Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials
TV & Film:TV Reviews
🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, our hearts and golden harmonicas went out to “A Chipmunk Christmas.” Â
This time, it’s Scrooge Sunday, and our Christmas in July reunion tour arrives in Hollywood — or at least a nearby cartoon suburb where Alvin turns his greed up to 11 and blames it on his lonely old neighbor who doesn’t know how to plant a garden. So get set to have some fun in this Dickens of an episode of “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” Â
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🎙 Guests: ÂTom Coombs (The Pop Daddy, @thepopdaddy). Â
Sean Sotka (The Christmas Podcasts Podcast, @xander0527). Â
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents: Â1. “Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” on the Internet Archive. Â
2. “Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” on Munkapedia. Â
3. Pee-wee Herman’s breakfast machine. Â
4. Paperboy, the video game. Â
5. “Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.” Â
6. Dads with trash bags on Christmas morning. Â
7. “A Chipmunk Reunion.” Â
8. A Seville family portrait featuring Dave’s abnormally large head. Â
9. Mickey Mouse’s 1980s Epcot spacesuit. Â
10. Today’s TV Trope: Sounding It Out. Â
11. Southern California’s Blizzard of 2023. Â
12. “Here Comes Christmas,” the TV version, and the album version. Â
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đź“Ľ Commercial Break: ÂThe Chipmunks are Coming to Target, 1990. Â
Cool Kids Club, a nostalgia-filled trip back to childhood. Â
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“Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll” © 1989 Bagdasarian Productions. Â
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Â
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
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