Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town

from Advent Calendar House · host Mike Westfall

🎅 It’s the 100th episode of the Advent Calendar House, and what better day than Christmas Eve to return to the World of Rankin/Bass? 🎙 Erin Evans, Michael DiGiovanni, Michael May, Brandon Medley, and Joey O. join us as we put one foot in front of the other back to 1970 to revisit a Christmas classic that dares to answer children’s questions about Santa Claus while illegally opening his mail. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: Both IMDb and Wikipedia had the premiere date wrong because of a typo in an old book. Rich Goldschmidt’s “The Making of Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town and The Daydreamer” gets it right. Former pro-wrestler Special Delivery Jones (no relation). Burgermeister Meisterburger is a dead ringer for Mauser from “Police Academy 2.” Hey, IMDb, I highly doubt the Greg Thomas voicing young Kris Kringle grew up to play the saxophone in Parliament Funkadelic. For a while, Topper was renamed Waddles. Kris’s weird face he makes after being caught by the Winter Warlock’s angry trees. Save the Earth from Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster. Weddings on Christmas Day used to be popular. The first known recording of the song “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” and our favorite versions. **** 📼 Commercials: Folgers Coffee: Peter Comes Home for Christmas (1982) **** “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” © 1970 Rankin/Bass Productions. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Find us at adventcalendar.house. #s7 #1970s #rankinbass

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