Everything you need to know about NBC’s ”How Murray Saved Christmas”

On Friday, December 5th @ 8 pm ET/PT, NBC will premier How Murray Saved Christmas, a new animated musical  special brought to you by Simpsons producer Mike Reiss. The cast includes a rather heavyweight list of names in what should be a family-friendly yet funny animated special. The cast includes the voices of Jerry Stiller (“The King of Queens”) as Murray Weiner, Sean Hayes (“Sean Saves the World”) as Edison Elf, Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld”) as Doc Holiday, Dennis Haysbert (“Wreck-It Ralph,” “24”) as the Narrator, Kevin Michael Richardson (“Family Guy,” “The Cleveland Show”) as Santa Claus and John Ratzenberger (“Monsters University,” “Cheers”) as Officer Bender.

The special will be featuring original songs by Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated composer Walter Murphy (“Family Guy,” “Ted”), and the story centers on cranky deli owner Murray Weiner (Jerry Stiller), who is forced to fill in for Santa (Kevin Michael Richardson) one Christmas and, with the help of Edison Elf (Sean Hayes), does a weirdly wonderful job. The special also stars the voice talents of Dennis Haysbert, Jason Alexander and John Ratzenberger.

Watch a mess of clips for the special over at NBC’s website here.