Olive the Other Reindeer

🎄 10 years after “The Simpsons” debuted, Matt Groening presented another Christmas special about another Santa’s little helper.  🎙 Erin Evans and Joey O. joins us on a 2-dimensional flight back to 1999 to revisit “Olive, the Other Reindeer,” a misheard but not forgotten doggie treat.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  The Making of “Olive, the Other Reindeer.”  “PaRappa the Rapper.”  “Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride,” the first book by “Olive” creators Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Seibold.  “The Goonies II.”  Jay Mohr in “Camp Wilder.”  Famous mondegreens and the stupidest lyric I’ve ever misheard.  Dan Castellaneta’s Postman voice sounds like his Robot Devil.  “You’re no Jack Kennedy.”  Bullwinkle tried to kidnap my baby.  R U Talkin’ R.E.M. Re: Me?, formerly U Talkin’ U2 to Me? and currently U Talkin’ Talking Heads 2 My Talking Head?  Michael Stipe on “The Adventures of Pete & Pete.”  The pope gets a Phillies hat.  ****  📼 Commercials:  Amazon.com Christmas Countdown Commercial (1999)  Santa by the Minute.  The Christmas Podcasts Podcast.  ****  “Olive, the Other Reindeer” © 1999 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.  #s5 #1990s