🎄 It’s 1979, by way of 1933 — or the other way around — and the human from Fraggle Rock has broken into my garage with a haunted choir of singing children.
🎙️ Scott Leopold from Holly Jolly X’masu and Tommy Coombs join us as we turn the dial on our haunted time-traveling radio to find Henry Winkler at the height of his fame as the Fonz hiding under multiple layers of makeup as a Scrooge figure in Depression-era New England.
📺 You can watch “An American Christmas Carol” for free on YouTube.
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
Henry Winkler interview on being asked to play a Scrooge figure.
The Ford Model TT truck.
Dorian Harewood (Matt Reeves/Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) filling in for James Avery as Shredder.
Today’s TV Trope: Recursive Fiction — and “The Identical.”
Robin Williams on “Sesame Street” showing Elmo different ways to play with a stick.
“Sister Kenny,” based on the true story of an Australian nurse.
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đź“Ľ Commercials:
McDonald’s Gift Certificates Christmas Commercial (1979)
Holly Jolly X’masu, your podcast destination for Japanese Christmas music.
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“An American Christmas Carol” © 1979 Scrooge Productions, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.
🎙️ Scott Leopold from Holly Jolly X’masu and Tommy Coombs join us as we turn the dial on our haunted time-traveling radio to find Henry Winkler at the height of his fame as the Fonz hiding under multiple layers of makeup as a Scrooge figure in Depression-era New England.
📺 You can watch “An American Christmas Carol” for free on YouTube.
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
Henry Winkler interview on being asked to play a Scrooge figure.
The Ford Model TT truck.
Dorian Harewood (Matt Reeves/Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) filling in for James Avery as Shredder.
Today’s TV Trope: Recursive Fiction — and “The Identical.”
Robin Williams on “Sesame Street” showing Elmo different ways to play with a stick.
“Sister Kenny,” based on the true story of an Australian nurse.
****
đź“Ľ Commercials:
McDonald’s Gift Certificates Christmas Commercial (1979)
Holly Jolly X’masu, your podcast destination for Japanese Christmas music.
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“An American Christmas Carol” © 1979 Scrooge Productions, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.