Ep. 4 - Home Improvement: I’m Scheming of a White Christmas

Episode four of our Christmas TV podcast has us traveling back to the 90’s and revisiting Home Improvement for the season two episode, “I’m Scheming of a White Christmas” (available on Hulu). 

Insert your own joke about Al’s mom here as we try and determine if this is a Christmas classic, and also discuss: Why Tim Allen kind of sucks, Chris’s inability to pronounce the shows title, English Christmas traditions, how to discipline children, and why Jon hates Christmas lights.

IMDB info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0603479/

Special thanks to Martin at the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, and Lauren from the Hereford Library for their help researching the origins of the Christmas tradition mentioned in today’s episode. 

Christmas Tradition Research:

• https://books.google.com/books?id=myEaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=%22herefordshire%22+christmas+plum+cake&source=bl&ots=LSBxL2x7Je&sig=ACfU3U2IZ7Y5L5j0POVg4peNWJhKaNiMqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxirSf0cjjAhVMMqwKHUQCDeUQ6AEwDHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herefordshire%22%20christmas%20plum%20cake&f=false
• https://books.google.com/books?id=y3OPIZ65fSMC&pg=PA346&lpg=PA346&dq=%22herefordshire%22+christmas+plum+cake+cider&source=bl&ots=ZovNbyV96U&sig=ACfU3U1A6Hn6oxN5su6jEoO2MMSNV_VpZg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihiIGQ28jjAhUPO60KHbYdCgcQ6AEwDnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herefordshire%22%20christmas%20plum%20cake%20cider&f=false
• https://books.google.com/books?id=BSlDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA401&lpg=PA401&dq=%22herefordshire%22+christmas+plum+cake+cider&source=bl&ots=H7GkTK57BL&sig=ACfU3U3Ml4aTuCVbKV16u3wejsZbV5ZoKg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAjM3028jjAhUQPq0KHW95Axc4ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=%22herefordshire%22%20christmas%20plum%20cake%20cider&f=false