'Tis The Season to be Silly: Guardians of The Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)

 If you believe James Gunn (and DC fans don't trust him right now), Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) was led to believe that Kevin Bacon saved the world, not just the dancing rights of an entire town, nearly 40 years ago in "Footloose".

Because of this, Drax (Dave Bautista) and Mantis decide to bring Bacon on a space trip to meet Quill. Such is the screwball plot to Gunn's latest "Guardians of The Galaxy" opus, a Holiday Special for Disney+ that will warm up fans for "Guardians 3", due in 2023, as Gunn's coda to Marvel, now that he's an executive working on DC movies for Warner Bros. Discovery.

Gunn's bizarro ideas have taken both Mantis and Drax away from their comics roots, right along with the other Guardians. At least Drax learns about the present day tradition of ugly sweaters.....!

Check the trailer:

Bacon & the Old 97's are the musical guests, as Quill learns a hard lesson how Earth customs are translated in deep space. The episode is bracketed with some line animation.

Rating: A-.