Episodes

What's up, dudes? It's been a very busy and trying holiday season, and with illness and injury striking hard, it's been difficult to record all my episodes I normally cover. So instead, I got the Christmas Podcast Network together to help me get one last episode out before Christmas! These guys are the best! They love Christmas as much (and in some cases more) than I do, so it was a treat having them on. Make sure to check out ChristmasPodcasts.com and listen to all the rad pods out there! Oh, and we had some special guest appearances by CM Chuck of Just Another Friday Night, Joe Martinez from Now Watch This, and Charlyn Lewis of Take a Chic Peek!  It was a great time!

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What’s up, dudes? SNL has been a staple of holiday sketches and music for decades! Ken Kessler from Sounds of Christmas and Sean Sotka from the Christmas Podcasts Podcast are here with me to dive into some of the funniest Christmas bits of SNL in the ‘80s! From April May June to Mr. Robinson to the Master Thespian! Christmas in New England? Check. It’s a Wonderful Life: the Lost Ending? Got it! Hanukkah Harry Saves Christmas? Yep, that one too! So put on your fake beard, grab an ugly sweater, and laugh along with this episode!

Sounds of Christmas
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Christmas Podcasts Podcast
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What's up, dudes? We’re talking the Christmas compilation promo album “Winter Warnerland” from Warner Bros.! There were a whopping 37 songs and Christmas IDs on this limited edition double album set presented to radio stations, record stores, music journalists, managers and producers as a holiday gift for Christmas 1988. R.E.M.? Yep. Los Lobos? Check. Pee-Wee Herman? Well, it was the ‘80s. So grab your Walkman, put on your denim jacket, and dive into this episode!

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What’s up, dudes? Ed Daly, author of The Christmas Book: The Ultimate Guide to Your Favorite Holiday, and I talk all things Charles Dickens as we dive into ‘80s versions of A Christmas Carol! There were some real heavyweights! George C Scott, Michael J Fox, others without a middle initial in their stage name… Mickey Mouse? Check. Alice, Bankrupt Scrooge, and AC? Yep. Three Dog Night? Oh yeah! So put on your nightshirt, start up your smoke machine, and travel to the past with this episode! Oh, and go check out Ed’s book! It’s rad!!

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What’s up, dudes? It’s a bonus episode with Santa’s Poet Amy! That’s right! The elves taught her all about improv poetry, so she dropped in to compose some rad poems about Christmas in the ’80s! Transformers, and MTV, and Scrooged! Oh my! So enjoy the poetry, and be sure to book her for your next Christmas party!

North Pole Poet
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What’s up, dudes? Remember Muppet Magazine? Remember The Cosby Show? They were mashed up in the Winter 1986 issue of Muppet Magazine! Gonzo leaves the Muppets to live with Denise, Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy! Will he ever return to his band of lovable weirdos? Will he learn the meaning of family? Will I talk about any of the other segments from the issue?  Grab your fruitcake and look for the Studio Family to find out! 

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What’s up, dudes? Remember hanging out at the arcade playing games, eating pizza, and spending quarters like nobody’s business? Jeff from Lost Christmas and Manny from Feliz Christmas, Merry Navidad do! We’re diving into every bit of Nintendo’s Donkey Kong! Yes, we even talk about the Christmas episode of the Saturday Supercade show “Donkey Kong, Junior!” Mario? Check! Barrels? Yep. A magic toy making machine that helps Santa make his quota? I mean…yeah… So grab a hammer, run up some ladders, and jump into this episode!

Lost Christmas Podcast
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Feliz  Christmas, Merry Navidad
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What's up, dudes? It's all about Robbie Robertson's "Christmas Must Be Tonight!" Originally written in 1975 for The Band, Robertson re-recorded it in 1988 for the soundtrack to "Scrooged!" Synth pads? Yep. Reverbed snare? Oh yeah! '80s awesomeness? Definitely! So grab your chorus guitar pedal, put on "Scrooged," and jam out to this minisode!

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What’s up, dudes? I've got  Matt Eurich from the TGI Podcast  and  Santa Ambassador Matt Spaulding from  North Pole Radio  here to talk the Little Golden Book "The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree" by Amye Rosenberg! Some woodland animals strive to get Santa to notice them in time for Christmas! Crazy Aunt? Check. Big sack full of crafting supplies? Yep. Old Gray Acorn? Definitely! So grab your bolts of ribbon and gold foil, paint some balloons, and trim your tree to this episode!

TGI Podcast
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What’s up, dudes? I’ve got Joe the Christmas Aficionado here to talk about the quasi-Gift of the Magi episode of the 1988 spinoff “Just the Ten of Us!” Coach buys Elizabeth an organ then tries to sell his broken down car not knowing the girls are working to fix the situation. This one’s got it all! Large Catholic family? Check. Catchy ‘80s theme song? Yep. Tons of innuendo? Well, they fix the transmission…if you know what I mean! So grab your rosary, hop in the van, and head right into this episode!

Christmas Aficionado

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What’s up, dudes? It’s December 1, so it’s full on Christmas mode! It’s a bummer, but due to illness, work, and injury, I’ll be splitting the season between full length episodes and minisodes. Here’s the first minisode all about Prime Time TV in December of ‘82! Classics? Yep. New hits? Of course. Absolute bonkers choices? Wouldn’t be the ‘80s with out ‘em! So grab some popcorn and hot chocolate, snuggle under a warm blanket, and dream of the Raddest time of year in the baddest decade ever!

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What’s up, dudes? Anthony Caruso from ‘Tis the Podcast joins me to dig into the comic book origin of the Rankin Bass special "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town!" First appearing on VHS in 1989, the 1970 special stars MIckey Rooney as a Kris Kringle  who learns the art of toymaking from some elves and delivers them to the children of Sombertown!  Penguin sidekick? Check. Overbearing mayor? Of course. Corrupted Maia who gets redemption? Very well could be! So grab your sack of toys, laugh like a seal, and dive down the chimney with this episode!

‘Tis the Podcast
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What’s up, dudes? What do get when you cross 2 countertenors and a tenor with 2 baritones and bass? Probably the same thing as when you cross Mozart and Christmas! Thom Crowe from ‘Tis the Podcast and I dive into the British choral group and their Wolfgang inspired repertoire! There's Christmas standards and regional classic! So grab your bow tie, arrange your music, and immerse yourself in this episode!

‘Tis the Podcast
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What’s up, dudes? I’ve got 2 of the Hallmark Dream Guys here to talk the 1985 Hallmark Dreambook—all 16 pages of it! Todd Killian of Christmas Clatter, and CJ Bélanger of Christmas Conversations join me to talk  baubles, finials, and cameos! We talk our personal collections and which ones from 1985 we own...or I own! Spoilers: it's another Norman Rockwell cameo ! Or is it? Guess you’ll have to listen once again to find out! So bust out your tree and ornaments, put on the Kenny & Dolly: Once Upon a Christmas album, and travel back to 1985 with this episode!

Christmas Clatter
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Christmas Conversations

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What's up, dudes? Happy Christmas Podcast Day! I've got a whole parade of All-Stars here talking the 1985 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! Anthony from ‘Tis the Podcast, Charlyn from Take a Chic Peek, and Manny from Feliz Christmas, Merry Navidad join me to reminisce about He-Man, Garfield, Snoopy, and all the Super Bowl-style commercials of this Pat Sajak hosted mega event! So baste your turkeys, head to grandma’s house, and dive into this episode!

‘Tis the Podcast
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Take a Chic Peek
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Feliz  Christmas, Merry Navidad
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What’s up, dudes? I got a rock this year for Halloween since my voice completely left me for a few days. So, I got Little #1 to do an episode on the 1983 educational short “Disney’s Haunted Halloween!” A  jack o’lantern teaches Goofy about Halloween traditions and customs. Costumes? Yup. Treats? Uh huh. Frights? Well… So grab your black cat, put 9 grains of oats in your mouth, and stroll along to this episode!

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What’s up, dudes? I’ve got my team of covert operatives working overtime fighting crime! Sean Sotka from the Christmas Podcasts Podcast and Jay and Scott  from Jingle Jank and Tinsel Tunes are with me riding hot on V.E.N.O.M.’s trail and talking the M.A.S.K. UK comics Christmas issues! Are there villains dressed as Santa? Yep. Are there transforming vehicles? Sometimes... Are there plot contrivances and '80s robots? Always! So grab your Spectrum mask, hop in Thunderhawk, and let those laser rays fire away while listening to this episode!

Christmas Podcasts Podcast
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Tinsel Tunes
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Jingle Jank
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Christmas Morning
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What’s up, dudes? I’m joined by Kids of the Kingdom Mike Westfall of Advent Calendar House and Charlie Ague of Closer to Christmas to discuss this 1985 single broadcast “Magic Kingdom Yuletide Special!” Scrooge McDuck can’t fathom the magic of Christmastide, so Mickey and Santa Goofy contribute to his conversion through song and dance! Skating? Yep. Singing? Check. Nightmare-inspired bipedal horses prancing? Definitely! So put on your Victorian  bonnet, grab your ice skates, and magically teleport into this episode!

Advent Calendar House
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Closer to Christmas
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Ague Designs
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What’s up, dudes? I’m here with Wade. Joseph Wade. Yes, Joe Wade from Christmas Creeps! We’re delving into Ian Fleming’s super spy James Bond and his now iconic Christmas marathons which began on ITV! Are there gadgets? Yep. Are there romances? Uh huh. Are there TV Times covers? There was in 1980! So, grab your laser watch,  mini rebreather, and Walther PPK, hop into your Aston Martin, and go undercover in this episode!

Christmas Creeps
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What’s up, dudes? It’s spooky season, so that means it’s time break out the old Super Naturals holographic toyline from Tonka and who better to do that with than Chad Young of Horror Movie BBQ! It’s a classic tale of the battle between good  and evil  with an additional element of horror and macabre thrown in for kicks! They’re ghosts, so who ya gonna call? Well, we talk RetroCon! We talk Lionheart v Skull! We talk the Fleetway UK comics! Yes, everything was about holograms in the second half of the ‘80s, even the toys! So put on your best armor, grab your nearest court jester sidekick, and hop on through the Tomb of Doom to hear this episode!

Horror Movie BBQ

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