Episodes
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Episode 168 - Scroogey Doo
Hello you beautiful people!! First up it's The Christmas Quiz, make sure you send me your score. Then it's Where Are You Christmas? and this episode Bob Baker has found it in Mexico, This episode's version of A Chrismas Carol is an episode of Be Cool Scooby Doo. It's actually quite funny and…
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Episode 167 - Scrooge's Fireplace
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We begin the show by looking at a couple of songs that are Christmas songs but are not Christmas songs. The first is Hallelujah written by Leonard Cohen and the second is My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music. Last episode I mentioned Maltesers and this...
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Episode 166 - Sparkle the Christmas Light
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Listener Aron C sent in a message about his favourite Christmas decoration; Sparkle the Christmas Light, so I tell you a bit about it. Next up it's Where Are You Christmas? and Bob Baker looks at a few places in Japan that celebrate Christmas all year round....
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Episode 165 - A Cozy Down Christmas
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This is a sketch from Saturday Night Live and features Jimmy Falon as a young Scrooge. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb36BwPa7pQ Then it's Do You Hear What I Hear? and Bob Baker…
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Episode 164 - Annoying Orange Christmas Carol
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol and it's an episode of The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange. The episode is called Orange Carol, and it's not great, but it's not bad either. You can watch it here:...
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Episode 163 - A Family Guy Christmas Carol
Hello you beautiful people! Last episode Benji Pearson asked me for some advice for his Christmas themed Halloween costume and this episode I give him some suggestions on how to dress up as the Elton John song Step Into Christmas. Next up it's Bob Baker with Do You Hear What I Hear? and he's...
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Episode 162 - My Christmas Tree Ornaments
Hello you beautiful people! The show begins with not quite a version of A Christmas Carol, called Jeff Dunham's Scrooged Up Holiday Special. The premise is that ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is going to do a version of A Christmas Carol and in this show he is casting the characters using some of his...
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Episode 161 - A Dr Seuss Muppet Christmas
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with the second batch of Christmas songs from the US sent in by Jason Matusiak, and we see if I've heard any of them (spoiler, no I haven't). Then Bob Baker talks about Christmas Adverts or Commercials in Do You Hear What I Hear? Next up it's The...
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Episode 160 - US Christmas Classic Songs
Hello you beautiful people! We've tried this before and we're doing it again. Listener Jason Matuziak has sent me a bunch of songs that he tells me are classic songs at Christmas in the US. I'll let you know if I've heard any of them. Then Bob Baker is here with Where Are You Christmas? and this...
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Episode 159 - It's A Different World Christmas Carol
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This one is from the sit-com A Different World, and the episode is from series 3 called, For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls. I watched it on Netflix and it was well and truly... meh. In Do You Hear What I Hear? Bob…
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Episode 158 - Christmas with Shelli & Frank
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! It's a very special episode, because we welcome to the show Shelli and Frank Arnold. Shelli and Frank have been listening since the early days of the show and we've been chatting once a year about their Christmas village. Well they're here in the UK for the...
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Episode 157 - Midwinter's Day
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show by looking at the Winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere. Is there an equivalent of Christmas in June when the South of the globe has its shortest day? Then Bob Baker our resident barman looks at Wellington boots in Do You Hear What I...
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Episode 156 - A Bad Education Christmas Carol
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This is an episode of the BBC sitcom Bad Education. It has its moments. Then Bob Baker takes us to Poland for Where Are You Christmas? Next up we have a Christmas Story of Shame from our lovely listener...
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Episode 155 - Alistair Sim's Christmas Carol
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Last epsisode I told the story of shame about my Christmas jumer that was too small, but this episode we have a happy ending where a lovely listener gets to win it. Then I talk about a Christmas Not So Classic, it's from the very rude British comedian Roy...
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Episode 154 - A Christmas Jumper of Shame
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Do you think the Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol is the best? Well think again, because in this episode I explain why it's rubbish. This episodes Do You Hear What I Hear? is an interesting one, and Bob Baker looks at the term to 'read' as in to…
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Episode 153 - World Records, A Carol and A Quiz
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! Last episode I talke about Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas and Bob Baker sent me a great versio of Our World, have a listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFvIIuvA4yE&list=RDuFvIIuvA4yE&start_radio=1 Then we take a look at some Christmas related...
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Episode 152 - Emmet Otter's Jugband Chrismas
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with one of the worst songs of all time. Mr Blobby was the UK Christmas number 1 in 1993 and it's pretty bad. Have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIRQrnPRiUk Then Bob Baker takes us to Mora, Sweden for Where Are You Christmas? Next up…
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Episode 151 - Estella Scrooge
Hello you beautiful people! We begin the episode with a Jack Ask question from listener Kevin Church, apologies because it's Valentine's Day related not Christmas. Do you know what the word 'Dross' means? Well, although I use it frequently, I didn't, but Bob Baker explains it all in Do You Hear...
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Episode 150 - Merry Christmas Dear Phoebe
Hello you beautiful people! Last episode I talked about a stage version of A Christmas Carol and listener Christy Easter sent in a link to her favourite stage version, you can check it out here: https://www.nsmt.org/achristmascarol.html This episode's version of A Christmas Carol isn't really a...
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Episode 149 - A Christmas Carol Stage Show
Hello you beautiful people! We've had a few emails from listeners which I talk about at the top of the show, one of those email was from Scott Newman and he and his daughter have completely ruined Step Into Christmas. Then it's The Christmas Quiz and you can test yourself against Bob Baker from...
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Episode 148 - Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! It's our last episode of the year and it's packed in like 50 elves in a single Christmas stocking. We start the show with Santa Claus is Not Coming To Town and Todd Polte shares the story of how he found out the truth about Saint Nick. Next up it's our yearly...
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Episode 147 - Christmas Sarnie Smackdown
It's December, so it's Christmas and we start the show with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol. It's one I saw at The Theatre Royal Winchester. It's an old time radio stage performance and it started past Dr Who Colin Baker. Then it's Do You Hear What I Hear and Bob Baker is talking…
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Episode 146 - Do They Know It's Christmas?
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol and it's the audio release that Mickey's Christmas Carol is based on. The full title is An Adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol by The Disney Players. You can watch it here:...
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Episode 145 - Mickey's Christmas Carol
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with Christmas All Over The World and we have a look at some of the culinary delights in France, particularly La Reveillon and the 13 Desserts. Then Bob Baker has a look at the word us Brits use to describe a cigarette in Do You Hear What I Hear. In…
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Episode 144 - Merry Refrigerator Day
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with What The Dickens, and we have a look at some of the streets, towns and buildings that Dickens may have been referring to when describing Scrooge's London. Then Bob Baker takes a look at the word 'blinding' in Do You Hear What I Hear? Next up it's...
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Episode 143 - Christmas Scrambling
Hello you beautiful people! We begin the episode with Christmas All Over The World, and we look at the tradition of Scrambling in Driffield, Yorkshire. Where children roam the streetsgo from shop to shop begging for treats. Next up is Where Are You Christmas, and this time Bob Baker is looking at...
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Episode 142 - Worse Christmas Carol Ever
Merry Christmas You Beautiful People! We start the show with Where Are You Christmas? and Bob Baker tells us it's hiding in Germany. Then it's this episodes version of A Christmas Carol, it's the 2019 version starring Guy Pearce. Some would say this is the worst version ever, but not Todd and…
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Episode 141 - A Topper Christmas Carol
Hello you beautiful people! We start the episode with a few Guinness World Records. How heavy do you think the world's largest Christmas pudding was? or what about the most brussels sprouts eaten in a minute? You'll find out here. Do you know what a 'brolly' is? Well we know in the UK, and Bob...
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Episode 140 - I Believe In Father Christmas
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We begin the show by looking at a Christmas Not So Classic. This one is from one of the biggest bands of all time, U2. They recorded a version of the British classic I Believe In Father Christmas, and it's okay. Here's a link:...
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Episode 139 - Here I Went a Caroling
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! It's a packed episode and we start with The Christmas Quiz. I scored 8, make sure to email me and let me know how you got on. Next up it's Where Are You Christmas and this episode Bob Baker takes us to a couple of Christmas shops in Edinburgh (pronounced...
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Episode 138 - 101 Christmases
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol. It's an episode of the Disney cartoon series 101 Dalmatians called A Christmas Cruella. If you want, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njxjk4CosPM&t=1290s Then Bob Baker...
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Episode 137 - Chasing A Christmas Carol
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol. It's a made for TV movie starring Tom Arnold and it's an 'interesting' twist on the story. It's called Chasing Christmas and you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv7nL5nb2E0...
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Episode 136 - Mr Krueger's Christmas
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with a Christmas Not So Classic. The Pet Shop Boys were massive in the 80s and still going strong in the 90s. In 1995 they recorded a Christmas song just for their fanclub members. It's call It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas, and it's okay I suppose....
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Episode 135 - An Old Horse, a Carol and a Quiz
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with Christmas All Over The World and we take a look at the Yorkshire tradition of The Old Hoss. A bunch of people go round the pubs and one of them is dressed as a horse and they sing a poem... and I'm not making it up. Next up Bob Baker has a look…
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Episode 134 - Chipmunks, a Quiz and 2 Silent Nights
Hello and welcome to the show. We begin with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol and it's A Chipmunk Christmas carol. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvugRKHpP4s&t=1325s Mike Westfall covered this version on an episode of The Advent Calendar House Podcast, and you…
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Episode 133 - Jimmy Stewart's Christmas Carol
Merry Christmas you beautiful people! We start the show with an old time radio version of A Christmas Carol. It's an episode of western show The Six Shooter and it stars Jimmy Stewart. I enjoyed it, you can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y917m6lGIY&t=141s Bob Baker looks at...
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Episode 132 - A Berry Bear Christmas
Merry Christmas you beautiful people. We dedicate this episode to the delightful Chris Coon. We commence the show with The Quiz. I scored 9, can you do any better? Then it's Do You Hear What I Hear, and Bob Baker looks at the word Constable to describe an officer of the law here in the UK. We…
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Episode 131 - A New Christmas Quiz Book
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with The Quiz and I have a new book. Let me know how you get on. Then Bob Baker, our self-appointed podcast barman, talks about the word Blimey, a classic British term that isn't that popular overseas. Next up we have some ideas for listener Rob…
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Episode 130 - Ms Scrooge
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with Do You Hear What I Hear, and our resident barman Bob Baker takes a look at Trainers (or Sneakers). This episode's version of A Christmas Carol is Ms Scrooge, starring Cecily Tyson as a female Scrooge set in modern day. Have a watch here:...
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Episode 129 - Christmas World Records
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This was produced by the BBC in 1977 and starts Michael Hordern as Scrooge. It stays very close to the book. You can watch it here: https://odysee.com/@GaryPSmith:6/AChristmasCarol1977:a Then we have Jack Ask, and...
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Episode 128 - CBeebies Christmas Carol
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with the return of Jack Ask and my Canadian listener, Travis, wants to know what's the best dessert to have after your Christmas dinner. Then our podcast barman, Bob Baker, takes a look at the word Queue in Do You Hear What I Hear. This episode's...
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Episode 127 - Father Christmas Give Us Your Money
Hello you beautiful people! We start the episode with a version of A Christmas Carol. This one is a Christmas special of the long running Canadian kids show The Buck Shot Show and it's called Buckanezer Scrooge. It's an interesting one. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1SgFBXrrVc...
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Episode 126 - Elmo's World Happy Holidays
Hello you beautiful people! We start the show with a Chirstmas Not So Classic. It's called Christmas Day and it's by the British band Squeeze. Released at the height of their success it failed to even chart. Have a listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB6BIYjPeHM Next up it's our podcast...
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Episode 125 - El Caganer
Hello everybody, we're back for a brand new year! First up it's Christmas All Over The World and we take a look at the Catalonian tradition of El Caganer. A small figurine doing a poo in a nativity scene. Next Bob Baker is here with Do You Hear What I Hear and he discusses the meaning of the word...
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Episode 124 - It's Christmas
Merry Christmas Everyone! It's the last episode of the show this year and it's packed. First up we have a Worst Present Ever. It's another one sent in by listener Rob Taylor and it's not a gift anyone would want. Then Bob Baker, out podcast barman, is here with Do You Hear What I Hear and he's...
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Episode 123 - Return to the Christmas Village
Merry Christmas you beautiful people. It's a packed show so let's not mess about. First up it's Santa Claus is NOT Coming to Town, and listener Timothy Dumont has shared the story of how he spoiled the myth of Santa to a bunch of teenagers. Do you know the difference between a Sidewalk and...
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Episode 122 - The King of Christmas
Merry Christmas! It's a packed show, and we start off with a not particularly good version of A Christmas Carol from 2001. It's animated and has the voices of Kate Winslet, Simon Callow and Nic Cage as Jacon Marley. You can watch here, or not, it's your life:...
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Episode 121 - A Quiz, A Carol, A Gift, A Book... the lot.
This show has it all. Well, it has some stuff. First up it's The Quiz, see if you can beat my score of 8. Then Bob Baker explains the difference between University and College in Do You Hear What I Hear. We've been sent another Worst Present Ever from Rob Taylor, and this one is a Festive Bounty....
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Episode 120 - A Christmas Karen
Welcome to the show! We start off with another tradition from Cornwall here in the UK. It's called the Cornish Kissing Bunch and it's a Christmas wreath but with a twist. Then Bob Baker, our resident bar tender, looks at the British word 'Git' in Do You Hear What I Hear. This episode's version of…
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Episode 119 - Starry Pie Through Your Eyes
It's a packed episode filled with all sorts. We begin with a look at the Cornish custom of Star Gazy Pie. It's not the most appetising pie you'll ever see, but it has a great history. Then our Podcast Barman Bob Baker takes a look at Caskets and Coffins. Next it's our yearly tradition of looking…
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A podcast that talks about everything Christmas... that's pretty much it.
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