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S3E123: A Very Special Christmas (w/ Various Artists)

S3E123: A Very Special Christmas (w/ Various Artists)

What's up, dudes? I've got a whole band of podcasters  with me here to talk about the seminal 1987 album "A Very Special Christmas"! Duane from Tinsel Tunes, Ken from Sounds of Christmas, Todd from Christmas Clatter, Scott from Holly Jolly X’masu, Scott from Jingle Jank, and Vinnie from Huey and Bax join me to delve into this seminal album! We cover it all! Favorite songs? Check. Artists we wish had sung different songs? Got it! Musicians we would’ve liked to have heard on here? Definitely. Oh, and of course we get to Schwarzenegger and Ford Escorts! So grab your synthesizer, put on a ton of hairspray, and jam out to this episode to the max!

Tinsel Tunes
Sounds of Christmas
Christmas Clatter
Holly Jolly X’masu
Jingle Jank
Huey and Bax

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S3E122: MacGyver (w/ Art and Joe)

S3E122: MacGyver (w/ Art and Joe)

What's up, dudes? I need to release a new episode, but I only have a paperclip, some chewing gum, and a trash can. Guess I'll have to MacGyver it! Thank goodness I have Art from A Cozy Christmas  and Joe from Now Watch This to help me! That's right! We're talking MacGyver! But wait! Christmas magic and miracles?!?! In a MacGyver episode?! Does he even come up with a cool hack? No. Is there at least a great version of a Christmas classic? You bet! So grab your pocket knife and an egg, hook up a battery to a potato, and rig up this episode!

A Cozy Christmas
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Twitter: @CozyXmasPod
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Now Watch This
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S3E121: 21 Jump Street (w/ Eliza and Jess)

S3E121: 21 Jump Street (w/ Eliza and Jess)

What's up, dudes? It’s time to jump…down on Jump Street! That’s right! It’s episode 121—see what I did there?—and I’ve got Jess and Eliza from the Witchery Podcast on to talk young Johnny Depp and “21 Jump Street”! This one gets deep! There’s drama, there’s prejudice, there’s…dueling Brando impressions? What were the after effects of the Vietnam War? What constitutes fraud? Can a Christmas miracle save H.T. Ioki? We get into it all! So learn your cover story, check out your locker, and jump into this episode!

The Witchery Podcast
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S3E120: The Golden Girls (w/ Lisa, Thom, Matt, and Anthony)

S3E120: The Golden Girls (w/ Lisa, Thom, Matt, and Anthony)

What’s up, dudes? Thank you for being a friend! That’s right! It's Rue McClanahan's birthday, so I’ve got Lisa from Sass N Sips, Matt from North Pole Radio, and Thom and Anthony from ‘Tis the Podcast here to talk about “The Golden Girls”! We get into it all! Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia: these ladies shared the love and threw the shade! So sit out on the lanai, hang up your calendar of the men of Blanche’s boudoir, eat some cheesecake in memory of Betty White, and dig into this episode!

Tis The Podcast

Sass N Sips

North Pole Radio

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S3E119: Super Mario Bros (w/ Mike and Todd)

S3E119: Super Mario Bros (w/ Mike and Todd)

What's up, dudes? Merry Cave Christmas! I hope Koopa Klaus doesn’t bring you some bob-ombs! Mike Westfall from the Advent Calendar House  and Todd Killian from Christmas Clatter are here to talk all things Super Mario Bros! Mushrooms, and fire flowers, and tanookis! Oh my! We get into all of it! The games, the badges, and the cartoons! Yep, Lou Albano is the best, but I kind of want Buster Pointdexter as a pajama-clad Mario! So grab your poinsettia cape and candy cane mushrooms and jump down the warp pipe for this episode!

Advent Calendar House
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Twitter: @adventcalhouse
IG: @adventcalendarhouse

Christmas Clatter
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Twitter: @XmasClatter
IG: @christmasclatter
linktree

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S3E118: The Rebel Pebbles "Cool Yule" (w/ Rachel Murray)

S3E118: The Rebel Pebbles "Cool Yule" (w/ Rachel Murray)

What's up, dudes? I’ve got vocalist extraordinaire and lead singer of The Rebel Pebbles Rachel Murray with me to talk about their holiday hit “Cool Yule” from the 1990 compilation album by I.R.S. Records, “Just In Time for Christmas”! It’s got everything you want from an alternative Christmas song! Killer guitar riff? Yep! Sleighbells? Definitely! Pink baby pig? No. Doubt. About. It! It’s a dope tune by a rad group! So grab your guitar, get your Christmas list ready, and rock out to this episode!

Lake Arrowhead Vocal Academy
Rachel Murray
Twitter: @Rachelntheweeds
IG: @rachelintheweeds

The Rebel Pebbles
Download "Cool Yule"
Download “Girl Talk”
Download "Party Time"
Buy “Just In Time for Christmas” 1990

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S2E117: Jack Frost (w/ Anthony Caruso)

S2E117: Jack Frost (w/ Anthony Caruso)

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!

‘Tis the Podcast
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Twitter: @tisthepod
IG: @tisthepodcast

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S2E116: Top 10 ‘80s TV Show Christmas Episodes (w/ Ed Daly)

S2E116: Top 10 ‘80s TV Show Christmas Episodes (w/ Ed Daly)

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!

Get “The Christmas Book” at Amazon
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S2E115: Back to the Future (w/ Lucky and Joe)

S2E115: Back to the Future (w/ Lucky and Joe)

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!

Now Watch This

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Merch

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S2E114: ‘80s Christmas Chorales in Movies/TV (w/ Ray Rojas)

S2E114: ‘80s Christmas Chorales in Movies/TV (w/ Ray Rojas)

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! 


Christmas Carols Blog
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IG: @carols_of_christmas

Nick Bicat

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S2E113: ‘80s Christmas Decorations pt1: Early ‘80s (w/ Benji Pearson)

S2E113: ‘80s Christmas Decorations pt1: Early ‘80s (w/ Benji Pearson)

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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S2E112: Cilla Black’s Christmas (w/ Kriss Kringle)

S2E112: Cilla Black’s Christmas (w/ Kriss Kringle)

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!

Kringle Talks Kristmas
Twitter: @KristmasTalks

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Bonus: Davila Family Christmas yr 2

Bonus: Davila Family Christmas yr 2

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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S2E111: ‘80s Christmas Commercials (w/ Lyle Perez)

S2E111: ‘80s Christmas Commercials (w/ Lyle Perez)

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!

It’s a ‘90s Christmas Podcast
Twitter: @90sChristmasPod
Facebook: @90sChristmasPod

The Halloween Podcast
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Amazing Advertising Podcast
Twitter: @AdMascots

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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S2E110: Trancers (w/ Shawn, Jaime & Pax)

S2E110: Trancers (w/ Shawn, Jaime & Pax)

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!



Cult Film Club
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Twitter: @CFCPod
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S2E109: A Charlie Brown Christmas (w/ Julia and Anthony)

S2E109: A Charlie Brown Christmas (w/ Julia and Anthony)

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!

‘Tis the Podcast
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IG: @tisthepodcast

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S2E108: A Christmas Carol 1984 (w/ Brian Earl)

S2E108: A Christmas Carol 1984 (w/ Brian Earl)

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!

Christmas Past Podcast
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Twitter: @XmasPastPodcast
IG: @christmaspastofficial

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S2E107: Scrooged, the score and soundtrack (w/ Don Ames)

S2E107: Scrooged, the score and soundtrack (w/ Don Ames)

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!

Even the Score Podcast
Twitter: @eventhescorepod
IG: @eventhescorepod

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S2E106: Robotech (w/ AA and CM Chuck)

S2E106: Robotech (w/ AA and CM Chuck)

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!!

Just Another Friday Night
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Twitter: @JAFNpodcast
Instagram: @JAFNpodcast
Merch: jafn 

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S2E105: The Pogues “Fairytale of New York” (w/ Anthony Caruso)

S2E105: The Pogues “Fairytale of New York” (w/ Anthony Caruso)

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!

'Tis the Podcast
Website: tisthepodcast.com
Patreon: Tis the Podcast
Twitter: @tisthepod
Another Christmas Story by Anthony Caruso

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