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Day 23: Remember ALF? He’s back, in podcast form. From 1987, “ALF’s Special Christmas” is the single most depressing Christmas special starring a wisecracking alien puppet of all time.
Content Warning: In this Christmas special, the goofy alien with the jokes meets a terminally ill child and a man contemplating suicide.
On This Episode Mike Westfall (@fallwestmike), an ugly little funny-looking thing. Jeff Somogyi (@sommerjam) of Talkin’ Chopp and Nerd Lunch’s Down the Rabbit Hole. Topics and Tangents The heartbreaking true story behind “ALF’s Special Christmas.” A study in human ignorance: Gordon Shumway has a name, which he’s told everyone, yet everyone still calls him HEY ALIEN! A study in willful alien ignorance: ALF opens everyone else’s Christmas gifts and succeeds in convincing me it’s because he doesn’t know how any of this works. Talking ALF: The Storytelling Alien, which a childhood friend of mine used as her answering machine message. “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”You can visit the Advent Calendar House on the web at adventcalendar.house, on Twitter @adventcalhouse, and on the Christmas Podcast Network.
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A Christmas Carol (1984)
Yogi’s First Christmas
The Great Santa Claus Switch
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Season’s Greedings
Santa, Baby!
Tales From the Crypt: And All Through the House
An American Christmas Carol
Full-Court Miracle
A Mouse, A Mystery, and Me
The Soulmates in The Gift of Light
Christmastime with Mister Rogers
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Animaniacs: A Christmas Plotz / Little Drummer Warners
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
ALF: Turkey in the Straw
The Little Drummer Boy, Book II
Elmo Saves Christmas
It’s Punky Brewster: Christmas in July
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The Professional Santa Claus’ Podcast
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