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What’s up, dudes? Well, it seems that Little #1, Little #2, and Little #3 hijacked my recording studio and held their own episode all about the 1976 Rankin Bass Easter special "The First Easter Rabbit!" It's an adaptation of the children's book "The Velveteen Rabbit," and it's wild!

A young girl named Glinda gets a stuffed bunny for Christmas which she names Stuffy. She loves it unconditionally, but when she contracts scarlet fever, it has to be burned. Stuffy is approached by a magical sprite named Calliope, who transforms him into a real rabbit. She mandates that he become the first Easter Bunny.

Stuffy meets Santa Claus and moves into Easter Valley, an area of the North Pole perpetually existing in Spring. Unfortunately, an ice wizard (perhaps a former servant of Winterbolt?) named Zero steals the Golden Easter Lily, causing the valley to freeze and snow. Santa rescues Stuffy and helps him deliver his Easter goods to Glinda's hometown. He also forces Zero to return the Lily. All's well that ends well.

A fairy that knows substitutiary locomotion? Check. A Savage Land type headquarters? Got it. A remorseful sentient snowball? For sure! So grab your Easter eggs, put on your bonnet, and take Santa's sleigh to this episode!

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What's up, dudes? It's the first episode of the second season of the Stay Lit! podcast, all about the professional Christmas Light Installation industry. I've joined as the showrunner and host, with original hosts Nick Glassett of The Jump Off and Let's Get Lit and Matt Billington of Big & Bright Inflatables and Let's Get Lit Supply! This is just the introductory episode where we're all just getting to know each others' styles. Later on this season we'll dive into a lot of cool things in the Christmas Light industry, and I'm really looking forward to it!

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What’s up, dudes? It was the miniseries that examined fascism through a 1980s American lens…with sci-fi! Michael May from After Lunch, Crestwood House, and Hellbent for Letterbox and I talk the Christmas episode from V  “Reflections in Terror!”

In this 9th episode from the 1984 series, Diana sends a mistletoe sales lady to collect the starchild Elizabeth’s blood. With it, she’s able to clone the starchild at Christmastide. Unfortunately, the clone is feral and kills just about everything. 

Meanwhile, Donovan, Ham, and Farber work with a church to smuggle orphans into the free city of LA to get them to foster parents. Consequently, the action draws Visitor suspicion, and the Resistance has to use force to succeed. While all this is occurring, Bates discovers that Julie is a mole and has the restaurant headquarters attacked. Luckily, everyone escapes, the clone dis in Elizabeth’s arms, the tracker is killed, and Ham plays Santa!

Clones? Check. Santas? Both Willie and Ham. Casablanca ripoffs? Only if it’s between Julie and a Visitor playing piano!  So grab your guns, hide out in a church, and fight reptilian aliens to this episode on V “Reflections in Terror!”

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What’s up, dudes? I’ve got Todd and Michael from the Saturday Morning Mafia here to talk “Magnum P.I.”! There’s an art heist, a military training drill, and that sweet, sweet, Selleck ‘stache! Hawaiian shirts and leis abound! Oh yeah! There’s a voice over, too! Grab some popcorn and check it out! Good times to the Max!

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The Wonderful World of Nothing

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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!

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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 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? Remember craving pizza, video games, and music in an atmospheric setting? Yep, Art Kilmer from A Cozy Christmas and Bookshelf Odyssey, CM Chuck from Just Another Friday Night and I talk Pizza Hut! There were Tiffany lamps, jukeboxes, and arcade table tops! Oh my! Don’t forget the tasty pizza and breadsticks!

And promotions? Oh, they had a ton! Book It, Solar Shades, “The Land Before Time” puppets! There were X-Men VHS tapes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Coming Out of Our Shells cassette tapes, and Care Bears merch! There were even Pizza Hut gift certificates which made for amazing gifts! We get into all of it, even some Christmas Commercials! Martin Mull and Rita Moreno do their best improv to entice your taste buds! And who can forget the catchy “Pizza Hut pizza to go” jingle? Of course, it also showed us the way to delicious awesomeness when we’re sick and tired of leftovers!

I don’t know about you, but I’m hungry already! So order a Meat Lovers, a Supreme, or even a ham and pineapple if you’re into it, grab a cold pitcher, turn down the lights, and dig this rad episode!

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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? 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? 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!

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What’s up, dudes? It’s a LOST EPISODE! Recorded in August 2020, my brother Danny joined me to talk “The Muppet Christmas Carol!” After disappearing into Zoom archive obscurity, this recording was finally found and dusted off so that you can hear my brother and I really get into it! There’s impressions, there’s singing, there’s tons of nostalgia as we reminisce about watching this every Christmas in our living room! “Marley & Marley? Check! Creepy Ghost of Christmas Past muppet? Got it! Good times to the max? For sure! So lay a big ol’ blanket on the floor, get your popcorn and hot chocolate ready, and dig into this muppety 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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Parental discretion is advised! Do NOT listen with small children around.

What’s up, dudes? We had a blast covering the last few movies, so we’re continuing our live commentary series! This time it’s Santa Claus: The Movie, and it’s awesome! CJ Bélanger from Rose Suchak Ladder,  Santa Ambassador Matt Spaulding from North Pole Radio, and Jeremy Phelps the Alamo City Santa, and I have a blast with this watch along! 

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What’s up, dudes? It's Mardi Gras, so we're celebrating with a special episode of M.A.S.K. "Mardi Gras Mystery!" Oh, and there's a Christmas comic we're talking about too. Nicholas Pepin of Pop Culture Roulette joins me to dig into the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand UK comic Christmas issue and Fat Tuesday episode! 

In "Christmas Kidnap," Matt Trakker takes his son and robot sidekick T-Bob to a toy store in London. Scott visits Santa, and gets kidnapped by Miles Mayhem who was masquerading (no pun intended) as Father Christmas. Consequently, T-Bob has to rescue Scott. Luckily, he does, and V.E.N.O.M. ends up buried under Christmas decorations. 

In "Mardi Gras Mystery," once again Matt, Scott, and T-Bob are on a mission, this time in New Orleans. V.E.N.O.M. is looking for a super fuel resource, and M.A.S.K. has to stop them. Of course, shenanigans ensue. Undercover ops are blown, vehicles can't transform, and kids fall into quicksand. In the end, Scott pours super fuel residue into the baddies' fuel tanks. 

Masks? Check. Vehicles? Got 'em. Disguises? Well, if you like Groucho Marx glasses. so put on your mask, drive to New Orleans, and celebrate Mardi Gras (and Christmas) to this episode on M.A.S.K. "Mardi Gras Mystery!"   

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What's up, dudes? A LOST EPISODE has been found! The Christmas Cousins, Chad and Seth, are here (back in August of '24) to talk the 1986 special "Santabear's First Christmas!" This "Reading Rainbow"-like special is narrated by Kelly McGillis and composed by Michael Hedges. In fact, it's based on a book by Barbara Read and adapted by Thomas Roberts.

When a young snowbear is separated from his parents, he's adopted by a young girl named Marie. Marie and her grandfather teach the bear to read, speak, and bake cookies. Unfortunately, the girl's grandfather falls ill, and the firewood runs low. The snowbear ventures out to collect firewood.

Subsequently, he falls in a snow drift and is trapped. A moose rescues him and takes him to some beavers, but they are all out of wood. Luckily, Santa shows up, gives the bear a saw and a sled, and the bear delivers the wood to the girl. Santa Claus appoints the young bear as his helper in delivering toys to the animals in the forest, and he becomes known as Santabear. Oh, and he's reunited with his family.

Friendly young girl? Check. Barbarian Santa? Yep. Unhygienic kitchen? Probably, if a bear is baking cookies. So grab your saw, cut down some firewood, and train a bear to listen to this episode on "Santabear's First Christmas!"

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What's up, dudes? It's the end of season 6, and with time constraints from work, I decided to do a quick block of commercials from the '80s. Some favorites are included here, and there are some odd choices as well to keep things fresh. Enjoy! I've got a wild season 7 starting next week that I'm excited for, and Raddies nominations will be out mid-February!

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What’s up, dudes? Ever get sideswiped by a song you thought was just a vibe? Chad and Laura Wonsik are with me to talk Dan Fogelberg’s 1980 quietly devastating holiday classic “Same Old Lang Syne”! It’s definitely a Christmas song that sneaks up on you with feelings.

Set on a snowy Christmas Eve, the autobiographical song tells the story of a chance encounter between old lovers in a grocery store. There’s small talk, six-packs, and a late-night bar confession where life didn’t quite turn out the way either of them planned. They toast “the innocence we lost,” share one last connection, and then drift back into their separate lives without a Hallmark-esque ending.

Musically, it’s deceptively simple. The verses move gently through familiar I–vi–V chords, giving the story a conversational, almost spoken feel. Then the refrain shifts to vi–IV–V, lifting just enough to underline the emotional weight without ever becoming sentimental. It’s soft rock storytelling at its finest: restrained, adult, and painfully human.

Grocery store meet-cute? Check. Beer-fueled confession? Yep. Emotional gut punch disguised as background music? Absolutely. So grab your winter coat, hum along quietly, and relive one of the most honest Christmas songs ever written with this episode on Dan Fogelberg’s “Same Old Lang Syne.”

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What's up, dudes? We here at Totally Rad Christmas are saddened by the passing of Chris Rea. His song “Driving Home for Christmas” is a staple in the UK. It tells of the calm of Christmastide, of driving to see family, and feeling memories flood back. 

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What’s up, dudes? It was a huge upset for Boston, but Knicks fans came out happy! Jeff Loftin from Lost Christmas is with me to talk all about the 1985 Celtics v Knicks Christmas Day game! 

What began as a rout by the Celtics ended in utter defeat, as their tendency to be complacent showed up. The Boston Celtics had a twenty-five point lead at one point during the game. Starters Bird, Ainge, McHale, and DJ had some off shooting, but nailed most of their free throws. Of course, this creates a commanding lead as Ewing was held to just two points for a long while.

Eventually, the Knicks came alive. The end of the third quarter saw them go on a phenomenal run, drastically outscoring Boston. Subsequently, they trounced Boston in the fourth to tie the game and force overtime. In the first, the Celtics held their own and kept it at a tie. The second overtime saw the Knicks defeat their foe 113-104.

Larry Bird? Kind of. Kevin McHale? Sort of. Celtics bench? Nowhere to be found! So grab your jersey, head to the court, and play along to this episode on the 1985 Celtics v Knicks Christmas Day game!

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