A salute to all TV holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones. Revisit 12 holiday classics and not-so-classics each December and July.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 23 hours 34 minutes
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This holiday season, experience the joy of rewatching the same TV specials you watch every year in podcast form! It’s the Advent Calendar House: A salute to all holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones.
Revisit 12 holiday TV classics and not-so-classics each December and July.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
episode 1: Christmastime with Mister Rogers
The wacky adventures of a mysterious Music Man, A Very Young Dancer, and Happy Gilmore’s grandma. Guests: Guy Hutchinson, Tim Lybarger
episode 2: The Soulmates in The Gift of Light
A lost Canadian Christmas special is found thanks to the power of positivity. Guests: Michael DiGiovanni, Jeff Somogyi
episode 3: A Mouse, A Mystery, and Me
Possibly teenage novelist and her animated mouse writing partner search for a kidnapped Santa, while we solve the mystery of how anyone remembers this 1987 Christmas special that only aired once. Guests: Lindy Kempe, Emily Rowley
episode 4: Full-Court Miracle
A Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie based on the true story of a former college basketball star turned Hebrew school coach who may or may not be the ghost of Judah Maccabee. Guests: April Ryley, J.W. Friedman
episode 5: An American Christmas Carol
Henry Winkler at the height of his Fonz fame hides under multiple layers of makeup as a Scrooge figure from Great Depression-era New England. Guests: Tom Coombs, Scott Leopold
episode 6: Tales From the Crypt: And All Through the House
Robert Zemeckis directs his then-wife in a cozy Christmas nightmare with a killer Santa. Guests: Jamie Ray
episode 7: Santa, Baby!
The last ever Rankin/Bass Christmas special flew under the radar. Guests: Tim Babb, Andre Bennett
episode 8: Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Season’s Greedings
Sherman Hemsley stars as the Toyman plotting to turn Metropolis greedy with atomic space rats. Guests: Gerry Davila, Paxton Holley, Jeeg
episode 9: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The world premiere of “Revenge at Bethlehem.” Guests: Scott Leopold, Bob Baker
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