Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials
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It’s 1988, and we’re getting lit at Bubbe’s Boarding House for Hanukkah. Take a spin with us as we meet a bunch of puppets you’ll never hear from again.
Full show notes with links at https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/chanuka-at-bubbes.
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🎙 Guest:• April Ryley (@Where2NextApril, @motherchristmascosplay).
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💬 Topics & Tangents:• A Simpsons animator designed the puppets for this weird, wonderful ’80s Hanukkah special (Splinter).
• Caps for Sale.
• Anton and his Easter Island head.
• April’s very non-kosher latke recipe.
• Mayim Bialik explains the letters on the dreidel and other Hanukkah facts.
• Calvin getting trolled by his dad in Calvin and Hobbes.
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📼 Retro Commercial Break:• 1970s/’80s PBS Logo ID.
• 1985 Teddy Ruxpin “Frankenstein” Commercial, preserved by Dinosaur Dracula. Teddy Ruxpin voice actor Phil Baron co-wrote this special.
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🎤 And Now, These Messages:• Cool Kids Club.
Chanuka at Bubbe’s © 1988 Pan-Imago, Inc.
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