The Funny Side of Christmas The Funny Side of Christmas The Funny Side of Christmas is a Christmas special broadcast by BBC1 on 27 December 1982. Presented by Frank Muir, it comprised one comedy sketch each from 10 contemporaneous English comedy series: "Butterflies", "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin", "Last of the Summer Wine", "The Les Dawson Show", "Only Fools and Horses", "Open All Hours", "Smith and Jones", "Sorry!", "Three of a Kind", and "Yes Minister". The sketches below are listed in the order in which they appear in the programme. It's Christmas Day, and no sooner than Reggie has settled in to relax
First Christmas as the second-highest-rated NBC series of the original night it aired, behind "". Reagan (Christina Applegate) tries to make Amy’s first Christmas perfect, with help from her mom (Blythe Danner). In an effort to find Reagan the perfect gift, Chris (Will Arnett) goes to the mall. Meanwhile, Ava (Maya Rudolph) fears for her relationship when Kevin (Jason Lee) decides to spend Christmas with his ex-wife. "First Christmas" was written by Tucker Cawley, his first writing credit for the series. The episode was directed by Troy Miller, his second credit for the series after directing the fifth episode, "Mr. Bob's Toddler