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Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas SpecialsThe Little Drummer Boy, Book II🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we went on an apocryphal adventure with the story of The Little Drummer Boy.  This time, Rankin/Bass drums up an unnecessary sequel from 1976, its busiest year for holiday specials. Join Aaron on a side quest to retrieve the stolen silver bells from a troop of greedy Roman soldiers in the “Rogue One” of Christmas stories.  ****  🎙 Guests:  Brandon Medley (@brandmed, 📸 @blessedarethegeek)  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  1. Allen Swift (Melchior) as Twinkie the Kid.  2. Simeon the bellmaker is very loosely based on the Biblical Simeon, but...2023-07-1952 min
Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas SpecialsThe Wonder Years: A Very Cutlip Christmas🎄 It’s 1970 by way of 1990, and I just noticed the Santa Claus at the mall is actually my gym teacher.  Join us on a revealing trip back to The Wonder Years as we salute Robert Picardo’s standout performance as Coach Cutlip… and Santa.  ****  🎙 Guest:  Andy Gattis (Straight Chilling, AndyGattis.com).  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  1. Joe Cocker’s version of “With a Little Help from My Friends” over the opening credits was replaced for streaming with a soundalike, only they don’t sound alike.  2. Almost all the original music is repla...2022-12-1452 min
Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas SpecialsBeverly Hills 90210: It’s a Totally Happening Life🎄 It’s 1992, and a group of 30-year-old teenagers are on a bus trip to their doom unless an angel in training can convince her supervisor they’re worth saving.  Join us for a very strange and very special visit to America’s most famous ZIP code in our first adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life, even though this episode seems to have forgotten to actually adapt it.  ****  🎙 Guest:  Ed Daly (The Christmas Book: The Ultimate Guide to Your Favorite Holiday, EZEdDaly.com, @ezeddaly).  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  1. Bonnie Urseth (Miri...2022-07-191h 29
Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas SpecialsPhineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation🎄 I know what we’re going to podcast about today, so get ready for a toboggan ride without even getting out of bed back to 2009 to watch Phineas and Ferb save their very nice town’s Christmas Vacation.  ****  🎙 Guests:  Brandon Medley (@brandmed, @blessedarethegeek).  James Riley (@yourbuddyspooky).  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  1. Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Ferb) in Love Actually  and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.  2. The time James accidentally knocked over Ben Stiller.  3. The Sears Wish Book catalog.  4. Today’s TV Trope: Look Both Ways.  5. What Does...2021-07-171h 19
Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas SpecialsThe Little Drummer Boy🎄On this episode of the official holiday podcast for people who hate all humans — which, in 2020, is most of us — we dance to the beat of our own drum back to 1968 and back into the Rankin/Bass universe for their stop-motion follow-up to Rudolph.  ****  🎙 Guests   Brandon Medley (@brandmed, Star Weirdos).  Michael May (MichaelMay.online, Sleigh Bell Cinema, AfterLUNCH, Mystery Movie Night, @michaelmaycomix).  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  1. This was Romeo Muller’s favorite Christmas special he wrote for Rankin/Bass. Also, that link on Rankin/Bass’s website is from 2003 and looks li...2020-12-1653 min
Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas SpecialsSimpsons Roasting on an Open Fire🎄 Every unstoppable monster has a beginning. Squeeze onto the couch as a perfectly cromulent panel of Advent Calendar House regulars celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Simpsons and its series premiere, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, or as it was advertised to us in 1989, “The Simpsons’ Christmas Special.”CONTENT WARNING: We briefly discuss Mall Santas and 10-year-olds’ feelings on Mall Santas.  ****  🎙 Guests:  Brandon Medley (@brandmed, Blessed Are the Geek).  Erin Evans (@mserinmevans).  Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, Words with Nerds, @ImGonnaDJ24).  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  1. Remembering the...2019-12-171h 07