🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we watched a cavemen take over Santa’s job after he fell off the roof in “A Flintstone Christmas.”   This time, our reunion tour of previously podcasted-about characters makes its final stop of the season in Bedrock, where Fred Flintstone is letting the lead role of “Ebonezer” Scrooge go to his head, while Wilma is doing the workload of I lost count of how many victims of the highly contagious Bedrock Bug. We also make the strongest case yet that this Modern Stone-Age Family does, indeed, know about who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.   PLUS: Help choose which version of “A Christmas Carol” we cover for Christmas Eve! VOTE HERE.   ****   🎙 Guests:   “Ant-stony” Strand (ToughPigs.com, Movin’ Right Along).   “Mi-coal” May (MichaelMay.online, AfterLUNCH).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. “A Flintstone Family Christmas,” from a year before, was the last appearance of adult Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm.   2. “The Flintstones &amp; WWE: Stone-Age Smackdown!”   3. The latest we’ve waited to shop for our spouses.   4. A grown-up Philo Quartz from “The Flintstone Kids” appears here and then never again.   5. The Piltdown Man hoax.   6. How big is the stage, and how are the actors playing ghosts appearing translucent?   7. They added a “love scene” with Belle, and Maggie Magma is way too excited about it.   8. Brian Cummings (Ernie/The Ghost of Christmas Present) did a weird Kermit the Frog voice in a promo for “Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree.”   9. Other Dickens characters have headstones in the graveyard.   10. IMDb credits Rip Taylor as the voice of a Venus flytrap tuba in the orchestra pit.   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   Cocoa Pebbles “Christmas Carol” commercial, 1998.   “Dinner &amp; a Movie” makes standing rib roast with “Rockshire” pudding, 1996.   ****   “A Flintstones Christmas Carol” © 1994 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we watched a cavemen take over Santa’s job after he fell off the roof in “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/a-flintstone-christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Flintstone Christmas</a>.”   This time, our reunion tour of previously podcasted-about characters makes its final stop of the season in Bedrock, where Fred Flintstone is letting the lead role of “Ebonezer” Scrooge go to his head, while Wilma is doing the workload of I lost count of how many victims of the highly contagious Bedrock Bug. We also make the strongest case yet that this Modern Stone-Age Family does, indeed, know about who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.   PLUS: Help choose which version of “A Christmas Carol” we cover for Christmas Eve! <a href="https://forms.gle/58aurjB4C3MyUisR7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VOTE HERE</a>.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> “Ant-stony” Strand (<a href="https://toughpigs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ToughPigs.com</a>, <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tough-pigs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Movin’ Right Along</a>).   “Mi-coal” May (<a href="https://www.michaelmay.online/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MichaelMay.online</a>, <a href="http://www.afterlunchpodcast.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AfterLUNCH</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flintstone_Family_Christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Flintstone Family Christmas</a>,” from a year before, was the last appearance of adult Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm.   2. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB1M5_ph-Jg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Flintstones &amp; WWE: Stone-Age Smackdown!</a>”   3. The latest we’ve waited to shop for our spouses.   4. A grown-up <a href="https://flintstones.fandom.com/wiki/Philo_Quartz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philo Quartz</a> from “The Flintstone Kids” appears here and then never again.   5. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Piltdown Man</a> hoax.   6. How big is the stage, and how are the actors playing ghosts appearing translucent?   7. They added a “love scene” with Belle, and <a href="https://flintstones.fandom.com/wiki/Maggie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie Magma</a> is way too excited about it.   8. Brian Cummings (Ernie/The Ghost of Christmas Present) did a weird Kermit the Frog voice in a promo for “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPoWOZ3wFC0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree</a>.”   9. Other Dickens characters have headstones in the graveyard.   10. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193164/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IMDb</a> credits Rip Taylor as the voice of a Venus flytrap tuba in the orchestra pit.   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49TU4WADZUw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cocoa Pebbles “Christmas Carol” commercial</a>, 1998.   “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWNKuoEJ5sI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dinner &amp; a Movie</a>” makes standing rib roast with “Rockshire” pudding, 1996.   ****   “A Flintstones Christmas Carol” © 1994 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

A Flintstones Christmas Carol

Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we let the goofy alien puppet with the jokes toy with our emotions in “ALF’s Special Christmas.”   🦃 This time, join us around the Fappiano table as we aim a spoonful of squash back to 1988 for a special, 2-part Thanksgiving episode of “ALF.” Too bad he’s already eaten the turkey, but there might still be some  sweet potato pie in the garage, with the homeless man.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Tom Coombs (The Pop Daddy, @thepopdaddy).   Jayme Kilsby (Forever Bogus Podcast, @brainexploderrr).   Chad Young (The Horror Movie BBQ, @horrormoviebbq).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Watch “Turkey in the Straw” Part 1 and Part 2 on ALF’s official YouTube channel.   2. ALF ruined Willie’s best belt to make his Thanksgiving pageant headdress.   3. Oh no, Tom brought up Gerbert.   4. Melmac’s version of Thanksgiving is named for Bob Fappiano, ALF’s assistant puppeteer.   5. ALF trying to eat wax fruit reminded me of Rizzo in “The Muppet Christmas Carol.” 6. I’m sad to report “Das Cornucopia, from Wagner Strauss’s ‘Der Feaster Famine,’” is not real.   7. Is turkey really an aphrodisiac? 8. What football game were the Alien Task Force agents watching?   9. Chad still has his ALF doll from Burger King.   10. ALF co-hosting the 1989 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   Nobody Beats The Wiz Super Thanksgiving Sale, 1985.   Fan Fix-tion, a podcast about nerdy things.   ****   “ALF” and “Turkey in the Straw” © 1988 Alien Productions.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we let the goofy alien puppet with the jokes toy with our emotions in “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/alf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ALF’s Special Christmas</a>.”   🦃 This time, join us around the Fappiano table as we aim a spoonful of squash back to 1988 for a special, 2-part Thanksgiving episode of “ALF.” Too bad he’s already eaten the turkey, but there might still be some  sweet potato pie in the garage, with the homeless man.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Tom Coombs (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/popdaddytom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Pop Daddy</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/thepopdaddy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thepopdaddy</a>).   Jayme Kilsby (<a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forever-bogus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forever Bogus Podcast</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/brainexploderrr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brainexploderrr</a>).   Chad Young (<a href="https://www.horrormoviebbq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Horror Movie BBQ</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/horrormoviebbq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@horrormoviebbq</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Watch “Turkey in the Straw” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7FzJWGNx98&amp;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqNYS73vh5E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 2</a> on ALF’s official YouTube channel.   2. ALF ruined <a href="https://imgur.com/a/L7tGvto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Willie’s best belt</a> to make his Thanksgiving pageant headdress.   3. Oh no, Tom brought up <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVJlNtD908Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gerbert</a>.   4. Melmac’s version of Thanksgiving is named for <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266977/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bob Fappiano</a>, ALF’s assistant puppeteer.   5. ALF trying to eat wax fruit reminded me of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAOKOAtti1A&amp;t=27s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rizzo in “The Muppet Christmas Carol.”</a> 6. I’m sad to report “<a href="https://alf.fandom.com/wiki/Das_Cornucopia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Das Cornucopia</a>, from Wagner Strauss’s ‘Der Feaster Famine,’” is not real.   7. <a href="https://www.eatsomethingsexy.com/aphrodisiac-foods/turkey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Is turkey really an aphrodisiac?</a> 8. What <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198811240dal.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">football game</a> were the Alien Task Force agents watching?   9. Chad still has his <a href="https://twitter.com/HorrorMovieBBQ/status/756162083612397568" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ALF doll</a> from Burger King.   10. ALF co-hosting the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9vRfBel_Fk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1989 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade</a>.   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na7btH1hHek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nobody Beats The Wiz Super Thanksgiving Sale</a>, 1985.   <a href="https://www.fanfixtion.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fan Fix-tion</a>, a podcast about nerdy things.   ****   “ALF” and “Turkey in the Straw” © 1988 Alien Productions.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

ALF: Turkey in the Straw

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we went on an apocryphal adventure with the story of The Little Drummer Boy.   This time, Rankin/Bass drums up an unnecessary sequel from 1976, its busiest year for holiday specials. Join Aaron on a side quest to retrieve the stolen silver bells from a troop of greedy Roman soldiers in the “Rogue One” of Christmas stories.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Brandon Medley (@brandmed, 📸 @blessedarethegeek)   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Allen Swift (Melchior) as Twinkie the Kid.   2. Simeon the bellmaker is very loosely based on the Biblical Simeon, but his Song of Simeon is left out.   3. Ray Owens (Simeon) as the voice of Superbook, and Jesus in “The Flying House.”   4. Zero Mostel (Brutus) on “The Muppet Show.”   5. “Money Money Money” (not the song from “Mamma Mia!”)   6. How bad is Brutus compared to the other Rankin/Bass Christmas villains?   7. “Do You Hear What I Hear?” was written during the Cuban Missile Crisis.   8. Our favorite recordings of “Do You Hear What I Hear?” by Copeland, the Mike Sammes Singers for Disneyland Records, and one by Spiraling that invokes The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.”   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   Kodak XL Movie Camera: “One Christmas,” 1976.   Holly Jolly X’masu, your podcast destination for Japanese Christmas music.  ****   “The Little Drummer Boy, Book II” © 1976 Rankin/Bass Productions.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we went on an apocryphal adventure with the story of <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/little-drummer-boy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Drummer Boy</a>.   This time, Rankin/Bass drums up an unnecessary sequel from 1976, its busiest year for holiday specials. Join Aaron on a side quest to retrieve the stolen silver bells from a troop of greedy Roman soldiers in the “Rogue One” of Christmas stories.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Brandon Medley (<a href="https://twitter.com/brandmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brandmed</a>, 📸 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blessedarethegeek/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@blessedarethegeek</a>)   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Allen Swift (Melchior) as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QulcRiacqpE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twinkie the Kid</a>.   2. Simeon the bellmaker is very loosely based on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_(Gospel_of_Luke)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Biblical Simeon</a>, but his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunc_dimittis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Song of Simeon</a> is left out.   3. Ray Owens (Simeon) as the voice of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxPfWVVtIRY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Superbook</a>, and Jesus in “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqKTtmOWB7A&amp;t=12m1s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Flying House</a>.”   4. Zero Mostel (Brutus) on “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJNJEjlI_aU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Muppet Show</a>.”   5. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7UyngbbrEE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Money Money Money</a>” (not the song from “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQMCvBa_M2I" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mamma Mia!</a>”)   6. How bad is Brutus compared to the other Rankin/Bass Christmas villains?   7. “Do You Hear What I Hear?” was <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/do-you-hear-what-i-hear-conjures-images-of-peace-everywhereand-nuclear-annihilation-180979292/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">written during the Cuban Missile Crisis</a>.   8. Our favorite recordings of “Do You Hear What I Hear?” by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7DhlGtnoRs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Copeland</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaB6HsefjZ8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Mike Sammes Singers</a> for Disneyland Records, and one by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Vu93EUxZ8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spiraling</a> that invokes The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.”   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph586GZbWs4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kodak XL Movie Camera: “One Christmas,”</a> 1976.   <a href="https://hollyjollyxmasu.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Holly Jolly X’masu</a>, your podcast destination for Japanese Christmas music.  ****   “The Little Drummer Boy, Book II” © 1976 Rankin/Bass Productions.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

The Little Drummer Boy, Book II

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we spent Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Hanukkah on “Shalom Sesame,” and even uncovered the oddity, “A Special Sesame Street Christmas.”   This time, join us as we fly faster than time backwards around the globe to 1996 to watch Elmo save, then ruin, then fix Christmas, featuring Maya Angelou, Harvey Fierstein as the Easter Bunny, and “Doc Hopper,” himself, Charles Durning as Santa.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Becca Petunia (ToughPigs.com, Hubba-Wha?!, @UnclePetunio)   Anthony Strand (ToughPigs.com, Movin’ Right Along)   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. “Brats of the Lost Nebula.”   2.  Early “proto-Elmo” appearances.   3. Miss Piggy’s cookbook has a recipe by Maya Angelou.   4. Baby Bear is Jewish.   5. 14 Karat Soul sings “Down Below the Street.”   6. Cookie Monster disguised as Ernie.   7. A petition to remake “White Christmas” with Elmo and Rosita’s military veteran dads.   8. This special’s unique News Flash logo.   9. The soundtrack that’s not actually a soundtrack.   10. Big Bird sings “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” but not THAT one.   11. Elmo as the ring bearer at Luis and Maria’s wedding.   12. Ranking all the jokes in “Elmo Says BOO!” 13. Bert and Ernie meet their “It’s a Wonderful Life” counterparts.   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   “Elmo Saves BOO!,” 1997.   Returning Student, a 40-year-old’s journey to finish the college degree he never got.   ****   “Elmo Saves Christmas” © 1996 Children’s Television Workshop.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we spent <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/christmas-eve-on-sesame-street" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christmas Eve on Sesame Street</a>, Hanukkah on “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/shalom-sesame-chanukah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shalom Sesame</a>,” and even uncovered the oddity, “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/a-special-sesame-street-christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Special Sesame Street Christmas</a>.”   This time, join us as we fly faster than time backwards around the globe to 1996 to watch Elmo save, then ruin, then fix Christmas, featuring Maya Angelou, Harvey Fierstein as the Easter Bunny, and “Doc Hopper,” himself, Charles Durning as Santa.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Becca Petunia (<a href="https://toughpigs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ToughPigs.com</a>, <a href="https://toughpigs.com/tag/hubba-wha/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hubba-Wha?!</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/UnclePetunio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@UnclePetunio</a>)   Anthony Strand (<a href="https://toughpigs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ToughPigs.com</a>, <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tough-pigs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Movin’ Right Along</a>)   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/show/SCSbMEPv-6xBugl9Tbm6osIA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brats of the Lost Nebula</a>.”   2.  Early <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Proto-Elmo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“proto-Elmo” appearances</a>.   3. <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/In_the_Kitchen_with_Miss_Piggy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miss Piggy’s cookbook</a> has a recipe by Maya Angelou.   4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6LIC_J4384" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baby Bear is Jewish</a>.   5. 14 Karat Soul sings “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu1eBYbRtkU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Down Below the Street</a>.”   6. <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_0158?file=Erniebertcookiemystery.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cookie Monster disguised as Ernie</a>.   7. A petition to remake “White Christmas” with <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Talk,_Listen,_Connect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elmo and Rosita’s military veteran dads</a>.   8. This special’s unique <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_News_Flash?file=1996NewsFlashLogo.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">News Flash logo</a>.   9. The <a href="https://toughpigs.com/12-days-7-elmo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">soundtrack</a> that’s not actually a soundtrack.   10. Big Bird sings “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV065g481yA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All I Want for Christmas Is You</a>,” but not THAT one.   11. Elmo as the ring bearer at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnCQ58lFMqA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luis and Maria’s wedding</a>.   12. <a href="https://toughpigs.com/elmo-says-boo-jokes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ranking all the jokes in “Elmo Says BOO!”</a> 13. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Hpcs6YHwI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bert and Ernie meet their “It’s a Wonderful Life” counterparts</a>.   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEKFXom1rog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elmo Saves BOO!</a>,” 1997.   <a href="https://www.returningstudentpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Returning Student</a>, a 40-year-old’s journey to finish the college degree he never got.   ****   “Elmo Saves Christmas” © 1996 Children’s Television Workshop.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

Elmo Saves Christmas

Punky Brewster

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we saved Punky Brewster’s Christmas spirit in “Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus.”   This time, join Punky in 1985 on an animated adventure to the North Pole, courtesy of Glomer, her new magical leprechaun-gopher Ewok lookin’ friend. The ’80s were weird.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Adam Pope (WIZARDS The Podcast Guide to Comics, @hojukoolander).   Steven (UFO Club).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Comparing the original sitcom’s theme song to the cartoon’s theme.   2. Galoob made a plush Glomer.   3. Adam’s VHS cover has a very off-model Glomer.   4. The Master Christmas Switch’s effect on time reminded me of the “Futurama” episode “Time Keeps on Slippin’.”   5. Punky taught Adam how to wink.   6. Santa drops off the kids on the roof again, just in like in “Frosty the Snowman.”   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   The Story of Phroomf commercial featuring baseball star Bob Boone, 1986.   WIZARDS The Podcast Guide to Comics.   ****   “It’s Punky Brewster” and “Christmas in July” © 1985 National Broadcasting Company, Inc.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we saved Punky Brewster’s Christmas spirit in “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/punky-brewster-christmas-yes-punky-there-is-a-santa-claus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus</a>.”   This time, join Punky in 1985 on an animated adventure to the North Pole, courtesy of Glomer, her new magical leprechaun-gopher Ewok lookin’ friend. The ’80s were weird.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Adam Pope (<a href="https://www.wizardscomics.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WIZARDS The Podcast Guide to Comics</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hojukoolander" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@hojukoolander</a>).   Steven (<a href="http://ufoclubfilm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UFO Club</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Comparing the original sitcom’s theme song to the cartoon’s theme.   2. Galoob made a <a href="https://twitter.com/hojukoolander/status/1104114193324634112" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">plush Glomer</a>.   3. Adam’s VHS cover has a <a href="https://twitter.com/hojukoolander/status/1502825237037035521" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">very off-model Glomer</a>.   4. The Master Christmas Switch’s effect on time reminded me of the “Futurama” episode “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Keeps_On_Slippin'" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Time Keeps on Slippin’</a>.”   5. Punky taught Adam how to wink.   6. Santa drops off the kids on the roof again, just in like in “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/frosty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frosty the Snowman</a>.”   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWkrJAt4738" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story of Phroomf</a> commercial featuring baseball star Bob Boone, 1986.   <a href="https://www.wizardscomics.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WIZARDS The Podcast Guide to Comics</a>.   ****   “It’s Punky Brewster” and “Christmas in July” © 1985 National Broadcasting Company, Inc.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

It’s Punky Brewster: Christmas in July

Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we flew a sleigh made out of a dumpster into space with the California Raisins in “Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration.”   🎃 This time, we’re reanimating a creepier creation of his from 1991 — a Halloween special that premiered in May for some reason — starring the scheming Wilshire Pig on a quest to uncover the secret lab of Dr. Frankenswine.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Sammy Hain (@SammyHain).   Chad Young (The Horror Movie BBQ, @horrormoviebbq).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. IMDb’s photo gallery from this special.   2. “The Adventures of Mark Twain.”   3. Todd Tolces’ website and YouTube résumé.   4. Michele Mariana (Wilshire) on “Sesame Street” as Cecile, the singing ball of clay.   5. Herb from Burger King.   6. Will Vinton wanted to build a theme park called Claymation Station with Wilshire Pig as its Mickey Mouse.   7. Raphael opened the floodgates for characters made for children saying curse words.   8. Sheldon the Snail bears a passing resemblance to The Noid.   9. A closer examination of the bathroom graffiti.   10. Today’s TV Trope: Removable Shell.   11. Does Famine’s business card say he’s from Limbo, Illinois?   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   McDonald’s Coke Float Commercial, 1991, aired during this special.   Another Zelda Podcast… you’ll never guess what it’s about.   ****   “Claymation Comedy of Horrors” © 1991 Will Vinton Productions.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we flew a sleigh made out of a dumpster into space with the California Raisins in “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/claymation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration</a>.”   🎃 This time, we’re reanimating a creepier creation of his from 1991 — a Halloween special that premiered in May for some reason — starring the scheming Wilshire Pig on a quest to uncover the secret lab of Dr. Frankenswine.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Sammy Hain (<a href="https://twitter.com/sammyhain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@SammyHain</a>).   Chad Young (<a href="https://www.horrormoviebbq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Horror Movie BBQ</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/horrormoviebbq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@horrormoviebbq</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252993/mediaindex/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IMDb’s photo gallery from this special</a>.   2. “<a href="https://tubitv.com/movies/531296/the-adventures-of-mark-twain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Adventures of Mark Twain</a>.”   3. Todd Tolces’ <a href="https://imagingvoice.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@steamboat426/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube résumé</a>.   4. Michele Mariana (Wilshire) on “Sesame Street” as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp51HP0eisc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cecile, the singing ball of clay</a>.   5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljnODNorncw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herb</a> from Burger King.   6. Will Vinton wanted to build a theme park called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdQvUPD_q2g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Claymation Station</a> with Wilshire Pig as its Mickey Mouse.   7. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJM9mAtlp6U&amp;t=117s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raphael</a> opened the floodgates for characters made for children saying curse words.   8. Sheldon the Snail bears a passing resemblance to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfnYutLvWYs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Noid</a>.   9. A closer examination of the bathroom graffiti.   10. Today’s TV Trope: <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RemovableShell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Removable Shell</a>.   11. Does <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252993/mediaviewer/rm602946049?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_68" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Famine’s business card</a> say he’s from Limbo, Illinois?   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> <a href="https://archive.org/details/wjwsatmovtoonite91vhs/4.+Claymation+Comedy+of+Horrors.mp4?start=1043" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McDonald’s Coke Float Commercial</a>, 1991, aired during this special.   <a href="https://www.anotherzeldapodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Another Zelda Podcast</a>… you’ll never guess what it’s about.   ****   “Claymation Comedy of Horrors” © 1991 Will Vinton Productions.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

Claymation Comedy of Horrors

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we were Dreaming of a White Ranger with the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.    This time, they’re away helping Santa, so Zordon surprises Alpha by teleporting in a bunch of children for a Christmas party. Join us for this very bonkers Power Rangers home video, plus our mini tribute to the late Jason David Frank, who’s seen as both the Green and White Ranger here because nobody cares about continuity during Christmas, I guess.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Andre Bennett (Cult Cinema Cloister, Philadelphia Championship Rock Paper Scissors, @AndreBennettGO).   C.J. Bélanger (Christmas Sessions).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Watch “Alpha’s Magical Christmas,” preserved by Dinosaur Dracula.   2. “Chosen Sentai Jetman” on Shout Factory TV.   3. “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always” on Netflix.   4. Morphed: Cheryl Saban’s Journey from Beach Bunny to Philanthropist.   5. The real-life Command Center: The House of the Book at the American Jewish University.   6. Baby Groot and the bomb that will kill everyone.   7. Andre proves “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie.   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Karate Club Video, 1994.   Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Fan Club, 1994.   The Magic of the Season, a podcast celebrating the holidays that we live for.   ****   “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” and “Alpha’s Magical Christmas” © 1994 Saban Entertainment, Inc.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we were <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dreaming of a White Ranger</a> with the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.    This time, they’re away helping Santa, so Zordon surprises Alpha by teleporting in a bunch of children for a Christmas party. Join us for this very bonkers Power Rangers home video, plus our mini tribute to the late Jason David Frank, who’s seen as both the Green and White Ranger here because nobody cares about continuity during Christmas, I guess.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Andre Bennett (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/206911463966508" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cult Cinema Cloister</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PCRPSOfficial/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philadelphia Championship Rock Paper Scissors</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/andrebennettgo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@AndreBennettGO</a>).   C.J. Bélanger (<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2092239" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christmas Sessions</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Watch “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puBKOFzTPQ&amp;feature=emb_title&amp;ab_channel=DinoDrac" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alpha’s Magical Christmas</a>,” preserved by <a href="https://dinosaurdracula.com/blog/merry-christmas-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dinosaur Dracula</a>.   2. “<a href="https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/super-sentai-jetman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chosen Sentai Jetman</a>” on Shout Factory TV.   3. “<a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81586552" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always</a>” on Netflix.   4. <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/morphed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Morphed: Cheryl Saban’s Journey from Beach Bunny to Philanthropist</a>.   5. The real-life Command Center: The <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/house-book-american-jewish-university" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">House of the Book</a> at the American Jewish University.   6. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrimfgjf4k8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baby Groot and the bomb</a> that will kill everyone.   7. Andre proves “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie.   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQdniiocBs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Karate Club Video</a>, 1994.   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJbqv_TWMmo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Fan Club</a>, 1994.   <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2120106" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Magic of the Season</a>, a podcast celebrating the holidays that we live for.   ****   “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” and “Alpha’s Magical Christmas” © 1994 Saban Entertainment, Inc.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Alpha’s Magical Christmas

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, our hearts and golden harmonicas went out to “A Chipmunk Christmas.”   This time, it’s Scrooge Sunday, and our Christmas in July reunion tour arrives in Hollywood — or at least a nearby cartoon suburb where Alvin turns his greed up to 11 and blames it on his lonely old neighbor who doesn’t know how to plant a garden. So get set to have some fun in this Dickens of an episode of “Alvin and the Chipmunks.”   ****   🎙 Guests:   Tom Coombs (The Pop Daddy, @thepopdaddy).   Sean Sotka (The Christmas Podcasts Podcast, @xander0527).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. “Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” on the Internet Archive.   2. “Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” on Munkapedia.   3. Pee-wee Herman’s breakfast machine.   4. Paperboy, the video game.   5. “Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.”   6. Dads with trash bags on Christmas morning.   7. “A Chipmunk Reunion.”   8. A Seville family portrait featuring Dave’s abnormally large head.   9. Mickey Mouse’s 1980s Epcot spacesuit.   10. Today’s TV Trope: Sounding It Out.   11. Southern California’s Blizzard of 2023.   12. “Here Comes Christmas,” the TV version, and the album version.   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   The Chipmunks are Coming to Target, 1990.   Cool Kids Club, a nostalgia-filled trip back to childhood.   ****   “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” © 1989 Bagdasarian Productions.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, our hearts and golden harmonicas went out to “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/a-chipmunk-christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Chipmunk Christmas</a>.”   This time, it’s Scrooge Sunday, and our Christmas in July reunion tour arrives in Hollywood — or at least a nearby cartoon suburb where Alvin turns his greed up to 11 and blames it on his lonely old neighbor who doesn’t know how to plant a garden. So get set to have some fun in this Dickens of an episode of “Alvin and the Chipmunks.”   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Tom Coombs (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/popdaddytom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Pop Daddy</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/thepopdaddy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thepopdaddy</a>).   Sean Sotka (<a href="https://christmaspodcasts.com/series/christmas-podcasts-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Christmas Podcasts Podcast</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/xander0527" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@xander0527</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. “<a href="https://archive.org/details/1983-alvin-and-the-chipmunks-complete/Alvin+%26+The+Chipmunks+(1983)+Complete/Season+7+Complete/S7E13+Merry+Christmas%2C+Mr.+Carroll.avi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll</a>” on the Internet Archive.   2. <a href="https://alvin.fandom.com/wiki/Merry_Christmas,_Mr._Carroll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” on Munkapedia</a>.   3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWd5D8wUc88" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pee-wee Herman’s breakfast machine</a>.   4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0QWHFbCCM0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paperboy</a>, the video game.   5. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0-vGW6p3zk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue</a>.”   6. Dads with trash bags on Christmas morning.   7. “<a href="https://archive.org/details/3.AChipmunkReunion1985" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Chipmunk Reunion</a>.”   8. A Seville family portrait featuring <a href="https://imgur.com/a/hWv7r5k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dave’s abnormally large head</a>.   9. <a href="https://www.wdwmagic.com/events/the-worlds-most-magical-celebration/gallery/28jun2021-five-decades-of-magic-at-walt-disney-world-resort-1980-1989/42567.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mickey Mouse’s 1980s Epcot spacesuit</a>.   10. Today’s TV Trope: <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoundingItOut" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sounding It Out</a>.   11. Southern California’s <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-26/epic-winter-storm-is-over-but-more-rain-is-forecast-this-week" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blizzard of 2023</a>.   12. “Here Comes Christmas,” the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9np2eg_tcYY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TV version</a>, and the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1gusLL63T8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">album version</a>.   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSsMY5ZVmuE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Chipmunks are Coming to Target</a>, 1990.   <a href="https://linktr.ee/coolkidsclubpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cool Kids Club</a>, a nostalgia-filled trip back to childhood.   ****   “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” © 1989 Bagdasarian Productions.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll

🫓 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we helped our favorite talking babies stop a true meanie in “A Rugrats Chanukah.”   This time, we’re ignoring the rules of another long-standing tradition as we travel by baby basket back to 1995 to witness grown men throwing temper tantrums and ending up locked in the attic.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Sarah Shay (sarahshay.com, Bandcamp, Pilot House Podcast, @thesarahshay).   Zach Gozlan (@zachgozlan, “How I Got (Somewhat) Smart(er in Five Months)”).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. I found this special hiding in a 4-hour VHS recording of Nick on CBS from 2003.   2. Pilot House episode on “I Dream of Jeannie,” which would not be seen the night this premiered.   3. Fact-Checking “Fact-Checking A Rugrats Passover.”   4. As of this recording, the Sultan of Brunei in 1995 is still sultan.   5. “Noozles,” with co-starred Cheryl Chase (Angelica) and was not “The Adventures of the Little Koala.”   6. The 4 categories of Jewish holidays.   7. Melanie Chartoff (Didi, Minka) as the principal in “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose.”   8. The controversy over Boris and Minka’s design.   9. “The Song That Doesn’t End” from “Lamb Chop’s Play Along.”   10. The Maxwell House Haggadah.   11. A Haggadah of Our Own.   12. “Bible Adventures.”   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   Country Crock Spreadable Sticks, 1994, featuring Jack Riley (Stu).   Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, 2003.   The Studio Demands It!, a podcast that recreates, reimagines, or flat out fixes existing film franchises when a hypothetical studio demands more films.   ****   “A Rugrats Passover” © 1995 Viacom International Inc.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

🫓 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we helped our favorite talking babies stop a true meanie in “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/rugrats-chanukah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Rugrats Chanukah</a>.”   This time, we’re ignoring the rules of another long-standing tradition as we travel by baby basket back to 1995 to witness grown men throwing temper tantrums and ending up locked in the attic.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Sarah Shay (<a href="https://sarahshay.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sarahshay.com</a>, <a href="https://sarahshay.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>, <a href="http://pilothousepodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pilot House Podcast</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/thesarahshay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thesarahshay</a>).   Zach Gozlan (<a href="https://twitter.com/zachgozlan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@zachgozlan</a>, “<a href="https://zachgozlan.github.io/jeopardy-prep-work/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How I Got (Somewhat) Smart(er in Five Months)</a>”).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. I found this special hiding in a <a href="https://archive.org/details/tape5_201908?start=12196" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4-hour VHS recording of Nick on CBS</a> from 2003.   2. <a href="https://www.pilothousepodcast.com/61-i-dream-of-jeannie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pilot House episode on “I Dream of Jeannie,”</a> which would not be seen the night this premiered.   3. Fact-Checking “<a href="https://www.heyalma.com/fact-checking-rugrats-passover/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fact-Checking A Rugrats Passover</a>.”   4. As of this recording, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_Brunei" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sultan of Brunei</a> in 1995 is still sultan.   5. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvMcx-r5OJQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noozles</a>,” with co-starred Cheryl Chase (Angelica) and was not “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IyHAbm0hHg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Adventures of the Little Koala</a>.”   6. The <a href="https://jewish-kulindadromeus.tumblr.com/post/183687884287/you-know-what-they-say-two-jews-three-opinions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4 categories of Jewish holidays</a>.   7. Melanie Chartoff (Didi, Minka) as the principal in “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq3dUXc17u0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parker Lewis Can’t Lose</a>.”   8. The controversy over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism_in_Rugrats#Controversy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boris and Minka’s design</a>.   9. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_47KVJV8DU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Song That Doesn’t End</a>” from “Lamb Chop’s Play Along.”   10. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_House_Haggadah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maxwell House Haggadah</a>.   11. <a href="https://thursdaybram.gumroad.com/l/cRKsJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Haggadah of Our Own</a>.   12. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucGcQH6lN0M" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bible Adventures</a>.”   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7HHWQNj0tw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Country Crock Spreadable Sticks</a>, 1994, featuring Jack Riley (Stu).   <a href="https://archive.org/details/tape5_201908?start=12916" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards</a>, 2003.   <a href="https://www.studiodemandsit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Studio Demands It!</a>, a podcast that recreates, reimagines, or flat out fixes existing film franchises when a hypothetical studio demands more films.   ****   “A Rugrats Passover” © 1995 Viacom International Inc.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

A Rugrats Passover

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we witnessed goodness make the badness go away in “The Smurfs’ Christmas Special.”   This time, we’re taking a one giant puppy open sleigh ride back to 1987 to help the Smurfs save Christmas for a poor human toymaker and his gravely ill wife, while Brainy and Hefty get lost in medieval Crime Alley.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Lindy Kempe (@ieatvideogames).   Donnie Storms (Bronwen’s Ghost, @boxcar45).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Watch “’Tis the Season to be Smurfy” on the Smurfs’ official YouTube channel, or an upscaled version including the opening credits.   2. “Look at the adjective…”   3. The crazy backstories of the Smurfs’ Puppy and Sassette_Smurfling.   4. The Great Cookie Thief.   5. New and improved Joker products!   5. Painter Smurf paints like “Duck Amuck.”   ****   📼 Commercial Break:   Smurf-Berry Crunch Cereal, 1983.   Bad Princess Movies, a catalogue of terrible movies about princesses and princesses-to-be.   ****   “’Tis the Season to be Smurfy” © 1987 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.   Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.   Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we witnessed goodness make the badness go away in “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/smurfs-christmas-special" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Smurfs’ Christmas Special</a>.”   This time, we’re taking a one giant puppy open sleigh ride back to 1987 to help the Smurfs save Christmas for a poor human toymaker and his gravely ill wife, while Brainy and Hefty get lost in medieval Crime Alley.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Lindy Kempe (<a href="https://twitter.com/ieatvideogames" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ieatvideogames</a>).   Donnie Storms (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/boxcar45" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@boxcar45</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Watch “’Tis the Season to be Smurfy” on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwdyYBcbNmI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smurfs’ official YouTube channel</a>, or an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq6a_60_vCc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">upscaled version including the opening credits</a>.   2. “<a href="https://youtu.be/23vkSUBn1OE?t=59" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Look at the adjective…</a>”   3. The crazy backstories of the Smurfs’ <a href="https://smurfs.fandom.com/wiki/Puppy_(character)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Puppy</a> and <a href="https://smurfs.fandom.com/wiki/Sassette_Smurfling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sassette_Smurfling</a>.   4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqlwPl6j3XQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Great Cookie Thief</a>.   5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cROY4m4Ftiw&amp;t=67s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New and improved Joker products</a>!   5. Painter Smurf paints like “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XvXsuSJ-1A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Duck Amuck</a>.”   ****   <h2>📼 Commercial Break:  </h2> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E166wfxy21Y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smurf-Berry Crunch Cereal</a>, 1983.   <a href="https://badprincessmovies.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bad Princess Movies</a>, a catalogue of terrible movies about princesses and princesses-to-be.   ****   “’Tis the Season to be Smurfy” © 1987 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.   Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>.   Full show notes and social links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.

’Tis the Season to be Smurfy

A salute to all TV holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones. Revisit 12 holiday classics and not-so-classics each December and July.

Who didn’t want Christmas All Year? That’s the best part about Podcasts, they are there in and out of season. This podcast is a great addition to my Christmas Podcast list! Make sure you take a listen!

Christmas All Year

One of the things I love about podcasts is that they can focus on niche and evergreen topics.  This show is a perfect example.  There doesn't need to be new episodes every week, and it can drill down into great aspects of holiday nostalgia like specific holiday themed commercials.  Great idea for a show and a really fun listen.

A new seasonal favorite!

Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials

We try to make more accurate donkeys in Nativity displays catch on like a certain elf on a certain shelf by revisiting the 1977 Rankin/Bass special, Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Lindy Kempe (@ieatvideogames).   Brandon Medley (@brandmed, Blessed are the Geek).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Roger Miller performing Do Wacka Do in 1966 with another guitarist, “Stubbs,” who’s wearing a Batman T-shirt.   2. Roger Miller’s Whistle Stop intro to Disney’s Robin Hood is secretly the Hamster Dance.   3. Tilly’s ascension back to heaven is strikingly similar to Poochie’s exit from The Itchy and Scratchy Show.   4. Mary has “the Glow” from The Last Dragon.   5. Annalee Santa dolls.   ****   “Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey” © 1977 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

We try to make more accurate donkeys in Nativity displays catch on like a certain elf on a certain shelf by revisiting the 1977 Rankin/Bass special, Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Lindy Kempe (<a>@ieatvideogames</a>).   Brandon Medley (<a href="https://twitter.com/brandmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brandmed</a>, <a href="https://blessedarethegeek.tumblr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blessed are the Geek</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI-Y0CMGwxo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roger Miller performing Do Wacka Do</a> in 1966 with another guitarist, “Stubbs,” who’s wearing a Batman T-shirt.   2. Roger Miller’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxnvxtYfsd4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whistle Stop intro to Disney’s Robin Hood</a> is secretly the <a href="http://www.hamsterdance.org/hamsterdance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hamster Dance</a>.   3. Tilly’s ascension back to heaven is strikingly similar to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tvAjX5ACPo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poochie’s exit from The Itchy and Scratchy Show</a>.   4. Mary has “the Glow” from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c8wvxAqQts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last Dragon</a>.   5. <a href="https://annalee.com/product-category/dolls/santas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Annalee Santa dolls</a>.   ****   “Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey” © 1977 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey

Let’s have a good, old-fashioned Christmas down on the farm in 1987’s A Garfield Christmas Special, featuring the voices of Squiggy and Ursula.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Jeff Somogyi (Talkin’ Chopp, Down the Rabbit Hole, @sommerjam).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Joey O. interviews Gregg Berger, the voice of Odie.   2. On lasagna as a Christmas food and how including shrimp as one of the Seven Fishes is cheating, you cheaters.   3. Dinosaur Dracula identifies all the presents in Garfield’s dream.   4. Going long on the dinner prayer, plus the perfect gift for Grandma: an engraved grace-stoppin’ spoon.   5. “Weird Al” Yankovic’s The Night Santa Went Crazy is better than Christmas at Ground Zero. There. I said it.   6. The simultaneously best and worst line in the history of animated Christmas specials for children.   7. How does Binky, the Clown who Saved Christmas, save Christmas?   8. Jeff wanted a ringtone of that blaring trumpet when Garfield looks down from the top of the Christmas tree, so here it is!   ****   “A Garfield Christmas Special” © 1987 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Let’s have a good, old-fashioned Christmas down on the farm in 1987’s A Garfield Christmas Special, featuring the voices of <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005581/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Squiggy</a> and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140946/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ursula</a>.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Jeff Somogyi (<a href="http://talkinchopp.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talkin’ Chopp</a>, <a href="http://nerdlunch.net/podcast/down-the-rabbit-hole/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Down the Rabbit Hole</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/sommerjam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sommerjam</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Joey O. interviews <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/ynotradio/words-with-nerds-gregg-berger-retrocon-2018-interview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gregg Berger</a>, the voice of Odie.   2. On lasagna as a Christmas food and how including shrimp as one of the Seven Fishes is cheating, you cheaters.   3. Dinosaur Dracula <a href="https://dinosaurdracula.com/blog/garfields-xmas-presents/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">identifies all the presents in Garfield’s dream</a>.   4. Going long on the dinner prayer, plus the perfect gift for Grandma: an engraved grace-stoppin’ spoon.   5. “Weird Al” Yankovic’s The Night Santa Went Crazy is better than Christmas at Ground Zero. There. I said it.   6. The simultaneously best and worst line in the history of animated Christmas specials for children.   7. How does Binky, the Clown who Saved Christmas, save Christmas?   8. Jeff wanted a ringtone of that blaring trumpet when Garfield looks down from the top of the Christmas tree, so <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z2QJWnCO0LciXui_gopvdgM1xz3O5HxB/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here it is</a>!   ****   “A Garfield Christmas Special” © 1987 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

A Garfield Christmas Special

Part 2 of our Christmas donkey double feature takes a deep dive into Don Bluth’s last Disney project, a short film released in front of the 1978 re-release of Pinocchio. ****   🎙 Guests:   Lindy Kempe (@ieatvideogames).   Brandon Medley (@brandmed, Blessed are the Geek).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Like so many Disney movies, it’s based on a book — The Small One: A Story for Those Who Like Christmas and Small Donkeys.   2. Dragon’s Lair.   3. The Land Before Time toys from Pizza Hut.   4. Mouse in Transition: When Everyone Left Disney, detailing Don Bluth’s exit from Disney.   5. Don Bluth visited Walt Disney Animation Studios 40 years later.   6. Assistant director Richard Rich went on to direct all 8 Swan Princess movies. I’m sorry to have just informed you that there are 8 Swan Princess movies.   7. Wikipedia’s entry for The Small One includes a very strange line about the other donkeys.   8. One piece of silver, adjusted for inflation.   9. Edits for home video include the Merchants’ song, and the Star of Bethlehem getting extra rays of light to look less cross-shaped. To avoid too much foreshadowing, I guess.   10. Gordon Jump, the voice of Joseph, was on a very special episode of Diff’rent Strokes. Yeah. Sorry.   ****   “The Small One” © 1978 Walt Disney Productions.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Part 2 of our Christmas donkey double feature takes a deep dive into Don Bluth’s last Disney project, a short film released in front of the 1978 re-release of Pinocchio. ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Lindy Kempe (@ieatvideogames).   Brandon Medley (<a href="https://twitter.com/brandmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brandmed</a>, <a href="https://blessedarethegeek.tumblr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blessed are the Geek</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Like so many Disney movies, it’s based on a book — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Small_One_%28book%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Small One: A Story for Those Who Like Christmas and Small Donkeys</a>.   2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRU0TaJq2eA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dragon’s Lair</a>.   3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlSimzDnegA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Land Before Time toys from Pizza Hut</a>.   4. <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wardkimball/when-everyone-left-disney-101724.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mouse in Transition: When Everyone Left Disney</a>, detailing Don Bluth’s exit from Disney.   5. <a href="http://www.traditionalanimation.com/2018/don-bluth-returns-to-walt-disney-animation-studios-after-40-years/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Don Bluth visited Walt Disney Animation Studios 40 years later</a>.   6. Assistant director Richard Rich went on to direct all 8 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swan_Princess_%28film_series%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swan Princess movies</a>. I’m sorry to have just informed you that there are 8 Swan Princess movies.   7. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Small_One#Characters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia’s entry for The Small One</a> includes a very strange line about the other donkeys.   8. One piece of silver, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_pieces_of_silver" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adjusted for inflation</a>.   9. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Small_One#Home_media" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edits for home video</a> include the Merchants’ song, and the Star of Bethlehem getting extra rays of light to look less cross-shaped. To avoid too much foreshadowing, I guess.   10. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Jump" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gordon Jump</a>, the voice of Joseph, was on a very special episode of Diff’rent Strokes. Yeah. Sorry.   ****   “The Small One” © 1978 Walt Disney Productions.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

The Small One

It’s mime time at the Most Magical Place on Earth in 1978’s Christmas at Walt Disney World, featuring Shields and Yarnell as the most 1978 couple imaginable, Pablo Cruise and their indifference to help a screaming woman escape from pirates, Phyllis Diller in the world’s poofiest princess dress, the Doritos guy as a wildly off-model Geppetto, Dee from What’s Happening as an ungrateful passenger in a magical pumpkin coach, and Broadway’s original Annie singing Christmas carols with surprisingly reverent Disney villains.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Drew Crowley (@pizzanautgo) and John Dedeke (@johndedeke) from The Hourchive.   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. A map of what Walt Disney World looked like in 1978.   2. Vault Disney.   3. Mystery solved: How My Favorite Things became a Christmas song.   4. The opening music, The Great Gate of Kiev, part of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and the entrance theme for Jerry “The King” Lawler.   5. Dick Clark interviews Shields and Yarnell on American Bandstand in 1976.   6. Drew eating a gigantic spoonful of mashed potatoes at the Liberty Tree Tavern.   7. Photos from the long-abandoned Discovery Island in 2009.   8. Disney’s short-lived plans of reopening Discovery Island as an attraction based on Myst.   9. The History (and Mystery) Behind Discovery Island (MSN).   10. One-day admission to the Magic Kingdom plus a book of attraction tickets in 1978 cost $13, according to this Ticket Price Guide.   11. Ernest Goes to Splash Mountain.   12. I miss Winnie-the-Pooh with the honey pot on his head.   13. Giant, smoking cigars in a theme park parade for children.   14. The (1970s) Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World.   15. That time Kraft saluted Walt Disney World’s 10th anniversary.   16. The Hourchive on Walt Disney World: Part 1 and Part 2.   ****   “Christmas at Walt Disney World” © 1978 Walt Disney Productions.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

It’s mime time at the Most Magical Place on Earth in 1978’s Christmas at Walt Disney World, featuring Shields and Yarnell as the most 1978 couple imaginable, Pablo Cruise and their indifference to help a screaming woman escape from pirates, Phyllis Diller in the world’s poofiest princess dress, the Doritos guy as a wildly off-model Geppetto, Dee from What’s Happening as an ungrateful passenger in a magical pumpkin coach, and Broadway’s original Annie singing Christmas carols with surprisingly reverent Disney villains.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> <a href="http://www.pizzanaut.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drew Crowley</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/pizzanautgo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@pizzanautgo</a>) and <a href="http://www.johndedeke.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Dedeke</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/johndedeke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@johndedeke</a>) from <a href="http://www.thehourchive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hourchive</a>.   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. A <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xOIgKjs4Zl0/TfUh90aKfMI/AAAAAAAAFjs/_Ul9wGshWSU/s1600/1978-your-complete-guide-to-walt-disney-world_map_001.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">map of what Walt Disney World looked like in 1978</a>.   2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2ol79UVo6c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vault Disney</a>.   3. Mystery solved: <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/holiday/8078515/my-favorite-things-christmas-sound-of-music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How My Favorite Things became a Christmas song</a>.   4. The opening music, The Great Gate of Kiev, part of Modest Mussorgsky’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictures_at_an_Exhibition#No._10_%22The_Bogatyr_Gates_%28In_the_Capital_in_Kiev%29%22" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pictures at an Exhibition</a>, and the entrance theme for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snmph-Aimok" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jerry “The King” Lawler</a>.   5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIt0m8fno58" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dick Clark interviews Shields and Yarnell</a> on American Bandstand in 1976.   6. <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51f04fcbe4b01bb187e33ecf/t/565658b9e4b0e19716f937e9/1448499392430/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drew eating a gigantic spoonful of mashed potatoes</a> at the Liberty Tree Tavern.   7. <a href="http://shaneperez.blogspot.com/2009/12/discovery-island.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photos from the long-abandoned Discovery Island</a> in 2009.   8. Disney’s short-lived plans of <a href="https://www.slashfilm.com/myst-theme-park/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reopening Discovery Island as an attraction based on Myst</a>.   9. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/the-history-and-mystery-behind-disney-worlds-abandoned-discovery-island/ar-AAuA1xX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The History (and Mystery) Behind Discovery Island</a> (MSN).   10. One-day admission to the Magic Kingdom plus a book of attraction tickets in 1978 cost $13, according to this <a href="http://allears.net/walt-disney-world/wdw-planning/wdw-ticket-increase-guide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ticket Price Guide</a>.   11. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATiqSR8JqrA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ernest Goes to Splash Mountain</a>.   12. I miss Winnie-the-Pooh with the <a href="http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh_Costumes_Through_the_Years" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">honey pot on his head</a>.   13. <a href="https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5193390027_655aa1bb06_b.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Giant, smoking cigars</a> in a theme park parade for children.   14. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZN74HnFp2Y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The (1970s) Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World</a>.   15. That time <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9l8GtaL4LM&amp;t=2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kraft saluted Walt Disney World’s 10th anniversary</a>.   16. The Hourchive on Walt Disney World: <a href="http://www.thehourchive.com/home/2015/9/22/ep-184-disney-world-part-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.thehourchive.com/home/2015/9/22/ep-185-disney-world-part-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 2</a>.   ****   “Christmas at Walt Disney World” © 1978 Walt Disney Productions.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

Christmas at Walt Disney World (1978)

Rankin/Bass goes off the rails in its last-ever stop motion animated Christmas special, 1985’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, based on the 1902 book by Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum, which explains a lot.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Paxton Holley (Cavalcade of Awesome, I Read Movies, Nerd Lunch, Cult Film Club, Hellbent for Letterbox, @paxtonholley).   Brandon Medley (@brandmed, Blessed Are the Geek).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Santa Claus’s growth to manhood, from J.D. Roth to Mumm-ra, and the rest of the Thundercats are here, too!   2. L. Frank Baum’s original book on the Internet Archive, in ebook, PDF, and audiobook format.   3. Pax’s review of the book and Road to Oz, which also features Santa.   4. Baum’s sequel story, A Kidnapped Santa Claus.   5. King Awgwa looks like My Pet Monster.   6. “The Most Pagan Christmas Special You Will Ever See,” by Bayou Babylon.   7. That’s not Santa in Return to Oz. That’s the Shaggy Man.   8. A Doom Metal Tribute to The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.   ****   “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” © 1985 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc. Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Rankin/Bass goes off the rails in its last-ever stop motion animated Christmas special, 1985’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, based on the 1902 book by Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum, which explains a lot.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Paxton Holley (<a href="http://cavalcadeofawesome.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cavalcade of Awesome</a>, <a href="http://ireadmovies.libsyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Read Movies</a>, <a href="http://nerdlunch.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nerd Lunch</a>, <a href="https://cultfilmclub.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cult Film Club</a>, <a href="http://hellbentforletterbox.libsyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hellbent for Letterbox</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/paxtonholley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@paxtonholley</a>).   Brandon Medley (<a href="https://twitter.com/brandmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brandmed</a>, <a href="https://blessedarethegeek.tumblr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blessed Are the Geek</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Santa Claus’s growth to manhood, from J.D. Roth to Mumm-ra, and the rest of the Thundercats are here, too!   2. L. Frank Baum’s original book on the Internet Archive, in <a href="https://archive.org/details/lifeandadventure00520gut" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ebook</a>, <a href="https://archive.org/details/lifeadventuresof00baum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PDF</a>, and <a href="https://archive.org/details/life_of_claus_librivox" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">audiobook</a> format.   3. Pax’s <a href="https://blog.paxholley.net/2013/12/23/a-review-of-l-frank-baums-the-life-adventures-of-santa-claus-1902/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review of the book</a> and <a href="https://blog.paxholley.net/2012/06/11/review-of-oz-book-5-the-road-to-oz-1909/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Road to Oz</a>, which also features Santa.   4. Baum’s sequel story, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Kidnapped Santa Claus</a>.   5. <a href="http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/King_Awgwa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">King Awgwa</a> looks like My Pet Monster.   6. “<a href="https://fitfordragoncon.com/2013/11/13/the-most-pagan-christmas-special-you-will-ever-see/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Most Pagan Christmas Special You Will Ever See</a>,” by Bayou Babylon.   7. That’s not Santa in <a href="http://www.cultfilmclub.com/the-hidden-characters-in-return-to-oz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Return to Oz</a>. That’s the Shaggy Man.   8. A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK1ELskRcNo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doom Metal Tribute</a> to The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.   ****   “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” © 1985 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc. Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Trudge back to 1974 as we dig up a rare gem, The Gift of Winter, which introduces a colorful cast of characters better known from its Halloween sequel, Witch’s Night Out!   You can watch The Gift of Winter online on Shout! Factory TV.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Chad Young (The Horror Movie BBQ, @horrormoviebbq).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Pre-SNL appearances by the voices of Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd.   2. The special’s true heroes: A couple of gay trees.   3. Whenever Bazooey’s not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, “Where’s Bazooey?”   4. The Anytown Series, which includes a planned remake of The Gift of Winter and brand new specials for Thanksgiving, New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day.   5. Every parade should end at the Rocky steps.   6. We end up talking about the Lego Batman Movie for some reason.   ****   The Gift of Winter © 1974 Leach/Rankin Productions.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Trudge back to 1974 as we dig up a rare gem, <a href="https://www.thegiftofwinter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gift of Winter</a>, which introduces a colorful cast of characters better known from its Halloween sequel, <a href="https://www.witchsnightout.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Witch’s Night Out</a>!   You can <a href="http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/the-gift-of-winter/58011bc0ea906d0d4800e103" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">watch The Gift of Winter online</a> on Shout! Factory TV.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Chad Young (<a href="http://www.horrormoviebbq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Horror Movie BBQ</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/horrormoviebbq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@horrormoviebbq</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Pre-SNL appearances by the voices of Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd.   2. The special’s true heroes: A couple of gay trees.   3. Whenever Bazooey’s not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, “<a href="https://comb.io/GGYyjM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Where’s Bazooey?</a>”   4. The <a href="https://www.anytownseries.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anytown Series</a>, which includes a planned remake of The Gift of Winter and brand new specials for Thanksgiving, New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day.   5. Every parade should <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6abc_Dunkin%27_Donuts_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">end at the Rocky steps</a>.   6. We end up talking about the Lego Batman Movie for some reason.   ****   The Gift of Winter © 1974 Leach/Rankin Productions.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

The Gift of Winter

John Denver

We blur the lines of reality, time, and space and practice peace on Earth and good will to men, women, chickens, bears, and Dizzy Gillespie in the 1979 TV special, John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together.   ****   🎙 Guests:   Bill Hanstock (SBNation, IMDb, Progressive Boink, @sundownmotel).   Carlin Trammel (Nerd Lunch, Dragonfly Ripple, @nerdlunch).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Bill’s Uncle Deadly tattoo.   2. Pro-wrestler and Muppets Most Wanted cast member Hornswoggle’s tattoo tribute to the Muppets.   3. The Muppet Show Season 4 DVD promised at Disney’s 2009 D23 Expo, but which never came.   4. Miss Piggy makes a sex joke, lest we forget the Muppet Show pilot opened with “Sex and Violence.”   5. John Denver’s linear notes for the album’s 1996 re-release cite the Muppets as an inspiration for writing Alfie, the Christmas Tree.   6. A Baby Just Like You is one endpoint of the John Denver Christmas song emotional spectrum. The other is Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas).   7. A brief examination of the logistics behind Rowlf’s piano playing.   8. I Will Wait for You in Futurama.   9. Jesus Christ has His own entry on Muppet Wiki.   10. John’s son, Zachary: In the audience during Silent Night, and and at his father’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony in 2014.   11. Jerry Nelson and Louise Gold singing When the River Meets the Sea at Jim Henson’s memorial service.   12. Bill remembers Jim Henson on Scientific Podcast Goes Boink.   ****   “John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together” © 1979 John Jer Productions.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

We blur the lines of reality, time, and space and practice peace on Earth and good will to men, women, chickens, bears, and Dizzy Gillespie in the 1979 TV special, John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> Bill Hanstock (<a href="https://www.sbnation.com/authors/bill-hanstock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SBNation</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5001355/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IMDb</a>, <a href="https://progressiveboink.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Progressive Boink</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/sundownmotel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sundownmotel</a>).   Carlin Trammel (<a href="http://nerdlunch.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nerd Lunch</a>, <a href="https://dragonflyripple.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dragonfly Ripple</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/nerdlunch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@nerdlunch</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/jdINdJa.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill’s Uncle Deadly tattoo</a>.   2. Pro-wrestler and Muppets Most Wanted cast member <a href="https://www.wwe.com/inside/overtheropes/hornswoggle-muppets-tattoo-photos#fid-25054819" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hornswoggle’s tattoo tribute to the Muppets</a>.   3. The <a href="http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/File:TMS-4DVD.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Muppet Show Season 4 DVD</a> promised at Disney’s 2009 D23 Expo, but which never came.   4. Miss Piggy makes a sex joke, lest we forget the Muppet Show pilot opened with “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEzsFtV_Yo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sex and Violence</a>.”   5. John Denver’s <a href="http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/File:JD_Note_1996_A_Christmas_Together.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linear notes for the album’s 1996 re-release</a> cite the Muppets as an inspiration for writing Alfie, the Christmas Tree.   6. A Baby Just Like You is one endpoint of the John Denver Christmas song emotional spectrum. The other is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bArA5TuBx_c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)</a>.   7. A brief examination of the logistics behind Rowlf’s piano playing.   8. I Will Wait for You in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK3PWHxoT_E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Futurama</a>.   9. Jesus Christ has <a href="http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Jesus_Christ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">His own entry on Muppet Wiki</a>.   10. John’s son, Zachary: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/31KNLWZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the audience</a> during Silent Night, and and at his father’s <a href="https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2014/10/26/John-Denver-gets-star-on-Hollywood-Walk-of-Fame/9411414347330/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony</a> in 2014.   11. Jerry Nelson and Louise Gold singing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLwnkoIpzQA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When the River Meets the Sea at Jim Henson’s memorial service</a>.   12. Bill remembers Jim Henson on <a href="https://www.progressiveboink.com/2013/5/16/4335736/scientific-podcast-goes-boink-episode-34-kermit-the-frog-jim-henson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scientific Podcast Goes Boink</a>.   ****   “John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together” © 1979 John Jer Productions.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

In 1987, the California Raisins missed their bus, then made a sleigh out of garbage and flew it into space in the greatest holiday special out of all holiday specials hosted by clay dinosaurs.   WARNING: This episode inexplicably contains a major spoiler for the 2014 movie How to Train Your Dragon 2.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Erin Evans (@mserinmevans).   Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, Words with Nerds, @ImGonnaDJ24).   Emily Rowley (@mlerowley).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. RIP Will Vinton (1947–2018), the creator of (capital-C) Claymation who may or may not have inspired Leap Day William, and who was still alive when we recorded this.   2. Vinton also worked special effects on the Epcot attraction Captain EO starring Michael Jackson.   3. Johnny Counterfit, the voice of Rex (and not at all Johnny Arcade), wrote a JFK time-travel novel.   4. Rex and Herb’s original appearance in Dinosaur, which was later included in a direct-to-video thing starring Fred Savage.   5. Related: “I Just Realized Why We Are All Mean,” by Jon Bois.   6. Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven, from The Adventures of Mark Twain, featuring Tim Conner (Herb) as a 3-headed alien in St. Peter’s place at the wrong “Heaven.”   7. The California Raisins’ cancelled Nintendo game: The Grape Escape.   8. Simpsons did it: The California Prunes.   9. This special ends with a reference to the grossly enormous Mr. Creosote from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. ****   “Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration” © 1987 Will Vinton Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

In 1987, the California Raisins missed their bus, then made a sleigh out of garbage and flew it into space in the greatest holiday special out of all holiday specials hosted by clay dinosaurs.   WARNING: This episode inexplicably contains a major spoiler for the 2014 movie How to Train Your Dragon 2.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Erin Evans (<a href="https://twitter.com/mserinmevans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mserinmevans</a>).   Joey O. (<a href="http://ynotradio.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Y-Not Radio</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Words_W_Nerds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Words with Nerds</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/imgonnadj24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ImGonnaDJ24</a>).   Emily Rowley (<a href="https://twitter.com/mlerowley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mlerowley</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. RIP Will Vinton (1947–2018), the creator of (capital-C) Claymation who may or may not have inspired <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/30-rock-cocreator-tells-the-story-behind-leap-day-william" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leap Day William</a>, and who was still alive when we recorded this.   2. Vinton also worked special effects on the Epcot attraction <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jlSO52dFNE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Captain EO</a> starring Michael Jackson.   3. <a href="http://www.johnnycounterfit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johnny Counterfit</a>, the voice of Rex (and not at all <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_9LJqNA6H0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johnny Arcade</a>), wrote a <a href="http://www.johnnycounterfit.com/book-written-by-johnny--jfk-averting-the-assassination.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JFK time-travel novel</a>.   4. Rex and Herb’s original appearance in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpTXslw9XoY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dinosaur</a>, which was later included in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngVMwf9yRGU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">direct-to-video thing</a> starring Fred Savage.   5. Related: “<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20121029123428/http://archives.progressiveboink.com/archive/dinosaurs.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Just Realized Why We Are All Mean</a>,” by Jon Bois.   6. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmQl3wK83M" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven</a>, from The Adventures of Mark Twain, featuring Tim Conner (Herb) as a 3-headed alien in St. Peter’s place at the wrong “Heaven.”   7. The California Raisins’ cancelled Nintendo game: The Grape Escape.   8. Simpsons did it: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN-sX6IXGcg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The California Prunes</a>.   9. This special ends with a reference to the grossly enormous <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CofYBMhYKtM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mr. Creosote</a> from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. ****   “Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration” © 1987 Will Vinton Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration

We dig down like dogs to the bottom of the VHS bargain bin for an overlooked special from 1991 that had all the potential to become a Christmas classic, but none of the airtime.   You can watch Jingle Bell Rap on Amazon Prime.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Chad Young (The Horror Movie BBQ, TPIF: Thank Pod It’s Funny, @horrormoviebbq).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Perennial Pictures’ webpage for Jingle Bell Rap.   2. Chad’s on, so of course we talk about Roy Rogers.   3. Fetch and Uncle Jesse are the “wise cowboy” archetype that replaced the wise janitor in the ’90s.   4. It’s an early-’90s special with a rap in it, so here’s the comparison to that one Fruity Pebbles commercial.   5. Shout-out to the Cult Film Club and “Plot in 60 Seconds.”   6. In Rollover’s flashback, his dad looks like angry Homer Simpson.   7. Ralph Wiggum’s heart breaks in slow motion.   8. New Kids on the Block perform Funky Funky Xmas on Arsenio Hall.   ****   “Jingle Bell Rap” © 1991 Perennial Pictures.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

We dig down like dogs to the bottom of the VHS bargain bin for an overlooked special from 1991 that had all the potential to become a Christmas classic, but none of the airtime.   You can watch <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jingle-Bell-Rap/dp/B006QST9SY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jingle Bell Rap on Amazon Prime</a>.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Chad Young (<a href="http://www.horrormoviebbq.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Horror Movie BBQ</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TPIFpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TPIF: Thank Pod It’s Funny</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/horrormoviebbq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@horrormoviebbq</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. <a href="http://www.perennialpictures.com/about/filmography/jinglebell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Perennial Pictures’ webpage for Jingle Bell Rap</a>.   2. Chad’s on, so of course we talk about <a href="http://www.royrogersrestaurants.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roy Rogers</a>.   3. Fetch and Uncle Jesse are the “wise cowboy” archetype that replaced the wise janitor in the ’90s.   4. It’s an early-’90s special with a rap in it, so here’s the comparison to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX_dgcSsu1Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">that one Fruity Pebbles commercial</a>.   5. Shout-out to the <a href="https://cultfilmclub.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cult Film Club</a> and “Plot in 60 Seconds.”   6. In Rollover’s flashback, <a href="https://imgur.com/a/Elf7crS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his dad looks like angry Homer Simpson</a>.   7. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bPbhCWtZmM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ralph Wiggum’s heart breaks</a> in slow motion.   8. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-divbxwccKg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Kids on the Block perform Funky Funky Xmas</a> on Arsenio Hall.   ****   “Jingle Bell Rap” © 1991 Perennial Pictures.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

Jingle Bell Rap

Lace up your ice skates for a look at 3 classic holiday commercials starring McDonald’s clown in charge:   1. Happy Holidays (the ice skating one).   2. Star Wish.   3. Runaway. ****   🎙 Guest:   Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, Words with Nerds, @ImGonnaDJ24).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Grape jelly is good on Sausage McMuffins.   2. McDonald’s Wiki, which exists, runs down all 7 versions of the ice skating commercial. Yes, there are seven different edits, and they’re all on YouTube:   1982: the original, with King Moody as Ronald and the “You Deserve a Break Today” jingle variant.   1983: with the “McDonald’s and You” jingle variant.   1984: with the “It’s a Good Time for the Great Taste” jingle variant.   1986: with Squire Fridell as Ronald, the version I remember most.   1988: with Fridell and the original jingle.   1990: with Fridell and the “Food, Folks and Fun” jingle variant.   1991: with Jack Doepke as Ronald, bad lighting, and “The Wish that Changed Christmas.”   3. King Booker.   4. Squire Fridell as Ronald McDonald in Mac and Me.   5. Paul Rudd’s ongoing Mac and Me prank on Conan.   6. Grimace’s last appearance was at Dodger Stadium, though as we know, nothing can kill the Grimace.   7. The “World’s Largest Entertainment McDonald’s” in Orlando, home to an animatronic Mac Tonight that hangs from the ceiling.   ****   “Happy Holidays,” “Star Wish,” and “Runaway” © McDonald’s.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Lace up your ice skates for a look at 3 classic holiday commercials starring McDonald’s clown in charge:   1. <a href="https://mcdonalds.fandom.com/wiki/Happy_Holidays" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Happy Holidays</a> (the ice skating one).   2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzNaK21b5cs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Star Wish</a>.   3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuWEUiinbLQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Runaway</a>. ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Joey O. (<a href="http://ynotradio.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Y-Not Radio</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Words_W_Nerds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Words with Nerds</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/imgonnadj24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ImGonnaDJ24</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. Grape jelly is good on Sausage McMuffins.   2. <a href="https://mcdonalds.fandom.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McDonald’s Wiki</a>, which exists, runs down all 7 versions of the ice skating commercial. Yes, there are seven different edits, and they’re all on YouTube:   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ki88K3nZXI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1982</a>: the original, with King Moody as Ronald and the “You Deserve a Break Today” jingle variant.   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD985pymuFA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1983</a>: with the “McDonald’s and You” jingle variant.   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTOThyZvUA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1984</a>: with the “It’s a Good Time for the Great Taste” jingle variant.   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUaRt637Nfk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1986</a>: with Squire Fridell as Ronald, the version I remember most.   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74WQ9H9JI4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1988</a>: with Fridell and the original jingle.   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbe8kc2gE2g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1990</a>: with Fridell and the “Food, Folks and Fun” jingle variant.   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUaRt637Nfk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1991</a>: with Jack Doepke as Ronald, bad lighting, and “The Wish that Changed Christmas.”   3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVxmXvqSqhE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">King Booker</a>.   4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPgRnFg8ZTU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Squire Fridell as Ronald McDonald in Mac and Me</a>.   5. <a href="https://www.methodshop.com/2018/07/paul-rudd-mac-and-me.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Rudd’s ongoing Mac and Me prank</a> on Conan.   6. <a href="https://mcdonalds.fandom.com/wiki/Grimace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grimace’s last appearance</a> was at Dodger Stadium, though as we know, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeyU7uVOTic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nothing can kill the Grimace</a>.   7. The “<a href="https://manonthelam.com/supersized-orlando-floridahome-to-worlds-largest-mcdonalds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World’s Largest Entertainment McDonald’s</a>” in Orlando, home to an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp0Foj6LtfM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">animatronic Mac Tonight</a> that hangs from the ceiling.   ****   “Happy Holidays,” “Star Wish,” and “Runaway” © McDonald’s.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

McDonald’s Holiday Commercials

Ho-ho-ho, I’m hu-hu-hungry! Fill your soul with season’s greetings as we revisit a collection of Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles cereal commercials of Christmas past.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, @ImGonnaDJ24).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Fruity Pebbles Christmas commercial, dated between 1986 and 1989.   2. Recut commercial, with Jim Cummings as Santa, dated between 1992 and 1995.   3. Older Fruity Pebbles Christmas commercial, dated 1980.   4. Newer Cocoa Pebbles “Christmas Carol” commercial.   5. “I’m the Master Rapper and I’m here to say, I love Fruity Pebbles in a major way!”   6. Fred and Barney know about Christmas because The Flintstones takes place in a post-apocalyptic future.   7. The Rock’s Fruity Pebbles promo on John Cena, 2011.   8. WWE’s Christmas in Baghdad opening from 2003, featuring “Stone Cold” Steve Austin disguised as Santa Claus.   ****   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Ho-ho-ho, I’m hu-hu-hungry! Fill your soul with season’s greetings as we revisit a collection of Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles cereal commercials of Christmas past.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Joey O. (<a href="http://ynotradio.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Y-Not Radio</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ImGonnaDJ24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ImGonnaDJ24</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWTBZSytTmU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fruity Pebbles Christmas commercial</a>, dated between 1986 and 1989.   2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5fk2tDaxs4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recut commercial</a>, with Jim Cummings as Santa, dated between 1992 and 1995.   3. <a href="http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/5187/post-pebbles-christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Older Fruity Pebbles Christmas commercial</a>, dated 1980.   4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49TU4WADZUw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newer Cocoa Pebbles “Christmas Carol” commercial</a>.   5. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX_dgcSsu1Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m the Master Rapper and I’m here to say, I love Fruity Pebbles in a major way!</a>”   6. Fred and Barney know about Christmas because <a href="http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-flintstones-takes-place-in-post-apocalyptic-future/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Flintstones takes place in a post-apocalyptic future</a>.   7. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HQRAZTdQvI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rock’s Fruity Pebbles promo on John Cena</a>, 2011.   8. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=478rGkLui_A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WWE’s Christmas in Baghdad opening</a> from 2003, featuring “Stone Cold” Steve Austin disguised as Santa Claus.   ****   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

Fruity Pebbles Christmas Commercial

Nobody can’t say no to this 30-second portrayal of Scrooge in a Christmastime commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios. Officially titled “Ebenezer Scrooge Discovers Honey Nut Cheerios,” this commercial ran from around 1987 through at least the end of the 20th century.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, @ImGonnaDJ24).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. A tale of two Buzz Bees: “It’s Christmas,” vs. “It’s the holidays.”   2. Arnold Stang, the original voice of the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, Top Cat, and Nestlé’s Chunky candy bar.   3. Stranger Christmas tradition: Scrooge’s “customary” gruel, or Honey Nut Cheerios as a holiday breakfast?   4. The lifespan and ancestral history of honeybees.   5. Addendum: Thanks to Guy Hutchinson for identifying our Scrooge as actor Bill Gavin.   ****   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Nobody can’t say no to this 30-second portrayal of Scrooge in a Christmastime commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios. Officially titled “Ebenezer Scrooge Discovers Honey Nut Cheerios,” this commercial ran from around 1987 through at least the end of the 20th century.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Joey O. (<a href="http://ynotradio.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Y-Not Radio</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ImGonnaDJ24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ImGonnaDJ24</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. A tale of two Buzz Bees: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWCZxTxax1M" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It’s Christmas</a>,” vs. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0HZ7vqbB18" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It’s the holidays</a>.”   2. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Stang" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arnold Stang</a>, the original voice of the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, Top Cat, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1P33UFjIeo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nestlé’s Chunky candy bar</a>.   3. Stranger Christmas tradition: Scrooge’s “customary” gruel, or Honey Nut Cheerios as a holiday breakfast?   4. The lifespan and ancestral history of honeybees.   5. Addendum: Thanks to <a href="http://guyhutchinson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Guy Hutchinson</a> for identifying our Scrooge as actor <a href="http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=28978" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Gavin</a>.   ****   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

Honey Nut Cheerios Scrooge Commercial

Hanukkah is here, so here’s a 1995 special starring sock puppets hanging out with Mr. Miyagi, the dad from Growing Pains, and the mayor of Gotham City.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Sarah Shay (Pilot House Podcast, Bandcamp, @thesarahshay). Check out her 2 new albums: You Have Queer Street Cred and The Shay &amp; Shay Radio Hour!   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. The special audio featured here is from a YouTube upload by some guy holding his iPad’s camera up to his TV screen.   2. Shari Lewis’s amazing single-color red dreamcoat and stylin’ menorah.   3. Alan Thicke being Alan Thicke on Celebrity Family Feud.   4. Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio, an earlier Halloween special also featuring Alan Thicke.   5. Charlie Horse’s prize-winning superhero, the stuff of someone’s very specific nightmares.   6. They almost make it through a whole Hanukkah special without mentioning Christmas, but blow it at the end for no reason.   ****   “Lamb Chop’s Special Chanukah” © 1995 8 Candles Production, Inc.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Hanukkah is here, so here’s a 1995 special starring sock puppets hanging out with Mr. Miyagi, the dad from Growing Pains, and the mayor of Gotham City.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> <a href="http://sarahshay.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Shay</a> (<a href="http://pilothousepodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pilot House Podcast</a>, <a href="https://sarahshay.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/thesarahshay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thesarahshay</a>). Check out her 2 new albums: <a href="https://sarahshay.bandcamp.com/album/you-have-queer-street-cred" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You Have Queer Street Cred</a> and <a href="https://sarahshay.bandcamp.com/album/the-shay-shay-radio-hour" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Shay &amp; Shay Radio Hour</a>!   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. The special audio featured here is from a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBhA6hNrj08" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube upload</a> by some guy holding his iPad’s camera up to his TV screen.   2. Shari Lewis’s <a href="https://archive.li/23DU3/64d5de74eb2b51a27d2f5c5f07a9967690ac3877.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazing single-color red dreamcoat</a> and stylin’ <a href="https://archive.li/23DU3/724a849ae7a071ed21d2eb852f424543c7e0b7dd.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">menorah</a>.   3. Alan Thicke being Alan Thicke on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdvrHSEt90A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Celebrity Family Feud</a>.   4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUkcV_TyXE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio</a>, an earlier Halloween special also featuring Alan Thicke.   5. Charlie Horse’s <a href="https://archive.li/23DU3/a818e620dbabfa63ccd1241444daaf0abf294867.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">prize-winning superhero</a>, the stuff of someone’s very specific nightmares.   6. They almost make it through a whole Hanukkah special without mentioning Christmas, but blow it at the end for no reason.   ****   “Lamb Chop’s Special Chanukah” © 1995 8 Candles Production, Inc.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

Lamb Chop’s Special Chanukah

Turn back the clock till it goes kerplunk — or kerplooey — to make some time for Rankin/Bass’s 1974 retelling of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas from the perspective of the mouse and his know-it-all nerdy son.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, Words with Nerds, @ImGonnaDJ24).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. The worst thing we’ve broken that ruined multiple peoples’ day.   2. We prepared for this episode by listening to Green Day’s Kerplunk!   3. South Park covered the song Even a Miracle Needs a Hand.   4. Albert reminds us of a young Julia Stiles in a 1990s Apple Jacks cereal commercial.   5. Dusty Rhodes’s “Hard Times” promo.   ****   “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” © 1974 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Turn back the clock till it goes kerplunk — or kerplooey — to make some time for Rankin/Bass’s 1974 retelling of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas from the perspective of the mouse and his know-it-all nerdy son.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Joey O. (<a href="http://ynotradio.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Y-Not Radio</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Words_W_Nerds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Words with Nerds</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/imgonnadj24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ImGonnaDJ24</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. The worst thing we’ve broken that ruined multiple peoples’ day.   2. We prepared for this episode by listening to Green Day’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerplunk_%28album%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kerplunk</a>!   3. South Park covered the song <a href="http://southpark.cc.com/clips/152546/even-a-miracle-needs-a-hand" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Even a Miracle Needs a Hand</a>.   4. Albert reminds us of a young Julia Stiles in a 1990s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS_uX1PvfMs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Jacks cereal commercial</a>.   5. Dusty Rhodes’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9py4aMK3aIU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hard Times</a>” promo.   ****   “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” © 1974 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

’Twas the Night Before Christmas

Get ready to blast off for Space Church as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Star Wars Holiday Special, the farthest point from the bright center of our favorite galaxy far, far away.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Liz Twachtman (@thelizzietea, Random Chatter Network, Enchanted Chatter)   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. “Some folks are in space for the benefit of nobody,” by Jon Bois for SB Nation.   2. Our disappointment that Chewbacca’s family didn’t show up in Solo, but at least we got L3-37, who was great.   3. High praise for the animated segment, marking our introduction to Boba Fett and the return of Luke’s awesome yellow jacket.   4. Dihann Carroll was 43 years old in that erotic VR helmet sequence.   5. Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers of the Star Wars Holiday Special and other spinoffs.   ****   “Star Wars Holiday Special” © 1978 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Get ready to blast off for Space Church as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Star Wars Holiday Special, the farthest point from the bright center of our favorite galaxy far, far away.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Liz Twachtman (<a href="https://twitter.com/thelizzietea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thelizzietea</a>, <a href="http://randomchatter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Random Chatter Network</a>, <a href="http://randomchatter.com/category/podcasts/entertainment/enchanted" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enchanted Chatter</a>)   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. “<a href="https://www.sbnation.com/2015/12/17/10217578/star-wars-holiday-special" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Some folks are in space for the benefit of nobody</a>,” by Jon Bois for SB Nation.   2. Our disappointment that Chewbacca’s family didn’t show up in Solo, but at least we got L3-37, who was great.   3. High praise for the animated segment, marking our introduction to Boba Fett and the return of Luke’s awesome yellow jacket.   4. Dihann Carroll was 43 years old in that erotic VR helmet sequence.   5. Screen Junkies’ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFQ8hsZsDkA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Honest Trailers</a> of the Star Wars Holiday Special and other spinoffs.   ****   “Star Wars Holiday Special” © 1978 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

The Star Wars Holiday Special

It’s time once again to count down to Christmas Eve, starting with 3 versions of Dr. Seuss’s classic Christmas tale from 1966, 2000, and 2018.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Michael DiGiovanni (The Atomic Geeks, Classic Film Jerks, Pop Culture Retrofit, @theatomicgeeks).   Michael May (MichaelMay.online, Sleigh Bell Cinema, @michaelmaycomix).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., Dr. Seuss’s first — and last — feature film screenplay.   2. DiGio discovers Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice behind “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” was also Tony the Tiger.   3. Grinchmas, the annual Christmas celebration at Universal Studios Hollywood and Islands of Adventure in Orlando.   4. How Murray Saved Christmas, a 2014 animated TV special starring Jerry Stiller that just made my to-do list.   5. Mike talks The Muppet Christmas Carol on Sleigh Bell Cinema.   ****   “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” © 1966  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.  “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” © 2000 LUNI Productions GmbH &amp; Co. KG.  “The Grinch” © 2018 Universal Studios.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

It’s time once again to count down to Christmas Eve, starting with 3 versions of Dr. Seuss’s classic Christmas tale from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!_%28TV_special%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1966</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas_%282000_film%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2000</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grinch_%28film%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2018</a>.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Michael DiGiovanni (<a href="http://theatomicgeekspodcast.libsyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Atomic Geeks</a>, <a href="http://classicfilmjerks.libsyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Classic Film Jerks</a>, <a href="http://popcultureretrofitpodcast.libsyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pop Culture Retrofit</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/theatomicgeeks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@theatomicgeeks</a>).   Michael May (<a href="http://www.michaelmay.online" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MichaelMay.online</a>, <a href="http://sleighbellcinema.michaelmay.online" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sleigh Bell Cinema</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelmaycomix" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@michaelmaycomix</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5,000_Fingers_of_Dr._T." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.</a>, Dr. Seuss’s first — and last — feature film screenplay.   2. DiGio discovers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurl_Ravenscroft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thurl Ravenscroft</a>, the voice behind “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” was also Tony the Tiger.   3. <a href="https://orlandoinformer.com/universal/grinchmas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grinchmas</a>, the annual Christmas celebration at Universal Studios Hollywood and Islands of Adventure in Orlando.   4. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Murray_Saved_Christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Murray Saved Christmas</a>, a 2014 animated TV special starring Jerry Stiller that just made my to-do list.   5. Mike talks <a href="http://sleighbellcinema.michaelmay.online/2018/11/the-muppet-christmas-carol-1992.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Muppet Christmas Carol on Sleigh Bell Cinema</a>.   ****   “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” © 1966  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.   “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” © 2000 LUNI Productions GmbH &amp; Co. KG.   “The Grinch” © 2018 Universal Studios.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

It’s time to dust off the cobwebs and get the Advent Calendar House ready for Season 2, featuring a new episode every day from December 1 through Christmas Eve, 2018.   In between commercial teasers for all 24 episodes coming in Season 2 — though not necessarily in order — the members of the all-new Christmas Podcast Network share stories of Christmas music traditions.   ****   🎙 Guests:   1. Brian Earl (Christmas Past)   2. Tim Babb (Can’t Wait for Christmas)   3. Craig Kringle (Weird Christmas)   4. Duane Bailey (Tinsel Tunes)   5. Joseph Wade (Christmas Creeps), with Libby Cudmore   6. Anthony Caruso, Julia Colburn, and Thom Crowe (Tis the Podcast)   ****   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

It’s time to dust off the cobwebs and get the Advent Calendar House ready for Season 2, featuring a new episode every day from December 1 through Christmas Eve, 2018.   In between commercial teasers for all 24 episodes coming in Season 2 — though not necessarily in order — the members of the all-new Christmas Podcast Network share stories of Christmas music traditions.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2> 1. Brian Earl (<a href="http://christmaspast.media" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christmas Past</a>)   2. Tim Babb (<a href="http://cantwaitforchristmaspod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Can’t Wait for Christmas</a>)   3. Craig Kringle (<a href="https://weirdchristmas.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weird Christmas</a>)   4. Duane Bailey (<a href="https://tinseltunes.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tinsel Tunes</a>)   5. Joseph Wade (<a href="https://christmascreeps.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christmas Creeps</a>), with Libby Cudmore   6. Anthony Caruso, Julia Colburn, and Thom Crowe (<a href="https://www.tisthepodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tis the Podcast</a>)   ****   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

Christmas Podcast Network Crossover / Season 2 Teaser

The Advent Calendar House presents a dazzling display of magical mischief as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Witch’s Night Out, an often remembered, then forgotten, then re-remembered Halloween classic from 1978.   You can watch Witch’s Night Out at Shout! Factory TV.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Chad Young (The Horror Movie BBQ, @horrormoviebbq).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. WitchsNightOut.com, the official website.   2. @BazooeyWNO on Twitter.   3. Anytown Series, a planned sequel and other holiday specials in development.   4. Toys “R” Us TV commercial from 1980, featuring ”the Big Bird Halloween costume” and “the Yoda Halloween costume.”   5. Ghostbusters Fright Features action figures.   6. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 7. Malicious’s food may or may not have been inspired by Joys of Jell-O.   ****   “Witch’s Night Out” © 1978 Leach/Rankin Productions.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

The Advent Calendar House presents a dazzling display of magical mischief as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Witch’s Night Out, an often remembered, then forgotten, then re-remembered Halloween classic from 1978.   You can <a href="http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/witch-s-night-out/57e403ba70e61c0d8a0017b6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">watch Witch’s Night Out</a> at Shout! Factory TV.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Chad Young (<a href="http://www.horrormoviebbq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Horror Movie BBQ</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/horrormoviebbq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@horrormoviebbq</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. <a href="https://www.witchsnightout.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WitchsNightOut.com</a>, the official website.   2. <a href="https://twitter.com/bazooeywno" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BazooeyWNO</a> on Twitter.   3. <a href="https://www.anytownseries.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anytown Series,</a> a planned sequel and other holiday specials in development.   4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQfle5w1rD0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toys “R” Us TV commercial</a> from 1980, featuring ”the Big Bird Halloween costume” and “the Yoda Halloween costume.”   5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI_ttDuB61I" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ghostbusters Fright Features action figures</a>.   6. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa2USJZHywE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?</a> 7. Malicious’s food may or may not have been inspired by <a href="https://www.progressiveboink.com/classic/2014/10/13/6972949/joys-of-jello" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joys of Jell-O</a>.   ****   “Witch’s Night Out” © 1978 Leach/Rankin Productions.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

Witch’s Night Out

We’re back for a surprise summertime episode on the 1986 animated movie, The Adventures of the American Rabbit, a star-spangled box-office bomb starring the voices of Donatello, Baby Piggy, and King Triton.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Chad Young (The Horror Movie BBQ, @horrormoviebbq).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. Fred Wolf Films.   2. Toei Animation.   3. The late Stewart Moskowitz’s archived gallery and current website, operated by his family.   4. Too-Loose, the Chocolate Moose.   5. Ping Pong, the Gorilla who ate Garfield.   ****   “The Adventures of the American Rabbit” © 1985 Wolfkill Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

We’re back for a surprise summertime episode on the 1986 animated movie, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_the_American_Rabbit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Adventures of the American Rabbit</a>, a star-spangled box-office bomb starring the voices of Donatello, Baby Piggy, and King Triton.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Chad Young (<a href="http://www.horrormoviebbq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Horror Movie BBQ</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/horrormoviebbq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@horrormoviebbq</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. <a href="http://www.fredwolffilms.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fred Wolf Films</a>.   2. <a href="http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toei Animation</a>.   3. The late <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041204073356/http://smoskowitz.com/default-hm.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stewart Moskowitz’s archived gallery</a> and <a href="https://www.stewartmoskowitzstudios.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">current website</a>, operated by his family.   4. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141020052656/http://www.stewartmoskowitzmedia.com/too-loose-the-chocolate-moose" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Too-Loose, the Chocolate Moose</a>.   5. <a href="https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Adventures-of-the-American-Rabbit/Ping-Pong" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ping Pong</a>, the Gorilla who ate Garfield.   ****   “The Adventures of the American Rabbit” © 1985 Wolfkill Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

The Adventures of the American Rabbit

We’re back! This surprise bonus episode covers the 1976 Rankin/Bass special, The First Easter Rabbit, which despite its name and main theme, still relies heavily on Christmas.   ****   🎙 Guest:   Brandon Medley (@brandmed, Blessed Are the Geek).   ****   💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:   1. A very obvious and very uncredited Velveteen Rabbit connection.   2. Easter Valley’s odd location next door to the North Pole, and Rankin/Bass’s habit of giving bad directions.   3. They named the talking snowball “Br-r-ruce,” a joke I didn’t notice until JUST NOW.   ****   “The First Easter Rabbit” © 1974 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

We’re back! This surprise bonus episode covers the 1976 Rankin/Bass special, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Easter_Rabbit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The First Easter Rabbit</a>, which despite its name and main theme, still relies heavily on Christmas.   ****   <h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2> Brandon Medley (<a href="https://twitter.com/brandmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brandmed</a>, <a href="https://blessedarethegeek.tumblr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blessed Are the Geek</a>).   ****   <h2>💬 Topics &amp; Tangents:  </h2> 1. A very obvious and very uncredited <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velveteen_Rabbit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Velveteen Rabbit</a> connection.   2. Easter Valley’s odd location next door to the North Pole, and Rankin/Bass’s habit of giving bad directions.   3. They named the talking snowball “Br-r-ruce,” a joke I didn’t notice until JUST NOW.   ****   “The First Easter Rabbit” © 1974 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.   Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adventcalendar.house</a>.   Say hi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@adventcalhouse</a>.

The First Easter Rabbit

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