The Simpsons - ’Tis the Fifteenth Season
🎄 “This just in: Santa Claus is dead… or he might as well be, because there’s an even fatter man who’s holding families at nice-point!” ’Tis the Advent Calendar House’s 15th season, so this December’s dozen begins with a similarly titled episode of “The Simpsons” from 2003. Shane Keating from ToughPigs.com, Erin Evans, and Joey O. join the mission to stop being selfish and start being good. 📺 As of this recording, “’Tis the Fifteenth Season” (Season 15, Episode 7) is available on Disney+. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: This episode premiered the day after Saddam Hussein was caught. Marge’s couch gag anime costume: Jun the Swan from “Gatchaman.” “How Low Can DVD Players Go?” (New York Times, 2003) Kathy from Personnel. The Joe DiMaggio rookie card is real. Today’s TV Trope: Art Shift — “Christmas with the California Prunes” and “The Year Santa Got Lost,” animated by the Chiodo Bros. Animaniacs’ 50 State Capitals. Of course I looked up the astrolabe’s coordinates. Convoy, and the cover by Sifl & Olly. Operation: The Simpsons Edition. The first on-screen appearance of Nelson’s mom. The end of “Treehouse of Horror IV.” Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television — and America — Forever, by Alan Siegel. **** 📼 Commercials: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1991) Butterfinger - The Power Cut (1993) A Bomb for Christmas 2: Past, Present, and Future on the Can’t Wait for Christmas Podcast. **** “The Simpsons” and “’Tis the Fifteenth Season” © 2003 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house. Hosted by The Retro Network.
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