Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials
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🎄 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
Say hi on Twitter and Instagram. Â
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Â
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Alpha’s Magical Christmas
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll
A Rugrats Passover
’Tis the Season to be Smurfy
The Berenstain Bears’ Comic Valentine
The New Batman Adventures: Holiday Knights
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
The Snowman and The Snowdog
The Nanny: The Hanukkah Story
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: A Hearth’s Warming Tail
A Very Merry Cricket
The Wonder Years: A Very Cutlip Christmas
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
TaleSpin: Jolly Molly Christmas
Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special
A Christmas Carol (1971)
Prep & Landing Trilogy
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)
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