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🎄 It’s time once again to count down to Christmas Eve, starting with 3 versions of Dr. Seuss’s classic Christmas tale from 1966, 2000, and 2018.  🎙️ Michael DiGiovanni and Michael May drop by as all 3 Mikes compare and contrast 3 very different Grinches.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.,” Dr. Seuss’s first — and last — feature film screenplay.  DiGio discovers Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice behind “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” was also Tony the Tiger.  Grinchmas, the annual Christmas celebration at Universal Studios Hollywood and Islands of Adventure in Orlando.  “How Murray Saved Christmas,” a 2014 animated TV special starring Jerry Stiller that just made my to-do list.  “The Muppet Christmas Carol” on Sleigh Bell Cinema.  ****  “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” © 1966 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.  “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” © 2000 LUNI Productions GmbH & Co. KG.  “The Grinch” © 2018 Universal Studios.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.  #s2 #1960s #2000s #2010s #drseuss

🎄 In Part 2 of our Disney Christmas double feature, Mickey and the rest of the Fab Five — and Daisy, who’s somehow less important than the dog — enter the third-dimension.  🎙️ Drew Crowley and John Dedeke from The Hourchive return for “Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas,” the main mouse’s first 3D-animated special.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  If you haven’t been to a Disney theme park in the last year or two, Mickey has a different face now.  The hippo and crocodile from “Fantasia” have names.  Chuck McCann (Santa) was the Dreamfinder in the original Journey Into Imagination.  The grumpy dog who keeps showing up only to get beverages spilled on him is the Stan Lee of the Mickey Mouse universe, which I only mention because we recorded this the day after Stan died.  Between the Goofys and the Plutos of this universe, there are talking reindeer who can own pets.  The Hidden Mickeys Podcast.  ****  “Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas” © 2004 Disney Enterprises, Inc.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.  #s2 #2000s #disney

🎄 Warning: If you usually let your children listen to your podcast feed with you, you may want to get the kids out of the pool for this one.  🎙 Zac Shipley dives in as we feast on a very festive, very inappropriate 2002 episode of the Adult Swim cartoon “Sealab 2021.”  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  “Sealab 2020,” the very different, very boring original 1972 cartoon that serves as the butt of Sealab 2021’s joke.  The usual Sealab theme song by Calamine is absent here to make room in the stable for the story of the birth of Alvis.  The Church of Alvis, a blog last updated in 2007 with a cliffhanger, but the faithful still await that day with patience.   Alvisism as explained by Sealab Wiki, which also exists.  A series of quotes from this episode made into animated gif icons and posted on LiveJournal. This show is a very specific sort of old.  ****  “Sealab 2021” and “Feast of Alvis” ©2002 Cartoon Network.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.  #s3 #2000s #cartoonnetwork