Best of the Worst: Christmas or Chance

Quick Overview

The "Best of the Worst: Christmas or Chance" game resulted in disastrous selections for both players, with the first player losing points for picking the Hallmark-esque Christmas film "Merry Christmas" from the director of "Money Plane," and the second player losing even more points for selecting the incomprehensibly bad 2002 animated short "Rap City Street Kids Believe in Santa," which featured A-list voice actors like Mark Hamill and Nancy Cartwright despite its abysmal quality.

Key Points: Player one selected a Christmas movie, "Merry Christmas," starring Joey and Matthew Lawrence, noted for being from the director of "Money Plane," resulting in a score of minus one point. The Lawrence brothers' film featured their real mother playing their grandmother, reflecting vanity issues regarding their age, and contained no real conflict, concluding with the brothers having a double wedding on Christmas Day. Player two, Jack, initially chose from the Christmas pile and earned two bonus points because it was the secret pile that round, but later lost those two points for selecting the terrible Christmas movie. Jack's second pick from the Chance pile was the action film "Rampage," directed by Steve Ser, which earned a minus five point deduction. The second major selection was the 40-minute animated short "Rap City Street Kids Believe in Santa," described as the worst 3D animation ever seen, featuring bizarre visuals like convulsing children and characters sinking into the floor. Despite its atrocious quality, "Rap City Street Kids Believe in Santa" featured high-value voice actors including Mark Hamill (Joker), Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson), and Jodi Benson (Ariel), who likely never saw the final product that aired on The WB in 2002. The failure of the animated short is attributed to a producer who sold the project based on concept art and a test reel, never checking the final product which was allegedly made using consumer-grade 3D software.

Context: The video presents an installment of "Best of the Worst" titled "Christmas or Chance," where two players, referred to as Player One (Jay) and Player Two (Jack), must choose between two piles of tapes/DVDs: one pile containing Christmas-themed movies and the other containing non-Christmas, 'Chance' genre movies. The host, acting as Santa Claus, explains the rules, which involve kneeling by an "artificial seasonal fear tree" and selecting a film to watch and judge, with points awarded or deducted based on the film's quality and adherence to the chosen category.