All Episodes

70 mins S10 #2 Jul 03, 23

The Berenstain Bears’ Comic Valentine

Love, hockey, and poorly engineered public displays of affection are in the air. Guest: Gerry Davila.

88 mins S10 #1 Jul 01, 23

The New Batman Adventures: Holiday Knights

A festive tour of Gotham City through the Joker’s hideously redrawn eyes. Guests: Andre Bennett, Joey O.

120 mins S9 #12 Dec 24, 22

It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

It’s not a wonderful life at all without Kermit. Guests: Lindy Kempe, Adam Jurotich, Erik Johnson. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

74 mins S9 #11 Dec 22, 22

The Snowman and The Snowdog

The sequel to a British Christmas staple, featuring a very good pup. Guest: Adam Parker Sibun (Merry Britsmas). Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

70 mins S9 #10 Dec 20, 22

The Nanny: The Hanukkah Story

There’s no place like being stuck in a snow bank with an eighth of a tank of gas for the holidays. Guests: April Ryley. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

65 mins S9 #9 Dec 18, 22

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: A Hearth’s Warming Tail

A Scrooge Sunday canter through Equestria’s equivalent of “A Christmas Carol.” Guests: Jon and Bin (Bin’s Toy Bin, Santa by the Minute). Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

66 mins S9 #8 Dec 16, 22

A Very Merry Cricket

Chuck Jones makes a Christmas spirited sequel to “The Cricket in Times Square.” Guest: Michael DiGiovanni. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

53 mins S9 #7 Dec 14, 22

The Wonder Years: A Very Cutlip Christmas

Fred Savage spots his gym teacher as a mall Santa, a terrible secret apparently no one else can know. Guest: Andy Gattis. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

109 mins S9 #6 Dec 12, 22

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Tim Curry as an evil pipe organ literally brings down the house. Guests: Kristi and Bri from Bad Princess Movies. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

49 mins S9 #5 Dec 10, 22

The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow

An underrated and redundantly titled Rankin/Bass special about neither the first Christmas, nor the first Christmas snow. Guest: Mike Troxell. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

50 mins S9 #4 Dec 08, 22

TaleSpin: Jolly Molly Christmas

Cargo pilot Baloo sends his boss’s daughter’s belief in Santa into a nosedive. Guest: Joey O. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

71 mins S9 #3 Dec 06, 22

Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special

No one wants to go to Pat Boone’s lame Christmas party, but everyone’s here to dunk on him. Guest: Guy Hutchinson. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

77 mins S9 #2 Dec 04, 22

A Christmas Carol (1971)

Alastair Sim’s even more animated turn as Scrooge, directed by Richard Williams. Guests: Rob Graham, Michael May. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

151 mins S9 #1 Dec 01, 22

Prep & Landing Trilogy

Our 5th anniversary episode covering “Prep & Landing,” “Operation: Secret Santa,” and “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice.” Guests: Paxton Holley, Jeff Somogyi. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

54 mins S8 #13 Nov 01, 22

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)

A #ChristmasPodcastDay deep dive into Rudolph’s original animated adventure. Guests: Gerry Davila (Totally Rad Christmas), Matt Spaulding (North Pole Radio). Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

60 mins S8 #12 Jul 23, 22

The Weird Al Show: The Obligatory Holiday Episode

Pee-wee’s Playhouse walked so “Weird Al” Yankovic’s subterranean holiday cave could run. Guest: Joey O. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

79 mins S8 #11 Jul 21, 22

Q*bert: Thanksgiving for the Memories

A retelling of the first Thanksgiving as square as the wheels on the Q*horse and buggy Pilgrim Q*bert wants to win. Guests: Tom Coombs, Jayme Kilsby, Chad Young. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

89 mins S8 #10 Jul 19, 22

Beverly Hills 90210: It’s a Totally Happening Life

A group of 30-year-old teenagers on a bus trip to their doom. Guest: Ed Daly. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

65 mins S8 #9 Jul 17, 22

The Jetsons: A Jetson Christmas Carol

Mr. Spacely is visited by 3 ghost robots and a Martian mummy. Guests: Jack Ford. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house

99 mins S8 #8 Jul 15, 22

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger

Space monsters bring swords to a snowball fight and lose. Guests: Andre Bennett, Lindy Kempe. Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house