EPISODE · Dec 6, 2021 · 1H
Chanuka at Bubbe’s
from Advent Calendar House · host Mike Westfall
🕎 It’s 1988, and we’re getting lit at Bubbe’s Boarding House for Hanukkah. 🎙 April Ryley joins us for a spin with a bunch of puppets you’ll never hear from again. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: A Simpsons animator designed the puppets for this weird, wonderful ’80s Hanukkah special (Splinter, 2014) “Caps for Sale” Anton and his Easter Island head. April’s very non-kosher latke recipe. Mayim Bialik explains the letters on the dreidel and other Hanukkah facts. Calvin getting trolled by his dad in “Calvin and Hobbes.” **** 📼 Commercials: 1970s/’80s PBS Logo ID. 1985 Teddy Ruxpin “Frankenstein” Commercial, preserved by Dinosaur Dracula. Teddy Ruxpin voice actor Phil Baron co-wrote this special. Cool Kids Club. **** “Chanuka at Bubbe’s” © 1988 Pan-Imago, Inc. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Find us at adventcalendar.house. #s7 #1980s #hanukkah #puppets
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🕎 It’s 1988, and we’re getting lit at Bubbe’s Boarding House for Hanukkah. 🎙 April Ryley joins us for a spin with a bunch of puppets you’ll never hear from again. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: A Simpsons animator designed the puppets for this weird, wonderful ’80s Hanukkah special (Splinter, 2014) “Caps for Sale” Anton and his Easter Island head. April’s very non-kosher latke recipe. Mayim Bialik explains the letters on the dreidel and other Hanukkah facts. Calvin getting trolled by his dad in “Calvin and Hobbes.” **** 📼 Commercials: 1970s/’80s PBS Logo ID. 1985 Teddy Ruxpin “Frankenstein” Commercial, preserved by Dinosaur Dracula. Teddy Ruxpin voice actor Phil Baron co-wrote this special. Cool Kids Club. **** “Chanuka at Bubbe’s” © 1988 Pan-Imago, Inc. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Find us at adventcalendar.house. #s7 #1980s #hanukkah #puppets
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