Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials
TV & Film:TV Reviews
🎄 It’s the Advent Calendar House’s 10th season, and to celebrate, every episode is revisiting familiar faces and places already covered on the podcast. Â
Previously, we spent Christmas with the Joker in “Batman: The Animated Series.” This time, we’re on a festive tour of Gotham City through the Joker’s hideously redrawn eyes in the 1997 premiere of the redesigned, rebranded “New Batman Adventures.” Â
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🎙 Guests: ÂAndre Bennett (Cult Cinema Cloister, Philadelphia Championship Rock Paper Scissors, @AndreBennettGO). Â
Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, Words With Nerds, @imgonnadj24). Â
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents: Â1. The Batman Adventures Holiday Special original comic. Â
2. “Welcome to Our OOL.” Â
3. Dark Night: A True Batman Story, by Paul Dini. Â
4. Arleen Sorkin on “America’s Funniest People,” a her appearance as a jester on “Days of Our Lives” that inspired her casting as Harley Quinn. Â
5. Kevin Conroy on being recognized while volunteering after 9/11. Â
6. “Finding Batman,” by Kevin Conroy, from DC’s Pride 2022. Â
7. Paul Dini’s original cel from Harley and Poison Ivy’s shopping spree. Â
8. Tim Drake’s animated debut, and a shocking Muppet tangent. Â
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đź“Ľ Commercial Break: ÂBatman and Alfred Diet Coke Commercial, 1989. Â
Festive Foreign Film Fans, a podcast covering festive movies and music from around the world. Â
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“The New Batman Adventures” and “Holiday Knights” © 1997 Warner Bros. Â
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Â
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
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