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What’s up, dudes? I've got Anthony Caruso from 'Tis the Podcast with me to break down all things 1979 Rankin Bass special  "Jack Frost"! We also create an aural red yarn line conspiracy-style graphic trying to untangle the very loose continuity of the R/B universe! Or is it multiverse? Is Kubla Kraus the Burgermeister's ancestor? Is Father Winter the Snow Miser's father? Is Bill Murray's "Groundhog Day" part of the R/B canon? So grab your ice coins, wrap an empty gift, and cast a magic shadow as you dip 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 compare our top 10 '80s TV Show Christmas episodes! From the depressing "ALF's Special Christmas" to the macabre "Tales from the Crypt: And All Through the House", we cover it all as we list our holiday favorites! Do we get into "St. Elsewhere"? Yup. What about "The Golden Girls"? You bet! And it wouldn't be complete without "The Wonder Years" and "Full House"! So grab some popcorn and don't touch that dial as you dive into this episode!

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What’s up, dudes? Great Scott! I’ve got Lucky and Joe from the Now Watch This podcast here to talk the paradoxically awesome “Back to the Future” series and its cartoon Christmas episode, “Dickens of a Christmas”! We get into all of it! Time travel, narrating carolers, hover boards, pick pockets! It’s all in there! Oh, and it’s not Christmas without a savage Godzilla attack! Yes, the shark still looks fake! So turn on your flux capacitor, load up some plutonium, and get up to 88mph for this awesome episode!

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What’s up, dudes? It's a LOST EPISODE! Recorded back in February of 2021, Ray Rojas from the Christmas Carols Blog and I talk chorales and choral pieces from various ‘80s (and some classics shown throughout the ‘80s) Christmas movies and tv specials. From “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” to the 1984 “A Christmas Carol”, from "Somewhere In My Memory" to "The Ice Dance", we go in depth on some holiday hits! So grab your pitch pipe, go sit at your baby grand, and dive into this episode! 


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What’s up, dudes? Totally Rad Christmas All-Star Benji Pearson joins me on this Epiphany Octave day to talk about ‘80s Christmas decorations, specifically those from a 1981 JCPenney catalog! There are satin baubles! There are velvet bows! There are all sorts of bells! We cover all of it! So turn on your Time Life Treasury of Christmas, make some hot chocolate and M&M cookies, and leave those decorations up until Candlemas with this episode!

JCPenney catalog

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What’s up, dudes? Let’s celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany by dancing to a Lionel Richie song! Kriss Kringle from Kringle Talks Kristmas talks UK star Cilla Black and her 1983 Christmas show! Are there special guests? Uh, yeah! The BeeGees, George Benson, Julio Iglesias, and more! Is there singing? For sure! There’s even a medley of lesser known Christmas tunes! So sit back, give your best one-liners, and listen all night long!

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Merry Christmas, dudes! Listen to me try to herd cats in this very special Chattin’ with the a littles episode! Not much else to say except that I hope your Christmas is bodaciously, totally rad!!

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What’s up, dudes? Remember those classic Christmas commercials from when we were kids? Lyle Perez from It’s A ‘90s Christmas Podcast and I dive into Cheerio’s Scrooge, Fruity Pebbles Santa, McDonald’s Ice Skating, and more! The Hershey’s Kisses Bells are an annual favorite! We even talk about the first commercial and the longest running ones too! Don’t fast forward through these! So grab a bowl of Crunchberry cereal, put on a pot of Folgers, and sing the Empire jingle while you listen to this episode!

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A Few of the Commercials
McDonald's Scrooge Commercial
Cap'n Crunch Christmas Crunch Commercial
Folger's Peter Comes Home Commercial
McDonald's Ice Skating Commercial
McDonald's Star Wish Commercial
Hershey's Kisses Christmas Bells Commercial
Fruity Pebbles Christmas Commercial

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What's up, dudes? I've got Shawn, Jaime, and Pax from the Cult Film Club with me here to dive into the 1984 sci-fi flick "Trancers"! We really get into it because this one's got it all! 

The evil killer psychic Whistler has a unique power: he can turn the weak-willed into zombie-like creatures called trancers! When he travels to the past to murder the ancestors of the council, hard boiled neo-noir Trooper Jack Deth subsequently follows him. It seems that anyone could be entranced! Jack fights off a mall Santa, a tanning salon owner, and even a possessed police detective in his pursuit of Justice. He also gets help from his own ancestor, and visits a punk rock club. Oh yeah, and he even manages to save the day! Spoiler alert: beware of former ball players throwing trash on roofs!

Zombies? Check. Psychics? Yep. Time Travel? Definitely. Falling in love with your own great-great-grandma? Of course!  So put some grease in your hair, equip your long second watch, and head to a punk rock club to dig this episode!

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What's up dudes? “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is one of my all time favorites! It’s so amazing I had to have some extra special guests on to talk about it! I’m joined by Julia and Anthony from ‘Tis the Podcast to wax poetic about this nostalgia-filled triumph that almost didn’t happen! We talk about the score, the sound effects, and the grown up  dialogue! Yes, this one’s got it all! So grab your security blanket, put a nickel in Lucy’s can, and dive into this episode! Dig it!

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What's up, dudes? The legendary Brian Earl from the Christmas Past Podcast sat down with me to talk the 1984 TV movie adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” starring George C. Scott! Do we talk about Christmas pudding? Maybe. Do we discuss accurate book-to-movie portrayals of the various Spirits of Christmas? Perhaps. Do we analyze the chord progressions and lyrics of the original song composed for the film? Definitely! So sit back in your counting house, grab the hand of a nearby Christmas Spirit, and relive a past Christmas with this episode!

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What’s up, dudes? Don Ames from the Even the Score podcast joins me to delve into the music of the 1988 dark comedy Christmas classic “Scrooged”! We talk about Danny Elfman’s progression from Oingo Boingo to Batman! We get into his choral motif, low brass theme, and chord progression! We even talk about unusual string techniques and how they create atmosphere and add to the mood! Then we talk Annie Lennox and Al Green! So hail the nearest spectral taxi, grab some Chinese food, and orchestrate your way into this episode!

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What’s up, dudes? I’ve got AA and CM Chuck from Just Another Friday Night here to talk the remarkably well written Robotech! For a kids show, it tackled some pretty adult themes! There’s a love triangle, civilian casualties, and a successful villain mission? What?! It’s true! 

It’s Christmas time, and Khyron is out for protoculture! This means he plans to lead a raiding party to take some by force. Meanwhile, Rick Hunter’s personal life is thrown into further disarray when his ex Minmei shows up unexpectedly due to her seasonal loneliness. And when his potential (and spoiler alert: eventual) love interest Lisa Hayes catches them in flagrante delicto, things get even more dicey! Khyron subsequently attacks, and while veritech pilots are scrambled, Lisa neglects to contact Rick due to her spurned heart. Overhearing the conflict on the news, Rick rushes to the city’s aid. Unfortunately Khyron is sneakily strategic, and plants bombs around the city. It’s get the bad guy or save the city time, so there’s only one thing to do!

There are multiple casualties and injured, but not even a Zentraedi attack can break the Christmas spirit! The faithful gather at a church to sing “Silent Night,” and Rick and Minmei share a meal and a kiss!

This Christmas episode is heart-pounding and gut-wrenching! It’s also a tribute to the human spirit and the spirit of Christmas! So grab your protoculture, hop into your veritech’s cockpit, and fly into this Robotech episode!!

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What's up, dudes? It was Christmas Eve in the drunk tank with Anthony Caruso from 'Tis the Podcast, and we talked all about the Pogues UK hit "Fairytale in New York"! We dive into the music and lyrics! Irish pub song? You betcha! Christmas song? Listen to find out! So put on some Sinatra, grab your partner, and dig into this episode!

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Another Christmas Story by Anthony Caruso

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 What’s up, dudes? There’s more than meets the eye today! I’ve got Gaz and Dange from the Insanely Dangerous Retro Podshow here to talk all things Transformers! The toys! The traumatic movie deaths! The Marvel UK comics!! It's a Transformers Christmas bonanza, and we get into all of it!
 
In the 1985 "Christmas Breaker" story from issue #41, Optimus Prime, dressed like Santa, throws a Christmas celebration for Buster Witwicky. Afterwards, while delivering presents, Jazz and Buster get into an accident. The cyborg Circuit Breaker attacks Jazz, thinking he hurt Buster. Buster pleads for mercy, and as nearby church bells chime for Christmas Day, she grants it. Jazz then begins to understand Christmas Spirit and its effect on humans.

In issue #93's "The Gift," Buster is spending Christmas studying when Jetfire interrupts him. Jetfire is confused over his disparate actions in two separate Decepticon encounters. He didn't react as confidently when his fellow Autobots were endangered as he did when humans were imperiled. Buster assures Jetfire of Optimus's trust, and that he should be proud to be created on Earth. The words of encouragement are his Christmas gift.

Autobots? Check. Decepticons? Got 'em. Vengeful cyborg lady unique to the comics continuity? You bet! So grab your energon cubes and hot cocoa and roll out to this episode on Transformers Christmas!

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What's up, dudes? It's the Feast of St. NIcholas, and I'm joined by Scott Leopold from Holly Jolly X'masu and Anthony Caruso from 'Tis the Podcast to discuss the 1985 Spielbergian Amazing Stories episode "Santa '85"! It's got all the Santa tropes! Does he get arrested? Yep. Does he give a kid a ride in his sleigh? Check. Does he drop the present the antagonist always wanted as he's flying away? You betcha! It's tropey to the max! And there's rad '85 computer graphics! So grab your Buck Rogers ray gun, put on your camo, and bust this episode out of the joint!

Holly Jolly X'masu
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What’s up, dudes? Robbie Sherman from Conversations with Robbie Sherman and Sherman Sux at Sonic joins me to talk the creative genius of Ralph Bakshi! It’s the weird 1988 Nickelodeon junk town special with ratty Christmas trees and wreaths and Ren & Stimpy-like animation! Ahead of its time? Maybe, but it’s still quite a trip! So throw away your trash and old possessions, go to war with your favorite doll, and listen to this crazy episode!

Conversations with Robbie Sherman

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What's up, dudes? Author extraordinaire Alonso Duralde from the Linoleum Knife podcast and I dig deep into this 1984 made-for-TV movie starring Jaclyn Smith and Art Carney as a grumpy yet gentle Santa! We get into Paul Williams’s muttonchops and rouge cheeks! There’s an evil oil tycoon and an ‘80s robot, too! It’s bonkers but charming! So grab your dynamite, load up your sled, and enjoy this classic(?) to start your season right!

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The Wrap

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Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas
I’ll Be Home for Christmas Movies

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What’s up, dudes? It’s the First Sunday of Advent, and I’ve got Mike Westfall from Advent Calendar House and Matt Eurich from TGIPodcast here to talk the Rankin Bass special “Frosty the Snowman” for my 100th episode! Is Prof. Hinkle really Sideshow Bob? Does Santa only have four reindeer with him because this is just a side quest? What is Christmas snow? Oatmeal?!?! So grab your magic hat and broom, join the parade, and march along to this episode! 

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What's up, dudes? Long time listener Josh Allen and I talk the Thanksgiving/Christmas classic "Rocky"! You know, if you ever are in a quandary about what to do on Thanksgiving night, remember that taking a date ice skating is in the realm of possibilities! We talk about Sylvester Stallone's knuckles, punching frozen carcasses, and how the makeup artist tried to fool us into thinking Talia Shire wasn't beautiful by putting her in hats and glasses! So lace up your gloves, put your robe on, and step into the ring with this episode! Happy Thanksgiving, dudes! 

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