EPISODE · Dec 12, 2020 · 57 MIN
The Christmas Raccoons
from Advent Calendar House · host Mike Westfall
🎄 We may all exist in the dreams of 2 kids and their dog. 🎙 Michael DiGiovanni and Christian Nielsen help us responsibly deforest our way back to 1980 to dig up the first appearance of early Disney Channel imports The Raccoons and the greedy Cyril Sneer. 📺 You can watch “The Christmas Raccoons” on YouTube. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: This special and an accompanying story album were narrated by Rich Little, a “Man of a Thousand Voices,” in his own, regular voice. Rupert Holmes (Forest Ranger Dan) is the singer/songwriter behind “Escape (The Piña Colada Song).” Tammy Bourne (Julie) and Hadley Kay (Tommy) were both in 1980 movies as children who fall from great heights. Today’s TV Trope: Human Snowball. Where does the dream end and reality begin? Maybe it’s all in the St. Elsewhere Snow Globe Universe of Tommy Westphall (no relation). **** 📼 Commercials: Canadian Tire’s “Scrooge Approved” Prices (1987) Christmas Creeps. **** “The Christmas Raccoons” ©1980 PFS Christmas Raccoons / PFS Pooled Film Services, Inc. Find us at adventcalendar.house. #s5 #1980s
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🎄 We may all exist in the dreams of 2 kids and their dog. 🎙 Michael DiGiovanni and Christian Nielsen help us responsibly deforest our way back to 1980 to dig up the first appearance of early Disney Channel imports The Raccoons and the greedy Cyril Sneer. 📺 You can watch “The Christmas Raccoons” on YouTube. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: This special and an accompanying story album were narrated by Rich Little, a “Man of a Thousand Voices,” in his own, regular voice. Rupert Holmes (Forest Ranger Dan) is the singer/songwriter behind “Escape (The Piña Colada Song).” Tammy Bourne (Julie) and Hadley Kay (Tommy) were both in 1980 movies as children who fall from great heights. Today’s TV Trope: Human Snowball. Where does the dream end and reality begin? Maybe it’s all in the St. Elsewhere Snow Globe Universe of Tommy Westphall (no relation). **** 📼 Commercials: Canadian Tire’s “Scrooge Approved” Prices (1987) Christmas Creeps. **** “The Christmas Raccoons” ©1980 PFS Christmas Raccoons / PFS Pooled Film Services, Inc. Find us at adventcalendar.house. #s5 #1980s
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