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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.
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