Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa
Operation: Secret Santa — A Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer is a computer-animated short film sequel to 2009's Christmas special Prep & Landing, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skelton. The short premiered on TV channel ABC on Tuesday, December 7, 2010. The second half-hour Christmas TV special, Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice aired on December 5, 2011, on ABC.[1]
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| Also known as | Operation: Secret Santa |
| Genre | Animated short |
| Created by | The Walt Disney Company |
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| Music by | Michael Giacchino |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Producer | Dorothy McKim |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
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| Original network | ABC |
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Plot
Wayne and Lanny, now partners, are called by Magee to meet with a secret contact – Mrs. Claus, who sends them on a new mission to retrieve a box from Santa's secret workshop. Later they sneak into Santa's office while he is asleep, using their high tech equipment from the previous film. Lanny's expertise at dressing the tree enables them to enter the hidden workshop where they recover the box and escape just in time. Mrs. Claus reveals the contents of the box to be the last part of the first toy that Santa ever made, and gives the complete toy (a wooden duck on wheels) back to him as his Christmas Present.
Cast
- Derek Richardson as Lanny
- Dave Foley as Wayne
- Sarah Chalke as Magee
- Betty White as Mrs. Claus
- W. Morgan Sheppard as Santa Claus (credited as "The Big Guy")
Release
Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa aired on TV channel ABC on Tuesday, December 7, 2010.[2]
The short was released on the Prep & Landing DVD on November 22, 2011, accompanying the original special and the short film Tiny's Big Adventure.[3] It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray of Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection on November 6, 2012, together with Prep & Landing, Naughty vs. Nice, and Tiny's BIG Adventure.[4][5] It was released on the Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Blu-ray on August 18, 2015.[6]
References
- ""PREP & LANDING: NAUGHTY VS. NICE", PRODUCED BY WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS, AIRS MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK". ABC Medianet. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- Hill, Jim (November 14, 2010). "Disney's prepping "Prep & Landing" animated short, second holiday special". JimHillMedia.com. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- Liu, Ed (May 20, 2011). "PR: Disney's "Prep & Landing" Arrives on DVD November 22, 2011". Walt Disney Studios via Toon Zone. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- "Prep And Landing Totally Tinsel Collection". Walt Disney Home Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- "Prep And Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection (Blu-ray + DVD) (Widescreen)". Walmart. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- Doty, Meriah (June 4, 2015). "'Frozen Fever' (and Easter Eggs!) Coming Soon on Disney Shorts Blu-ray (Exclusive)". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved June 4, 2015.