Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials
TV & Film:TV Reviews
🎄 It’s 1984, and all we want for Christmas is our mom back. Join us as we turn around back to 1984 with Punky Brewster during her very special, very crucial first Christmas with her new family. Â
WARNING: This episode contains Santa spoilers from 23:45 to 27:31. Â
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🎙 Guests: ÂAdam Pope (The Retro Network, @hojukoolander). Â
Steven (UFO Club). Â
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents: Â1. I totally missed the 2021 Punky Brewster revival series on Peacock. Â
2. Ami Foster (Margaux) in Wrinkles in Need of Cuddles. Â
3. The Punky Brewster Wiki exists and is very helpful. Â
4. What do you mean, “Nobody would want A Bomb for Christmas?” Â
5. “Santa Claus Lives in Santa Cruz” is a very obscure single that may or may not have been written for this episode. Â
6. “I’ve Got the Sun in the Morning” from Annie Get Your Gun. Â
7. Today’s TV Trope: Santa’s Existence Clause. Â
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đź“Ľ Retro Commercial Break: ÂNBC’s One to Grow On interstitial with Soleil Moon Frye, circa 1984. Â
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🎤 And Now, These Messages: ÂWizards! The Podcast Guide to Comics. Â
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“Punky Brewster” and “Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus” © 1984 NBC Productions. Â
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Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Â
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
Frasier: Look Before You Leap
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
Trailer
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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A Christmas Carol: Dramatic Reading
Tis the Podcast
Christmas Past
The Professional Santa Claus’ Podcast
Can’t Wait for Christmas