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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episode 1: The Snowman
We’re walking in the air as we melt over a British Christmas classic, wrap ourselves in the comfort of David Bowie and his scarf, and petition Americans to embrace Boxing Day. Guest: Adam Parker Sibun (Merry Britsmas). Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
episode 2: The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Alan Brady Show Presents
A show within a show puts on a Christmas show, then the sings the theme from the show it’s within. Guest: Tim Babb (Can’t Wait for Christmas). Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
episode 3: Chanuka at Bubbe’s
Get lit at Bubbe’s Boarding House full of Simpsons prototype puppets. Guest: April Ryley. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
episode 4: Care Bears Nutcracker Suite
The Care Bears threaten to take hostages on a quest to save Toyland. Guests: Karen Flieger, Lindy Kempe. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
episode 5: A Snow White Christmas
Snow White’s daughter, also named Snow White, meets Seven Friendly Giants and their involuntary reflexes in a barely Christmassy 1980 Filmation special. Guests: Kristi and Bri from Bad Princess Movies. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
episode 6: A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Oscar the Grouch gets gaslit by celebrity spirits in the 2nd best Sesame Street Christmas special from 1978… out of 2. Guests: Alan Johnson, Donnie Storms. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
episode 7: Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper
Talking dolls save Christmas from being shrink-wrapped by palette swapped Wile E. Coyote. Guests: Molly Patton, Adam Pope. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
episode 8: X-Men: Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas
A cozy Christmas at X-Mansion quickly turns into a risky blood transfusion in a sewer. Guests: Drew Crowley, John Dedeke, Adam Jurotich, Nick Main. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
episode 9: A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Dolly Parton and 7 orphans hide out in a cabin from the paparazzi and, just to make it weird, a mountain witch. Guest: April Ryley. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
episode 10: Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream
Mr. T takes a humbuggish Webster on the most romantic date through New York City. Guest: Guy Hutchinson. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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