🎄 It’s 1996, and we’re holding our football-shaped heads high on a quest to find our neighbor’s long-lost daughter… but first, a pair of highly sought after Nancy Spumoni snow boots!
🎙 Anthony Caruso from Tis the Podcast and Matt Eurich from TGI Podcast join us for a very special Christmas episode that solidified “Hey Arnold!” as an unforgettable Nicktoon.
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💬 Topics & Tangents:
The story behind the iconic Vietnam Episode of ‘Hey Arnold!’ (NBC News, 2021)
Arnold’s Claymation origins: “Arnold Escapes from Church” (1988)
Arnold Uses His Imagination on “Sesame Street.”
Helga in “Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.”
The “Pollyanna,” Philadelphia’s hyper-local Secret Santa.
Mr. Hyunh’s banana wallpaper.
Mr. Hyunh’s flashback includes the iconic helicopter image from the Fall of Saigon.
One-Legged Bob, the Affable Railroad Tramp.
Hey, grown-ups, remember dot matrix printers?
Hiep Thi Le’s life could’ve been a movie; instead the refugee became a star playing someone else (Los Angeles Times, 2018)
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📼 Commercials:
Talkboy Voice Recorder from “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.”
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“Hey Arnold!” and “Arnold’s Christmas” © 1996 Viacom International, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.
🎙 Anthony Caruso from Tis the Podcast and Matt Eurich from TGI Podcast join us for a very special Christmas episode that solidified “Hey Arnold!” as an unforgettable Nicktoon.
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💬 Topics & Tangents:
The story behind the iconic Vietnam Episode of ‘Hey Arnold!’ (NBC News, 2021)
Arnold’s Claymation origins: “Arnold Escapes from Church” (1988)
Arnold Uses His Imagination on “Sesame Street.”
Helga in “Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.”
The “Pollyanna,” Philadelphia’s hyper-local Secret Santa.
Mr. Hyunh’s banana wallpaper.
Mr. Hyunh’s flashback includes the iconic helicopter image from the Fall of Saigon.
One-Legged Bob, the Affable Railroad Tramp.
Hey, grown-ups, remember dot matrix printers?
Hiep Thi Le’s life could’ve been a movie; instead the refugee became a star playing someone else (Los Angeles Times, 2018)
****
📼 Commercials:
Talkboy Voice Recorder from “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.”
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“Hey Arnold!” and “Arnold’s Christmas” © 1996 Viacom International, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.