A Christmas Dream

A Christmas Dream is one of these Christmas specials that double as a variety show. Aired only once on NBC, the special, which is aired as the announcer said Michael Knight and KITT are taking the night off to do Christmas shopping, and spoiling the list of celebrities and performances, the movie stars Mr. T (first name Mister, middle name the dot, last name T, for those not in the know) plays Benny, who is doing his job as a street Santa in New York City, and he meets Billy Johnson (played by Emmanual Lewis, who at the time was best known for his lead role in Webster), who seems to not care about the holiday. Sensing the kid has a case of B. A. (short for bad attitude), takes him around town to teach him a lesson about the true meaning of Christmas.

All I have to say about this is wow, this is cheesy. While not as bad as a Star Wars Holiday Special, it is still a bit weak for a movie that doubles as a variety show. Among the celebrities and acts are magician David Copperfield, singer Maureen McGovern, the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, and even ventriloquist Willie Tyler and his dummy Lester (who whips out Buster, a Mr. T dummy, which has to be one of the dumbest ideas ever done in anything starring Mr. T). The writing for the story is weak and acts barely keep this special from mediocracy. Scrooges can't resist this? I bet there are scrooges who saw this and have better Christmas specials they prefer over this.