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🎄 It’s 1979, by way of 1933 — or the other way around — and the human from Fraggle Rock has broken into my garage with a haunted choir of singing children. Â
Join us as we turn the dial on our haunted time-traveling radio to find Henry Winkler at the height of his fame as the Fonz hiding under multiple layers of makeup as a Scrooge figure in Great Depression-era New England. Â
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🎙 Guests: ÂTom Coombs (The Pop Daddy) Â
Scott Leopold (Holly Jolly X’masu) Â
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents: Â1. Watch “An American Christmas Carol” on YouTube, courtesy of Shout Factory. Â
2. Henry Winkler interview on being asked to play a Scrooge figure. Â
3. The Ford Model TT truck, in example. Â
4. Dorian Harewood (Matt Reeves/Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) filling in for James Avery as Shredder. Â
5. Today’s TV Trope: Recursive Fiction — and “The Identical.” Â
6. Robin Williams on “Sesame Street” showing Elmo different ways to play with a stick. Â
7. “Sister Kenny,” based on the true story of an Australian nurse. Â
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đź“Ľ Commercial Break: ÂMcDonald’s Gift Certificates Christmas Commercial, 1979. Â
Holly Jolly X’masu, your podcast destination for Japanese Christmas music. Â
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“An American Christmas Carol” © 1979 Scrooge Productions, Inc. Â
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Â
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
Claymation Comedy of Horrors
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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