Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials
TV & Film:TV Reviews
🎄 It’s 1979, and no one wants to go to Pat Boone’s lame Christmas party, but we hope you’ll accept our invitation to discover this bizarre but wholesome special featuring the Hudson Brothers, the stars of “The Ropers” as themselves but also still as the Ropers, and a criminally brief appearance by Yogi Bear and his Hanna-Barbera friends. Â
**** Â
🎙 Guest: ÂGuy Hutchinson (GuyHutchinson.com, Drunk on Disney). Â
**** Â
đź’¬ Topics & Tangents: Â1. Watch the Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special on Tubi. Â
2. Pat Boone’s album of heavy metal covers from 1997. Â
3. TV Guide’s ad for the special, prominently featuring Yogi Bear and friends. Â
4. The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show, as seen in a “Family Guy” cutaway gag. Â
5. “The Seventh Python,” Brett Hudson’s 2008 documentary about frequent Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes. Â
6. “Largo al Factotum,” the “Figaro” song from “The Barber of Seville.” Â
7. Dinah Shore’s giant belt buckle. Â
**** Â
đź“Ľ Retro Commercial Break: ÂMaster Charge Christmas Commercial, 1979. Â
**** Â
🎤 And Now, These Messages: ÂSeason’s Eatings, exploring the origins and history of your favourite Christmas foods. Â
**** Â
“Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special” © 1979 Cooga Mooga Productions. Â
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Â
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
He-Man/She-Ra: A Christmas Special
A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
Saved by the Bell: Home for Christmas
Batman, the Animated Series: Christmas with the Joker
The Small One
Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
Jingle Bell Rap
McDonald’s Holiday Commercials
Christmas at Walt Disney World (1978)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration
A Garfield Christmas Special
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Lamb Chop’s Special Chanukah
’Twas the Night Before Christmas
The Star Wars Holiday Special
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
A Christmas Carol: Dramatic Reading
Tis the Podcast
Christmas Past
The Professional Santa Claus’ Podcast
Can’t Wait for Christmas