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Chandler: Don't you have to be Claymation to say that?

It is acouple days before Christmas. Ross and Monica just got back home with goodie bags for the party. They are both surprised that Joey and Chandler are home. 

 Ross: Aren't you guys supposed to be shopping?
Monica: You didn't buy presents yet? Tomorrow's Christmas Eve! What are you gonna do?
Chandler: Don't you have to be Claymation to say that?

 And this is where the mysterious laughter of audience comes again! And it is marked as the best joke of the episode in some blogs. I'd like to know what am I missing here. Help
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  1. Katie27 October 2013 at 09:06

    Starting with "claymation" it is appeared to be the type of animation, which is made on a base of clay.

    And as for a joke... Monica's "You didn't buy presents yet? Tomorrow's Christmas Eve! What are you gonna do?" is a reference to the classic dialog in the special series of clay-made cartoons Americans had on TV by a holiday in the end of 60ies, beginning of 70ies.
    And supposedly in a Christmas ones they would often say phrases exactly like ones on the top of this paragraph.

    Here is one of a type: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7pwTZgeJk0 . Haven't found the phrase there though. If anyone has a better example or explanation, please.

    The original answer found her: ttp://www.moviemistakes.com/tv2651/questions/page5

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  2. Triene21 April 2015 at 23:48

    You're right. It's not that this exact phrase was necessarily said in any of these shows. But, in those holiday specials (which are well-known in America, still aired on TV every year at Christmas and owned by many on DVD), the message was generally positive, the characters happy, and everything worked out in the end. "It's Christmas Eve, what are you gonna do?" is the kind of really-not-so-bad conflict that would be the source of one of these family-friendly movies.

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  3. Bleep Insider10 January 2018 at 14:56

    Cool!

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  4. Lyndon18 December 2021 at 11:01

    Back in the 70s and 80s (even earlier), clamation specials were commonly aired during Christmas time (see https://youtu.be/hpfxC7SQIhc). There was usually a time sensitive ordeal to contend with in order to save Christmas, hence the joke from Chandler.

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