Comedy Central Kicks off Its Annual “31 Day” Holiday Extravaganza This December With Two New Movies: Hot Mess Holiday and A Clüsterfünke Christmas
October 29 2021 - 12:23PM
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All month long, Comedy Central will
celebrate “31 Days of Going Home for the Holidays” with additional
stunts and special programming
Comedy Central today announced its annual “31
Day” holiday extravaganza with two new movies: A Clüsterfünke
Christmas, debuting Saturday, December 4, and Hot Mess
Holiday, premiering Saturday, December 11. All month long,
Comedy Central will celebrate “31 Days of Going Home for the
Holidays” with additional stunts and special programming. Following
the recent announcement of A Clüsterfünke Christmas from
Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer, Hot Mess Holiday
comes from the creative minds of Surina Jindal, Melanie
Chandra and Sameer Gardezi alongside Kal
Penn.
“With Hot Mess Holiday and A Clüsterfünke Christmas decking the
halls of Comedy Central, the season just got a whole lot funnier,”
said Nina L. Diaz, CCO/President of Content for MTV Entertainment
Group. “We are thrilled to partner with all-stars Ana, Rachel,
Surina, Melanie, Sameer and Kal - along with their best in class
creators - for sharp and funny takes on the traditional holiday
movie.”
Additional details below:
Hot Mess Holiday
- Premiere date: Saturday, December 11 at 7PM with an
immediate encore
- Synopsis: When an overachieving young finance exec is
unceremoniously dumped by her cheating fiancé during the Diwali
holidays, her free-spirited bestie is determined to help her get
lit. Along with their outrageous crew, they embark on a wild
holiday adventure to party across Chicago, but when they come into
possession of a multi-million dollar diamond, their messy antics
place their entire posse in danger.
- Written by: Sameer Gardezi
- Director: Jaffar Mahmood
- Starring: Surina Jindal & Melanie Chandra, Kal Penn,
Tituss Burgess, Chris Parnell, Punam Patel, Richa Moorjani, Nik
Dodani, Kunal Dudheker, Chris Geere, Aparna Nancherla, Ravi Patel,
Lilly Singh, Desmond Chiam and Ritesh Rajan
- Executive Producer: Van Toffler, Floris Bauer, Sameer
Gardezi, Surina Jindal, Melanie Chandra, Kal Penn, Jaffar Mahmood,
Justin Rosenblatt, Andrew Lutin, Janée Dabney, David Gale, Barry
Barclay
- Executive in Charge of Production: Tara Power
- Production: MTV Entertainment Studios, Gunpowder
& Sky
- Quote: “This is a big moment for women of color - it’s
the first buddy comedy starring and executive produced by two South
Asian American women to hit mainstream TV,” said Surina Jindal
& Melanie Chandra. “We are so proud of this movie. We’ve
created something so zany and relatable, but most importantly,
really meaningful. It’s the type of representation on and off
screen we wish we had growing up.”
A Clüsterfünke Christmas
(Previously announced):
- Premiere date: Saturday, December 4 at 7PM with an immediate
encore
- Synopsis: A Clüsterfünke Christmas is a celebratory
parody of the traditional TV holiday romance that follows Holly
(Lovell), a go-getter real estate exec from New York City who heads
to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it
into a mega-resort. First, she must convince the inn’s spinster
owners (Gasteyer and Dratch) to make the sale. But before she can,
she meets their nephew Frank (Jackson), a hot hunk of smoldering
woodsman. Will she go back to her fast-paced city life, or will she
fall in love with Frank and find the spirit of Christmas? What will
she do? What. Will. She. Do… A Clüsterfünke Christmas is a festive
cocktail of holiday movie tropes, dripping with sappy syrup and a
twist of sexy lumberjack.
- Written By: Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer
- Director: Anna Dokoza
- Starring: Vella Lovell, Cheyenne Jackson, Ryan McPartlin,
Nils Hognestad, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer
- Executive Producers: Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer; Meghan
Hooper, Trevor Rose and Josh Van Houdt; Danielle von Zerneck ;
Jamie Goehring and Shawn Williamson
- Executive in Charge of Production: Donny Hugo
Herran
- Production: MTV Entertainment Studios, Lighthouse
Pictures and Wishing Floor Films
- Quote: “It feels like a Christmas miracle to work
together to create the ultimate holiday TV movie homage,” said Ana
Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch. “We’re whipping up a punchy seasonal
cocktail with insider insight from holiday film vets Danielle von
Zerneck and Michael Murray, the keen eye of Anna Dokoza, and
brimming with ribbons, townsfolk, and tropes - all against the
classic festive backdrop of Vancouver in July!”
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