The Christmas special where your neighbors are literally from another planet and nobody's happy about it.
Transferred to a new job, the Peoples family arrive on the planet Bolognia. Feeling very insecure about the move, they become even more intimidated by the sight of their hosts who are green, spotted and have antennae! Their new Bolognian neighbors, Charlick and Mavo Zox, find the look of the Earth family just as shocking. However, when little Benny Peoples gets "lost", he unwittingly brings the two families together and life on this new planet begins to look promising.
Practical Effects
Charming hand-drawn aliens with genuinely expressive antennae
Writing
Mutual othering comedy that lands better than expected
Director
Russ Harris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was produced by Perennial Pictures, a tiny Indianapolis studio that somehow churned out multiple Christmas specials in the late 80s and early 90s.
The 'mutual alienation' premise cleverly inverts typical sci-fi tropes—here, BOTH sides are terrified of each other, which was surprisingly rare in 1990s family animation.
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