🎄 Somehow Frosty returned.
🎙️ The Advent Calendar House is back open for Christmas in July as Donnie Storms and new guest Collin Murr from Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Podcast drop in seeking shelter from “Frosty Returns,” which despite the title, is not a sequel, and not even a Christmas special. From Lorne Michaels and Kermit the Frog’s ghostwriter comes a message about the environment delivered by the voices of John Goodman, Jonathan Winters, and a young Elizabeth Moss.
📺 You can find “Frosty Returns” on the Internet Archive.
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
An interview with story writer Jim Lewis (The Muppet Newsflash, 2007).
Today’s TV Tropes: Stern Teacher and Right-Hand Cat.
“Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In.”
“Donald’s Snow Fight.”
“I have a hole in my stomach!” from “Death Becomes Her.”
The parade from “Batman” (1989).
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đź“Ľ Commercials:
Trix Cereal Christmas Commercial (circa 1992)
Festive Foreign Film Fans
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“Frosty Returns” © 1992 CBS Inc.
Hosted by The Retro Network.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.
#s16 #1990s #frosty
🎙️ The Advent Calendar House is back open for Christmas in July as Donnie Storms and new guest Collin Murr from Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Podcast drop in seeking shelter from “Frosty Returns,” which despite the title, is not a sequel, and not even a Christmas special. From Lorne Michaels and Kermit the Frog’s ghostwriter comes a message about the environment delivered by the voices of John Goodman, Jonathan Winters, and a young Elizabeth Moss.
📺 You can find “Frosty Returns” on the Internet Archive.
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (02:10) - Guest Histories
- (05:57) - The History of Frosty Returns
- (12:06) - Act 1
- (44:41) - Retro Commercial Break
- (45:57) - Act 2
- (01:08:14) - Act 3
- (01:22:28) - Final Thoughts
đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
An interview with story writer Jim Lewis (The Muppet Newsflash, 2007).
Today’s TV Tropes: Stern Teacher and Right-Hand Cat.
“Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In.”
“Donald’s Snow Fight.”
“I have a hole in my stomach!” from “Death Becomes Her.”
The parade from “Batman” (1989).
****
đź“Ľ Commercials:
Trix Cereal Christmas Commercial (circa 1992)
Festive Foreign Film Fans
****
“Frosty Returns” © 1992 CBS Inc.
Hosted by The Retro Network.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.
#s16 #1990s #frosty