last time we spoke about keenan and kell we went over the shockingly weird way it
ended a fun little series i do once in a while here on the channel that i have a new entry in
coming next week but for today i wanted to revisit one of my favorite shows of all time
keenan and kell and speak about its christmas special merry christmas keenan an interesting
episode of the show in general that showcases our main duo in a light that they usually wouldn't be
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we start off with the usual opening banter between keenan and kell now featuring some
christmas decorations a nice subtle touch kel is hyping up the audience for christmas and keenan
well he's not as into the whole holiday thing as much thinking it's really nothing special going on
so to bring more holiday cheer kel makes it snow and has a sleigh appear that was not intentionally
meant to rhyme now keenan thinks it can be a very merry christmas jumps on the sleigh and leaves per
usual for oh here it goes we opened the main show with the rockmores decorating the tree and kel
over there trying to hang in orange soda as an ornament in the kitchen keenan is hard
fixed looking at a mountain bike that he really wants rather than ask for this as a present for
christmas he's going to buy it for himself as he's been saving all of his money for the past year but
because of that means he's not interested in buying any gifts for the rest of his family
or kell kell walking back to the other room helps roger put up the star on top of the tree that is
usually roger's main tradition to do so kel messes it up knocks down the tree and sticks the star on
top of roger right before getting chased out of the house later on now at rigby's keenan
is inundated with christmas carols from a customer that is overly joyful for the season and he really
really doesn't want to hear it anymore i agree with you on that he quickly shoves her out of
the store as chris comes in with an electric plug-in animatronic santa but kanan instantly
goes on break to find kel singing carols with some lady in the back alley behind the store
so chris is now left alone inside plugging in the santa with no help from keenan and then it starts
attacking him and i love that between the scenes of him coming in that's a fake plug
in santa to then later on now it being a real person in a suit beating him up
it's a clever and funny choice overall keenan doesn't come and help because
he went on break and then decides to ditch going back to work to head to the store to
see that bike that he really wants to purchase for himself but chris will be okay some kids walk
in and see the attack happening but they just stand there and cheer on santa to win the fight
what will keenan talk kell into next
only on nickelodeon now at the store keenan is just there staring at the bike he's been wanting
he hands 100 to the employee to place the bike on hold and he says he'll be back in amuchi
he then sits on the bike to test out what the feeling of it would be in imagining having it
himself when the employee comes back he says ah you can't touch that until it's fully paid
for sir in which he has only a couple of days until christmas to do so while they're there
kel brings keenan over to the toy section where he finds and gets excited over a tuba phone which is
exactly what it sounds like there also happens to be a santa in the store talking with the children
about what they want as one demanding kid just belts santa in the face with his fist resulting
in santa being taken out of the store the owner of the store in a panic to replace the santa as the
kids are getting angry asks keenan to play santa for 100 which would be almost enough money at that
point in full to pay off his bike so he agrees to do so and without further ado here comes keenan
santa and kell the elf or as i prefer kelf so they start meeting with the kids and everything is
going great kell even tells keenan that he's doing a really good job at this and keenan says it's way
easier than working at rigby's which speaking of which we cut back to and chris now has a crowd
of people watching him get beaten up by santa ah the holidays as the line goes on keenan is
shown to be really good at this job but the next kid who comes up asks for a bike not for him but
for his younger sister who just had hers recently stolen and the mom couldn't afford to buy her a
new one he doesn't want anything for himself just for her so keenan says that he'll do his best and
the little girl gives him a big hug the mom comes over to speak with him basically saying that yeah
she'll have to come up with a way to let her down easy and they don't actually have the money to get
her a new one this line from her sits pretty heavy with keenan who now back at rigby's feels weighed
down with those thoughts chris comes in though fully covered in injuries from his santa beating
with paychecks in his hand and hands keen in his now with enough to purchase the bike he runs back
over to the store to pick it up before he hands over the rest of the money he owes for the bike
he notices a father purchasing a bike for his daughter and the joy she feels from it cementing
in his next decision now dressed as santa once more he sneaks into the home of what turned out
to be the same family from the mall how does he know where they live good question i don't know
the mom comes out and immediately spots keenan as they startle each other waking up both of the kids
who now come running out to see santa he bought them a bunch of little gifts like a cd player and
a stuffed bunny but then keenan opens their front door to bring in a brand new bike for the little
girl and even one for the little boy for caring so much about his sister's happiness rather than
his own the kids are beyond happy and excited for it while all of this was at the expense of keenan
getting the bike that he has been wanting and saving for for a long time now on christmas eve
kell and chris are over at the rockmoors as the family lets the kids open some gifts the
night before so kel has keenan open his present which turns out to be a battery-powered pair of
underwear that heat up and keep you warm keenan has kel open one to him from him in surprise
it's the tuba phone from the store once again it's exactly what you think it is chris and kell head
out for the night as the rest of keenan's family tolkien and how proud they are of him as kell told
the rest of them what had happened he brushes it off as no big deal and doesn't seek any praise
for doing so even commenting on just saving for another year and purchasing it for himself next
christmas they all decide to head to bed for the night keenan does a little detail of first walking
to the door and locking it real quick which is a fun little quirky thing i just get a kick out of
it i think it's funny some strange guy dressed in red and white however sneaks into the house after
the lights go out leaving the bike keenan wanted all along under the tree for him to wake up to and
then quickly leaves after that so unless that's the original maul santa doing that deed santa in
this universe in the world of keenan and kell is real it's a double helping of keenan and kell wow
this episode overall is pretty sweet for the show giving keenan a nice moral compass that results in
him doing something selfless and making a family happy while they are going through tough times
with the money he had been saving up for himself kell also isn't in any way the
root cause of any problems he's just well he's just there still making references to orange
soda and still doing silly things but not at any detriment to keenan or others around him
aside from roger with the whole tree thing at the beginning he does actually help keenan and gives
him compliments for the way he's been handling being santa it's all very wholesome and sweet
making this a very nice spirited holiday special sure it ends with a little bit of magic with santa
or some reverse burglar but the messages this episode represents gives us what brought joy to
kenan he didn't complain about doing the good deed he didn't go around telling his family about what
he had done he came to the idea of doing this on his own immediately thinking about it after
speaking with the kids and went in the store before making his purchase sees the joy that
it brought another kid yeah keenan's not the best employee literally letting chris get beat up and
left to run the store on his own multiple times but other than that it's nice seeing the good
in others for the pure joy of being good not for notoriety or kudos this really does represent a
nice spirit of the holiday that made me feel good watching it something easy to digest that reminds
you that doing something selfless is its own gift not in a material sense but a gift for your soul
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let me know your thoughts on this episode of keenan and kell is it a go-to feel good christmas
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