July 5, 2020, means another Scrooge Sunday episode of the Advent Calendar House, as we’re swept through a rip in the space-time continuum back to 1986 for a Christmas Carol-themed episode of “The Real Ghostbusters,” who accidentally save Scrooge from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future in “Xmas Marks the Spot.” On This…
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Rankin/Bass’s Avengers assemble in 1979’s “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July.” The studio’s longest holiday special ever opens with the shine on Rudolph’s nose blipping out of existence, and what happens to Frosty and his whole family is worse. On This Episode Mike Westfall (@fallwestmike), formerly reduced to a puddle and then brought back to…
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Happy birthday! The Advent Calendar House kicks off a countdown to Christmas in July by setting the table for Rankin/Bass’s eventual epic crossover, starting with “Frosty’s Winter Wonderland,” a snowy sequel from 1976 starring a strange, tall goblin claiming to be Andy Griffith. On This Episode Mike Westfall (@fallwestmike), kind of round and plump and…
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Happy July First, Christmas Fanatics! (And Happy Canada Day to our Canadian Listeners!) Bet you weren’t expecting to see us in your feed again so soon after the last episode, but we wanted to officially kick off Christmas in July with a bang! As Hallmark Christmas movie month begins, we wanted to make sure to cover a…
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